ExcavationDepartment of Antiquities
Rizokarpaso-Anavrysi: du Plat Taylor excavation
1937–1938 · Rizokarpaso-Anavrysi
Joan du Plat Taylor's work at Rizokarpaso-Anavrysi in 1937 and 1938 for the Department of Antiquities, reported in 1951 as an Early Iron Age tomb-group.
Map of Cyprus
Where the work took place
- Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m
Site
- 1Rizokarpaso-Anavrysi (approx.)
The project
Joan du Plat Taylor directed work at Anavrysi, Rizokarpaso, in 1937 and 1938 for the Department of Antiquities1. Her report, An Early Iron Age tomb-group from "Anavrysi" Rizokarpaso, appeared in 1951 in the Department's report for 1937–19392. A White Painted ring vase (kernos) of the Geometric period, with four vessels and two animal heads set on a large ring, is catalogued as from Rizokarpaso, Anavrysi, Tomb 1; it is in the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, as 1937/V-1/3, and the 1979 exhibition catalogue says it was bought from Maria Dimitri3.
Directors and team
Directed by
- Joan du Plat Taylor1937–1938
Institutions
References
- 1.Excavation register record and evidence pack for Rizokarpaso-Anavrysi: du Plat Taylor excavation.
- 2.J. du Plat Taylor, 1951, An Early Iron Age tomb-group from “Anavrysi” Rizokarpaso, Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 1937–1939.
- 3.Veronica Tatton-Brown, V. Karageorghis, E. J. Peltenburg, S. Swiny, 1979, Cyprus BC. 7000 years of history, Exhibition catalogue.
Mentioned in
1 mentionTomb records · 1
- Rizokarpaso-Anavrysi, Taylor Tomb 1
1937
Tatton-Brown 1979
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