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BiblicalA rchaeologist
A Publicationo f the AmericanS choolso f OrientalR esearch Volume5 2 Number4 December1 989
The Role of CAARI on Cyprus 157
Charles U. Harris
The Cyprus American ArchaeologicalR esearchI nstitute (CAARI)w ill move
into its new headquartersb uilding in 1990. Here'sa look back at how CAARIg ot
its start, and a look ahead at where we'reg oing.
A History of American Archaeology in Cyprus 163
Thomas W Davis
American archaeologicali nterest on Cyprus was limited to individuals such as
GeorgeM cFaddena nd Paul Lappu ntil the mid-1970s,w hen G. ErnestW right
began pushing for an American institute on the island.
Page 178 The Museums of Cyprus 170
Pamela Gaber
Fascinatinga rtifactsf rom every archaeologicalp erioda re just some of the many
items on display in the Cyprus Museums, which house more than 7,000 yearso f
Cypriot history.
Prehistoric Cyprus:A Current Perspective 178
Stuart Swiny
. Each groupo f inhabitants on Cyprush as left behind evidence of its stay, clues
that help piece togethert he puzzle of what life was like on the island beforet he
introductiono f writing.
The EarlyC hristian Mosaics of Cyprus 192
Demetrios Michaelides
The Christianm osaics fromC yprusr eflectt he spirito f their time andi llustratet he
cultural orientation of the island towardC onstantinople in the sixth century C.E.
rg
Page 192
Cyprus and the Phoenicians 203
Patricia Maynor Bikai
r.r The relationshipb etween the Phoenicians and Cyprusw as initially based on
Page2 03 a, trade,b ut during the IronA ge the Phoenicians decided to colonize the island.
v
Standing Before One's God: 210
Votive Sculpture and the Cypriot Religious Tradition
Joan Breton Connelly
Dedicating votive statues has been a Cypriott raditionf or almost 3,000 years.T he
traditionh as long since died out elsewhere, but the Cypriotss till practicei t today.
P O
Past Present:T he Village Potters of Cyprus 219
Gloria London
. Potteryh as been a Cypriot industry for more than 7,000 years,a nd potters of
?. today use the same processes used by their predecessors.
(cid:127) Introducingth e Authors 154
o. . BookR eviews 230
Lettert o the Readers 156
On the cover:A Chalcolithic figurine of serpentinite from western Cyprus.P hotograph
courtesy of XenophonM ichael. On the back: An apse mosaic from the sixth-century-c.E.
Churcho f PanayiaA ngeloktistos at Kiti depicting the VirginM ary and the archangels
Michael and Gabriel. Photographc ourtesy of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus.
Biblical Archaeologist is published with the financial assistance of
the Endowmentf or Biblical Research,a nonsectarianf oundationf or
the study of the Bible and the history of the Christian Church.
Biblical Archaeologist, December 1989 153
Charles U. Harris Joan Breton Connelly
Stuart Swiny
Introducintghe Authors
PPaattrriicciiaa MMaayynnoorr BBiikkaaii
Charles U. Harris is an antediluvian, actively retired Cyprus.H e has published two monographs:T 7voC ypriot
priest of the Episcopal Church. He has been a trustee of BronzeA ge Sites at Kafkallia (Dhali) with JohnC . Over-
ASOR since 1965,h as servedo n the executive committee beck in 1972, and The Kent State University Expedition
since 1975 and has been the president of CAARI since to Episkopi-PhaneromeniP art 2, in 1986. Dr. Swiny is
1984. He received his bachelor'sd egree from WakeF orest currently working on the final report of the excavations
University, a master's in divinity from the Virginia at Sotira-Kaminoudhiat, he first EarlyB ronzeA ge settle-
Theological Seminary and has honorary degrees from ment to be excavatedi n Cyprus.
VirginiaT heological Seminary,W akeF orest,a nd Seabury
Western. Demetrios Michaelides is the Archaeological Officer for
the Paphos District in Cyprus. A native of Cyprus, he
Thomas W. Davis received his Ph.D. in Syro-Palestinian received his Ph.D. in 1980 from the Institute of Archae-
Archaeology from the University of Arizona. He is a spe- ology at the University of London. He has excavated in
cialist in the nascent field of the history of archaeology. Libya,s outhern Italy,a nd Rome as well as Cyprus and has
He has participatedi n excavations in JordanC, yprus,a nd published numerous articles on Hellenistic and Roman
the United States. Caradoc Press will soon publish A Cyprus. His monograph Cypriot Mosaics, which was
History of Biblical Archaeology, Davis's study of the rise published by the Department of Antiquities in 1987,
and decline of the biblical archaeologyp aradigm. helped establish Cyprus as one of the great production
centers of mosaics in the ancient world.
Stuart Swiny, the Director of the Cyprus American
Archaeological Research Institute since 1980, has exca- PatriciaM aynorB ikai is an independent scholar who has
vated on land and underwater in France, Turkey,I ran, workedi n Lebanon,E gypt,C yprus, and the Azores. She is
Afghanistan, and Cyprus. From studying the Iron Age in author of The Pottery of 7yre, an account of the first
northwest Iran and the Bronze Age in Afghanistan, he excavation at that city to uncover stratified Phoenician
moved in 1974 to the Earlya nd Middle Cypriot periods in remains. She subsequently published studies of the
154 Biblical Archaeologist, December 1989
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Thomas WiD avis Demetrios Mlichaelides Pamela Gaber
Phoenician pottery from Palaepaphos-Skalesi n western Near Eastern ceramics and ethnoarchaeological studies
Cyprus, from Amathus, and from the Tyrian colony at of traditional potters in Cyprus, the Philippines, and
Kition. In 1984-85, she was a FulbrightR esearchera t the Jordan.A recent publication is Traditional Pottery in
Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute in Cyprus,p ublished by Philipp von Zabern, 1989. Another
Nicosia. While there, she wrote The Phoenician Pottery 1989 publication, A Comparison of Two Contempora-
of Cyprus and preparedt he Phoenician pottery from the neous Lifestyles of the Late Second Millennium B.C.,i n
excavations at Kition for final publication. the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Re-
search, deals with the Israelites and Canaanites at the
JoanB retonC onnelly is assistant professoro f Fine Arts at end of the Late Bronze Age. Dr. London is currently the
New YorkU niversity. She is the author of Votive Sculp- ceramic technologist with the MadabaP lains Project.
ture of Hellenistic Cyprus,a nd several articles on votive
offerings from the Seleucid fortress on Failaka,K uwait. Pamela Gaber received her Ph.D. in Fine Arts from
Dr. Connelly received her Ph.D. in Classical and Near HarvardU niversity. After several seasons in the Levant,
Eastern Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College and was she began working in Cyprus in 1972. While excavating
the Classical Fellow in the Department of Greek and each summer at Idalion, she conducted research on
Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where ancient Cypriot sculpture, producings everala rticles and
she studied the Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Antiqui- a book on that subject, Regional Styles in CyprioteS culp-
ties. She has excavateda t Corinth and Nemea in Greece, ture (GarlandP ress, 1986). Now director of the excava-
and at Kourion, Paphos and Marion in Cyprus. tions at Idalion, she continues to work and publish in the
areas of field archaeology and the art of ancient Cyprus.
Gloria London received her Ph.D. from the University of She is currently a member of the Middle East Center at
Arizona and has held postdoctoral fellowships at the the University of Arizona in Tucson.
University of Washington and Hebrew Union College
(Cincinnati). Her research in pottery includes ancient
Biblical Archaeologist, December 1989 155
Letter to the Readers
Anyone who has visited Cyprus and the Cyprus Ameri- The idea for this special issue on Cyprus originated
can Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) can after my first visit to CAARI several years ago. I became
understandp erfectly the enchantment and allure of that absolutely convinced of the necessity for CAARI and
extraordinaryp lace in the heart of the eastern Mediter- Cypriot archaeologists to communicate the results of
ranean.A lways a bridgeb etween Easta ndW est,a meeting their research to a wider audience that was dedicated to
place for cultures of varying and often seemingly anti- the recovery and study of cultures of the ancient Near
thetical natures, Cyprus remains a haven for those who East and classical world, which had so long established
would strive to understand better the wellsprings of themselves in Cyprus. After several return visits and
Western civilization. The island seems to have success- repeated discussions with Swiny, it was decided that a
fully absorbeda spects of Semitic and Greek cultures. stock-taking of Cypriot archaeology and ASOR'sa ctivi-
In the 1970s, G. Ernest Wright anticipated and ties would be an appropriate vehicle to welcome the
encouragedt he establishment of a permanent American advent of CAARI'sn ew facility. After much discussion
presence on Cyprus. Today we invite all the readers of and consideration, Swiny agreed to serve as guest co-
Biblical Archaeologist to celebrate with us the achieve- ordinatinge ditor for this special issue honoring CAARI's
ments of Cypriot archaeology these past years and of newly acquireda nd renovatedc enter. The special articles
CAARI'su nique role in facilitating them. included in this issue are a fitting and lasting tribute to
None of this would have been possible without the Ernest Wright, who dreamed of an American research
extraordinary efforts of Stuart Swiny, the director of center in Cyprus, and all those who made it possible to
CAARI. His leadership at every level- administrative, realize this day.T o the present leadership of CAARI and
political, and intellectual-scholarly- has made CAARI to the government of Cyprus, which has so generously
and all its diverse projectsp ossible. In these endeavorsh e supported CAARI in many ways, all of us in ASOR ex-
has been supported at every stage by his coworker and press our heartiest congratulations for achievements at-
wife, Helena Wylde Swiny. Without the constant en- tained and best wishes for goals yet to be accomplished.
couragementa nd vigorous leadership of the Rev.C harles
C. Harris,t he president of CAARI,a nd a dedicatedc ohort
of trustees, CAARIc ould not have achieveds o much in so
few years. To all of these individuals, and to those who
precededt hem, I would like to express a profoundd ebt of Eric M. Meyers
gratitude on behalf of the American Schools of Oriental Editor and First Vice-
Research (ASOR). President for Publications
As always, it is a pleasure to acknowledge the assistance Thomas Davis's article in this issue. I wish to recordm y
given to me by members of the Department of Antiqui- gratitude to editor Eric Meyers, a good friend of CAARI
ties. The Acting Director of the Department, Athanasos and Cyprus,f or suggesting that an issue of BA be devoted
Papageorghiou,a nd the Curator of Archaeological Mu- to what I hope the readersw ill agreei s a most original and
seums and Survey, Michael C. Loulloupis, allowed me to captivating island, both in terms of its past and its pres-
photograph, at very short notice, one of their prized ent. And last, but not least, I extend my cordial thanks to
possessions: the so-called Pomos figurine on the cover. the contributors, without whom this issue would not
This task was facilitated by the museum photographer, haveb eenp ossible.
Xenophon Michael. Many thanks are also due to Yiannis
Hadjisavvas, who helped in his usual efficient way to
provide a whole series of illustrations. Vassos Kara-
georghis kindly lent us the delightful photograph of the
Phoenician ostrich egg cup. It should not be overlooked Guest Coordinating Editor
that virtually all the research reported on in this issue of Stuart Swiny
Biblical Archaeologist has been the direct result of his Director of CAARI
support and that of the Department of Antiquities over
the past quarter of a century, a fact clearly stated in
156 Biblical Archaeologist, December 1989
Its strategilco cationc, onsiderable
The Role of
minerarl esourcesa,n d,a t times,
timberr esourcehs ave
plentiful
CAARI attractetdh e envioust, he greedy,
andt he to
needy Cyprus.
on Cyprus
by Charles U. Harris
yprutsh, el egendabriyr th- siferous deposits have changed that by CAARI,c onfirms this finding.
place of Venus Aphrodite, conclusion. One of the richest de- "Fromm y analysis, I tentatively con-
lies at the northeast end posits is on the Akrotiri Peninsula at clude that. .. the island was oc-
of the Mediterranean,6 0 Aetokremnos, a cliff overhangingt he cupied by approximately 10,000 BP"
miles west of Syria and 40 miles southern coast known in English as (beforet he present; Simmons 1988).
south of Turkey.T he island is 140 the Eagles'c liff. Fossilized remains Copper was first found on the
miles long and up to 60 miles wide of hippopotamuses and elephants island in the third millennium B.C.E.
and includes mountains 6,400 feet have been excavatedt here, although So plentiful was it that the modern
high and alluvial plains. Although we do not know how they actually name of the island has its etiology in
its climate is mild and its rainfall got there. There is no evidence that the Latin phrase aes cyprium, the
erratic - sometimes as few as four there was ever a land bridge between ore of Cyprus. It was abbreviatedt o
inches a year- its strategic location, the island and the adjacent conti- cyprium and later corruptedt o
considerable mineral resources, and, nental land masses or that an ice age cuprium, the Latin word for copper.
at times, plentiful timber resources providedt hem a frozen highway.B e- Its distinctively shaped ingots have
have attractedt he envious, the greedy, lieved to be unique in the world of been found by marine archaeologists
and the needy. Nearly all of them nature, they have been technically in several shipwrecks on the seafloor
have left behind evidence of their identified as Hippopotamus minutus of the Mediterranean.
stay-monumental buildings,m arble and Elephas cypriotes. Chipped Among the island'se arly visitors
temples of compelling beauty, sta- stone artifacts indicative of human were the Myceneans. They were fol-
tues, richly decorated churches, and habitation as early as the eighth or lowed by the Acheans, who gave
many various metal and ceramic ninth millennium B.C.Ew. ere also Cyprus its Greek culture and lan-
artifacts- that attract a different discoveredi n the deposit. The dis- guage. Tuthmosis IIIo f Egypt con-
kind of explorer,t he archaeologist. covery advances the earliest pre- quered the island around 1500 B.C.E.
Until recently, it was believed sumed date of human habitation of The Phoenicians arrivedi n the tenth
that humans first inhabited the the island by three millennia. A com- century B.C.E.a nd were succeeded by
island in the sixth millennium B.C.E. prehensive report on one of the most SargonI I, the Assyrian. Others who
Renewed study of Pleistocene os- recent excavations, sponsored in part resided on the island included
Biblical Archaeologist, December 1989 157
P.'
Aiialousa /
Lythrankomi
Lapathos .
Bellapais Kythrea Lapithos
Irini
yia
S"- Philia l * Nicosia Arsos
PetraI u Soli Salamis
Limniti Lefka Meniko
Famagusta
Marion lgoi
*.+" Politiko Idalion
o " Alambra Livadhia
. hi Larnaca.
Peyia Kition
Troodos Lfkara
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* Kouklia Sotira E. Kpi sklapsi
Kourion . . .
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Romans, Muslims, crusadersu nder (that is, truly multidisciplinary) was been directing, overseeing, and as-
Richardt he Lionhearted,V enetians, conducted in the early 1970s at sisting archaeologicalp rojects in the
Genoese, French, the Turks and the Idalion, a site 12 miles south of Middle East since 1900. Its initial
British, who made Cyprus a part of Nicosia. Idalion was an independent objective was biblical archaeology,
their empire in 1878 and grantedi t kingdom from around 700 to 425 which was an emerging discipline
independence in 1959. In between B.C.E. when it was eclipsed by the seeking scientific evidence, such as
foreign rule were local sovereignties. Phoenician kingdom of Kition. that producedb y archaeology,t o
The last conqueroro f the island's The excavation was mounted by validate the biblical story. Over the
vast resources has been the archae- G. Ernest Wrighta nd two of his decades, ASOR'sm ission has en-
ologist, whose objectivei s the recovery former students, LawrenceE . Stager largeda nd become comprehensive
of past cultures. Cyprus providesj ust of Harvarda nd Anita Walkero f the in its objective to recovert he cul-
that milieu with its wealth of sites. University of Connecticut. Other tures of the past wherever its expe-
archaeologists sought Cyprus's ditions operate. In the 1989 season,
ASOR in Cyprus famed copper mines. in spite of widespreadp olitical un-
Until 1927, when the Swedish The American Schools of Ori- rest, ASOR sponsored 35 excavations
Cyprus Expedition began scientific ental Research( ASOR),a consortium in six nations.
excavation, previous activity in of 175 American universities and in- In Middle Easternc ountries with
Cyprus had largely been the depre- stitutions such as The Smithsonian, much archaeologicala ctivity, ASOR
dations of treasure hunters and grave the HarvardS emitic Museum, and has established researchi nstitutes.
robbers.T he first modern expedition Chicago'sO riental Institute, has These institutes provide support ser-
158 Biblical Archaeologist, December 1989
CAARisI t he institutioonf its kindo n
only
It between
Cyprus. helpsp romotde ialogue
Cyprioatn df oreigns cholaras like.
vices for archaeological research and remain on the scene, and he helped American and Cypriot scholars and
expeditions. They rangef rom secur- open many doors. to provide facilities comparable
ing permission from governments In a letter sent to several foreign to those offeredb y other overseas
for digs to providingl aboratoriesa nd archaeologists in February1 978, advancedr esearch centers. The only
libraries for research and study, hos- Walkere nvisioned an institute with institution of its kind in Cyprus,
tels for visiting scholars, and equip- a multinational clientele that would CAARI serves a special need. The
ment for archaeological teams. provide the following services: island has no university, and in the
Depending on local conditions, A conveniently located building absence of other national research
the resident director of an institute to provide hostel accommoda- centers, CAARIw elcomes archae-
maintains close contact with expedi- tions for visiting archaeologists ologists of all nationalities. The in-
tions in the field on behalf of ASOR. and which would act as a place stitute thereby serves in a unique
Each site is also visited annually by for archaeologists to meet. way as a center of exchange of infor-
ASOR'sC ommittee on Archaeologi- Space would also be providedf or mation about the archaeology of
cal Policy (CAP).I ts approvalt o storage,l aboratorya nd other art Cyprus."
excavate is a prerequisite to mount- work. There would also be a Walkerw as appointed CAARI's
ing an expedition. Adherence to libraryt o complement the hold- first director.O peratingo n a hope
ASOR'sr igid standardso f excava- ings of the libraryo f the Cyprus and a dream and a minuscule budget,
tions, conservation, and publication Museum, and various data col- she located, rented, and furnished
is necessary for retention of ASOR lections (sherds,l ithics, fauna, CAARI'sh eadquartersi n the second
sponsorship. metallurgies) to facilitate com- and third floors of a building at 41
The first such institute was the parative studies. The institute King Paul Street in Nicosia. It had
F Albright Institute of Archae- would also purchase various rooms for visiting scholars, a library,
W.
ological Research( AIAR)in Jerusalem, items of expensive excavation and other researchf acilities. Although
which was founded in 1900. It was equipment and obtain several space was limited, work proceeded
followed by institutes in Damascus motor vehicles which could be under severe limitations. Neverthe-
and Baghdad,b oth now temporarily rented to excavatorsa s required. less, her leadership provideda solid
closed because of the political situa- foundation for Ian Todd,w ho suc-
tion. The American Center of Orien- Other services to be providedb y ceeded her in 1979. He saw the need
tal Research (ACOR),A SOR'si nsti- the institute included liaison to provide adequate space for the
tute in Amman, Jordanw as founded with the Department of Antiq- "librarya, rchives, slide and photo-
in 1968 and just recently completed uities and general assistance to graphic collection, map collection,
a $1.9-million building. In all these those about to set up new exca- sherd collection, site index and bib-
centers, research institute signifies a vation projects. The coordina- liography,g eological collection, col-
place for the study of ancient cul- tion of the services of visiting lection of faunal remains, collection
tures and is not confined solely or specialists would provide eco- of flora, drawing office, laboratory,
exclusively to archaeologicala ctivity. nomic and other benefits to all darkroom,k itchen, laundry room,
Beforeh is death, Wrighth ad concerned. A GraduateF ellow- common room and generalw ork room"
planned a center on Cyprus. Philip J. ship was also envisaged to allow as well as administrative offices and
King, who was then President of one or more students to travel storagef acilities for equipment and
ASOR, Anita Walker,a nd Vassos to Cyprus for researchp urposes. motor vehicles.
KarageorghisD, irector of the Depart- CAARIc ontinued to expandw ith
ment of Antiquities of the Republic At the Spring 1978 meeting of the appointment of Stuart Swiny as
of Cyprus, were among the moving the ASOR Board,I offered a resolu- director in 1980. With a largerp ro-
spirits. The Honorable William R. tion to found the Cyprus American gram came increasing concern over
Crawford, United States Ambassador Archaeological Research Institute the need for larger quarters. By 1985,
to Cyprus, played an important role. (CAARI). As King wrote in his his- the need had become acute. One fac-
He secured a Fulbright Fellowship tory of ASOR (1983: 224), CAARI tor was the unexpected acquisition
for Walker, which enabled her to serves "to promote dialogue between of the extensive library of Claude F.
Biblical Archaeologist, December 1989 159
island and gave the proceeds to
CAARIf or the new headquarters.
The second event was finding what
had once been a beautiful, classic
villa in the center of Nicosia located
directly across the street from the
proposedn ew National Museum.
With very few resources and no
organizedo r developed constituency,
CAARI'sb oard signed an agreement
on November 17, 1986 to purchase
the property.T he Nicosia Academy
of Music occupied the second floor,
and an elderly woman and her large
: : . . (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) : (cid:127) ,_,i~~ (cid:127)(cid:127)i ii(cid:127)i~!i iiii i i (cid:127)i~(cid:127)i ~ii i! , ,' ,' ', . . . family occupied the first floor. Taxes,
iiiiii iiii- l permits, and inspections delayed the
process for many months before the
(cid:127)!iiiiiiiii~i i!iii iiiiiiii~iiii ~~ii agreement was signed. CAARI'sa t-
torney was Lellos P. Demetriades,
the mayor of Nicosia and longtime
friend of CAARI.B ecause of his ef-
forts and those of JoannaL oizidou,
along with the cooperation of many
departments of the government, the
lengthy purchasingp rocess was com-
pleted in a little more than a year.
The acquisition was completed on
October9 , 1988 when it was approved
by the Council of Ministers of the
Government of Cyprus, and title was
taken on that date in the name of
ASOR and CAARI.W ith the anony-
mous donor'sg ift and funds raised by
the CAARIB oard,t he house and
land, valued at $296,500, were paid
Twoe xteriorv iews of the new CAARI Schaeffer,a noted French archae- for in cash. ASOR'sy oungest offspring
headquartersb uilding in Nicosia. The former ologist, in memory of JohnI . Wylde. had suddenly come of age!I t was a
residence will hold the Claude E Schaeffer
Memorial Librarya, rchives, a laboratorya nd Its 2,500 works, conservatively remarkablee ffort for an overseas,
various collections as well as administrative valued at $100,000, overflowed not-for-profiti nstitution, operating
offices, a reception room, kitchen and CAARI'sm odest commons room/ in four currencies and two languages.
residential area for visiting scholars. The
dedication is set for May 1990. library.A n architect was selected Locateda t 11 Andreas Deme-
and asked to preparep lans for a new trious Street, a few blocks from the
building when two things happened business district of Nicosia, the new
to change the board'st hinking. facility is described by Swiny as "a
First, a good friend of CAARI well-appointed arkhontiko spiti
and former resident of Cyprus, who (patrician townhouse). It displays
asked to remain anonymous, sold character and is a representative
her house on the Turkish side of the example of pre-war urban Cypriot
160 Biblical Archaeologist, December 1989