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Katzev's survey of the Cyprus coast

Name: Katzev's survey of the Cyprus coast
Start: 1967
End: 1967

1967 · Cape Greco

The coast of Cape Greco, surveyed in September 1967 by Michael Katzev's team during the Cyprus Underwater Archaeological Search.

Map of Cyprus

Where the work took place

Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Site

1Cape Greco

Modern coastline (OpenStreetMap) and relief (Copernicus DEM).

The project

In September 1967 Michael Katzev led the Cyprus Underwater Archaeological Search, whose team spent the month surveying coastal locations around Cyprus, among them Cape Greco¹. Harpster characterizes the search as the first large-scale maritime archaeological survey around Cyprus¹. Katzev's team included Jeremy Green, Susan Womer Katzev and E. T. Hall¹.

Directors and team

Directed by

Michael Katzev

Team

Other fieldwork at Cape Greco · 2

Cape Greco: Nicolaou's survey1962
Cape Greco: Eastern Cyprus Maritime Survey2007–2009

References

1.Matthew Harpster, 2018, Kyrenia Shipwreck Excavation, Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology.

Sources

1.Kyrenia Shipwreck Excavation, p. 2.