Excavator · Archaeologist · Scholar
Bleda S. Düring
fl. 2015–2023
Excavator and archaeologist, active 2015–2023. Excavated at Chlorakas-Palloures. Excavated with Victor Klinkenberg; worked with Department of Antiquities.
Life and work
- 2015Directed the first season (10 July - 10 August 2015) of the Leiden University expedition at Chlorakas-Palloures: a team of 24, 26 days in the field, six 5 x 10 m trenches, a 3D model and a GPR survey. Set up in consultation with the Department of Antiquities as a rescue excavation of Plot 568, expropriated for three years (2015-2017) ahead of development.
Chlorakas, Paphos DistrictDüring et al. 2019, pp. 13-14
- 2015–2017The first three pilot seasons were funded by a grant of the Byvank Fonds, associated with Leiden University; the stated aim was a long-term collaboration with the Department of Antiquities.
ChlorakasDüring et al. 2019, p. 13
- 2019Published Excavations at Chlorakas-Palloures: New Light on Chalcolithic Cyprus with Klinkenberg, Sonnemann, Paraskeva, Croft and Souter.
Connections
7 peopleFieldwork & employment
- Excavated with Charalambos Paraskeva2015–2017
- Excavated with Victor Klinkenberg2015–2019
Scholarship
- Wrote with Andreas Charalambous2018
- Wrote with Charalambos Paraskeva2018–2019
- Wrote with Ellon Souter2018–2023
- Wrote with Paul Croft2018–2019
- Wrote with Vassiliki Kassianidou2018
- Wrote with Victor Klinkenberg2018–2019
- Wrote with Till Sonnemann2019
On Ancient Cyprus
3 pages- Copper Metallurgy in Ancient CyprusCompendium
- Cruciform FigurinesCompendium
- Neolithic and Picrolite FigurinesCompendium
Sources
- 1.B. S. Düring, V. Klinkenberg, C. Paraskeva, P. Croft et al. (2019). “Excavations at Chlorakas-Palloures, New Light on Chalcolithic Cyprus”. Reports of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, New Series 1, 467-490.