Sturt Manning, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Classics, received the P. E. MacAllister Field Archaeology Award at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) in Boston in November.
The Kyrenia was the first major Greek Hellenistic-period ship to be found with a largely intact hull. It was excavated and reassembled for scientific study.
The award is given annually to honor an archaeologist who has made outstanding contributions to ancient Near Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology during their career. According to the award citation, “Sturt is more than deserving of this award based on his many outstanding and impactful contributions to the archaeology of Cyprus and the wider Near East and Eastern Mediterranean.”
Manning addresses questions about complex societies, state formation and interactions in his research and fieldwork centered on Aegean, Cypriot, Anatolian and east Mediterranean archaeology. He is a leading scholar of dendrochronology/dendroarchaeology and radiocarbon dating and analysis, particularly in the east Mediterranean and Near East, as well as North America and Mexico.
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