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Archaeologist · Excavator · Scholar

Bülent Kızılduman

fl. 2004–2019 · Türkiye

Archaeologist at Eastern Mediterranean University in north Cyprus who surveyed the Morphou area and published the Late Bronze Age site of Kral Tepesi with Uwe Müller.

Biography

Bülent Kızılduman, an archaeologist of Eastern Mediterranean University, published the Late Bronze Age site of Kral Tepesi at Kaleburnu (Galinoporni) in the Karpas peninsula. In 2004 a hoard of 34 metal vessels and tools was found by chance, and Uwe Müller of the university began a rescue excavation with a Tübingen team including Martin Bartelheim and Ernst Pernicka1. Kızılduman co-wrote a note on the site with Müller in 20043, and was one of six authors of the 2008 article on the hoard4. In 2017 he published a Late Bronze Age building at Kral Tepesi in Olba and in TÜBA-AR6,7.

According to Lâtife Summerer, the Department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus claimed that the site had been known since 1962, so that the dig was planned and illegal under international law; she calls this incorrect1. She also writes that Tübingen ended its cooperation in 20151.

Earlier, in 2004 and 2005, he surveyed the Morphou (Güzelyurt) area with a focus on Bronze Age sites1,5. His master's thesis dealt with metal finds from a Middle Bronze Age tomb at Motides (Karavas), excavated by the Department of Antiquities and Museums of the north1.

In 2012 Summerer began the book The Northern Face of Cyprus together with him; he could not co-edit it for lack of time, and it appeared in 2016 with his chapter on Kral Tepesi written with Müller2. His 2019 survey at Taşlıca (Neta) and Mersincik (Mersinaki) was published with S. Öğmen in 20221,8.

Life and work

  1. 2004–2005
    Bronze Age-focused archaeological surface survey of the Güzelyurt/Morphou area (listed as Güzelyurt/Morphou, B. Kızılduman, EMU); preliminary report 2005.

    MorphouSummerer 2023

  2. 2004
    With U. Müller reported 'A Newly Discovered Bronze Age Site in Cyprus' (Journal of Cyprus Studies 26/27, 200-203), the Kral Tepesi site; in 2004 a hoard of 34 metal vessels and tools had been found accidentally by non-archaeologists on the hill-top near Kaleburnu/Galinoporni and Uwe Müller (EMU) began a rescue excavation with a Tübingen team (Bartelheim, Pernicka).

    Kaleburnu/GalinoporniSummerer 2023

  3. 2008
    Co-author of 'The Late Bronze Age Hoard of Kaleburnu/Galinoporni on Cyprus' (Pamatky Archeologicke 99) with Bartelheim, Behrendt, Müller, Pernicka and Tekel.

    Summerer 2023

  4. 2012
    Lâtife Summerer's book project The Northern Face of Cyprus was initiated together with Kızılduman, who could not take on the co-editorship for lack of time; he and Müller contributed the chapter on Kral Tepesi/Vasili (Late Bronze Age evidence).

    Summerer & Kaba 2016

  5. 2015
    University of Tübingen declared the premature termination of its cooperation with the Kaleburnu/Vasili excavation (Summerer's account).

    Summerer 2023

  6. 2017
    Published on the Late Bronze Age building at Kaleburnu Kral Tepesi/Galinoporni Vasili (Olba 25, 113-159; and TÜBA-AR 21, 35-62).

    Summerer 2023

  7. 2019
    Survey at Taşlıca/Neta and Mersincik/Mersinaki listed under Kızılduman, EMU; published with S. Öğmen in 2022 (Olba 30, 45-82).

    Summerer 2023

Connections

4 people
Uwe MüllerMartin BartelheimErnst PernickaLâtife SummererBülent Kızılduman
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Fieldwork & employment

Scholarship

Colleagues & contacts

On Ancient Cyprus

2 pages

Sources

  1. 1.Lâtife Summerer (2023). “In Fear of Blacklisting. How the Division Shaped Archaeology in Cyprus”. New Approaches toward Recording, Preserving and Studying Cultural Heritage in Divided Cyprus. Kyrenia, ARUCAD Press.
  2. 2.L. Summerer (ed.), H. Kaba (ed.) (2016). The Northern Face of Cyprus: New Studies in Cypriot Archaeology and Art History. Istanbul.
  3. 3.U. Müller, B. Kızılduman (2004). “A Newly Discovered Bronze Age Site in Cyprus”. Journal of Cyprus Studies 26/27, 200-203.
  4. 4.M. Bartelheim, S. Behrendt, B. Kızılduman, U. Müller et al. (2008). “The Late Bronze Age Hoard of Kaleburnu/Galinoporni on Cyprus”. Památky archeologické 99, 161-188.
  5. 5.B. Kızılduman (2005). “Güzelyurt Arkeolojik Yüzey Araştırma Projesi I. Dönem Ön Çalışmaları”. Journal of Cyprus Studies 26/27, 189-199.
  6. 6.B. Kızılduman (2017). “A Remarkable Late Bronze Age Building at Kaleburnu Kral Tepesi/Galinoporni Vasili in Cyprus”. Olba 25, 113-159.
  7. 7.B. Kızılduman (2017). “Kral Tepesi: Karpaz Yarımadası'nda Bir Geç Tunç Çağı Yerleşimi”. TÜBA-AR 21, 35-62.
  8. 8.B. Kızılduman, S. Öğmen (2022). “Taşlıca-Mersincik. A Multicultural Meeting Point”. Olba 30, 45-82.