Demos Christou Explained

Demos Christou (Greek: Δήμος Χρήστου) (born 1937) is a Cypriot archaeologist and Director of the Department of Antiquities from 1991 to 1997.

Early life and education

He was born in the village of Galini. He graduated from Morphou Gymnasium and then studied history and archaeology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and continued his studies at the UCL Institute of Archaeology and the École du Louvre. In 1997 he earned his doctoral degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with a dissertation on the funerary architecture of Cypriot tombs.

Career

Christou worked for the Department of Antiquities, in 1979 he was tasked with a new section of the Department on traditional architecture and folk art.^[1] He become the director in 1991. He conducted extensive excavations at Kourion between 1975 and 1998.^[2] In 1978 he conducted a minor survey that remains upublished. He participated in the excavations at the Chalcolithic cemeteries in Souskiou-Vathirkakas with prominent Prehistorians Diane Bolger, Paul Croft, Carole McCartney, Edgar Peltenburg and Andrew Shortland.^[3]

Publications

• Christou, D. (1985). Anavargos, archaeological site. Great Cypriot Encyclopedia, 2, 133-134.
• Christou, D. (1994). Kourion: a complete guide to its monuments and local museum. Filokipros Publications.
• Christou, D. (1996). Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéohgiques à Chypre en 1995. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 120(2), 1051-1100.
• Χρήστου, Δ. (1996). Κυπρο-Αρχαϊκή Μνημειακή Ταφική Αρχιτεκτονική. Λευκωσία: Τμήμα Αρχαιοτήτων, Κύπρου.
• Χρήστου, Δ. (2013). Ανασκαφές Κουρίου 1975-1998. Τόμοι Α-Β. Nicosia: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.

References

1. Hadjisavvas . Sophocles . 2004 . Surveying after Catling: the work of the Department of Antiquities Survey Branch since 1960 . British School at Athens Studies . 11 . 37–41 . 2159-4996.
2. Web site: Polignosi. Χρήστου Δήμος. 2020-08-02. www.polignosi.com.
3. Frankel . David . 2008 . The Chalcolithic Cemeteries of Souskiou-Vathyrkakas, Cyprus: Investigations of Four Missions from 1950 to 1997 . Demos Christou, Diane Bolger, Paul Croft, Elizabeth Goring, Adam Jackson, Dorothy Lunt, Carole McCartney, Zissis Parras, Edgar Peltenburg, Janet Ridout-Sharpe, Andrew Shortland, Mike Tite, and Maria Watt. . Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research . en . 350 . 93–94 . 10.1086/BASOR25609268 . 0003-097X.