Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Museum

Australian Institute of Archaeology

Melbourne, Australia

Museum in Melbourne. 3 people in the register connected with it.

History

  1. 1937–1938
    Beasley, later founder of the Institute, is one of the subscribers to James Stewart's Vounous excavation and receives a share of finds in exchange for funding; Stewart was shocked at how he split tomb groups

    VounousWalter BeasleyJames Rivers Barrington StewartPowell 2013, p. 112Kiely 2017

  2. 1946
    Founded by Walter Beasley, a Melbourne businessman collecting Biblical antiquities

    Walter BeasleyPowell 2013, p. 92

  3. 1949–1951
    Beasley and the Institute support Myrtou-Pigadhes (directed by Joan du Plat Taylor) with Sydney University and Otago Museum, and receive a share of finds

    MyrtouWalter BeasleyJoan du Plat TaylorKiely 2017Barker 2012

  4. 1951
    Stephania cemetery dug by Hennessy with costs borne by the University of Sydney and the Institute; the contents of Tombs 6, 13 and 14 were acquired by the Institute, and the University of Melbourne later acquired most of the material from Tombs 13 and 14A

    StephaniaBasil HennessyBarker 2012

People

3 people

Staff and members · 2

Fieldwork · 1

Objects

  • Finds from Stephania Tombs 6, 13 and 14

    from Myrtou-Stephania1951Barker 2012

  • Share of Vounous finds received in exchange for funding, later split between tomb groups

    from Vounousvia Walter Beasley1937–1938Powell 2013, p. 112

Sources

  1. 1.Judy Powell (2013). Love's Obsession: The Lives and Archaeology of Jim and Eve Stewart. Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press.
  2. 2.T. Kiely (2017). “Britain and the archaeology of Cyprus II: 1914 to the present day”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 47, 253-310. Online
  3. 3.Craig Barker (2012). Aphrodite's Island: The Cypriot Collection of the Nicholson Museum. Sydney, Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney.