Abstract
Abstract During the third season of the Vasilikos Valley Project in the Larnaca District of southern Cyprus, excavations were continued at the A ceramic and Ceramic Neolithic site of Kalavasos-Tenta. An extensive architectural group of curvilinear mud-brick buildings was uncovered on the top of the site in association with the previously reported stone complex. On the lower south slope of the site, excavation revealed the continuation of the main outer settlement wall at both ends and additional circular stone houses. Investigations were made elsewhere on the site in ceramic deposits.A brief test excavation was undertaken at Kalavasos-Ayious, a Late Neolithic/ Early Chalcolithic site opposite Tenta on the east side of the valley. Much of this site will be destroyed by the proposed new Nicosia-Limassol road, and extensive work there is planned for 1979. The test revealed the presence of a deep pit cut in the natural soil, containing pottery and stone artifacts in situ on several surfaces. Similar pits were...
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