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Landholding and landscape in Ottoman Cyprus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Michael Given  and
Marios Hadjianastasis
Michael Given
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow
Marios Hadjianastasis
Affiliation:
Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham
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Abstract

In Ottoman Cyprus (1571–1878), social organization was based above all on the ownership and exploitation of agricultural land. The social relations, economic processes and daily practices of landowning elites and peasant farmers alike were structured by their relationship with the land. In this article, historical and archaeological data are integrated in order to investigate the development of social organization by focusing on landholding and landscape. In particular, it examines the role, identity and material culture of the new Cypriot/Ottoman elite, the commercialization of agriculture as expressed in the economy and the landscape, and the daily routine experiences of communities in the landscape.

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Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , 2010 , pp. 38 - 60
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Copyright © The Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham 2010

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