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Excavator · Expedition member

De C. Fales

De C. Fales Jr.

fl. 1949–1950

Excavator and expedition member, active 1949–1950. Excavated at Kourion. Dug for Pennsylvania University Museum.

Life and work

  1. 1949–1950
    Completed, for the Pennsylvania University Museum Expedition, his investigations of the Kourion theatre and adjoining baths; the theatre was first built in the third century BC, and new coin finds put the baths probably in the early fifth century AD (Megaw's summary).

    KourionMegaw 1951, p. 259

  2. 1950
    Published 'Kourion: The Amusement Area' in the University Museum Bulletin (UPMB 14.4, pp. 27-35); Megaw cites a preliminary report with plans on both buildings at 'XIV, 4, pp. 27 f.'

    KourionIV 2014Megaw 1951, p. 259

Sources

  1. 1.A. H. S. Megaw (1951). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1949-1950”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 71, 258-260. Online
  2. 2.Benjamin Costello IV (2014). Architecture and Material Culture from the Earthquake House at Kourion, Cyprus. Oxford, Archaeopress.
  3. 3.D. C. Fales Jr. (1950). “Kourion: The Amusement Area”. University Museum Bulletin 14, 27-35.