Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Archaeologist · Scholar

Richard W. Yerkes

fl. 1990–2011

Archaeologist and scholar, active 1990–2011. Excavated at Athienou-Malloura. Excavated with P. Nick Kardulias; worked with Michael K. Toumazou.

Life and work

  1. 1991–1992
    With P. N. Kardulias supervised the surface survey component of the Athienou Archaeological Project (Malloura Valley Survey, 20 km2 around Athienou-Malloura); main phases 1991 and 1992, targeted work 1993-1998 and 2001-2005.

    Malloura ValleyToumazou et al. 2011

  2. 1998
    Co-author with Toumazou and Kardulias of the AAP interim report, 'Athenou Archaeological Project: Investigations in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus, 1990-95', JFA 25: 163-82.

    Toumazou et al. 2011

  3. 2011
    Wrote chapters 2 (Environmental Context of the AAP) and 26 (ethnoarchaeology of population and ancient agriculture, incl. threshing-sledge flints) and co-wrote chapters 7 (Malloura Valley Survey) and 8 (flaked stone) of Crossroads and Boundaries.

    Toumazou et al. 2011

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Fieldwork & employment

Scholarship

Colleagues & contacts

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.M. K. Toumazou (ed.), P. N. Kardulias (ed.), D. B. Counts (ed.) (2011). Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus.
  2. 2.M. K. Toumazou, R. W. Yerkes, P. N. Kardulias (1998). “Athienou Archaeological Project: Investigations in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus, 1990-1995”. Journal of Field Archaeology 25, 163-182.
  3. 3.R. W. Yerkes (2000). “Ethnoarchaeology in Central Cyprus: Inter-disciplinary Studies of Ancient Population and Agriculture by the Athienou Archaeological Project”. Near Eastern Archaeology 63, 20-34.
  4. 4.R. W. Yerkes, P. N. Kardulias (1994). “Microwear Analysis of Threshing Sledge Flints from Cyprus and Greece: Implications for the Study of Ancient Agriculture”. Helinium 34, 281-293.