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Alphredhos Andreou
fl. 1940–1996 · Cyprus
Active 1940–1996. Studied under Loizos Vasiloi; worked with David Pearlman.
Life and work
- 1996Flintknapper from the Anarita area who collected chert and made and repaired threshing-sledge flints, studied as a living craftsman by Pearlman (1996).
Athkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry (1996), p. 111
- 1996Flintknapper whose flaking of cores with a T-shaped iron hammer was recorded in a 1996 study of the threshing-sledge industry.
Athkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry (1996), p. 113
- UndatedCypriot flintknapper who traveled from village to village for about 10 years, repairing threshing sledges and making flint inserts, before knappers became obsolete in the 1950s.
Connections
3 peopleScholarship
- Student of Loizos VasiloiAndreou said he apprenticed with a knapper from Lapithos, settling on the name Miltiadis after wavering over his master's name. Whittaker 1996, p. 1101940
Colleagues & contacts
- Met David PearlmanPearlman interviewed Andreou in 1982-1983. Whittaker 1996, p. 1101982–1983
- Met John C. WhittakerWhittaker interviewed Andreou in July 1995 about his life as an athkiajas. Whittaker 1996, p. 1101995
- Worked with David PearlmanAthkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry (1996), p. 111
Mentioned in
4 mentionsDocuments · 1
- Athkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry
1940 · p. 110
Andreou said he apprenticed with a knapper from Lapithos, settling on the name Miltiadis after wavering over his master's name.
Whittaker 1996
- People · 3listed under Connections
Sources
- 1.John Whittaker (1996). “Athkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry”. Lithic Technology 21, 108-120.
- 2.Athkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry (1996).
- 3.George H. Odell (2000). Stone Tool Research at the End of the Millennium: Procurement and Technology. In Journal of Archaeological Research. Plenum Publishing Corporation. p. 284.. Online
- 4.John Whittaker, 1996, Athkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry, p. 110; John Whittaker, 1996, Athkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry.
- 5.John Whittaker, 1996, Athkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry.
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