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| POSI Number | TP122 |
|---|---|
| GU number | |
| SIA Number | TS07 |
| Intensive Survey Zone | Mandres |
| Village | Kato Koutraphas |
| Locality | Mandres |
| Easting | 495750.00 |
| Northing | 3881540.00 |
| Elevation (m) | 280.00 |
| References | Goodwin 1984 Given 2000 Ionas 1988 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Source | 1:50,000 |
| Team Leader | TJI |
| Summary | Threshing floors at Mandres |
| Topography | Undulating agricultural land with deep gullies. |
| Vegetation | Cereals, eucalypts, olives, zizyphus |
| Access | Road from the main road to Nicosia |
| Description Environment | Village with a view down to the coast at Morphou and a prevailing sea breeze. Surrounded by rolling fields for grain, olives grown in the gullies. |
| Pottery | Abundant |
| Tile | Some |
| Chipped Stone | Abundant |
| Ground Stone | Abundant |
| Slag | None |
| Architecture | Abundant |
| Description POSI | This POSI incorporates all the extant threshing floors of Mandres. Note that TFs 9 and 10, were surveyed in 2001 as PU1 and PU2 of TP021. 20 threshing floors have been identified. More can be seen on the aerial but these have now been destroyed due to machine tilling anf ploughing. Many threshing floors have a eucalyptus tree associated with them, ie planted close by. |
| Condition | Some floors are in pristine condition, sich as No 1, while others have been partly destroyed by ploughing and new roads. |
| Settlement | No |
| Church | No |
| Building | No |
| Bridge | No |
| Check Dam | No |
| Threshing Floor | Yes |
| Tomb | No |
| Kiln | No |
| Other Structure | No |
| Rock | No |
| Mine/Adit | No |
| Botany | No |
| Extraction | Yes |
| Road | No |
| Pottery | No |
| Lithics | No |
| View | No |
| Geomorphology | No |
| Prehistoric | No |
| Iron Age | No |
| Hellenistic/Roman | No |
| Medieval/Ottoman | Yes |
| Modern | Yes |
| Slag | No |
| Shrine | No |
| Entered By | TJI |
| Entered Date | 31/7/2002 00:00:00 |
| Recorded By | TJI |
| Recorded Date | 25/7/2004 00:00:00 |