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Archaeologist · Scholar

Erge Yurtdaş

fl. 2020–2023

Archaeologist and scholar, active 2020–2023. Excavated at Morphou area. Wrote with Müge Hüseyin Şevketoğlu and M. Özerenler.

Life and work

  1. from 2020
    Has been surveying prehistoric sites in the Morphou area since 2020 within his doctoral thesis at the University of Istanbul (Morphou Bay Prehistoric Survey), as stated by Summerer.

    MorphouSummerer 2023

  2. 2021
    With M. Özerenler published the preliminary report of the Morphou Bay Prehistoric Survey: pebble tools from Orga-Kourvelia and Vasilia-Mosphilia (TÜBA-AR 2021, 179-195).

    MorphouSummerer 2023

  3. 2023
    With Müge Şevketoğlu reassessed the Klepini-Troulli settlement (northern Cyprus, Late Neolithic, Halaf-related painted pottery), combining earlier excavation findings with data from Şevketoğlu's 2004 survey; he thanks her for allowing him to publish the Klepini-Troulli material from that survey.

    KlepiniYurtdaş & Şevketoğlu 2023

Connections

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Scholarship

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.E. Yurtdaş, M. Özerenler (2021). “Morphou Bay Prehistoric Survey Preliminary Report: Pebble Tools from Orga-Kourvelia and Vasilia-Mosphilia”. TÜBA-AR, 179-195.
  3. 3.Erge Yurtdaş, Müge Şevketoğlu (2023). “Klepini-Troulli: A Coastal Neolithic Settlement in Cyprus and Possible Mainland Interactions”. Colloquium Anatolicum, 89-116. Online