University
University of St Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom · founded 1413
University in St Andrews, founded 1413. 8 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
A share of the Kouklia finds from the 1950-55 expedition (tomb groups, sherds, some metalwork), part of which was later returned to Nicosia and the Ayia Varvara tomb group transferred to the National Museum of Scotland. No total is given in the sources reached. (2020)
History
- 1949Iliffe and Mitford decided to dig at Kouklia after hearing of Archaic sculpture found there, and persuaded Liverpool Museums and the University of St Andrews to pay for the work.
KoukliaJohn Henry (Harry) IliffeTerence Bruce MitfordMaier 2004
- 1950–1955Co-sponsored the Liverpool City Museum/St Andrews University Expedition to Palaepaphos, led by J. H. Iliffe for Liverpool and T. B. Mitford for St Andrews: the 1950 trial season, then tomb cemeteries (Skales, Evreti, Asproyi, Kaminia) and the Persian siege-mound to 1955.
KoukliaTerence Bruce MitfordJohn Henry (Harry) IliffeGeorge Roy Haslam WrightEthel M. HunterCatling 2020Maier 2004
- 1955On closing field work, finds were divided under the pre-1960 Antiquities Law among Kouklia, Nicosia, St Andrews, Liverpool, Birmingham and Sydney (Nicholson Museum, for Asproyi Tomb IV).
CyprusCatling 2020
- 1967H. W. Catling worked on the St Andrews share of the Kouklia material in April and March 1967, making up vessels from general sherds; a geologist at St Andrews, Dr Macgregor, identified a stone object as hornfels. Two gold earrings from Asproyi Tomb V were probably returned from St Andrews to Nicosia.
St AndrewsHector CatlingMacgregorCatling 2020
- 1967–1969Catling thanks staff of St Andrews who helped him, among them Anna Morpurgo Davies, Anna and Geoffrey Rickman, John Davies and Margaret Mitford.
St AndrewsHector CatlingAnna Morpurgo DaviesAnna RickmanGeoffrey RickmanJohn DaviesMargaret MitfordCatling 2020
- 1973Terence Mitford, Reader in Classical Archaeology, became Honorary Emeritus Professor on retirement.
- 1988St Andrews material was among Scottish holdings (Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews) shown in the Royal Museum of Scotland exhibition 'Aphrodite's Island', 14 April to 4 September 1988, curated by Elizabeth Goring.
EdinburghElizabeth Sarah GoringVassos KarageorghisHunt 1989, p. 1
People
8 peopleStaff and members · 6
- Anne Wilsonother (1949–1950) · described as 'of St. Andrew's University'Megaw 1951, p. 2591949
- Anna Morpurgo Daviesnamed among those who helped H. W. Catling at St Andrews1967
- John Daviesnamed among those who helped H. W. Catling at St Andrews1967
- Macgregorspecialist (1967–1967) · geologistCatling 20201967
- Margaret Mitfordstaff (1967–1969) · helped H. W. Catling at St AndrewsCatling 20201967
- Geoffrey Rickmannamed among people at St Andrews who helped Catling
Fieldwork · 2
- John Henry (Harry) Iliffeother (1950–1955) · dug for itMaier 20041950–1955
- Terence Bruce Mitfordfield-director (1950–1955) · other (by 1973) · Reader in Classical Archaeology; Honorary Emeritus Professor on retirement (1973) · dug for it · worked withMaier 2008Catling 2020Mitford 19711950–1955
Objects
Ayia Varvara tomb group (Kouklia), formerly St Andrews
from Kouklia, Ayia Varvaravia British Kouklia Expedition (Liverpool/St Andrews Expedition to Palaepaphos)1955Catling 2020
On Ancient Cyprus
1 pageSources
- 1.H. W. Catling (2020). Kouklia: Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Tombs at Palaepaphos 1951-1954. Oxford, BAR Publishing.
- 2.F. G. Maier (2004). Guide to Palaipaphos (Kouklia). Nicosia, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation.
- 3.F. G. Maier (2008). “Archaeology in Cyprus in the Fifties: Jean Bérard's work at Nea Paphos in context”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 38, 53-62.
- 4.A. H. S. Megaw (1951). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1949-1950”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 71, 258-260. Online
- 5.T. B. Mitford (1971). The Inscriptions of Kourion. Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society.
- 6.“Terence Mitford”. Wikipedia (English). Wikimedia Foundation. Online
- 7.“University of St Andrews”. Wikipedia. Online
- 8.David Hunt (1989). “Mischievous Digging (review of E. Goring, A Mischievous Pastime: Digging in Cyprus in the Nineteenth Century, Edinburgh 1988)”. The Classical Review. Online