Cyprus Archaeology

Davidson College field school at this site, occupied for 2,500 years and encompassing the Archaic, Classsical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and Ottoman periods.

From Harvard's Semitic Museum, a chronology of the Cypriot Neolithic period.

Recently named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, Choirokoitia is a Neolithic settlement occupied from the 7th to the 4th millennium BC.

CAARI, affiliated with the American Schools of Oriental Research, conducts terrestrial and underwater archaeology in Cyprus.

From Window on Cyprus, a detailed history of the island of Cyprus, including lots of information on archaeology and mythology as well.

Preliminary report on the Neolithic occupation, by Alan Simmons; an abstract from the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

From John Illsley, extensive class notes and a slide show illustrating the reconstruction of this pre-Roman ship.

Excavations by the University of Edinburgh of the Chalcolithic Period (c3800-2500 BC) in the region of Paphos.

From Digmaster at the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, catalog and photographs of the collections at this site at Larnaca.

Results from the long-term project by the Department of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow and the University of Sydney in the northern Troodos foothills of central Cyprus between 1992 to 1998.

Researchers at the University of Sydney have been excavating at the legendary birthplace of Aphrodite.

A grant application to study Tsaroukkas, a Maroni Late Cypriot site, has some cultural information about the site.

A lovely and interesting look at this site off Cyprus, with Chalcolithic and late Hellenic period occupations, from New York University.

The École Française d'Athènes (EFA) conducts work in Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Bulgaria, and Russia.