Posthumanist community archaeology in Cyprus: Reframing engagement in a contested landscape

Cyprus remains one of the most enduringly divided countries in the world, its landscapes, histories, and cultural heritage fractured by conflict and divided by a UN-enforced buffer zone since 1974. Two archaeological projects and their engagement with communities from the Republic of Cyprus are explored here through a posthumanist lens. Posthumanism can function as an analytical mechanism through which archaeologists and community practitioners can move away from definitions of community archaeology that require hierarchical metrics of more/less, while also blurring disciplinary lines. Cyprus’s rich history and complex contemporary contexts provide a testing ground for these theoretical re-framings and their practical applications.