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Draughtsman / artist · Restorer / conservator · Expedition member

Martin Schmid

fl. 1970–1998

Architect, active 1970–1998. Worked at Amathus and Kalavasos-Tenta. Worked for Vassos Karageorghis; worked with G. Frangos.

Life and work

  1. 1976
    A plan of the Amathus excavation sector, after its 1976 clearance, is credited 'M. Schmid et G. Frangos' (BCH 101, 1977, fig. 42; chronicle by M.-C. Hellmann), cited by Fivel in connection with the 'second vase' of Amathus.

    AmathusFivel 1990, n. 7

  2. 1980–1996
    Karageorghis (1996) regrets that the partial restoration of the Temple of Aphrodite at Amathus, begun in the 1980s with the support of the late Evagoras Lanitis of Limassol and the enthusiasm of the School's architect M. Schmid, had not progressed in recent years; it would have saved the imposing architectural fragments and helped visitors, as at the partly restored Temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion.

    AmathusKarageorghis 1996

  3. 1981–1985
    Symons (AR 1981-85): the French mission on the Amathus acropolis (under Pierre Aupert and Antoine Hermary) concentrated on the Sanctuary of Aphrodite; the temple was proved to be early imperial, and 'a tentative reconstruction of the superstructure has been undertaken by Martin Schmid, based on architectural fragments found during the excavations'.

    AmathusSymons 1986-1987, p. 67

  4. 1987
    Co-author with T. Petit and A. Hermary of the report on the French School's work at Amathus in 1987 (BCH, 1988).

    AmathusToumazou et al. 2011

  5. 1990–1991
    Designed three protective shelters (glulam arches with polycarbonate sheeting) at the Minoan site of Mallia, Crete, built 1990-91 by DIEKAT; he states he had been architect at Mallia since 1970 and drew up a master plan in 1985.

    Mallia, CreteSchmid 1998, p. 2

  6. 1995
    At Kalavasos-Tenta the Neolithic settlement has been covered since 1995 by a new shelter in the form of a 12-faceted conical tent of PVC on glulam beams, which Schmid describes as 'a landmark' in the abstract of his 1998 article.

    KalavasosSchmid 1998

Connections

5 people
Vassos KarageorghisAntoine HermaryThierry PetitG. FrangosEvagoras LanitisMartin Schmid
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Fieldwork & employment

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Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Martin Schmid (1998). “Protective shelters at the archaeological sites of Mallia (Crete) and Kalavasos-Tenta (Cyprus)”. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 2, 143-153. Online
  2. 2.D. J. Symons (1986-1987). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1981-85”. Archaeological Reports 33, 62-77.
  3. 3.V. Karageorghis (1996). “L'École française d'Athènes à Chypre”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 120.
  4. 4.Léon Fivel (1990). “Le second vase d'Amathonte”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 13. Online
  5. 5.M. K. Toumazou (ed.), P. N. Kardulias (ed.), D. B. Counts (ed.) (2011). Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus.
  6. 6.T. Petit, A. Hermary, M. Schmid (1988). “Rapport sur les travaux de l'école française à Amathonte de Chypre en 1987”. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique.