Christopher J Davey
Biographic Data
| ID | 5907490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher J Davey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher J |
| FAMILY NAME | Davey |
| SIGNATURE | DAVEY C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1345-8638 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 35 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Alison Glen (Sally) Salter (1933–2023)
Thomas William Davis (1956–2025)
Kenneth Anderson Kitchen (1932–2025)
The preface begins, 'This modest essay may help people who have (eventually)
In the thick of it
The maritime context of Paul’s journey to Rome, as described in the Book of the Acts, is considered in the light of recent studies. The discussion includes pertinent aspects of the Mediterranean environment, Roman-period maritime activity including ships and infrastructure, the voyage and shipwreck, and the journey from Caesarea to Puteoli. The nautical terms used are commented upon and solutions are proposed for the problems identified. In the c…
Alan Ralph Millard FSA (1937–2024)
The story of a journal
The progress of Buried History is described, from its beginning as a quarterly Bulletin to an annual online refereed journal. There is discussion about its name, editorial policies, content, presentation and role in Australian and international archaeological publishing
Kourion Urban Space Project
The 2016 season of the Kourion Urban Space Project (KUSP) focused on the excavation of a structure situated to the southwest of the Earthquake House on the city’s acropolis. Excavation revealed a large building, designated Building 4, that had been damaged suddenly and further decayed over time. Though it is uncertain if Building 4 was a domestic structure, administrative facility or both, it is evident from the construction materials, particular…
Henry Gregory Huggins (1931–2022)
None.
James Mellaart
Alan C. Mellaart’s book about his father James Mellaart: The Journey to Çatalhöyük is reviewed. The memories of the author, who attended Mellaart’s lectures at the Institute of Archaeology, London, are recounted and discussed in relation to the Dorak affair. The paper also includes the perspective of G.R.H. (Mick) Wright, who excavated with Mellaart in the 1950s. The discussion reflects on the context and consequences of the controversies surroun…
John D. Currid, The Case for Biblical Archaeology
Kourion Urban Space Project
The 2018 season of the Kourion Urban Space Project (KUSP) continued the excavation of Building 4, a large structure situated just to the southwest of the Earthquake House on the Kourion promontory. Focusing on tracing the architecture of this building, this season revealed the northwest perimeter wall and identified two internal rooms: the courtyard and Room 35. Building 4 continues to yield high quality and imported artifacts including glass ves…
Martin Odler, 2023, Copper in Ancient Egypt
Out of the Fiery Crucible
The evidence for Egyptian Old Kingdom metalworking is reviewed drawing upon archaeology, iconography, metallurgy, history, scientific data and process replication. The charateristics of arsenical copper is considered concluding that Old Kingdom copper ore was initially obtained from the southern Eastern Desert of Egypt where Pre- and Early Dynastic mines are to be found and where there may have been mining and metallurgical expertise amongst the …
The Old Testament encounters Archaeology
The context and content of the debate between Archibald Henry Sayce, Professor of Assyriology and Samuel Rolles Driver, Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford University, are described. The inter-related backgrounds of both men are discussed. While Sayce’s criticism was focussed on the literary analysis of the Old Testament, Driver criticised Sayce’s aims, which he had misunderstood. The debate revealed that different methodologies were applied by th…
The Australian Institute of Archaeology and the beginning of ancient world archaeology at the University of Melbourne
The origin of the relationship between the University of Melbourne and the Australian Institute of Archaeology is described together with the roles played by Maurice Goldman and John Thompson. The circumstances of William Culican’s arrival in Melbourne are discussed, and the expectations of the founder of the Institute, Walter Beasley, in relation to Thompson and Culican are briefly explored
Ancient Pot-Bellows
After a brief introduction to pot-bellows, their corpus is reviewed, identifying objects and evidence that have emerged since the first paper about them was published by the author (Davey 1979). The propositions made in that paper are assessed and most are found to have stood the test of time. If anything, the new evidence has added complexity to this field of study, especially where the origin of the technology is concerned
Egyptian Middle Kingdom copper
An Early Dynastic Crucible from the Settlement of Elkab (Upper Egypt)
During excavations in the spring of 2015 in the settlement of Elkab, a complete and almost intact crucible was discovered on the floor level of a Second Dynasty building. This article describes the crucible and its archaeological context, it explores the design of the crucible in comparison with contemporary crucibles of a corresponding style and it foreshadows the character of on-going research. The crucible has the shape depicted in Old Kingdom…
The Roman merchant ship sail plan
Two papers about the introduction of the spritsail during the Roman period in previous editions of Buried History are updated with additional references and hypotheses. A revised interpretation of Problem 7 in the Aristotelian corpus Mekhanika is given but the foregoing proposition that the introduction of spritsails made sailing to windward routine for Roman merchant sailing ships is retained. It is suggested that extremes of wind strength were …
Recycled Blessings
This case study was the first of its kind, where neutron computed tomography (CT) was applied to a wrapped mummified animal. Conventional X‐ray CT was also used to allow for meaningful comparison, and complementary data for a comprehensive investigation. Previous applications of both techniques are limited to metallic objects, such as bronze Buddhas. The mummy used in this study (IA.2402) is dated between the Third Intermediate Period (1069–664 b…
Large merchant ships in Roman times
Iconographic evidence and the shipwreck archaeological record seem to indicate that merchant ships dramatically increased in size and tonnage toward the end of the 2nd century BC. The experience gained from sailing replicas, such as the Kyrenia II, has demonstrated that ships powered by a single mainsail lacked controlled manoeuvrability and sometimes needed to resort to auxiliary power such as oars. It is argued that the development of the sprit…
Dionysia or Dionysias at Kourion, Cyprus
An inscribed stone was discovered during the Kourion Urban Space Project 2015 season. The paper discusses its discovery and the inscription itself, which is now in the Episkopi Museum, Cyprus
Sailing to windward in Roman times
The iconography of Roman period merchant ships reveals them to have a different sail-plan to those of earlier times because they often have a small square sail rigged near the bow called a spritsail. The significance of the spritsail ceased to be appreciated in the early nineteenth century soon after it became obsolete. This paper discusses the role of the spritsail especially as it assisted Roman period ships to sail to windward
Cor Notebaart 2012 Metallurgical Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible, Amsterdamse Cahiers voor Exegese van de Bijbel en zijn Tradities Supplement Series 9, Bergambacht
Anson Frank Rainey 1930 - 2011
The structural failure of the Meidum Pyramid
The Structural Failure of the Meidum Pyramid
The structure of the Medium Pyramid
The Structure of the Meidum Pyramid
The Negub Tunnel
It is evident from Assyrian records, reliefs and present features in the landscape that Neo-Assyrian kings devoted considerable effort toward the construction of canals to irrigate the environs of their capital cities. The water delivered by these installations would have changed the appearance of the Assyrian countryside by facilitating the growing of luxuriant gardens which not only provided Assyrians with exotic fruits and pleasant living cond…
Crucibles in the Petrie Collection and Hieroglyphic Ideograms for Metal
Crucibles in the Petrie Collection and Hieroglyphic Ideograms for Metal
The Excavation Technology used in the Cow Catacombs of the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara
The technology used in tomb excavation in ancient Egypt has not been the subject of thorough investigation to date. A ‘false end’ in the catacombs of the mother of Apis bulls at the North Saqqara necropolis provides evidence of one excavation system used by tomb excavators. Chisel marks and ‘cone’ excavations elsewhere in the catacombs provide some evidence of an alternative practice. The paper interprets this evidence and shows that practices us…
John Arthur Thompson
Professor Donald John Wiseman OBE DLit FBA FKC FSA (1918-2010)
He was the third of five children and grew up in Upper Norwood, London
Anson Frank Rainey 1930 - 2011
Cor Notebaart 2012 Metallurgical Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible, Amsterdamse Cahiers voor Exegese van de Bijbel en zijn Tradities Supplement Series 9, Bergambacht
Dionysia or Dionysias at Kourion, Cyprus
An inscribed stone was discovered during the Kourion Urban Space Project 2015 season. The paper discusses its discovery and the inscription itself, which is now in the Episkopi Museum, Cyprus
Sailing to windward in Roman times
The iconography of Roman period merchant ships reveals them to have a different sail-plan to those of earlier times because they often have a small square sail rigged near the bow called a spritsail. The significance of the spritsail ceased to be appreciated in the early nineteenth century soon after it became obsolete. This paper discusses the role of the spritsail especially as it assisted Roman period ships to sail to windward
Large merchant ships in Roman times
Iconographic evidence and the shipwreck archaeological record seem to indicate that merchant ships dramatically increased in size and tonnage toward the end of the 2nd century BC. The experience gained from sailing replicas, such as the Kyrenia II, has demonstrated that ships powered by a single mainsail lacked controlled manoeuvrability and sometimes needed to resort to auxiliary power such as oars. It is argued that the development of the sprit…
An Early Dynastic Crucible from the Settlement of Elkab (Upper Egypt)
During excavations in the spring of 2015 in the settlement of Elkab, a complete and almost intact crucible was discovered on the floor level of a Second Dynasty building. This article describes the crucible and its archaeological context, it explores the design of the crucible in comparison with contemporary crucibles of a corresponding style and it foreshadows the character of on-going research. The crucible has the shape depicted in Old Kingdom…
The Roman merchant ship sail plan
Two papers about the introduction of the spritsail during the Roman period in previous editions of Buried History are updated with additional references and hypotheses. A revised interpretation of Problem 7 in the Aristotelian corpus Mekhanika is given but the foregoing proposition that the introduction of spritsails made sailing to windward routine for Roman merchant sailing ships is retained. It is suggested that extremes of wind strength were …
Recycled Blessings
This case study was the first of its kind, where neutron computed tomography (CT) was applied to a wrapped mummified animal. Conventional X‐ray CT was also used to allow for meaningful comparison, and complementary data for a comprehensive investigation. Previous applications of both techniques are limited to metallic objects, such as bronze Buddhas. The mummy used in this study (IA.2402) is dated between the Third Intermediate Period (1069–664 b…
Ancient Pot-Bellows
After a brief introduction to pot-bellows, their corpus is reviewed, identifying objects and evidence that have emerged since the first paper about them was published by the author (Davey 1979). The propositions made in that paper are assessed and most are found to have stood the test of time. If anything, the new evidence has added complexity to this field of study, especially where the origin of the technology is concerned
Egyptian Middle Kingdom copper
Kourion Urban Space Project
The 2016 season of the Kourion Urban Space Project (KUSP) focused on the excavation of a structure situated to the southwest of the Earthquake House on the city’s acropolis. Excavation revealed a large building, designated Building 4, that had been damaged suddenly and further decayed over time. Though it is uncertain if Building 4 was a domestic structure, administrative facility or both, it is evident from the construction materials, particular…
Henry Gregory Huggins (1931–2022)
None.
James Mellaart
Alan C. Mellaart’s book about his father James Mellaart: The Journey to Çatalhöyük is reviewed. The memories of the author, who attended Mellaart’s lectures at the Institute of Archaeology, London, are recounted and discussed in relation to the Dorak affair. The paper also includes the perspective of G.R.H. (Mick) Wright, who excavated with Mellaart in the 1950s. The discussion reflects on the context and consequences of the controversies surroun…
John D. Currid, The Case for Biblical Archaeology
Kourion Urban Space Project
The 2018 season of the Kourion Urban Space Project (KUSP) continued the excavation of Building 4, a large structure situated just to the southwest of the Earthquake House on the Kourion promontory. Focusing on tracing the architecture of this building, this season revealed the northwest perimeter wall and identified two internal rooms: the courtyard and Room 35. Building 4 continues to yield high quality and imported artifacts including glass ves…
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