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The mountainous territory known in antiquity as the Cibyratis was among the last regions of southwest Asia Minor to be explored by western scholars and travelers in the 18th and 19th centuries. Boubon, the smallest of four cities known to have formed the Cibyratic city league, was identified as late as 1842, subsequent to its three neighbors and partners in that league. Surrounded by high mountain chains, the site of Boubon is situated 20 km south of the modern town of Golhisar, ancient Cibyra, near the small agricultural village of Ibecik and far from the tourist attractio...

The jigsaw puzzle of the metallurgy and metalworking of the Aegean is slowly being completed. It is being filled in by new finds, new methods, and analyses that point to new possibilities. The pieces of the puzzle are still difficult to assemble: our knowledge is frequently fragmented, both geographically and chronologically. Nevertheless it is now possible to arrive at a minimum series of technical events in a chronological and geographical sequence, not just a sequence of abstract technological development, following a continuous and linear concept. The effort is rather d...