Archaeologist · Scholar
Erin Walcek Averett
fl. 1997–2021 · United States
American archaeologist and scholar, active 1997–2021. Excavated at Athienou-Malloura. Worked with Michael K. Toumazou; wrote with Derek B. Counts and Kevin Garstki.
Life and work
- 1997Joined the Athienou Archaeological Project (Malloura valley) as an NSF-REU recipient; later Assistant Director and author of the final publication of the sanctuary's coroplastic dedications.
AthienouToumazou et al. 2011
- 2007PhD in classical archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Art History and Archaeology.
- 2011Contributed chapter 10, 'The Ritual Context of the Malloura Terracotta Figurines', to Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus (TOC page 133).
AthienouToumazou et al. 2011
- 2015'Masks and Ritual Performance on the Island of Cyprus', AJA 119: 3-45.
- 2016Co-editor with J.M. Gordon and D.B. Counts of 'Mobilizing the past for a digital future: the potential of digital archaeology' (Grand Forks: University of North Dakota Digital Press).
Connections
5 peopleScholarship
- Wrote with Kevin Garstki2016–2020
- Wrote with Clay M. Cofer2020
- Wrote with Derek B. Counts2020
- Wrote with Katherine A. P. Iselin2020
- Wrote with Michael K. Toumazou2020
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with Derek B. Counts1997
- Worked with Michael K. Toumazou1997
On Ancient Cyprus
1 pageSources
- 1.M. K. Toumazou (ed.), P. N. Kardulias (ed.), D. B. Counts (ed.) (2011). Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus.
- 2.E. W. Averett (2011). “The Ritual Context of the Malloura Terracotta Figurines”. Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus, 133-.
- 3.Alicia Marie Dissinger (2017). “Cypro-Archaic Bird Iconography: Types, Uses, and Meanings”. University of Virginia.
- 4.E. W. Averett (2015). “Masks and Ritual Performance on the Island of Cyprus”. American Journal of Archaeology 119, 3-45.
- 5.E.W. Averett (ed.), J.M. Gordon (ed.), D.B. Counts (ed.) (2016). Mobilizing the past for a digital future: the potential of digital archaeology. Grand Forks, University of North Dakota Digital Press.
- 6.Michael Given (2025). “Over the landscape, in the landscape? Knowledge and agency in Cypriot archaeology, 1870-1910”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960. Leiden, Sidestone Press.