Middle and Late Bronze Age Metal Tools from the Aegean, Eastern ...

of hoards in Figure 5.5, but a quick summary helps to decipher this information: hoards 1
through 13 are from Crete; 14 through 31 are from the mainland; 32 through 51 are from
Cyprus; and 52 through 54 are from Anatolia or Ugarit.
The dendrogram showing all hoards is linked by their similarity coefficients,
which is based on the degree of common tool selections. Within the dendrogram, there
are four distinctive clusters that are recognizable (Fig. 5.8). Cluster 1 consists of hoards
entirely from Cyprus with one exception. Cluster 2 is the smallest grouping, comprising
examples from Cyprus and the mainland. Cluster 3 is rather large, and primarily
represented by Cretan and mainland hoards. Cluster 4 is also distinctive and shows
similarities between Cypriot and Cretan examples. Finally, a few hoards are considered
outliers for they do not have strong links.
Within Cluster 1, there is a tight grouping of three hoards, specifically the Enkomi
Point 438 hoard (#40), the Enkomi sanctuary of the horned god hoard (#51), and the
Tiryns hoard (#19). These caches contained only one implement type, agricultural tools,
which is why their coefficient similarity is so high. The presence of agricultural tools is
the key factor that links all nine hoards from Cluster 1 together, and it is significant that
all but the Tiryns hoard came from Cyprus. Many of the assemblages within this cluster
are small and only contain a few tools. Other implements were occasionally integrated in
these hoards, but not on a regular basis. Four of the nine hoards have smith tools; two
have flat axes; and two have combination tools. It is apparent that the inclusion of
agricultural tools was important in Cypriot hoards, even if other implements were
excluded.
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