PUNIC AND PHOENICIAN - J.C. Quinn, N.C. Vella (edd.) The Punic Mediterranean. Identities and Identification from Phoenician Settlement to Roman Rule. Pp. xxviii + 376, figs, ills, maps, colour pls. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, for the British School at Rome, 2014. Cased, £80, US$125. ISBN: 978-1-107-05527-8.

2016 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-202
Author(s):  
Mark Woolmer
Keyword(s):  
Cambridge University ◽  
British School

scholarly journals Excavations at Praesos. I

1902 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 231-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Bosanquet
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
King's College ◽  
British School ◽  
Systematic Exploration ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The City

The excavations at Praesos undertaken by the British School in 1901 were begun on May 7th and continued until July 3rd. The Cretan Exploration Fund contributed £200, the Society of Dilettanti £50, and the Prendergast Fund of Cambridge University £40, towards the cost of the campaign. With me were two members of the School, Mr. J. H. Marshall, of King's College, Cambridge, and Mr. R. Douglas Wells, architect. Mr. Wells made a survey of the city-plateau and the adjoining ravines (Plate VII) and a large number of plans and drawings, many of which accompany this article. Mr. Marshall rendered valuable help in the work of supervision, and undertook a systematic exploration of the surrounding district. I much regret that it has been impossible for him to contribute to this report more than the section on the Megalithic House, printed below (§ 4). Soon after the close of the season he was appointed Director of the Archaeological Survey of India, and has necessarily been absorbed in the duties of that important post. I have had the use of his notes on some of the tombs.

Excavations at the Early Neolithic Site at Nea Nikomedeia, Greek Macedonia (1961 season)

1962 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 267-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Rodden ◽  
G. W. Dimbleby ◽  
A. C. Western ◽  
E. H. Willis ◽  
E. S. Higgs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Work ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
British School ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
Research Students ◽  
University Museum ◽  
The University

The site of the early prehistoric farming settlement at Nea Nikomedeia, Western Macedonia, was first noted in 1958 by Mr Photios Petsas, Ephore of Antiquities of the area for the Greek Archaeological Service: he investigated the reported discovery of archaeological finds exposed during the course of removing earth from an inconspicuous mound to make a road embankment, and forthwith stopped further destruction of the site. His willing advice and assistance, and the most generous cooperation of the Greek Archaeological Service under the direction of Dr John Papadimitriou, and of the Ministry of Agriculture, made possible the five-week excavation season in the summer of 1961. The excavations were carried out under the aegis of the British School at Athens. Thanks are due to the British Academy, the Crowther-Benyon Fund administered by the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Cambridge, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research for providing the necessary funds. I wish to acknowledge help and guidance both in the field and in the preparation of this report from Professor Grahame Clark, under whose supervision I worked at Cambridge University during the academic years 1959–60 and 1960–61. Grateful acknowledgment is also made to Mr R. W. Hutchinson for his valuable help in the field, and to the undergraduates and research students from the University of Cambridge who willingly undertook most of the field and laboratory work. The ready assistance of the Curator of the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and his staff in shipping matters and the loan of equipment is greatly appreciated.

Excavation at La Starza, Ariano Irpino

1963 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Trump
Keyword(s):  
Cambridge University ◽  
British School ◽  
The Hill

In the eighteen years after its first discovery by Dr. I. Sgobbo in about 1920, rich prehistoric material was collected by quarrymen working the gypsum of the hill known as La Starza, Ariano Irpino, in the province of Avellino. It was very briefly published. In 1956 the author carried out a survey of the site, the results of which appeared in these Papers the following year. The report ended with a note that by then an exploratory season of excavation had already been carried out but that much more remained to be done. Further campaigns in 1960, 1961 and 1962 completed the immediate project, so that although the site is far from worked out, publication should not be held up longer.The 1957 season was financed by funds from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (through the Crowther Beynon Fund) and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and my mother, Mrs. D. M. Trump. The remaining seasons' work was made possible by the generous backing of Mrs. D. I. Ainley. The excavation team, which differed each year, was made up of myself, students from the British School at Rome and Cambridge University, and other volunteers, many of whom made no claim on the excavation fund for their maintenance at the site.

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