Scholar · Expedition member
A. Legge
A. J. Legge
fl. 1972–1982
Lecturer, Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University of London, active 1972–1982. Worked at Ayios Epiktitos-Vrysi and Kalavasos-Tenta. Excavated with Edgar J. Peltenburg; worked with J. Atkinson and Julie Hansen.
Life and work
- 1972At Ayios Epiktitos-Vrysi (British mission) undertook flotation of selected occupation deposits with Miss J. Atkinson, and a bone analysis; preliminary seed analyses identified wheat, barley, lentils, peas, olives and grapes.
Ayios Epiktitos-VrysiKarageorghis 1973
- 1976–1977Designed the froth-flotation system used at Kalavasos-Tenta (built by a colleague) and wrote the faunal report: 1976 bones were fallow deer (52), pig (10), sheep or goat (10), possibly red deer (3).
Kalavasos-TentaTodd 1978
- 1982Co-author of the Vrysi monograph (Peltenburg et al.).
Connections
8 peopleFieldwork & employment
- Excavated with Edgar J. Peltenburg1972
Scholarship
- Wrote with Tracey Cullenprobably1978
- Wrote with D. F. Cutler1982
- Wrote with Edgar J. Peltenburg1982
- Wrote with J. S. Ridout1982
- Wrote with M. Kyllo1982
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with J. Atkinson1972
- Worked with Ian A. Todd1976–1977
- Worked with Julie Hansen1977
Sources
- 1.V. Karageorghis (1973). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1972”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 97.
- 2.Ian A. Todd (1978). “Vasilikos Valley Project: Second Preliminary Report, 1977”. Journal of Field Archaeology 5, 161-195. Online
- 3.E. J. Peltenburg et al. (1982). Vrysi: A Subterranean Settlement in Cyprus: Excavations at Prehistoric Ayios Epiktitos Vrysi 1969-1973.
- 4.H. N. Jarman, A. J. Legge, J. A. Charles (1972). “Retrieval of Plant Remains by Froth Flotation”. Papers in Economic Prehistory. Cambridge.