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Archaeologist · Scholar

Marko Kiessel

fl. 2011–2024

Archaeologist and scholar, active 2011–2024. Excavated at Aphendrika. Wrote with Ahmet M. Saymanlier and Hazar Kaba.

Life and work

  1. 2011
    First observations of the area around the ancient site at the abandoned hamlet of Aphendrika on the north coast of Cyprus (the rock-cut chamber tombs at 'Spilious').

    AphendrikaKiessel 2017

  2. 2015
    The area of chamber tombs 1-2 at Spilious was part of a multi-day cultural-heritage recording workshop (summer 2015).

    AphendrikaKiessel 2017

  3. 2016–2019
    Non-invasive ground and aerial rescue and research project on the historic area of Aphendrika (alluvial plain, north Karpas coast, a few km east of ancient Carpasia), conducted mainly 2016-19 with permission of local authorities; Summerer lists it as 'since 2016', all epochs, as an archaeological-architectural heritage rescue project (M. Kiessel, CIU, ARUCAD).

    AphendrikaKiessel 2023Summerer 2023

  4. 2023
    Co-edited (with Hazar Kaba, both printed on the title page, edited volume under Summerer's chapter) New Approaches toward Recording, Preserving and Studying Cultural Heritage in Divided Cyprus (ARUCAD Press); contributed 'A new Archaic Sanctuary in Cyprus? On Sculptural Finds from Aphendrika in the Karpas Peninsula'. Summerer thanks him for comments on her chapter.

    KyreniaSummerer 2023

Connections

5 people
Lâtife SummererAhmet M. SaymanlierHazar KabaMeray TaluģY. MesdaMarko Kiessel
Scholarship

Scholarship

Sources

  1. 1.Lâtife Summerer (2023). “In Fear of Blacklisting. How the Division Shaped Archaeology in Cyprus”. New Approaches toward Recording, Preserving and Studying Cultural Heritage in Divided Cyprus. Kyrenia, ARUCAD Press.
  2. 2.M. Kiessel (2017). “Hof- und Fassadengräber auf der Karpashalbinsel Zyperns? Bemerkungen zu Kammergräbern in der Flur 'Spilious' nahe Aphendrika”. Adalya 20, 135-156.
  3. 3.Marko Kiessel (2023). “A new Archaic Sanctuary in Cyprus? On Sculptural Finds from Aphendrika in the Karpas Peninsula”. New Approaches toward Recording, Preserving and Studying Cultural Heritage in Divided Cyprus, 271-. Kyrenia, ARUCAD Press.
  4. 4.Marko Kiessel, Ahmet M. Saymanlier, Meray Taluğ (2024). “The Harbour at Aphendrika During The Early Byzantine Period and the Maritime Activity on the North-Eastern Coast of Cyprus”.
  5. 5.M. Kiessel (2012). “Zum Frühchristentum in Zypern (4.-6.Jh.). Forschungsüberblick und Überlegungen zur Chronologie der Kirchenbauten auf Grundlage ihrer Kapitellplastik”. Christianisierung Europas, 363-. Regensburg.
  6. 6.M. Kiessel (2013). “Spätantike Kapitellausstattungen in Zypern. Das Thermen-Gymnasium von Salamis/Constantia und der Forumbereich von Kourion”. Adalya 16, 241-260.
  7. 7.M. Kiessel, A. M. Saymanlier, Y. Mesda (2019). “Rural Vernacular Architecture and Ancient Settlements: The Case of Aphendrika in the Karpas Peninsula of Cyprus”. Proceedings of the 4th International Sustainable Buildings Symposium (ISBS 2019), Dallas, 18-20 July 2019, 369-383. London.