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Excavator · Archaeologist

James R. Carpenter

fl. 1970–1981 · United States

Kent State University archaeologist who directed four seasons of excavation at the Bronze Age settlement and cemetery of Episkopi-Phaneromeni, Limassol, from 1975 to 1978.

Biography

James R. Carpenter of Kent State University directed the American excavations at Episkopi-Phaneromeni near Limassol, a Bronze Age settlement and cemetery that Saul Weinberg had probed in 1955. In 1972 the Bulletin de correspondance hellénique described him as professor of archaeology at Kent State, working with Giroux of the Université Laval on a survey of Bronze Age sites around Soloi3. Davis lists him at Kalokhorio-Khalandrikos for Kent State in 1973-748.

The first Phaneromeni season, in 1975, was sponsored by Kent State and the National Geographic Society and found a late Middle Cypriot settlement and Early to Middle Cypriot tombs1,4. In 1976 the dig produced a Late Cypriot IA settlement and two Middle Cypriot II-III tombs; the Bulletin names Kent State and the National Endowment for the Humanities as sponsors that year5. The third season, in 1977, worked Sector A and reached the northern, eastern and southern limits of the settlement6. In 1978 the team, drawn from the United States, Britain and Australia, opened Sector J beside the Limassol-Paphos road, where the Middle Cypriot tombs had been robbed, and Stuart Swiny and Kent State students surveyed the surrounding region; the sponsors were Kent State, the Endowment and the Cleveland Foundation, and the Bulletin calls Carpenter associate professor7. Davis lists Carpenter and Swiny together as excavators for 1975 to 19788. A study season followed in 19797.

Carpenter published "Excavations at Phaneromeni: 1975-1978" in 1981, in a volume edited by Biers and Soren10.

Life and work

  1. 1972
    Collaborated with Giroux (Université Laval) on a survey of Bronze Age sites in the Soloi region, with the Department's agreement; results to be published in the Laval series Fouilles archéologiques de l'Université Laval.

    SoloiKarageorghis 1973

  2. 1973–1974
    Excavated Kalokhorio-Khalandrikos for Kent State University.

    KalokhorioDavis 1989

  3. 1975
    First season at the Bronze Age settlement and cemetery of Phaneromeni, Episkopi (previously probed by Saul Weinberg in 1955), sponsored by Kent State and the National Geographic Society; late MC settlement, EC-MC tombs.

    EpiskopiKarageorghis 1976Nicolaou 1976

  4. 1976
    Second season, sponsored by Kent State and the National Endowment for the Humanities (BCH); settlement dated LC IA; two MC II-III tombs excavated.

    EpiskopiKarageorghis 1977

  5. 1977
    Third season at Phaneromeni, Sector A settlement of early LC IA, northern, eastern and southern limits reached.

    EpiskopiKarageorghis 1978

  6. 1978
    Fourth season, sponsored by Kent State, NEH and the Cleveland Foundation; new Sector J on the Limassol-Paphos road with robbed MC tombs; Stuart Swiny and Kent State students surveyed the region for contemporary sites.

    EpiskopiKarageorghis 1979

  7. 1979
    Study season at Phaneromeni.

    EpiskopiKarageorghis 1979

  8. 1981
    Published 'Excavations at Phaneromeni: 1975-1978' in Biers and Soren (eds), Studies in Cypriote Archaeology, pp. 59-78.

    Carpenter 1981, pp. 59-78

In the field

13 records

Episkopi, site Phaneromeni

1973–1978

Episkopi

1975–1978

Episkopi, site de Phaneromeni

1975–1977

  • Directed excavations · 1975James R. Carpenter directed the excavation at Episkopi-Phaneromeni.

    Établissement et nécropole de l'âge du BronzeKarageorghis 1976, p. 839

  • Directed · 1977James Carpenter directed the American mission, which conducted a new excavation campaign at Phaneromeni.

    Directed mission américaine de l’Université de l’État de KentKarageorghis 1978, p. 879

Phaneromeni, due east of Episkopi village

1975–1978

Kalokhorio Khalandrikas

  • ExcavatedJames R. Carpenter was forced to abandon his excavation at Kalokhorio Khalandrikas due to the Turkish invasion.

    Middle Bronze Age settlementSwiny 2008, p. 42

Phaneromeni

  • Excavated withJames R. Carpenter excavated Phaneromeni alongside Stewart Swiny.

    Excavated with Stuart SwinyPhaneromeni settlementBiers & Soren 1981, p. 4

  • Excavated withJames R. Carpenter excavated Phaneromeni alongside Ellen Herscher.

    Excavated with Ellen HerscherPhaneromeni settlementBiers & Soren 1981, p. 4

  • DirectedJ.R. Carpenter directed the American Expedition's first excavation season at Phaneromeni.

    Directed American Expedition of the Kent State University and the National Geographic SocietyMiddle Cypriote Bronze Age settlementNicolaou 1976, p. 38

  • Directed excavationsJames R. Carpenter directed excavations at Phaneromeni from 1975 to 1978.

    Biers & Soren 1981, p. 66

Phaneromeni at Episkopi

  • ExcavatedJames Carpenter resumed excavations at the Middle and Late Bronze Age site of Phaneromeni.

    settlement houses and tombsNicolaou 1981, p. 53

Phaneromeni, near Episkopi

  • ExcavatedProf. James Carpenter was associated with resumed excavations at the Middle and Late Cypriot site of Phaneromeni.

    settlement and cemeteryNicolaou 1980, p. 65

Connections

4 people
Stuart SwinyEllen HerscherSaul S. WeinbergGirouxJames R. Carpenter
FieldworkColleagues

Fieldwork & employment

Colleagues & contacts

Also named in

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.K. Nicolaou (1976). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1969-76”. Archaeological Reports 22.
  2. 2.K. Nicolaou (1981). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1976-80”. Archaeological Reports 27.
  3. 3.V. Karageorghis (1973). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1972”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 97.
  4. 4.V. Karageorghis (1976). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1975”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 100.
  5. 5.V. Karageorghis (1977). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1976”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 101.
  6. 6.V. Karageorghis (1978). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1977”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 102.
  7. 7.V. Karageorghis (1979). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1978”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 103.
  8. 8.Thomas W. Davis (1989). “A History of American Archaeology on Cyprus”. The Biblical Archaeologist 52, 163-169. Online
  9. 9.A. C. Sneddon (2002). The Cemeteries at Marki: Using a Looted Landscape to Investigate Prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus. Oxford, Archaeopress.
  10. 10.J. R. Carpenter (1981). “Excavations at Phaneromeni: 1975-1978”. Studies in Cypriote Archaeology, 59-78.
  11. 11.Jane C. Biers (ed.), David Soren (ed.) (1981). Studies in Cypriote Archaeology. Los Angeles, Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.
  12. 12.Cyprus: Crossroads of civilizations. Washington, DC, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
  13. 13.V. Karageorghis, P. Stavrou (1976). Treasures of Cyprus: An Exhibition of Cypriot Art.
  14. 14.Stuart Swiny (2008). “Of Cows, Copper, Corners, and Cult: The Emergence of the Cypriot Bronze Age”. Near Eastern Archaeology 71, 41-51.
  15. 15.Kyriakos Nicolaou (1977). “Archaeological News from Cyprus, 1975”. American Journal of Archaeology 81, 523-532.
  16. 16.S. Swiny (1985). “Recent developments in Cypriot prehistoric archaeology”. American Journal of Archaeology 89, 39-51.
  17. 17.R. S. Merrillees (1991). “The principles of Cypriot Bronze Age pottery classification”. Cypriot Ceramics: Reading the Prehistoric Record, 237-240.
  18. 18.Kyriakos Nicolaou (1980). “Archaeological News from Cyprus, 1977-1978”. American Journal of Archaeology 84, 63-73.