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O. G. S. Crawford

fl. 1935–1957 · United Kingdom

British scholar and photographer, active 1935–1957.

Life and work

  1. 1935
    Studied threshing sledges in Cyprus and the wear on their flint teeth, publishing a note in Antiquity in 1935.

    Crawford, O.G.S., Antiquity a quarterly review of Archaeology vol.11 (1937)

  2. 1935
    Described in detail the wear pattern on used dhoukani flakes, including sickle sheen and rounded, dulled edges (1935).

    Athkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry (1996), p. 118

  3. 1937
    Gave permission to reproduce Plates II, VII, IX and X in Casson's 1937 book on Cypriot art and archaeology.

    Casson, Stanley, Ancient Cyprus: Its Art And Archaeology (1937)

  4. 1957
    Supplied the photograph of a Cypriot threshing-sledge reproduced in Singer's A History of Technology (1957).

    Charles Singer, A History of Technology (1957)

  5. Undated
    Supplied an original photograph of a Cypriot threshing sledge for A History of Technology (1956) and gave permission to reproduce plates in Casson's Ancient Cyprus (1937).

    Charles Singer, E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall, Trevor I. Williams, A History of Technology. Volume II. The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages (1956)

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Sources

  1. 1.Crawford, O.G.S., Antiquity a quarterly review of Archaeology vol.11 (1937).
  2. 2.Athkiajas: A Cypriot Flintknapper and the Threshing Sledge Industry (1996).
  3. 3.Charles Singer, E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall, Trevor I. Williams, A History of Technology. Volume II. The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages (1956).
  4. 4.Casson, Stanley, Ancient Cyprus: Its Art And Archaeology (1937).
  5. 5.Charles Singer, A History of Technology (1957).

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