Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Expedition member

Betty Cameron

fl. 1959–1961 · Australia

Australian expedition member, active 1959–1961. Excavated at Karmi-Palealona and Karmi-Lapatsa. Worked for James Rivers Barrington Stewart.

Life and work

  1. 1959
    Described as Stewart's departmental secretary at Sydney University; widow of a Bathurst doctor, Lloyd Cameron; a Bathurst friend of the Stewarts recommended for the secretary's post.

    SydneyPowell 2013

  2. 1961
    Sailed to Cyprus in late 1960 with Jim and Eve Stewart and R. Merrillees (SS Iberia); Stewart planned to train her in field archaeology, her salary paid by Sydney University. Member of the 1961 team that excavated Karmi-Palealona and Karmi-Lapatsa, which also included three students, Nicholson Museum conservator Derek Howlett, foreman Typhon Koulermos and Yiannis Kleanthous of the Department of Antiquities.

    KarmiPowell 2013Barker 2012

Connections

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Fieldwork & employment

Sources

  1. 1.Judy Powell (2013). Love's Obsession: The Lives and Archaeology of Jim and Eve Stewart. Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press.
  2. 2.Craig Barker (2012). Aphrodite's Island: The Cypriot Collection of the Nicholson Museum. Sydney, Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney.