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Archaeologist · Scholar

Matthew Harpster

fl. 2014–2018

Archaeologist and scholar, active 2014–2018. Worked at Kyrenia.

Life and work

  1. 2015
    Published 'Protecting maritime heritage in disputed territory: The Kyrenia Shipwreck Collection Restoration Program' (JEMAHS 3: 156-165) on the first phase of revitalising the storage and display of the Kyrenia shipwreck collection, a three-year effort that, per his 2018 account, required the political support of the US Embassy, the High Commissioner of Australia, the European Commission, UNDP, UNESCO and ICOMOS-ICUCH.

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  2. 2018
    Wrote the 'Kyrenia Shipwreck Excavation' entry in the Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology.

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Sources

  1. 1.Matthew Harpster (2018). “Kyrenia Shipwreck Excavation”. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer. Online
  2. 2.M. Harpster (2015). “Protecting maritime heritage in disputed territory: The Kyrenia Shipwreck Collection Restoration Program”. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 3, 156-165.