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Preface and acknowledgements. Introduction. A brief history of the excavations. The three campaigns. 1984. 1985. 1986. Excavation methods. Part I. The Hellenistic harbour. Jean-Yves Empereur, Tony Kozelj, Chapter 1. The architecture of the Hellenistic harbour. The West Mole. The east side, to the north, Sondage 8. The exterior of the corner of the West and South Moles, Sondages 5 and 6. The South Mole. Sondages 4 and 7. The north side, Sondage A. The South Mole, south side, the covered channel. The East Mole and the entrance to the harbour. Sondages 1, 3, 13, south of the bottleneck entrance. Sondages 2, 12, 14, East Mole, north side of the harbour entrance channel. The East Mole, further to the north, Sondages 15, 16, 17 and 18. Construction methods. Typology, modules and installation of the harbour blocks; machinery. Typology of the harbour blocks. The number of blocks used in the construction of the harbour. The modules of the block. Placing the blocks: description if the machinery. Tony Kozelj, Manuela Wurch-Kozelj, Chapter 2. The stone quarries of Amathus harbour. The quarry of Amathus [169]. The quarry of Vikles. Jean-Yves Empereur, Chapter 3. History of the Hellenistic harbour. The testimonia. Fixing the chronology. Historical sources and archaeological evidence. Amathus harbour, a military installation. Part II. Post-harbour history. Chapter 4. The archaeological remains. The beachrock. The beachrock lines. The north side of the harbour and the inner basin. The question of the shipsheds. Sea level. A later rise. The wells. Well No. 1. Well No. 2. The sakieh (waterwheel). The other wells. An abundance of wells. Noria or sakieh: defining the terms. The wells and the history of the port. The coins found in Amathus harbour. Conclusion. Amathus harbour, a remarkable and enigmatic monument. A remarkable state of preservation. Looking backwards and forwards. An overview. Bibliography. Bibliography of the excavations of Amathus harbour. General bibliography. Chronological table.

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