Expedition

Lemba Archaeological Project

Cyprus · founded 1976

Expedition, founded 1976; part of University of Edinburgh. 6 people in the register connected with it.

History

1976–1983
Excavated the Chalcolithic settlement of Lemba-Lakkous (Paphos district); published as Lemba Archaeological Project Vol. I (Gothenburg, 1985). Area I work was concluded in 1982; over 50 tombs found.
LembaEdgar J. Peltenburg Symons 1986-1987 Kiely 2017
1976–1996
Excavated Kissonerga-Mylouthkia; results (colonisation and settlement of Cyprus) published as LAP 3.1, 2003.
KissonergaEdgar J. Peltenburg Kiely 2017 Toumazou et al. 2011, p. 124
1979–1992
Excavated Kissonerga-Mosphilia, a dense sequence of superimposed circular buildings c. 3500-2500 BC; Peltenburg conducted the last major season in the early 1990s.
KissonergaEdgar J. Peltenburg Symons 1986-1987 Herscher 1995 Kiely 2017
1979
A. Sheen conducted field survey for the project.
A. Sheen Karageorghis 1980
1982–1985
D. Baird's survey at Dhrousha, Peyia and Stavros tis Psokas.
Douglas Baird Symons 1986-1987, p. 11
1986–2016
Lemba Experimental Village: house reconstructions directed by Gordon Thomas within the project.
Gordon Thomas Thomas 2005
1991–1997
Collaborative excavation at the Chalcolithic cemetery of Souskiou-Vathyrkakas with the Department of Antiquities; Souskiou-Laona later (final report 2019).
SouskiouEdgar J. Peltenburg Diane Bolger Kiely 2017 Peltenburg et al. 2019, p. 7
2019
Souskiou Laona final report, co-edited by Peltenburg's team including D. Bolger.
Diane Bolger Peltenburg et al. 2019, p. 7

People

6 people

Staff and members · 6

Edgar J. Peltenburgdirector (1976–2016) · founder and directorCaubet & Thomas 2016 Karageorghis 19771976
A. Sheenmember (1979–1979) · conducted field surveyKarageorghis 19801979
Douglas Bairdmember (1982–1985) · member; survey work in Dhrousha, Peyia, Stavros tis PsokasSymons 1986-1987, p. 111982
Diane Bolgermember (1986–2019) · member; co-editor of the Souskiou Laona final reportPeltenburg et al. 2019, p. 71986
Carole McCartneymember (2008–2008) · affiliation given in 2008 BASOR articleSteel & McCartney 2008, p. 22008
Gordon Thomasstaff (from 1986)Thomas 2005

On Ancient Cyprus

7 pages

Ancient Cypriot Pottery: A Course from the First Pots to the Classical KingdomsArticle
Chlorakas-PallouresSite
KissonergaSite
Lemba-LakkousSite
Neolithic and Chalcolithic Burial in CyprusCompendium
Pottery Kilns and Firing in Ancient CyprusCompendium
Red-on-White WareCompendium

Sources

1.D. J. Symons (1986-1987). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1981-85”. Archaeological Reports 33, 62-77.
2.Ellen Herscher (1995). “Archaeology in Cyprus”. American Journal of Archaeology 99, 257-294.
3.V. Karageorghis (1977). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1976”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 101.
4.V. Karageorghis (1980). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1979”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 104.
5.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
6.Annie Caubet, Gordon D. Thomas (2016). “In memoriam, Edgar J. Peltenburg”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 46, 9-14.
7.M. K. Toumazou (ed.), P. N. Kardulias (ed.), D. B. Counts (ed.) (2011). Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus.
8.D. J. Symons (1986-1987). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1981-85”. Archaeological Reports 33, 62-77.
9.E. Peltenburg (ed.), D. Bolger (ed.), L. Crewe (ed.) (2019). Figurine Makers of Prehistoric Cyprus: Settlement and Cemeteries at Souskiou. Oxford, Oxbow Books.
10.Louise Steel, Carole McCartney (2008). “Survey at Arediou Vouppes (Lithosouros), a Late Bronze Age Agricultural Settlement on Cyprus: A Preliminary Analysis of the Material Culture Assemblages”. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 351, 9-37.
11.Gordon D. Thomas (2005). The Prehistoric Buildings of Chalcolithic Cyprus: the Lemba Experimental Village. Oxford, John and Erica Hedges.