ExcavationForeign missions
Pendayia: Kent State University (interrupted)
1974 · Pendayia
Kent State University's excavation at Pendayia in summer 1974 under James Carpenter, described by Vassos Karageorghis as of an Early Bronze Age settlement; the campaign was interrupted in the summer of the Turkish invasion.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Pendayia (approx.)
The project
In summer 1974 Kent State University began an excavation of a settlement at Pendayia under Professor James Carpenter1. V. Karageorghis described the target as an Early Bronze Age settlement, and he attributes the interruption of the campaign to "the tragic events that hit Cyprus", that is, the Turkish invasion of July 19741.
Institutions
- Kent State UniversitySponsor
Reported at the time
1 reportThe project as the official records of the time reported it: the colonial Annual Reports, the Cyprus Gazette and the press releases of the Press and Information Office.
- 19741974
In 1974 preliminary excavations near Pentayia were carried out, directed by James Carpenter (report of the Director of Antiquities for 1974).
Related
Other fieldwork at Pendayia · 2
References
- 1.Vassos Karageorghis, Patroclos Stavrou, 1976, Treasures of Cyprus: An Exhibition of Cypriot Art.
Sources
- 1.The Cultural heritage of Cyprus, p. 21.
Mentioned in
3 mentionsDocuments · 1
- The Cultural heritage of Cyprus
Reported in
1975, p. 21
Sites · 1
- Pendayia
1974
The Cultural heritage of Cyprus (1975), p. 21
- Institutions · 1listed under Institutions
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