Excavator · Museum staff
Symeon Klonaris
fl. 1927–1983 · Cyprus
Cypriot excavator and museum staff member, active 1927–1983. Excavated at Palaepaphos-Skales and Salamis, Necropolis Tomb 1. Worked for Porphyrios Dikaios; worked with George Ioannou and Vassos Karageorghis.
Life and work
- 1948At Sinda, where Karageorghis made his first excavation in Cyprus, with Arne Furumark, Klonaris trained him in stratigraphic excavation (and Elias Markou in drawing plans).
- December 1977Visiting Kalavasos-Tenta in December 1977, gave Ian Todd's Vasilikos Valley project a personal communication on the findspot of the stone tray published by Dikaios (found during railway construction ca. 150-200 m SSE of the junction of two tracks at the south end of Tenta, per Todd's text).
Kalavasos-TentaTodd 1978, n. 15
- 1979–1981One of four expert diggers at Palaepaphos-Skales, an emergency excavation by the Department of Antiquities directed by Karageorghis, with Andreas Georghiou (foreman), Chrysilios Polykarpou (draughtsman) and Custodian George Ioannou; thanked in the preface (p. ix).
Palaepaphos-SkalesKarageorghis 1983
Connections
5 peopleFieldwork & employment
- Employed by Porphyrios Dikaios1957
- Dug for Porphyrios Dikaios1957
Scholarship
- Teacher of Vassos Karageorghis1948
- Corresponded with Ian A. Todd1977
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with Arne Furumarkprobably1948
- Worked with George Ioannou1979
- Worked with Vassos Karageorghis1979–1983
Sources
- 1.Anastasia Leriou, Giorgos Vavouranakis (2025). “Communicating archaeology in British-period Cyprus: from Ohnefalsch-Richter to Dikaios”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960. Sidestone Press.
- 2.V. Karageorghis (1983). Palaepaphos-Skales: An Iron Age Cemetery in Cyprus.
- 3.Ian A. Todd (1978). “Vasilikos Valley Project: Second Preliminary Report, 1977”. Journal of Field Archaeology 5, 161-195. Online