Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Excavator

P. L. Shinnie

fl. 1953 · United Kingdom

Commissioner for Archaeology in the Sudan, active in 1953. Excavated at Kouklia (Palaepaphos), Site F north of the temple. Worked with Terence Bruce Mitford.

Life and work

  1. 3 July 1953 – 27 July 1953
    On leave from the Sudan, conducted a trial excavation at Site F, north of the 'Temple', investigating an ashlar wall and pavement; final section showed occupation from Hellenistic to recent with much medieval; unpublished. In 1975 the structures were identified as part of the sanctuary's North Hall.

    KoukliaMaier 1997

  2. 1953
    Megaw's 1953 survey reports that Shinnie carried out an extension of the Kouklia expedition's work to the north of the sanctuary area (sought Bronze Age structures, found none); removing a late mosaic pavement revealed an earlier Roman level but no earlier remains.

    KoukliaMegaw 1954

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Sources

  1. 1.A. H. S. Megaw (1954). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1953”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 74. Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.
  2. 2.F. G. Maier (1997). “A hundred years after Hogarth: Digging at Aphrodite's Sanctuary at Palaipaphos”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 27, 127-136. Online