Ancient Cyprus today:
Museum Collections and new Research
Approaches to the Archaeology of Cyprus
S t o c k h o l m 2 5 - 2 7 o f A p r i l 2 0 1 5
Day 1, SaturDay april 25
Östasiatiska Museet, Tyghusplan, Skeppsholmen
11.00-12.00 Registration
12.00-12.30 A welcome from the organizers
Session 1A
Chairing: Sanne Houby Nielsen
12.30 Thomas Kiely (The British Museum, London).
Beyond the Metropolis: Regional collections of
Cypriot antiquities in the United Kingdom
12.45 Despina Pilides (Department of Antiquities,
Cyprus). Contextualizing the collections of the
Cyprus Museum: Recent projects
13.00 Catherine Olien (Northwestern University,
Chicago). The Collection, Restoration, and
Display of the Cypriot Fragment at the
Metropolitan Museum in the Late Nineteenth
Century
13.15 Discussion
13.30-14.00 Coffee Break
Session 1B
Chairing: Caroline Sauvage
14.00 Evangeline Markou (National Hellenic Research
Foundation (NHRF), Institute of Historical
Research (IHR), Section of Greek and Roman
Antiquity). Incorporating numismatics into
historical and archaeological studies. The case
of Cyprus
14.15 Charalambos Paraskeva (University of
Edinburgh). CARMA: An Integrated System for
High-Resolution Archaeological Information
Recording, Introduction and First Results
14.30 Paolo Mauriello (Istituto per le Tecnologie
Applicate ai Beni Culturali - CNR). The research
commitment of ITAB-CNR in Cyprus in
Archaeometry and field Archaeology
14.45 Discussion
Session 1C
Chairing: Eustathios Raptou
15.00 Giorgos Papantoniou (Trinity College, Dublin),
Rethinking the portrait-like sculpture of
Hellenistic Cyprus
15.15 Alexia Miltiadous Johansson (Cardiff University)
Reconstructing social behavior and interactions
in domestic settings in Roman Cyprus
15.30 Craig Barker (Sydney University Museums),
Recent research on Hellenistic and Roman
Urbanisation in the Theatre precinct of Nea
Paphos
15.45 Kamila Nocon (Jagiellonian University, Kraków),
Hellenistic Kitchen ware from the Paphos Agora
Project
16.00 Discussion
16.15-18.00 Reception
Day 2, SunDay april 26
Medelhavsmuseet, Fredsgatan 2
Session 2A
Chairing: Lina Kassianidou
09.00 Anastasia Leriou (Archaeological Society at
Athens). Locating identities in ancient Cyprus:
a view from the 21st century
09.15 Peter Fischer (University of Gothenburg).
The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2010-14:
Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke.
09.30 Teresa Bürge (Austrian Academy of Sciences).
Recently Discovered Cylinder Seals from Hala
Sultan Tekke
09.45 Bettina Stolle (Stockholm University). The reuse
of a well as a deposit for seven individuals at Hala
Sultan Tekke
10.00 Adam Lindqvist (Uppsala University),
Fishing on Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age
10.15 Discussion
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
Session 2B
Chairing: Peter Fischer
11.00 Kevin Fisher (The University of British Columbia).
The Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments
(KAMBE) Project: Investigating Late Bronze Age
Urban Landscapes in south-central Cyprus
11.15 Giorgos Papasavvas (University of Cyprus).
Processes of abandonment at Enkomi; The
sanctuary of the Horned God
11.30 Lina Kassianidou (University of Cyprus).
Metallurgy and metalwork in Enkomi – Revisiting
Porphyrios Dikaios’ excavations
11.45 Jennifer Webb (La Trobe University, Melbourne).
Lapithos revisted: a fresh look at a key Middle
Bronze Age site in Cyprus.
12.00 Discussion
12.15-13.30 Lunch break
Session 2C
Chairing: Giorgos Papasavvas
13.30 Constantinos S. Constantinou (University of East
Anglia). Late Neolithic Eastern Mediterranean:
identifying and comparing social and economic
organisation in Cyprus and northern Levant
13.45 Bernard Knapp (Cyprus American Archaeological
Research Institute (CAARI)), Maritime Transport
Containers and Bronze Age Cyprus
14.00 Silvana Di Paolo (Istituto di