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Draughtsman / artist · Photographer · Expedition member

B. C. S. Wilson

fl. 1954–1963 · United Kingdom

British draughtsman and photographer, active 1954–1963. Excavated at Ktima (Nea Paphos cemetery). Worked with Jean Bérard; wrote with Jean Deshayes.

Life and work

  1. 1954–1955
    As surveyor of the Kouklia Expedition, worked with Bérard and Deshayes of the French Mission on the Ktima cemetery; Deshayes called him 'le collaborateur parfait, aussi habile en matière de relevés ou de photographies qu'excellent archéologue'.

    Ktima, PaphosMaier 2008, p. 61

  2. 1955
    Wrote to J. H. Iliffe that the French Mission's fieldwork at Ktima was ending, that the trenches had given useful information on the extent of the cemetery, and that no further work was planned there.

    Maier 2008, p. 61

Connections

3 people
John Henry (Harry) IliffeJean DeshayesJean BérardB. C. S. Wilson
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Sources

  1. 1.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.
  2. 2.Jean Deshayes (1963). La nécropole de Ktima (Mission Jean Bérard 1953-55). Paris, Geuthner.