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Excavator · Collector · Donor

L. H. Dudley Buxton

fl. 1913–1917 · United Kingdom

Anatomist, Department of Human Anatomy, University of Oxford, active 1913–1917. Excavated at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba. Gave to British Museum; excavated with John Linton Myres.

Life and work

  1. 1913
    Excavated tombs at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba with J. L. Myres; the cemetery's 75 tombs were dug by Myres, Markides and Buxton for the Cyprus Museum in 1913 and 1917 (Buxton's own share is only stated for 1913).

    LapithosLapithos Tomb 322: voice,…Robertson 1975, p. 39

  2. 1913
    Published research on Cypriot folk (traditional) objects collected near Myres's excavation sites and gave the collections to the British Museum, the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Bankfield Museum, Halifax. His traditional pottery ended up in the British Museum.

    Stylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 95

Connections

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Fieldwork & employment

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.T. Stylianou-Lambert, A. Bounia (2016). The Political Museum: Power, Conflict, and Identity in Cyprus.
  2. 2.N. Robertson (ed.) (1975). The Archaeology of Cyprus: Recent Developments. Park Ridge, N.J., Noyes Press.
  3. 3.Lapithos Tomb 322: voice, context and the ... (title truncated in our copy). scan 3.