1 I would like to thank Irmgard Hein for inviting me to take part in this very stimulating workshop of Bronze Age regionalism in Cyprus. I would also like to thank Alison South for illustrations and Steve Thomas for photography, and Bernard Knapp for comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Especial thanks are due to the coinotarchj, Andreas Petevenos, and the community for Arediou for their continued support of the project. 2 The site was named from the 1923 cadastral map, however, Vouppes refers to the field systems in the bed of the Aloupos river valley running along the east of the site. The local name for the site is Lithosouros , meaning mound of stones. Although it would be preferable to refer to the local nomenclature, given the number of publications that already refer to Arediou Vouppes and material housed in the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia under this name we have decided to continue with the name given to the site by SCSP. 3 STEEL and J ANES 2005; STEEL 2007; STEEL and MCCARTNEY 2008; STEEL and TH O MAS 2008. E XPLORING REGIONAL SETTLEMENT ON CYPRUS IN THE L ATE BRONZE A GE: THE RURAL HINTERLAND 1 INTRODUCTION This paper examines the evidence for settlement in the rural hinterland of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age, specifically through detailed examination of the survey and excavation results of a little known settle- ment type at Arediou Vouppes ( Lithosouros ). 2 The site lies at the interface between the sedimentary rocks of the Mesaoria plain and the pillow lavas of the north- ern foothills of the Troodos Mountains in an area with plentiful evidence for metallurgical activity in antiqui- ty. Vouppes has been the focus of intensive research by a team from the University of Wales Lampeter since 2004. 3 Consequently the results of regional survey, 4 Fig. 1 Map of Late Bronze Age Cyprus Louise Steel