Cornell University
Intercollege Program
 

ARCHAEOLOGY  CORE  FACULTY
     
 
John E. Coleman
Professor,
Classics


jec13@cornell.edu
607.255.8335
607.255.8327
128 Goldwin Smith Hall
Projects
Cornell Halai and East Lokris Project
Education
  • Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1967, Classics
  • B.A., University of British Columbia, 1961, Classics
 
Teaching Experience
  • Cornell University, 37 years
  • Bryn Mawr College, 1 year
  • University of Colorado, 2 years
 
Research Interests
Aegean archaeology, Classical archaeology, Cypriot Bronze Age
 
Research Experience
  • Participant in University of Cincinnati excavation on the island of Keos (1964-1973)
  • Director of University of Colorado excavations at Pylos in Elis (1968, 1970)
  • Director of Cornell University excavations and survey at Alambra in Cyprus (1974-1986)
  • Director of the Cornell Halai and East Lokris Project (1986-present)
 
Selected Publications
2000 "An Archaeological Scenario for the 'Coming of the Greeks' ca. 3200 B.C." Journal of Indo-European Studies 28 (2000), pp. 101-153.
1997

(edited, with Clark A. Walz), "Greeks and Barbarians; Essays on the Interactions between Greeks and Non-Greeks in Antiquity and the Consequences for Eurocentrism," Bethesda, CDL Press, 1997.

1996 (first author) "Alambra: A Bronze Age Settlement in Cyprus" (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology CXVIII) P. Åströms Förlag, Jonsered, 1996.
1986 "Excavations at Pylos in Elis" (Hesperia Supplement XXI), Princeton, 1986.
1977 "Keos I, Kephala, A Late Neolithic Settlement and Cemetery," Princeton, 1977.