Scholar · Cataloguer
Benjamin Costello IV
fl. 2007–2014 · United States
American scholar and cataloguer, active 2007–2014. Worked at Kourion (Earthquake House). Studied under David Soren; worked with Ioannis Violaris.
Life and work
- 2007–2008Fulbright year in Cyprus, hosted by CAARI (Director Tom Davis), to study the Earthquake House assemblage and architecture; finds examined in the Kourion Museum storerooms at Episkopi with the help of Limassol District Officer Yiannis Violaris and museum staff.
CyprusIV 2014
- 2014Published Architecture and Material Culture from the Earthquake House at Kourion, Cyprus: A Late Roman Non-Elite House Destroyed in the 4th Century AD (BAR International Series 2635). The house was excavated by the University of Pennsylvania Museum mission (1934-35, Trench III under Daniel) and the University of Arizona mission under Soren (1984-87); the assemblage is stored in the Kourion Museum.
OxfordIV 2014
Connections
3 peopleScholarship
- Student of David Soren
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with David Soren2007–2014
- Worked with Ioannis Violaris2007–2008
- Connected with Thomas W. Davis2007–2008
Sources
- 1.Benjamin Costello IV (2014). Architecture and Material Culture from the Earthquake House at Kourion, Cyprus. Oxford, Archaeopress.