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Archaeologist · Scholar

Brandon R. Olson

fl. 2009–2018

Archaeologist and scholar, active 2009–2018. Worked at Polis Chrysochous (Arsinoe). Wrote with R. Scott Moore and Tina Najbjerg.

Life and work

  1. 2010
    Began working with the Princeton Cyprus Expedition at Polis Chrysochous.

    Polis ChrysochousChilds et al. 2012

  2. 2012
    Contributed catalogue entries (initials BRO) to the City of Gold exhibition catalogue; with R. S. Moore wrote the entry for an early Roman lamp from the Polis excavations. A note in the catalogue credits Moore and Olson with studying thirty years' worth of Hellenistic and Roman pottery from Princeton's Areas E.F2 and E.G0.

    Childs et al. 2012

  3. 2012
    With T. Najbjerg, author of 'A Deposit of Scythian-type Arrowheads from Polis Chrysochous (Ancient Arsinoe)' (listed 'RDAC, 2012 (forthcoming)' in City of Gold; later listed as RDAC 2011-2012, pp. 639-656, 2017).

    Childs et al. 2012Pyla-Vigla: A Case Study…, p. 20

  4. 2018
    Olson, Najbjerg and Moore, 'Chasing Arsinoe (Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus): A Sealed Early Hellenistic Cistern and Its Ceramic Assemblage', JHPMC 3, 9-29.

    Pyla-Vigla: A Case Study…, p. 20

Connections

4 people
R. Scott MooreWilliam CaraherAmy PapalexandrouTina NajbjergBrandon R. Olson
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Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.W. A. P. Childs (ed.), J. S. Smith (ed.), J. M. Padgett (ed.) (2012). City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus. Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum.
  2. 2.B. Olson, T. Najbjerg (2017). “A Deposit of Scythian-type Arrowheads from Polis Chrysochous (Ancient Arsinoe)”. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 639-656.
  3. 3.B. R. Olson, T. Najbjerg, R. S. Moore (2018). “Chasing Arsinoe (Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus): A Sealed Early Hellenistic Cistern and Its Ceramic Assemblage”. Journal of Hellenistic Pottery and Material Culture 3, 9-29.
  4. 4.“Pyla-Vigla: A Case Study Assessing the Im...”. p. 20.
  5. 5.W. Caraher (2013). “The South Basilica at Arsinoe (Polis-tes-Chrysochou): Change and innovation in an Early Christian Basilica on Cyprus”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 43.
  6. 6.M. Given (2024). City and Cemetery: Excavations at Kourion's Amathous Gate Cemetery, Cyprus. The Excavations of Danielle A. Parks. Volume 1: Context, Analysis, and Conclusions. Alexandria, VA, American Society of Overseas Research.