Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Archaeologist · Curator

Kenneth Hamma

fl. 1983–1988 · United States

American archaeologist and curator, active 1983–1988. Excavated with William A. P. Childs.

Life and work

  1. 1983
    Took part, with graduate students including Nancy Serwint, in the survey of the area round Polis tis Khrysokhou led by W. A. P. Childs, which led to trial trenches (1 x 1.5 m) and the start of the Princeton excavation in 1984.

    Polis ChrysochousChilds et al. 2012

  2. June 1988
    Listed as a participant (Associate Curator of Antiquities, J. Paul Getty Museum) in the planning meeting (June 1988) for the Getty Conservation Institute / Department of Antiquities project to conserve the Orpheus mosaic at Paphos.

    PaphosPrice 1991

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Fieldwork & employment

Sources

  1. 1.W. A. P. Childs (ed.), J. S. Smith (ed.), J. M. Padgett (ed.) (2012). City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus. Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum.
  2. 2.Nicholas Stanley Price (ed.) (1991). The Conservation of the Orpheus Mosaic at Paphos, Cyprus. Getty Conservation Institute.