The Athienou Archaeological Project, sponsored by Davidson College, completed its fourth season of investigations at the site of Athienou-Malloura and its surrounding valley in south-central Cyprus. The campaign focused on the areas already under investigation.

At the western periphery of the settlement the entire structure in EU 2 was laid bare. Oriented north-south, it measures ca. 11.75 x 7.50 m and is divided into narrow compartments by a series of east-west walls. No decisive indications as to the precise use of this industrial structure of 15th-16th century date were forthcoming. A north- south wall traversing the structure was shown to belong to a secondary phase (17th- 18th century). Further to the east, the 15th-16th century cemetery (EU 6) yielded additional burials, including that of a young woman with well-preserved fragments of a hairnet and cloth.

This year's objectives in the area of the Archaic-Roman rural sanctuary (EU 10) were the horizontal expansion along the north and east temenos walls to ascertain their extent, and limited penetration at deeper levels to obtain a more accurate picture of the sanctuary's history. A gap in the southern wall may mark an opening into the sanctuary. Fragmentary statuary was found scattered on the hard-packed Hellenistic surface and incorporated into the temenos walls.

The clearing and drawing of chamber tomb T.27 of Classical-Roman date was completed. Although badly looted, the tomb yielded a large number of artifacts and pottery; none of the burials was found completely articulated. Another looted tomb of Hellenistic-Roman date further to the north was cleared and drawn; by comparison with T.27, T.25 is more conventional in terms of size and plan and resembles T.26 cleared in 1991.

Although the systematic survey of the surrounding valley and hills was formally completed in 1992, some of the 19 identified "sites" (ranging in date from Aceramic- Neolithic through modern) were revisited. Progress was also made in the analysis of artifacts collected earlier in preparation for publication.