Rescue excavationDepartment of Antiquities
Akanthou: Department of Antiquities rescue of the cemetery near the church
1954 · Akanthou
The Department of Antiquities' 1954 rescue of disturbed chamber tombs in a previously unrecorded Early Bronze Age cemetery near the village church at Akanthou.
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Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Akanthou (approx.)
The project
Disturbed chamber tombs in a previously unrecorded cemetery near the village church at Akanthou were reported in 19541. The tombs yielded paste beads and Red Polished III pottery, and A. H. S. Megaw's annual report places the entry under its Early Bronze section1. The Department of Antiquities was the sponsor1.
Institutions
Seasons
1 season- 1954
Disturbed chamber tombs of a new cemetery gave paste beads and Red Polished III pottery.
What was found
Periods
Publications
1 itemAnnual reports of the Department of Antiquities
Related
Other fieldwork at Akanthou · 6
- Akanthou: rescue of tombs at Orombos1963
- Akanthou: N. P. Stanley Price's survey1972–1973
- Kyrenia district: Şevketoğlu's survey of Neolithic and Chalcolithic sites1995–1997
- Akanthou-Çiftlikdüzü: Şevketoğlu's excavations2000–today
- Akanthou coast: Cyprus International University underwater survey and Karaburun rescue2018–today
- Northern and eastern coast survey (Akanthou to Komi Kebir and Ormidhia)
References
- 1.A. H. S. Megaw, 1954, Archaeology in Cyprus, 1954, Archaeological Reports 1.
Sources
- 1.Archaeology in Cyprus, 1954, p. 2.