Standing on ceremony: the metallurgical finds from Maroni-Vournes, Cyprus

The evidence for metallurgy at Maroni-Vournes is an appropriate topic to address for this conference for it was Jim Muhly who, having inspected the assemblage, provided the excavators with the fi rst authoritative commentary on its identification and significance (Cadogan 1987, 83). Professor Muhly was quick to note the fragments of oxhide ingots and the many fragments of copper smelting slag that were recovered from across the site, and it was through this correct assessment of the assemblage that Maroni-Vournes joined the list of Cypriot centres involved in copper production. More recent work by Kassianidou (Kassianidou 2009) has indicated that