Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Scholar

Mellaart

fl. 1950–1981

Scholar, active 1950–1981.

Life and work

  1. 1950s
    Nicholson's obituary of J. B. Hennessy says Hennessy, after Cyprus, took a studentship at the British School of Archaeology in Ankara and spent considerable time with 'the archaeologist James Mellaart'.

    AnkaraBarker 2012

  2. 1974
    Published 'A note on Cypriote Early Bronze Age chronology' (RDAC 1974, pp. 38-42), arguing from corrected Anatolian dates for a much higher start of the Cypriot Early Bronze Age (Philia linked to destructions in Anatolia); later had second thoughts about the high dates.

    Morris 1985

Connections

3 people
Einar Nilson GjerstadEdgar J. PeltenburgBasil HennessyMellaart
Colleagues

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.Desmond Morris (1985). The Art of Ancient Cyprus, with a check-list of the author's collection. Oxford, Phaidon Press in association with Jonathan Cape.
  2. 2.J. Mellaart (1974). “A note on Cypriote Early Bronze Age chronology”. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 38-42.
  3. 3.Craig Barker (2012). Aphrodite's Island: The Cypriot Collection of the Nicholson Museum. Sydney, Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney.