Vasilikos Valley Project

Excavated finds from Kalavasos-Tenta, Ayious and Ayios Dhimitrios and survey material from the Vasilikos valley; the project published them as the Vasilikos Valley Project series (SIMA 71). The repository is not stated in the sources reached; later secondary literature reports Tenta's wall painting and key finds in the Cyprus Museum and regional finds in the Larnaca District Museum.

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1. 1975
   Vassos Karageorghis, Director of the Department of Antiquities, drew Todd's attention to Kalavasos-Tenta; the project was conceived after the events of 1974.

   KalavasosVassos KarageorghisIan A. ToddTodd 1978dossier

2. 1976
   First season of excavation at Kalavasos-Tenta and of the field survey of the valley, lasting two months; Todd has directed the project since its inception.

   KalavasosIan A. ToddTodd 1978

3. 1977
   Second season: July to September at Tenta (up to 11 local and refugee workmen), Todd continuing field and analytical work to mid-January 1978. Sponsored by Brandeis University and funded by the National Science Foundation; staff housed in Kalavasos School and buildings at the Vassiliko Cement Works quarry. Officers of the Cyprus Survey, the survey section of the Department of Antiquities, (Loulloupis, Christou, Hadjisavvas) supplied site information.

   KalavasosIan A. ToddMichael LoulloupisTodd 1978

4. 1977
   First Preliminary Report, 1976, published in the Report of the Department of Antiquities in Cyprus (RDAC) 1977, pp. 5-32.

   Ian A. ToddDavis 1989

5. 1978
   Second Preliminary Report (1977 season) in the Journal of Field Archaeology 5(2); an interim report on 1977-1978 also appeared in RDAC 1979, pp. 13-68.

   Ian A. ToddTodd 1978Davis 1989

6. 1979
   From late 1979 the American Schools of Oriental Research became a co-sponsor, according to a secondary summary of Todd 1982; in the same year Todd became second director of CAARI.

   Ian A. TodddossierDavis 1989

7. 1982
   Fourth Preliminary Report, 1979-1980, in the Journal of Field Archaeology 9(1), edited by Todd.

   Ian A. ToddTodd 1982

8. 1984
   Final (fifth) excavation season at Tenta after 1976-1979, per Todd's own summary cited in a secondary source.

   KalavasosIan A. Todddossier

9. 1986
   Fifth Preliminary Report, 1980-84, in RDAC 1986, pp. 12-27.

   Ian A. ToddDavis 1989

10. 1987
    Vasilikos Valley Project 6: Excavations at Kalavasos-Tenta, vol. 1 (SIMA 71:6), Paul Astroms Forlag, Goteborg; vol. 2 followed in 2005 (VVP 7).

    Ian A. ToddToumazou et al. 2011Given 2025

11. 1989
    VVP 3: Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios II. Ceramics, objects, tombs, specialist studies (South, Russell and Keswani), SIMA 71:3.

    Alison K. SouthGiven 2025

12. 1991
    A second pithos storeroom of 45 pithoi was excavated north of the large hall of Building X (50+ pithoi) at Ayios Dhimitrios, under Alison South; gas chromatography showed the basin in neighbouring Building XI held olive oil.

    KalavasosAlison K. SouthHerscher 1995

13. 1993
    Trial excavations at Kalavasos-Laroumena, north of Kalavasos village, found substantial Late Middle Cypriot architecture (a settlement late in the MC period).

    KalavasosIan A. ToddHerscher 1995Steel 1997-1998

14. 2004
    The Field Survey of the Vasilikos Valley 1 (VVP 9, SIMA 71:9); VVP 12 (Human Settlement in the Vasilikos Valley) followed in 2013.

    Ian A. ToddStewart et al. 2014Given 2025

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