Archaeologist

William Fox

fl. 1980–1987

Archaeologist, active 1980–1987. Worked at Kritou Marottou-Ais Giorkis.

Life and work

1980
Ais Giorkis was first found by the Canadian Palaipaphos Survey Project in 1980 and catalogued as CPSP:80-E-46, the first Aceramic Neolithic site in Paphos District; Fox is cited for the site (Fox 1987).
Kritou MarottouSpatial analysis of chipped…, p. 70
1987
Fox 1987 and Rupp 1987 cited for the first recording of Ais Giorkis as a small Khirokitia Culture site; Fox noted its chipped stone was thin and well-made, unlike the bulkier Khirokitia Culture technology, which prompted Simmons's investigations.
Kritou MarottouSimmons et al. 2018, p. 173

1 record

1980–1982

Directed · 1980–1982William A. Fox was field director of the Canadian Palaipaphos Survey Project in 1980 and 1982.
Directed Canadian Palaipaphos Survey ProjectRupp et al. 1984, p. 154

1 person

2 records

Studied1: William Fox noted that Ais Giorkis chipped stone consisted of thin, well-made pieces.
chipped stone at Ais GiorkisSimmons et al. 2018, p. 2018
Acquired1: 1982William A. Fox acquired 2,205 artifacts at Kritou Marottou-Ais Yiorkis.
Rupp et al. 1984, p. 140

1.A. H. Simmons; K. DiBenedetto; L. Keach (2018). “Neolithic Kritou Marottou-Ais Giorkis, Cyprus: Living in the Uplands”. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 379, 171-195.
2.Spatial analysis of chipped stone at the (Ais Giorkis ... title truncated).
3.David W. Rupp, Lone Wriedt Sørensen, Roger H. King, William A. Fox (1984). “Canadian Palaipaphos (Cyprus) Survey Project: Second Preliminary Report, 1980-1982”. Journal of Field Archaeology 11, 133-154.
4.A. H. Simmons, K. DiBenedetto, L. Keach (2018). “Neolithic Kritou Marottou-Ais Giorkis, Cyprus: Living in the Uplands”. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 379, 171-195.