Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Scholar

J. Malpas

fl. 1988–2010

Geologist, active 1988–2010.

Life and work

  1. 1988
    Co-authored with C. Xenophontos and Carolyn Elliott a geochemical study tracing the provenance of Late Bronze Age and Roman basalt artefacts from Cyprus (Levant 20: 169-183). Malpas was at the Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

    Xenophontos et al. 1988, p. 1

  2. 2010
    His basalt provenance work is cited in Bombardieri's study of grinding stones (p. 11).

    Bombardieri 2010, p. 11

Recording and study

1 record
Studied1

  • John Malpas participated in the X-ray analyses of picrolite artefacts and source-rock samples.

    Cypriot picrolite artefacts and source-rock samplesMemorial University, Newfoundland and Leeds University, EnglandIoannides 1992, p. 55

Sources

  1. 1.C. Xenophontos; Carolyn Elliott; J. G. Malpas (1988). “Major and Trace-Element Geochemistry Used in Tracing the Provenance of Late Bronze Age and Roman Basalt Artefacts from Cyprus”. Levant 20, 169-183. Online
  2. 2.L. Bombardieri (2010). Pietre da macina, macine per mulini. Definizione e sviluppo delle tecniche per la macinazione nell'area del Vicino Oriente e del Mediterraneo orientale antico. Oxford, Archaeopress.
  3. 3.G. C. Ioannides (ed.) (1992). Αφιέρωμα στο Βάσο Καραγιώργη / Studies in Honour of Vassos Karageorghis. Nicosia, Society of Cypriot Studies.