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Archaeologist · Scholar

Nassos Papalexandrou

fl. 1990–2023

Archaeologist and scholar, active 1990–2023. Excavated at Polis tis Chrysochou (Marion).

Life and work

  1. 1990
    Began working with the Princeton Cyprus Expedition at Polis Chrysochous.

    Polis ChrysochousChilds et al. 2012

  2. 1999–2003
    Published the preliminary report on the Cypro-Archaic public building at Polis tis Chrysochou, excavated 1999-2003 (RDAC 2006), followed by the 2006-2007 interim report (RDAC 2008).

    Polis ChrysochousChilds et al. 2012

  3. 2012
    Wrote catalogue entries (initials NP) for the City of Gold exhibition catalogue on Polis Chrysochous.

    Childs et al. 2012

  4. 2023
    Conference paper asking whether the large elite secular building on the eastern outskirts of Polis was a palace of the Cypro-Archaic kingdom of Marion, assessing its pottery.

    Polis ChrysochousPapalexandrou 2023

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Scholarship

Sources

  1. 1.W. A. P. Childs (ed.), J. S. Smith (ed.), J. M. Padgett (ed.) (2012). City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus. Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum.
  2. 2.N. Papalexandrou (2006). “A Cypro-Archaic Public Building at Polis tis Chrysochou, 1999-2003: Preliminary Report”. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 223-237.
  3. 3.N. Papalexandrou (2008). “A Cypro-Archaic Public Building at Polis Chrysochou, 2006-2007: Interim Report”. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 251-262.
  4. 4.Nassos Papalexandrou (2023). “A palace at the Cypro-Archaic Kingdom of Marion? Ceramic Evidence for Elite Lifestyles and Intercultural Connections with the Aegean World”. Conference abstract, Chicago.