Andrew C. Sneddon

Andrew C. Sneddon studied the cemeteries of Marki after looters had worked through them. His doctoral thesis at La Trobe University, published in 2002 as The Cemeteries at Marki (BAR International Series 1028), rested on surface survey of three cemeteries, Davari, Kappara and Vounaros, which held about 370 pit and chamber tombs, looted since the Second World War¹. The work was done under the auspices of the Australian Cyprus Expedition at Marki Alonia, and David Frankel and Jennifer Webb were his co-supervisors¹.

At Davari he surveyed the upper tier from 13 to 15 November 1998 and the middle and lower tiers from 3 February to 28 March 1999, on a grid of 20 by 20 m squares with 2 by 2 m collection units¹. Tom Rymer and Greg Deftereos made up the field team; Lindy Crewe and Kerrie Grant helped for short periods. The book argues that a looted cemetery keeps a limited value, and compares its surface finds with the assemblage from the Marki Alonia settlement¹.

Later he turned to Alambra-Mouttes. His article "Revisiting Alambra Mouttes" in the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology reassessed the settlement excavated earlier by Coleman and his team, and its author note names him Director of the University of Queensland Culture and Heritage Unit and of the UQ-Alambra Archaeological Mission². With K. M. Lowe and A. S. Fogel he published a geophysical survey of the site in 2017³.