Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Patron

Charles Upchurch Harris

1913–2001 · United States

Episcopal priest.

Life and work

  1. 1970
    Co-director of ASOR's first expedition to Tell el-Hesi (Israel); not a Cyprus project

    Tell el-HesiHerscher 2002, p. 5

  2. 1978
    ASOR's board of trustees adopted Harris's resolution to create the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute

    United StatesHerscher 2002, p. 5Feissel 2008, p. 1

  3. 1984
    Became president of the reorganised CAARI board of trustees (the 1984 start is from OEANE and the obituary; the obituary's photo caption says 1985-1991)

    Meyers 1997Herscher 2002, p. 5

Connections

2 people

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Eric M. Meyers (ed.) (1997). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. New York, Oxford University Press.
  2. 2.Ellen Herscher (2002). “Obituary of Charles U. Harris”. CAARI News 23-24, 5. Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute.
  3. 3.Gus Feissel (2008). “CAARI at Thirty: A Message from the President”. CAARI News 35, 1. Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute.
  4. 4.Charles U. Harris (1989). “The Role of CAARI in Cyprus”. Biblical Archaeologist 52, 157-162.