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Special interests:
(1) Cypriote syllabic and Greek alphabetic inscriptions and epigraphy
(2) Cypriote and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology and history
(3) Ancient Greek language, grammar, linguistics, and dialectology
Contact details:
Georgia Bonny Bazemore
Ancient Historian
Assistant Professor,
Department of History
Eastern Washington University
200 Patterson Hall
Cheney, WA. 99004-2430
Phone: 509-359-2235
Fax: 509-359-4275
e-mail: bazemore_cyprus@hotmail.com
Education:
University of Chicago (1987-1998) Ph.D. Ancient History and Linguistics
University of Chicago (1980-82, 1986) M.A. Ancient History and Archaeology
Emory University (1974-1978) B.A. Ancient History and Classical Languages
Dissertation Title:
The Role of Writing in Ancient Society: The Cypriote Syllabic Inscriptions.
Volume I: A Study in Grammatology.
Volumes II-III, A Classed Inventory of Cypriote Syllabic Inscribed Objects
and their Surviving (ab initio)Texts with a Complete Bibliographic Listing
for Each Inscription.
Employment and Teaching Experience:
(current) Assistant Professor, Department of History, Eastern Washington University
Department of History, University of South Carolina at Hilton Head
University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana Associate Professor of Archaeology, teaching practical archaeological field methods, history of Cyprus in the 1st millennium B.C., the Cypriote dialect of ancient and modern Greek, Cypriote inscriptions
April, 1997 to 2000 Director, University of Indianapolis Expedition to Cyprus, The Rantidi Forest Excavations, Paphos District, Cyprus
April, 1997 to present The Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI), one of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Nicosia, Cyprus Program Coordinator, responsible for the planning and organization of the academic events at CAARI, including local and international symposia, the continuing lecture series, seminars, roundtables, museum tours, exhibitions, study groups and field trips.
March, 1992 to October, 1995 InterCollege, a campus of the University of Indianapolis, Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos, Cyprus Director of Academic Affairs
January, 1990 to October, 1991 Professor of Liberal Arts with introductory courses in Art History, World History and Ancient Philosophy September
1988 to December, 1989 Adjunct Visiting Professor in History and Religion at the University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA, campus, with courses including the introduction to the ancient world, New Testament Life and Literature, and Old Testament Life and Literature Fall Semester, 1994 and Spring Semester, 1991
Language abilities:
In addition to the usual languages of scholarship, I speak modern Greek and
the Cypriote dialect.
Publications:
2000 "Two Enigmatic Syllabic Inscriptions from Idalion" Report of
the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 1999, pp. 69-76.
1999 The Rantidi Forest Excavations 1997-1998, Report of the Director of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 1999.
(Greek text) 1992 "The geographic distribution of Cypriote syllabic inscriptions", in Acta Cypria III, Paul Åströms Forlag, pp. 63-96.
1990 "Review of C. Kyrris The Kanakaria Documents", The Cyprus Review 2, pp. 138-139.
In Press:
"The display and viewing of the syllabic inscriptions of Rantidi sanctuary", in Script and Seal Use on Cyprus in the Bronze and Iron Ages. J. S. Smith (ed.). Archaeological Institute of America Colloquia and Conference Papers Series.
"Sex, gender, and the Cypriote syllabic inscriptions", in Engendering Aphrodite: Women and Society in Ancient Cyprus. N. Serwint and D. Bolger (eds.). ASOR Publication Series. CAARI Monograph no. 2.
"Erotica from the Sanctuary in the Rantidi Forest, Cyprus", in Arti-Facts, Near Eastern Archaeology.
Currently under Review:
The Corpus of Cypriote Syllabic Inscriptions. Volume I: The Bibliographic References. Submitted to the American Philosophical Society, Memoirs.
In Preparation:
"The Origin of the Cypriote Syllabic Writing System and the Creation of Hieratic Paphian Script: A Study in Theoretical Epigraphy", with appendices by M.E. Morgan,
"Mortuary Evidence for the Dating of the Spit of Opheltas", and E.P. Hamp, "The Etymology of the name Opheltas".
The Cypriote Syllabic Inscriptions and the History of Cyprus: Epigraphic and Literary Evidence from the 1st Millennium B.C., for the series, Sources for the History of Cyprus, P. W. Wallace and A. G. Orphanides (eds.). SUNY, Albany.
FIELDWORK
We have closed rescue excavations conducted in conjuction with the Department
of Antiquities at Rantidi Forest to define the ancient sites within the area
which is currently under development, the largest single tourist development
on the island to date, for the creation of a hotel, tourist village, golf
course complex.
Because of these proposed developments, the Rantidi Forest Excavations
has undertaken, since 1997, multi-site, diachronic survey of the entire
Forest area, discovering and identifying more than 19 sites from the Chalcolithic
period to the Late 19th century. The original object of these excavations
was the large sanctuary located on the hilltop of Lingrin tou Dhiyeni,
whose remains cover the entire period of the first millennium B.C. I have
recently suggested, in my article for the AIA listed above as currently in
press, that the physical attributes of this sanctuary, specifically the numerous
rock-cut chambers which are associated with each known sanctuary building,
suggest the worship of a deity of a chthonic and sepulchral nature, specifically
that of the deity known by the Greeks as Adonis, called Phoneeis, or the god
who speaks at his own sanctuary, later syncretized during the late Classical
and Hellenistic periods to Apollo. The Rantidi sanctuary overlooks the sanctuary
at PalaioPaphos identified by Homer as the home of Aphrodite, and it is logical
that the worship of the demi-deity whose place in mythology was as the goddess'
lover would occur in physical relationship with the worship of the goddess
herself.
Dr. Carole McCartney, who is responsible for publishing all the prehistoric
remains of the Rantidi Forest, has an article in the Report
of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus (RDAC) 2000, called "Prehistoric
occurrences in the Randi State Forest: a preliminary report of the Rantidi
Forest Project". We are happy to report that due to the efforts of the Rantidi
Forest Excavations, a 19th century farmhouse complex has been declared a national
monument, and is to be restored as a part of the current development of the
area. Consisting of a farmhouse with tiled roof and floors, with attached
stables, it boasts of a large, elliptical threshing floor, 32 x 28 meters,
which is plaqued, and almost completely intact. This farm house has been built
next to a large cistern, over six meters long and sunk over three meters deep
into the bedrock. We believe at this time that this cistern dates from the
use of this area as a Lusignian manor, as attested by the finds at the site
known at Lakkos tou Frankgou, and was reused by those who later built
the farm. Also under our excavaton purvey, at Upper Vrysi tou Rantidhiou,
is a Hellenistic olive oil industrial complex, complete with large cement-lined
cisterns and sunken pithoi. This area was later reused in the 13th century,
as attested by sgraffito ware, seemingly for a monastic complex similar to
those found in contemporary Syria-Palestine. Intact water-pipes are still
in situ in the slopes below, but it cannot be determined at this time whether
they belong to the Hellenistic or Medaeval periods of use. At this time, plans
are being discussed to excavate this area (Vrysi) as part of the development
project, as these antiquities occur on the projected 8th and 9thholes of the
golf course.
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