Scholar · Archaeologist · Cataloguer

Philip P. Betancourt

fl. 1971–2008 · United States

American scholar and archaeologist, active 1971–2008. Excavated with Costis Davaras; worked with Thomas G. Palaima.

Life and work

1971
Aegean archaeologist who published a Cypriot shrine model in the Metropolitan Museum (1971) and suggested a Cypriot origin for a coarse-ware vessel handle from Kommos.
Peter Warren; Vronwy Hankey, Aegean Bronze Age Chronology (1989), p. 136
1971
Published a shrine model from Amathus (AJA 75, 1971).
Katja Walcher, Die Tür ins Jenseits. Zur Gestaltung des Eingangsbereiches zyprischer Gräber in archaischer Zeit (2005), p. 31
1983
Published (1983, 1998b) LMIB and LMIIIA comparisons for motifs relevant to Keftiu kilts and Cypriot-Aegean pottery.
Sturt W. Manning, A Test of Time: The Volcano of Thera and the chronology and history of the Aegean and east Mediterranean in the mid second millennium BC (1999), p. xxi
1984
Co-authored with Thomas G. Palaima a 1984 study of an inscribed stirrup jar of Cretan origin from Bamboula, Cyprus.
AN INSCRIBED STIRRUP JAR OF CRETAN ORIGIN FROM BAMBOULA, CYPRUS (1984), p. 1
Undated
Gave personal communication suggesting a possible Cypriot origin for a large coarse ware vessel handle from Kommos.
Joseph W. Shaw; Maria C. Shaw, Kommos: An Excavation on the South Coast of Crete Volume I Part II The Kommos Region and Houses of the Minoan Town Part I (1996), p. 316
Undated
Published 1990 catalogue entries (nos. 1615, 1617–19) covering Kommos LM IA pottery from the Southern Area.
Joseph W. Shaw; Maria C. Shaw, Kommos V: The Monumental Minoan Buildings at Kommos (2006), p. 418
Undated
Published the study of the 300-plus tombs of the Ayia Photia necropolis near Siteia, showing strong EMI Cycladic interaction.
William A. Parkinson; Michael L. Galaty, Archaic State Interaction: The Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age (2009), p. 115
Undated
Published a Cypriot shrine model illustrated as Fig. 10 (Pl. 91), held by the Metropolitan Museum; cited only as a reference.
Hava Katz, Portable Shrine Models: Ancient Architectural Clay Models from the Levant (2016), p. xiii

In the field

2 records

Hagios Charalambos cave

Helped byPapadakis, as Ephorate director, invited Betancourt to organise a new excavation of the cavern.
Helped by Nikos PapadakisChlouveraki et al. 2008, p. 544
Helped byDavaras joined in inviting Betancourt to organise a new excavation of the cavern.
Helped by Costis DavarasChlouveraki et al. 2008, p. 544

Connections

2 people

Fieldwork & employment

Excavated with Costis DavarasStephania Chlouveraki et al., 2008, Excavations in the Hagios Charalambos Cave: A Preliminary Report, p. 5392002

Colleagues & contacts

Worked with Thomas G. Palaimainscribed stirrup jar from Bamboula AN INSCRIBED STIRRUP JAR OF CRETAN ORIGIN FROM BAMBOULA, CYPRUS (1984), p. 11984
Helped by Costis DavarasDavaras joined in inviting Betancourt to organise a new excavation of the cavern. Chlouveraki et al. 2008, p. 544

Recording and study

1 record

Studied1: Philip P. Betancourt and his co-authors gave a detailed treatment of B1129.
No. B1129Palaima et al. 1984, p. 73

Mentioned in

9 mentions

Documents · 7

Cultural Identity in Minoan Crete: Social Dynamics in the Neopalatial Period
2017
argued on ceramic chronology and sites
Adams 2017
An Inscribed Stirrup Jar of Cretan Origin from Bamboula, Cyprus
p. 73
Philip P. Betancourt and his co-authors gave a detailed treatment of B1129.
Palaima et al. 1984
A Test of Time: The Volcano of Thera and the Chronology and History of the Aegean and East Mediterranean in the Mid Second Millennium BC
Manning 1999
Aegean Bronze Age Chronology
Warren & Hankey 1989
Die Tür ins Jenseits. Zur Gestaltung des Eingangsbereiches zyprischer Gräber in archaischer Zeit
Walcher 2005
Kommos V: The Monumental Minoan Buildings at Kommos
Shaw & Shaw 2006

People · 2listed under Connections

Sources

1.Stephania Chlouveraki, Philip P. Betancourt, Costis Davaras, Heidi M. C. Dierckx et al. (2008). “Excavations in the Hagios Charalambos Cave: A Preliminary Report”. Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 77, 539-605. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Online
2.Thomas G. Palaima, Philip P. Betancourt, George H. Myer (1984). “An Inscribed Stirrup Jar of Cretan Origin from Bamboula, Cyprus”. Kadmos 23, 65-73.
3.Peter Warren; Vronwy Hankey, Aegean Bronze Age Chronology (1989).
4.Joseph W. Shaw; Maria C. Shaw, Kommos: An Excavation on the South Coast of Crete Volume I Part II The Kommos Region and Houses of the Minoan Town Part I (1996).
5.Joseph W. Shaw; Maria C. Shaw, Kommos V: The Monumental Minoan Buildings at Kommos (2006).
6.Sturt W. Manning, A Test of Time: The Volcano of Thera and the chronology and history of the Aegean and east Mediterranean in the mid second millennium BC (1999).
7.William A. Parkinson; Michael L. Galaty, Archaic State Interaction: The Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age (2009).
8.Hava Katz, Portable Shrine Models: Ancient Architectural Clay Models from the Levant (2016).
9.Katja Walcher, Die Tür ins Jenseits. Zur Gestaltung des Eingangsbereiches zyprischer Gräber in archaischer Zeit (2005).
10.AN INSCRIBED STIRRUP JAR OF CRETAN ORIGIN FROM BAMBOULA, CYPRUS (1984).
11.Stephania Chlouveraki et al., 2008, Excavations in the Hagios Charalambos Cave: A Preliminary Report.

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