Title:	The Colonisation and Settlement of Cyprus
Authors:	Peltenburg, Edgar
Keywords:	The Colonisation and Settlement
Issue Date:	2003
Publisher:	Sweden
Description:	The contents of the present volume on the results of our previous work at Mylouthkia can hardly fail to impress the reader with the importance of the site. This brief update on some of the results of continuing work underscores the enormous potential that this evershrinking site clearly still possesses. Sadly, even as I write, yet another part of the Ancient Monument of Mylouthkia (plot 57) is being subjected to illegal development. As is commonly the case in Cyprus, construction has begun in advance of planning permission being granted, and archaeology has been damaged before the Department of Antiquities has even had a chance to respond to the planning application. Inevitably, conservation of the cultural and natural heritage of Cyprus conflicts with development aimed at the expansion of mass tourism, and it is only realistic to acknowledge that compromises do need to be made. In my opinion, however, especially in view of both its great importance and its protected status, Mylouthkia has already been compromised beyond the maximum acceptable degree. The custodianship of the Ancient Monuments of Cyprus is an unenviable task in these gold-rush times of frantic tourist development within an economy in which the tourist sector is heavily dominant. Even so, unless those responsible can find a way to draw the line here, the scheduling of the site of Mylouthkia will have achieved little more than ensuring the presence of an archaeologist to witness the galling spectacle of ongoing destruction, and to pick up the few remaining scattered pieces.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/51929
ISBN:	91-7081-119-9
Appears in Collections:	Archeology and Heritage Management

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