Expedition
French Mission at Kition-Bamboula
Larnaca, Cyprus · founded 1976
Expedition in Larnaca, founded 1976; part of Université Lumière Lyon 2. 6 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 1976First campaign at Kition-Bamboula (the so-called Acropole of Bamboula) by the Lyon II mission, directed by Mme M. Yon, under the patronage of the Commission des fouilles; aims were to extend Gjerstad's 1929 dig at the Herakles-Melqart sanctuary, identify earlier buildings, understand the formation of the mound and find the city limit toward the sea
- 1976A trench north of Bamboula made in relation to Karageorghis's Department of Antiquities dig at Kathari, where the Mycenaean-period rampart had been identified
- 1977Second campaign (September-October): a Cypro-Geometric III altar building suggests a sacred place from the time of the Phoenician installation at Kition, against the 1929 reading of a sanctuary starting two centuries later; remains of a plundered Late Cypriot tomb with Mycenaean IIIB pottery also cleared
- 1981Campaign with architect Olivier Callot and archaeologists including A. Caubet and J.-F. Salles in the team, reported in the Chronique
LarnacaMarguerite YonAnnie CaubetOlivier CallotJ.-F. SallesKarageorghis 1982
- 1987Campaign 14 September-30 October on the Astarte and Herakles-Melqart sanctuaries, Classical layouts and Hellenistic occupation; since 1987 the team has concentrated on the port of ancient Kition and a series of 4th-century BC shipsheds
- 2008Sabine Fourrier listed as director from 2008 (Yon directed 1976-2007)
People
6 peopleStaff and members · 5
- Annie Caubetfield-director (from 1976) · excavator and publication author · worked for itKarageorghis 19821976
- J.-F. Sallesexcavator (1981–1981) · archaeologist (member of the 1981 season team)Karageorghis 19821981
- Olivier Callotspecialist (May–June 1981) · architect, 1981 campaign (May-June), directed by M. YonKarageorghis 19821981
- Sandrine Marquiéspecialist (1998–2000) · worked withMarquié 2001, p. 21998–2000
- Sabine Fourrierdirector (from 2008) · DirectriceHatzopoulos & Iacovou 2014, p. 32008
Fieldwork · 1
- Marguerite Yondirector (1976–2007) · director · dug for itKarageorghis 1977Steel 1997-19981976–2008
Sources
- 1.V. Karageorghis (1977). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1976”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 101.
- 2.V. Karageorghis (1978). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1977”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 102.
- 3.V. Karageorghis (1982). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1981”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 106.
- 4.V. Karageorghis (1988). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1987”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 112.
- 5.Louise Steel (1997-1998). “Archaeology in Cyprus 1987-1997”. Archaeological Reports 44, 137-149.
- 6.M. Hatzopoulos (ed.), M. Iacovou (ed.) (2014). Les régimes politiques chypriotes dans leur contexte méditerranéen (Actes du Symposium de Nicosie, 4-5 mai 2012).
- 7.Sandrine Marquié (2001). “Les sigillées de la côte méridionale de Chypre aux époques hellénistique et romaine”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 31, 83-98. Online