Peter M Fischer

Biographic Data

ID1124042
NAMEPeter M Fischer
GIVEN NAMESPeter M
FAMILY NAMEFischer
SIGNATUREFISCHER P M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Gothenburg
ORCID0000-0002-6982-7909
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS43
TOTAL CITATIONS21
AUTHOR COUNT43
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1980
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Cultural Fusion in Late Bronze Age Goldwork: Diadems and Mouth‐pieces From Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus

    Open AccessPeter M FischerARTICLEOxford Journal of Archaeology2026References: 22

    This study investigates recently discovered gold diadems and mouth‐pieces from seven chamber tombs and one shaft tomb at the Late Bronze Age cemetery of Hala Sultan Tekke, dating from the fifteenth to the thirteenth centuries BC. The chamber tombs, all containing multi‐generational burials, yielded a variety of ornaments, which are analysed in terms of typology, patterns of use, and their associations with age and sex. The results indicate local …

  • The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition: The 2023 and 2024 excavations at the Late Bronze Age cemetery of Hala Sultan Tekke

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Rainer Feldbacher et al.ARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2025

    The 14th and 15th excavation seasons at the Late Bronze Age site of Hala Sultan Tekke focused on the excavation of tombs threatened by agricultural activities and erosion. Magnetic anomalies detected in 2017 aligned with concentrations of sherds in the ploughed soil, revealing six tombs: the partly looted Chamber Tomb VV and the intact Chamber Tombs XX, YY, ZZ, AB East and AB West. These stratified tombs, with successive interments, complement th…

  • Boat‐shaped Objects of Lead From Late Bronze Age Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus, and the Uluburun Shipwreck

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tzveta V ManolovaARTICLEOxford Journal of Archaeology2025References: 14

    This study examines four exceptional lead boat‐shaped objects recovered from the fourteenth‐century BC Chamber Tomb ZZ at the cemetery of the cosmopolitan city of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus. A closely related lead object was also found in Stratum 1 of City Quarter 4 at Hala Sultan Tekke, dating to the early twelfth century BC. Similar artefacts have been identified in the late fourteenth‐century BC Uluburun shipwreck, representing the only known p…

  • An Aegean Mirror From Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus

    Open AccessRainer Feldbacher, Laura E Alvarez et al.ARTICLEOxford Journal of Archaeology2024References: 18

    This study deals with the results of the 2023 fieldwork at the extramural cemetery of the Late Bronze Age harbour city of Hala Sultan Tekke. One of the three excavated tombs in 2023 was the undisturbed Chamber Tomb XX, which is dated around 1300 BC. It contained a riveted bronze mirror, a rare type in Cyprus at that time, which is part of a mortuary context of four individuals out of a total of 17 individuals and 264 complete objects, many of the…

  • The Cemetery of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: Further Evidence of Interculturality and Burial Customs in the Late Bronze Age

    Peter M FischerARTICLENear Eastern Archaeology2024Cited by: 2References: 16

    This study deals with the results from the 2018–2023 fieldwork at the cemetery of Hala Sultan Tekke. The aim of the project is the safeguarding, excavation, recording, and study of tombs exposed to farming, erosion, and looting. The stratigraphy of the tombs that were used over generations represents an excellent complement to the sequence of occupation in the city. The mortuary gifts and personal belongings date mainly to the fifteenth to thirte…

  • The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition (The Söderberg Expedition): Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke autumn 2021 and spring 2022

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2023

    In 2021 and 2022, the 13th and 14th seasons of excavations at the Late Bronze Age site of Hala Sultan Tekke were carried out in Area A, and as a result of these investigations numerous tombs were found. These tombs were threatened by farming. Four magnetic anomalies, indicated in the 2017 survey magnetometer map, were investigated. They represent three tombs, L198, TT, and UU, and the probable Offering Pit SS-S. The minimum number of individuals …

  • Petrographic studies of Late Bronze Age pottery from Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus

    Open AccessPaula Waiman-Barak, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023References: 14

  • The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition (The Söderberg Expedition): Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke 2020 and 2021

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2022

    In 2020 and 2021, the eleventh and twelfth seasons of excavations at the Late Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke were carried out in the cemetery of Area A. Based on indications provided by a large-scale magnetometer survey, two tombs exposed by intensive farming were located, Tombs RR and SS. The excavation of Tomb RR, which had started in 2018, was concluded. The total minimum number (MNI) of skeletons in this tomb, of which most were incompl…

  • Interregional trade at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: Analysis and chronology of imports

    Open AccessPeter M FischerARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2022Cited by: 3References: 13

    Far-reaching interregional contacts confirmed by scientific analyses of imports. • Multi-varied analyses include petrography, NAA, FTIR, XRF. • Combination of visual examination and multi-varied analyses. • Geophysical prospecting with 10 magnetometers mounted on a chart, and georadar. • Large-scale copper production and purple-dyed textiles confirmed. This paper presents the results from extensive and intensive field work at Hala Sultan Tekke, C…

  • Crops and food choices at the Late Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke

    Open AccessDominika Kofel, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2021Cited by: 1References: 7

  • The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2019: Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke (The Söderberg Expedition)

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2020

    The tenth season of excavations at the Late Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke was carried out in four areas: City Quarter 1 (CQ1), CQ4, City Wall 1 (CW1), and Area A (Tomb RR). The excavations in CQ1 provided additional information on the pre-LC IIIA occupation of the city. Stratum 3 which can be dated to the LC IIC (13th century BC) was further exposed. For the first time in the city even older phases, Strata 4 and 5, were found. These are te…

  • Cyprus and Sardinia in the Late Bronze Age: Nuragic table ware at Hala Sultan Tekke

    Open AccessMaria Giuseppina Gradoli, Paula Waiman-Barak et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2020Cited by: 3References: 2

    In the course of the Swedish excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus, table ware and domestic pottery of unknown provenance were discovered in offering pits dating to the 13th century BCE. These vessels comprise six hand-made and black burnished vessels, all of which have close typological parallels in the Nuragic culture of Sardinia. Comparative petrographic investigation confirmed their Sardinian provenance. Other archaeometric analyses includ…

  • The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2018: Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke (The Söderberg Expedition)

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2019

    During the ninth field season at the Late Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke, excavations in City Quarter 1 (CQ1) continued and brought to light industrial and domestic structures belonging to three phases of occupation (Strata 3–1) dating to the 13th and 12th centuries BC (LC IIC–IIIA). Finds of more than half a ton of copper slag together with remains of furnaces and tuyères indicate intensive urban copper production. There is also evidence o…

  • Precious Commodities: The Socio-Economic Implications of the Distribution of Juglets in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Middle and Late Bronze Age

    Peter M FischerARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2019

  • C-Dating of the Late Bronze Age City of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: Status Report

    Open AccessEva M Wild, Peter M Fischer et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2019References: 8

    Hala Sultan Tekke is a large Bronze Age city located on the southeastern littoral of Cyprus. The city flourished from approximately 1650 BC to 1150 BC according to the archaeological evidence. Since 2010, Swedish excavations have exposed four new city quarters (CQ1–4) with three occupational phases, the 14 C dating of which is of highest importance also for other contemporaneous cultures. The finds demonstrate vast intercultural connections in th…

  • Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: A Late Bronze Age Trade Metropolis

    Peter M FischerARTICLENear Eastern Archaeology2019Cited by: 3References: 2

    The results of ten seasons of excavations at the Late Bronze Age harbor city of Hala Sultan Tekke near Larnaca on Cyprus are detailed in this article. The excavations were supported by large-scale geophysical prospecting including georadar and magnetometers resulting in the discovery of several city quarters, the cemetery and possibly city wall. These surveys indicate a city in excess of 25 hectares in size. The rich finds establish the multicult…

  • The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2017: Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke (The Söderberg Expedition)

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2018

    During the eighth field season at the Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke, excavations in City Quarter 1 (CQ1) exposed massive industrial and domestic structures belonging to three phases of occupation (Strata 3–1) dating to the 13th and 12th centuries BC (LC IIC–IIIA). Georadar survey, penetrating to a maximum depth of approximately 1 m, guided the excavation of walls of Strata 1–2, both of which were destroyed by conflagration. Excavations 1.5…

  • "Sea Peoples" Up-to-Date: New Research on Transformation in the Eastern Mediterranean in 13th-11th Centuries BCE

    Peter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.BOOK"Sea Peoples" Up-to-Date2017

  • The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke (The Söderberg Expedition): Preliminary results

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2017

    In the seventh season at the Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke excavations continued in City Quarter 1 (CQ1) where georadar indicated stone structures to the south of the area excavated in 2010–2012. Massive domestic structures, which belong to three phases of occupation (Strata 1–3), were exposed. Both the most recent Stratum 1, and Stratum 2 were destroyed in a conflagration. The three phases are preliminarily dated to the 13th and 12th cent…

  • Tombs and Offering Pits at the Late Bronze Age Metropolis of Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus

    Peter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2017

    Hala Sultan Tekke is a large Bronze Age city close to the famous homonymous mosque near the international airport of Larnaca on the south coast of Cyprus. Previous research demonstrated that the city flourished mainly in the later part of the Late Bronze Age—viz., during the 13th and 12th centuries B.C.E.—but recent excavations confirmed that the city was occupied from as early as the Middle Cypriot III-Late Cypriot IA period around 1600 B.C.E. T…

  • The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2015. Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke: Preliminary results

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2016

    In 2015 the sixth season of the renewed excavations at the Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke continued in the compound which was ex­posed in Area 6W in 2013–2014. Further evidence of textile process­ing was found. The results of another ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey in 2014 indicated a new city quarter west of the former. Exca­vations were initiated there in 2015 and parts of the remains of a large compound were exposed. Two occupation…

  • The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2014. Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke: Preliminary results

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2015

    The initial aim of the project—the search for the oldest city of Hala Sultan Tekke—continued in 2014. Geophysical methods were used, which led to the discovery of new city quarters, and a broadening of the research objectives, to include revealing the total extent of the city. The GPR survey indicated a huge stone compound of at least 50 m × 40 m to the west of a probable street. Excavations continued in Area 6 West, where in 2013 a domestic and …

  • The Swedish Jordan Expedition 2014 at Tall Abu al-Kharaz: Preliminary results from Areas 12 and 13

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tyler BurgeARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2015

    In previous seasons excavations have concentrated on the periphery of the city of Tall Abu al-Kharaz, a multi-period tell in the Central Jordan Valley. Tall Abu al-Kharaz flourished from the Early Bronze to Islamic times, from roughly 3200 BC to the 10th century AD. The main object of the field work in 2014 was to investigate the area around the geographical centre of the city (Area 12). Preference was given to further investigation of the Iron A…

  • The “Ivory Tomb” at Tell Irbid, Jordan: Intercultural Relations at the End of the Late Bronze Age and the Beginning of the Iron Age

    Peter M Fischer, Tyler Burge et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2015

    The discovery of a tomb with remarkable contents at Tell Irbid, Jordan, in the center of the modern town, sheds light on the intercultural relations of the inhabitants of northern Jordan during the latter part of the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age. The tomb comprises a single burial chamber for one female of high rank. She had been buried with ceramic vessels and small finds, including jewelry. Outstanding finds of ivory from h…

  • The Swedish Jordan Expedition 2013 at Tall Abu al-Kharaz: Preliminary results from Areas 9, 10 and 11

    Open AccessPeter M Fischer, Tyler BurgeARTICLEOpuscula Annual of the Swedish…2014

    The Swedish excavations at Tall Abu al-Kharaz, a twelve-hectare tell in the central Jordan Valley, continued in 2013 in order to shed further light on the Iron Age occupation of this city that was first settled around 3200 BC, corresponding to the conventional Early Bronze Age IB. The Iron Age occupation lasted from the 12th century BC until 732 BC, when the city was conquered by the Neo-Assyrians. From 2009 to 2012, excavations in Area 9 reveale…