University

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA, United States

University in Cambridge, MA. 10 people in the register connected with it.

History

1912
Henry W. Haynes bequeathed to the Department of the Classics, Harvard, objects now at the Harvard Art Museums including a Long-necked Spouted Jug (1977.216.2262) and a Trefoil Oinochoe (1977.216.2279).
Henry W. Haynes Records for reg. 1977.216.2262…
1969
G. Ernest Wright of Harvard's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures arranged for graduate students Lawrence Stager and Anita Walker to co-direct the Idalion excavations.
IdalionGeorge Ernest Wright Lawrence E. Stager Anita Walker Gaber 2008
April 1970
Paul Lapp, who had chosen Idalion and was assembling an excavation team, drowned off Kyrenia; Wright, then ASOR president, intervened so that the permit would not be lost and left field direction to Walker and Stager.
IdalionPaul W. Lapp George Ernest Wright Overview of American archaeology…
1971–1973
Harvard University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston excavated Morphou Toumba tou Skourou (a Bronze Age potters' quarter) under Emily Vermeule; work ended in 1974 because of the Turkish invasion; much of the site had earlier been bulldozed. The expedition is called the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Boston Cyprus Expedition.
MorphouEmily T. Vermeule Cornelius C. Vermeule III F. Z. Wolsky Regional study of the…Nicolaou 1976 Vermeule & Wolsky 1990
1971–1972
Joint American Expedition to Idalion: exploratory soundings and surveys in 1971, first major season 1972, reported in BASOR Supplement 19 (1974).
IdalionLawrence E. Stager Anita Walker George Ernest Wright Gaber 2008 Stager et al. 1974
1972–1980
The Joint American Expedition carried out survey, excavation and site-catchment analysis around Dhali from 1972 to 1978, with a final season in 1980; final publication Stager and Walker 1989. Pamela Gaber is named as of Harvard in 1978.
IdalionPamela Gaber Lawrence E. Stager Gaber 2008 Stager & Walker 1989
1974
Vermeule, Toumba tou Skourou: The Mound of Darkness (Boston: Harvard University and MFA); Vermeule and Wolsky 1990 is the potters' quarter volume.
MorphouEmily T. Vermeule F. Z. Wolsky Vermeule 1974 Vermeule & Wolsky 1990

People

10 people

Staff and members · 6

Louis Dyerother (1888–1888) · scholar, 'of Harvard College'Gardner et al. 18881888
George Ernest Wrightother (1959–1974) · Parkman Professor of DivinityMeyers 1997, pp. 350-3521959–1973
Pamela Gaberother (c. 1972–1978) · trained in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures; named as of Harvard in 1978Gaber 20081972
Frank Crossother (1975–1976) · Frank Moore Cross, Harvard University (OEANE list entry, 1975-1976)Meyers 19971975
Anita Walkerstudent (1969–1971)Gaber 2008
Cornelius C. Vermeule IIIother (1971–1973)Overview of American archaeology…

Fieldwork · 2

Lawrence E. Stagerstudent (1969–1971) · graduate student of G. E. Wright (1971 identification: 'of Harvard') · dug for itStager et al. 1974 Gaber 20081969–1980
Emily T. Vermeulefield-director (1970–1974) · Professor; director of the Archaeological Expedition to Cyprus · dug for itVermeule & Vermeule 1970, p. 1 Nicolaou 19761970–1973

Donors and lenders · 2

Henry W. Haynesdonor (by 1912) · bequeathed objectsRecords for reg. 1977.216.2262…1912
J. M. Patonlender · lent objectsRecords 1977.216.2123.460.A and .B

Objects

Long-necked Spouted Jug
1977.216.2262via Henry W. Haynes1912Records for reg. 1977.216.2262…
Trefoil Oinochoe
1977.216.2279via Henry W. Haynes1912Records for reg. 1977.216.2262…
Two joining fragments from a vessel (Cypriot vessel fragments)
1977.216.2123.460.A/Bvia J. M. PatonRecords 1977.216.2123.460.A and .B

Sources

1.E. A. Gardner, D. G. Hogarth, M. R. James, R. Elsey Smith (1888). “Excavations in Cyprus, 1887-88”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 9, 147-271.
2.“Records for reg. 1977.216.2262 (Long-necked Spouted Jug) and 1977.216.2279 (Trefoil Oinochoe)”. Harvard Art Museums (Fogg Museum).
3.“Records 1977.216.2123.460.A and .B”. Harvard Art Museums (Fogg Museum).
4.Pamela Gaber (2008). “The History of History: Excavations at Idalion and the Changing History of a City-Kingdom”. Near Eastern Archaeology 71. Online
5.L. E. Stager (ed.), A. Walker (ed.), G. E. Wright (ed.) (1974). American Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus: First Preliminary Report, Seasons of 1971 and 1972. American Schools of Oriental Research.
6.“Overview of American archaeology on Cyprus”. scan 5.
7.“Regional study of the northern Troodos foothills and Morphou Bay”. scan 2.
8.K. Nicolaou (1976). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1969-76”. Archaeological Reports 22.
9.E. T. Vermeule (1974). Toumba tou Skourou: The Mound of Darkness. A Bronze Age Town on Morphou Bay in Cyprus. Boston, Harvard University and Museum of Fine Arts.
10.E. D. T. Vermeule, F. Z. Wolsky (1990). Toumba tou Skourou: A Bronze Age Potters' Quarter on Morphou Bay in Cyprus. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Boston Cyprus Expedition.
11.Lawrence E. Stager (ed.), Anne M. Walker (ed.) (1989). American Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus, 1973-1980. Chicago, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
12.E. Vermeule, C. Vermeule III (1970). “Aegean Gold Hoard and the Court of Egypt”. Curator: The Museum Journal.
13.Eric M. Meyers (ed.) (1997). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. New York, Oxford University Press.