University

University at Albany, State University of New York

Albany, NY, United States

University in Albany, NY; part of State University of New York. 7 people in the register connected with it.

History

1970
During an attempt to form an Institute for Cypriot Studies in Nicosia, Prof. James Heaphey of SUNY Albany found the site of Idalion assigned to the new Institute by government authority; with the support of Mary Goggin, Chairman of the Albany Classics department, Paul W. Lapp was asked to form a team to dig Idalion in 1970. Lapp died in a swimming accident west of Kyrenia a few days before digging was to begin and the plan ended (G. E. Wright's account).
IdalionJames Heaphey Mary Goggin Paul W. Lapp Wright 1974, p. xv-xvii
1970
Nicolaou's 1970 news report names Prof. Overbeck of the State University of New York at Albany in connection with Idalion.
IdalionJohn C. Overbeck Nicolaou 1972, p. 319
1971
One-month exploratory campaign in August 1971 of the American Expedition to Idalion, under the joint sponsorship of ASOR and the Institute for Cypriot Studies in Nicosia of SUNY Albany; first-campaign funding came from a consortium including SUNY Albany, Boston University, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Harvard's Semitic Museum. The US State Department's Bureau of Cultural Affairs had approached ASOR in January 1971 to suggest reactivating the project.
IdalionGeorge Ernest Wright Wright 1974, p. xv-xvii
1972
Two-month summer campaign at Idalion (staff about forty); Albany is not among the named 1972 consortium members (Boston University, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Harvard Semitic Museum, University of Connecticut), though the Institute remained a sponsor.
IdalionGeorge Ernest Wright Anita Walker Wright 1974, p. xv-xvii
1973
Third Idalion season, described as sponsored by Harvard University and the Institute of Cypriote Studies of SUNY Albany, headed by 'the late Prof. G. Ernest Wright', with a survey of the area around the site.
IdalionGeorge Ernest Wright Nicolaou 1975
1979–1995
Wallace directed Albany missions and edited Institute of Cypriot Studies volumes; the Institute's later series is cited as 'Sources for the History of Cyprus' (vol. 12, German Texts: Turkish Period, by H. A. Pohlsander, 2006, Albany: Institute of Cypriote Studies, University at Albany, SUNY).
AlbanyP. W. Wallace Toumazou et al. 2011 Given 2025, p. 58
1982
Albany mission under P. Wallace conducted archaeological survey in the Marion region.
Marion regionP. W. Wallace Karageorghis 1983
1983
Albany group under P. W. Wallace, working in collaboration with W. A. P. Childs's Princeton mission around Polis tis Chrysokhou, explored the Akamas peninsula (Ayios Sergios, Ayios Konon, Baths of Aphrodite, medieval tower Pyrgos tis Rigenas) and looked near Magounda for the Late Bronze Age settlement.
Akamas / Polis tis ChrysokhouP. W. Wallace Karageorghis 1984
1984
A second mission from Albany under P. Wallace continued fieldwork (BCH 1984).
P. W. Wallace Karageorghis 1985
1987
First season (1 June-2 July 1987) at Episkopi-Bamboula, previously dug by J. F. Daniel of the University of Pennsylvania, directed by P. W. Wallace.
Episkopi-BamboulaP. W. Wallace Karageorghis 1988
2013
Stuart Swiny described as Professor and Director of the Institute of Cypriot Studies.
Stuart Swiny CAARI 2013, p. 3

People

7 people

Staff and members · 5

John C. Overbeckother (1970–1970) · professor (styled 'Prof. Overbeck' by Nicolaou)Nicolaou 1972, p. 3191970
Mary Gogginofficial (1970–1971) · Chairman, Department of ClassicsStager et al. 19741970
P. W. Wallacefield-director (1979–1995) · Professor; director of the Albany missions; editor of Institute of Cypriot Studies volumes · worked for itKarageorghis 1983 Toumazou et al. 20111979–1987
James Heapheyfounder (1970–1971)Wright 1974, p. xv
Stuart Swinydirector · Professor and Director of the Institute of Cypriot StudiesCAARI 2013, p. 3

Fieldwork · 2

George Ernest Wrightfield-director (1971–1973)Stager et al. 1974
Paul W. Lappfield-director (1970–1970)Stager et al. 1974

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

The Island With No Dark Age: Maria Iacovou and the Kingdoms of CyprusArticle

Sources

1.G. Ernest Wright (1974). “Part 1. The Expedition (Introduction)”. American Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus: First Preliminary Report: Seasons of 1971 and 1972, xv-xvii.
2.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.
3.Kyriakos Nicolaou (1972). “Archaeological News from Cyprus, 1970”. American Journal of Archaeology 76, 311-320.
4.Kyriakos Nicolaou (1975). “Archaeological News from Cyprus, 1973”. American Journal of Archaeology 79, 125-134. Online
5.V. Karageorghis (1980). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1979”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 104.
6.V. Karageorghis (1983). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1982”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 107.
7.V. Karageorghis (1984). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1983”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 108.
8.V. Karageorghis (1985). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1984”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 109.
9.V. Karageorghis (1988). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1987”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 112.
10.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.
11.Michael Given (2025). “Over the landscape, in the landscape? Knowledge and agency in Cypriot archaeology, 1870-1910”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960. Leiden, Sidestone Press.
12.Thomas W. Davis (1989). “A History of American Archaeology on Cyprus”. The Biblical Archaeologist 52, 163-169. Online
13.CAARI (2013). CAARI News 45 (Fall 2013).