Archaeologist · Scholar
Stella Diakou
fl. 2013–2025
Archaeologist and scholar, active 2013–2025.
Life and work
- 2013PhD thesis, Lapithos: the Upper Geometric Cemetery (unpublished, Bryn Mawr College).
- 2016'Histories of pots and people: re-discovering the archaeology of Cypro-Geometric Lapithos', pp. 21-30 in Bourogiannis and Mühlenbock (eds), Ancient Cyprus Today (SIMA PB 184).
- 2018Published The Upper Geometric Cemetery at Lapithos: University of Pennsylvania Museum Excavations 1931-1932 (SIMA 146, Åström Editions), i.e. the Penn Museum's 1931-32 Lapithos tombs.
- 2019'The Archaeology of the North Coast of Cyprus. The Evidence from Lapithos', pp. 241-265 in Kearns and Manning (eds), New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology (Ithaca/New York 2019).
- 2025Author of ch. 12, 'Law and archaeology in British-period Cyprus: the case of Lapithos', in Kiely, Reeve and Crewe (eds), Empire & Excavation (contents list; chapter text not read).
Sources
- 1.Michael Given (2025). “Over the landscape, in the landscape? Knowledge and agency in Cypriot archaeology, 1870-1910”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960. Leiden, Sidestone Press.
- 2.Lâtife Summerer (2023). “In Fear of Blacklisting. How the Division Shaped Archaeology in Cyprus”. New Approaches toward Recording, Preserving and Studying Cultural Heritage in Divided Cyprus. Kyrenia, ARUCAD Press.
- 3.S. Diakou (2013). “Lapithos: the Upper Geometric Cemetery”. Bryn Mawr College.
- 4.S. Diakou (2016). “Histories of pots and people: re-discovering the archaeology of Cypro-Geometric Lapithos”. Ancient Cyprus Today: Museum Collections and New Research, 21-30. Uppsala, Åström.
- 5.S. Diakou (2018). The Upper Geometric Cemetery at Lapithos: University of Pennsylvania Museum Excavations 1931-1932. Uppsala, Åström Editions.
- 6.S. Diakou (2019). “The Archaeology of the North Coast of Cyprus. The Evidence from Lapithos”. New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology, 241-265. Ithaca/New York.