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Excavator · Archaeologist · Scholar

R. C. Bosanquet

fl. 1896–1923 · United Kingdom

British excavator and archaeologist, active 1896–1923. Worked with David George Hogarth and Richard MacGillivray Dawkins.

Life and work

  1. 1900–1906
    Director of the British School at Athens 1900–1906, who excavated at Phylakopi, Praisos and Palaikastro and in 1904 reported a find of copper ingots at Chalcis like those found in Cyprus; he owned Minoan seals now in Liverpool.

    C. Gallou; M. Georgiadis; G. M. Muskett, Dioskouroi: Studies presented to W.G. Cavanagh and C.B. Mee on the anniversary of their 30-year joint contribution to Aegean Archaeology (2008), p. 98

  2. 1901–1904
    Published sixteen inscriptions, thirteen from Praesus in Crete's neighborhood, found in the excavations of 1901 and 1904.

    Archaeological Discussions (1912), p. 275

  3. 1901–1902
    Excavated the olive press at Praisos (1901–1902) and wrote on the bronze head of Augustus from Meroe.

    Elizabeth Brophy, Royal Statues in Egypt 300 BC-AD 220: Context and Function (2015), p. 69

  4. 1902
    Excavated at Palaikastro in 1902 and wrote on Zakro pottery; passage compares Palaikastro deposits with Cypriot Jalysos-type painted vases.

    The Annual of the British School at Athens 1902-1903: Iss 9

  5. Undated
    Excavated at Phylakopi, Praisos and Palaikastro and wrote on Zakro pottery; his description of the kernoi of Phylakopi and of Palaikastro pottery is cited in Cypriot comparisons.

    H. R. Hall, The Civilization of Greece in the Bronze Age (1923), p. 220

  6. Undated
    Agreed with Hogarth on the nature of the Zakro floor deposits and later perceived the correct date of the Zakro destruction in BSA ix.

    Two Cypriot sherds from Crete (1963), p. 91

  7. Undated
    Described the Kernoi of Phylakopi thoroughly in B.S.A. vol. iii, distinguishing two main types; the passage concerns Melian finds, not Cyprus directly.

    British School at Athens; Atkinson, Thomas Dinham, 1864-1948, Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos, conducted by the British School at Athens, described by T.D. Atkinson [and others] (1904)

  8. Undated
    Applied the term kernos to ceramic vessels with applied vases from Phylakopi on Melos, in Annual of the British School at Athens III.

    Various, Unknown (1926)

  9. Undated
    Told the author that a small animal figured among the Palaikastro finds may be a weasel; a Cretan-excavation context, not Cypriot.

    Annual of the British school at Athens no.9 (session-1902-1903) (1902)

  10. Undated
    Applied the term kernos to Cypriot-linked vessels in the Annual of the British School at Athens III, as Meyer notes.

    Meyer, Eduard, 1855-1930, Geschichte des Altertums (1913)

  11. Undated
    Excavated tombs and houses at Praesos in Crete and reported finds; the passage names Palaikastro and Petras excavations but ties Cyprus to none of his own work here.

    Classical Association (Great Britain), The Classical review (1887)

  12. Undated
    Director of the British School at Athens; presented a paper on a find of copper ingots at Chalcis in Euboea, noting similar ingots had been found in Cyprus and elsewhere.

    Man A Monthly Record Of Anthropological Science. Vol.4 (articles 1-126 201-208) (1904)

  13. Undated
    Described the L.M. pottery from Palaikastro, citing the Cypriot vase for its stipple-painting; the passage quotes his description.

    Sir Arthur Evans, Essays In Aegean Archaeology (1927)

  14. Undated
    Suggested that the olives at the older press bed at Praisos were crushed in a single bag, explaining its large size.

    Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan; Jeffrey S. Soles; Costis Davaras, Mochlos III: The Late Hellenistic Settlement: The Beam-Press Complex (2014), p. 73

Connections

3 people
Richard MacGillivray Dawk…David George HogarthJohn GarstangR. C. Bosanquet
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Mentioned in

5 mentions

Sources

  1. 1.H. R. Hall, The Civilization of Greece in the Bronze Age (1923).
  2. 2.Two Cypriot sherds from Crete (1963).
  3. 3.British School at Athens; Atkinson, Thomas Dinham, 1864-1948, Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos, conducted by the British School at Athens, described by T.D. Atkinson [and others] (1904).
  4. 4.Various, Unknown (1926).
  5. 5.Annual of the British school at Athens no.9 (session-1902-1903) (1902).
  6. 6.Meyer, Eduard, 1855-1930, Geschichte des Altertums (1913).
  7. 7.C. Gallou; M. Georgiadis; G. M. Muskett, Dioskouroi: Studies presented to W.G. Cavanagh and C.B. Mee on the anniversary of their 30-year joint contribution to Aegean Archaeology (2008).
  8. 8.Classical Association (Great Britain), The Classical review (1887).
  9. 9.The Annual of the British School at Athens 1902-1903: Iss 9.
  10. 10.Man A Monthly Record Of Anthropological Science. Vol.4 (articles 1-126 201-208) (1904).
  11. 11.Sir Arthur Evans, Essays In Aegean Archaeology (1927).
  12. 12.Archaeological Discussions (1912).
  13. 13.Elizabeth Brophy, Royal Statues in Egypt 300 BC-AD 220: Context and Function (2015).
  14. 14.Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan; Jeffrey S. Soles; Costis Davaras, Mochlos III: The Late Hellenistic Settlement: The Beam-Press Complex (2014).
  15. 15.From the Cam to the Cephissus: The Fitzwilliam Museum and students of the British School at Athens (2012).

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