​PUBLICATIONS BY THE AUSTRALIAN MISSION TO PAPHOS

Books

C. Barker & D. Wood Conroy, Travellers from Australia (Sydney 2017) [exhibition catalogue]

J.R. Green, R.S. Gabrieli, H.K.A. Cook, E.J. Stern, B. McCall, E. Lazer, Paphos 8 August 1303: Snapshot of Destruction (Nicosia 2014)

Richard Green, Craig Barker & Smadar Gabrieli, Fabrika: an ancient theatre of Nea Paphos (Nicosia 2011) [Greek language version]

Richard Green, Craig Barker & Smadar Gabrieli, Fabrika: an ancient theatre of Nea Paphos (Nicosia 2004)

Diana Wood Conroy, The Fabric of the Ancient Theatre (Nicosia 2004) (paperback edition 2007)
Available via Moufflon Books

ARTICLES

J.R. Green, 'Theatre and Autocracy in the Roman Period. An Example in Microcosm', in E. Csapo, J.R. Green, B. Le Guen, E. Paillard, J. Stoop & P. Wilson (eds), Theatre and Autocracy in the Ancient World (Berlin 2022). 
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C. Barker & D. Wood Conroy, 'Flowers, Fillets and Columns: Evidence of painted walls in the Hellenistic-Roman theatre of Nea Paphos', in: H. Meyza (ed), Decoration of Hellenistic and Roman Buildings in Cyprus, Travaux de l’Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences 4, 2020 (2022), 35-47

C. Richards, "Playing games at the Paphos Theatre: an examination of graffiti games uncovered by the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project", Herom: Journal on Hellenistic and Roman Material Culture 10, 2021, 77-98
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​C. Barker & R. Green, ‘2.5.2 Nea Paphos’, in: L. Bombardieri & E. Panero (eds), Cyprus: Crossroads of civilizations. Exhibition catalog, DeArtcom London, 2021, 127-130
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C. Barker & R. Klaebe, "Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project: 2020 Activities", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin 17, 2021, 26-29
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R.S. Gabrieli, "In search of lost centuries: Hand-made pottery in Cyprus between Rome and the Crusaders", HEROM 9, 2020, 447-486.
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C. Barker, "Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project: 2019 Activities", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin 16, 2020, 14-17.
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R. Till, 'Sound Archaeology: A Study of the Acoustics of Three World Heritage Sites, Spanish Prehistoric Painted Caves, Stonehenge, and Paphos Theatre', Acoustics 2019 1(3), 661-692
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C. Ting, A. Vionis, T. Rehren, V. Kassianidou, H. Cook & C. Barker, "The beginning of glazed ware production in late medieval Cyprus:, Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports 27, October 2019.
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C. Barker, "Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project: 2018 Activities", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin 15, 2019, 12-13.
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C. Barker, S. Gabrieli & R. Green, "Paphos - The Theatre Quarter", in: CAARI and the Archaeology of Cyprus: the first 40 years (Nicosia 2018), 63-4.

C. Barker, "Nea Paphos Theatre: 2017 Season", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin 14, 2018, 12-13.
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M.D. Hammond, R.S. Gabrieli, J.R. Fergurson. MD. Glascock, T. Wisemann, "Compositional Analysis of Cypriot Cookware from Kourion's Amathous Gate Cemetery and the Theatre at Fabrika Hill, Nea Pafos", Report of the Department of Antiquities New Series 1, 2018, 113-140.

C. Barker, "Seeing the past through the future: Virtual reality experiences in archaeology: The story of the Paphos Theatre in VR project". Teaching History, Vol. 52, No. 2, Jun 2018: 4-12.
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J. Lindbergh, "Floor Mosaics from the Greco-Roman Theatre at Nea Paphos", in: D. Michaelides & A. M. Guimier-Sorbets, Managing Archaeological Sites with Mosaics: From Real Problems to Practical solutions Proceedings of the 11th ICCM Conference, Meknes, Morocco 2011 (Firenze 2017), 313-318.
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C. Barker, "Nea Paphos Theatre: 2016 Season", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin 13, 2017, 14-15.
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C. Barker, "Recent research at the Hellenistic and Roman theatre precinct of Nea Paphos", in: G. Bourogiannis & Ch. Mühlenbock (eds), Ancient Cyprus Today. Museum Collections and New Research,  Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature PB 184 (Uppsala 2016) 141-153.

C.D. Barker, "The Theatre Precinct of Nea Paphos (Fabrika): Recent Excavations by the Australian Mission", in: C. Balandier (ed.) Nea Paphos: Fondation et développement urbanistique d’une ville chypriote de l’antiquité à nos jours Études archéologiques, historiques et patrimoniales. Actes du 1er colloque international sur Paphos Avignon 30, 31 octobre et 1er novembre 2012 (Bordeaux 2016), 91-104. 

B. McCall, "Hellenistic to Early Roman Glass: Nea Paphos Theatre and Fabrika Colline", in: C. Balandier (ed.) Nea Paphos: Fondation et développement urbanistique d’une ville chypriote de l’antiquité à nos jours Études archéologiques, historiques et patrimoniales. Actes du 1er colloque international sur Paphos Avignon 30, 31 octobre et 1er novembre 2012 (Bordeaux 2016), 203-220. 

A. Destrooper-Georgiadès, "Les monnaies des fouilles de la mission australienne à Fabrika, témoins du développement du site de la période hellénistique à l’époque moderne", in: C. Balandier (ed.) Nea Paphos: Fondation et développement urbanistique d’une ville chypriote de l’antiquité à nos jours Études archéologiques, historiques et patrimoniales. Actes du 1er colloque international sur Paphos Avignon 30, 31 octobre et 1er novembre 2012 (Bordeaux 2016), 177-188. 

C.D. Barker, "Nea Paphos Theatre: 2015 Season", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin, Volume 12, 2016, 14-17.
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H. Cook, “From Boom to Bust: The Impact of the Crusades Upon the Glazed Pottery, Paphos, Cyprus, During the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries A.D. from the Theatre Workshop Perspective” in:  Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtzi and Nicholas Coureas (eds), Cypriot Medieval Ceramics Reconsiderations and New Perspectives (Nicosia 2015) 29-43.

C.D. Barker, "Some Initial Observations on a Building Excavated on Fabrika in Nea Paphos in Cyprus by the Australian Archaeological Mission", Studies in Art and Civilisation 19 (Karakow, 2015), 169-189.

C.D. Barker, "Twenty Years of the University of Sydney Excavations of the Theatre Precinct in Nea Paphos in Cyprus", in: Australian Archaeological Fieldwork Abroad III, Ancient History Resources for Teachers. Vol. 45, 2015. 26-63.

C. Barker, "From Performance to Quarry: The evidence of architectural change in the theatre precinct of Nea Paphos in Cyprus over seven centuries", in: S. Chandrasekaran & A. Kouremenos (eds), Continuity and Destruction in the Greek East:The transformation of monumental space from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity, BAR S2765, 2015, 33-48.

J.R. Green, C. Barker and G. Stennett, "The Hellenistic Phases of the Theatre at Nea Paphos in Cyprus: the Evidence from the Australian Excavations", in: R. Frederiksen, E.R. Gebhard & A. Sokolicek (eds), The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre. Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens, vol. 17, 2015, 319-334. 
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C.D. Barker, "Nea Paphos Theatre Excavations 2014", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin, Volume 11, 2015, 16-17. 
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R.S. Gabrieli, “Shades of Brown: Regional Differentiation in the Coarse Ware of Medieval Cyprus”, in: D. Papanikola-Bakirtiz & N. Coureas (eds), Cypriot Medieval Ceramics: Reconsiderations and New Perspectives, Nicosia 2014, 191-212.

C.D. Barker, "Nea Paphos Theatre Excavations 2012", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin, Volume 10, 2014, 10-11.
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J.R. Green, "Regional Theatre in the Fourth Century. The Evidence of Comic Figurines of Boeotia, Corinth and Cyprus", in: E. Csapo, H.R. Goette, J.R. Green & P. Wilson eds, Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century B.C.,  Berlin/Boston, 2014, 333-369.

J.R. Green, "Establishing the Background. The Beginnings of Greek Theatre in Cyprus", in: A.Ch. Konstantinou & I. Hadjicosti (eds), Το αρχαίο θέατρο και η Κύπρος. Πρακτικά συμποσίου, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, 35-57.

C.D. Barker, "Nea Paphos Theatre Excavations 2011", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin, Volume 9, 2013, 18-19
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J.R. Green & C.D. Barker, "Nea Paphos: A Theatrical Excavation" in C.D. Barker (ed.) Aphrodite's Island: Australian Archaeologists in Cyprus (Sydney 2012), 55-56.

C.D. Barker, "Nea Paphos Theatre Excavations 2010", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin, Volume 8, 2012, 8-11.
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C.D. Barker, "Experiencing Archaeology First-Hand: The Paphos Theatre Excavation Blog", Teaching History: Journal of the History Teachers' Association of NSW 45.3, September 2011, 32-36.

D. Wood Conroy, "Stone Writing in Ancient Paphos" Theatre, Basilica and House", Kunapipi: Journal of Postcolonial Writing and Culture XXXIII.1-2, 2011, 8-26. 
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R. Georgiou & S. Hermon, "A London Charter's Visualization: The Ancient Hellenistic-Roman Theatre in Paphos", in: M. Dellepiane, F. Niccolucci, S, Pena Serna, H. Rushmeier & L. Van Gool (eds), The 12th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage VAST (2011), 1-4.

C.D. Barker, "Nea Paphos Theatre Excavations 2009", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin, Volume 7, 2009/2010, 16-19.

J.R. Green & E.W. Handley, "Eustorgis in Paphos", in: Anastasios Tamis, C.J. Mackie and Sean G. Byrne (eds), Philathenaios. Studies in Honour of Michael J. Osborne (Greek Epigraphical Society: Athens 2010) 197-211.

C.D. Barker, "Fabrika Hill: Excavating a Hellenistic-Roman Theatre", Past Horizons - Adventures in Archaeology 12, May 2010, 28-35. 
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B. McCall, "Use or Re-use: Late Roman glass finds from the Nea Paphos Theatre site, Cyprus", in: D. Ignatiadou & A. Antonaras (eds), Annales du 18e Congres de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre (Thessaloniki 2009), 165-170.

C.D. Barker, "Excavations at the Site of the Hellenistic-Roman Theatre of Nea Paphos in Cyprus, 2007-2008", The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Bulletin, Volume 5, 2007/2008, 40-47.
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R.S. Gabrieli, ‘A Region Apart:  Coarse Ware of Medieval and Ottoman Cyprus’.  In: B. Böhlendorf-Arslan, A.O. Uysal & J Witte-Orr (eds), Late Antique and Medieval Pottery and Tiles in Mediterranean Archaeological Contexts.  Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Late Antique, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman Pottery and Tiles in Archaeological Context, Çanakkale, 1-3 June 2005 (Istanbul 2007), 399-410.
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J.R. Green, "Paphos and the world of the Theatre", in: P. Flourentzos (ed.), Proceedings of the International Archaeological Conference "From Evagoras I to the Ptolemies" (Nicosia 2007), 3-16.

R.S. Gabrieli, M.P.C. Jackson, A. Kaldelli, "Stumbling into the Darkness: Trade and Life in Post-Roman Cyprus", in:M. Bonifay & J.-C. Treglia (eds.), LRCW 2: Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry, Volume II (BAR International Series 1662, Oxford 2007) 791-801.

D. Wood Conroy, "Sonic Architecture: Mapping the ancient theatre in image and sound", Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools Research 07-08 (Sydney 2007) 18-20.

C.D. Barker & G.H. Stennett, "The Architecture of the Ancient Theatre at Nea Paphos Revisited", Mediterranean Archaeology 17, 2004, 253-274.

H.K.A. Cook, "The Hellenistic Theatre of Nea Paphos and its Medieval Players", Mediterranean Archaeology 17, 2004, 275-285.

R.S. Gabrieli, "Under the Surface: Decoration and Shape in the Coarse Ware of Medieval and Post-Medieval Cyprus", Mediterranean Archaeology 17, 2004, 287-298.

I. Nicolaou, "Inscriptiones Cypriae Alphabeticae XLII, 2002 and Indices to Inscriptions Cypriae Alphabeticae XXXVIII-XLII", Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2003, 305-308.

D. Wood Conroy (with an appendix by J. Atkinson), "Roman Wall Painting in the Pafos Theatre", Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2003, 275-300.

J.R. Green, "The Excavations at the Site of the Theatre in Nea Paphos, Cyprus", in: J.R. Green, F. Muecke, K.N. Sowada, M. Turner & E. Bachmann (eds), Ancient Voices Modern Echoes: Theatre in the Greek World (Sydney 2003), 21-25.

R.S. Gabrieli & A.D. Merryweather, "A Preliminary Study of Hellenistic and Roman Kitchen Ware from Nea Paphos", in: Ceramique hellenistiques et romains (Lyon 2002), 33-41.

J.R. Green & G.H. Stennett, "The Architecture of the Ancient Theatre at Nea Pafos", Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2002, 155-188.

H.K. Cook & J.R. Green, "Medieval Glazed Wares from the Theatre Site at Nea Pafos, Cyprus: A Preliminary Report", Report of the Department of Antiquties, Cyprus 2002, 413-426.

C.D. Barker, "The University of Sydney Paphos Theatre Excavations, Cyprus: A Report on the 2002 Season", Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Newsletter 16, 2002, 26-27.
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R.S. Gabrieli, B. McCall & J.R. Green (with an appendix by J. Shields), "Medieval Kitchen Ware from the Theatre Site at Nea Pafos", Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2001, 335-356.

J.R. Green, "The Theatre of Paphos and the Theatre of Alexandria: Some First Thoughts", in: R. MacLeod (ed.), The Library of Alexandria: Centre of Learning in the Ancient World (London-New York 2000), 115-126.

A. Rowe, "A Late Roman Streetscape in Nea Pafos", Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 1999, 269-178.

J.R. Green, "The Excavations ar Paphos in Cyprus", Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Newsletter 12, 1998, 10-11.

A. Rowe, "A Late Roman Streetscape in Nea Paphos, Cyprus", Near Eastern Archaeology 61:3, 1998, 179.

J.R. Green, "Excavations at the Theatre, Nea Paphos, 1995-1996", Mediterranean Archaeology 9/10, 1996/97, 239-242.

J.R. Green, "Excavations of the Theatre, Nea Paphos, 1995-1996", in: C. Petrie & S. Bolton (eds), In The Field: Archaeology at the University of Sydney (Sydney 1997) 35-46.

 ARTICLES ON ASSOCIATED PROJECTS

A. Mrva-Montoya, “Cycles of anthropocenic interdependencies on the island of Cyprus”, in HARN Editorial Collective (eds), Animals in the Anthropocene: critical perspectives on non-human futures (Sydney, 2015) 33-62.

R. S. Gabrieli, 2013 “Medieval–Modern Utility Wares”, in M. Given, A.B. Knapp, J.S. Noller, L. Sollars and V. Kassianidou (eds) Landscape and Interaction: The Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project, Cyprus, vol. I [Levant Supplementary Series 14], London: Council for British Research in the Levant], 2013, pp. 69-74.

D. Wood Conroy, "Cyprus: Antipodeans and the hidden weaves of antiquity", Journal of Australian Studies 38.3, 2014, 292-303.
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A. Mrva-Montoya, “Learning from dead animals: horse sacrifice in ancient Salamis and the Hellenisation of Cyprus”, in: Jay Johnston & Fiona Probyn-Rapsey (eds), Dead Animals (Sydney 2013) 169-188.

C.D. Barker,"Rhodian Amphorae from Cyprus: A Summary of the Evidence and the Issues", in: M.L. Lawall & J. Lund (eds), The Transport Amphorae and Trade of Cyprus, 2013, University of Aarhus Press: Aarhus. 101-110

C. D. Barker, Aphrodite’s Island: Australian Archaeologists in Cyprus: The Cypriot Collection of the Nicholson Museum. 2012. Nicholson Museum: Sydney.
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N. Amico, et. al. “Integrating data acquisition techniques for comprehensive study of the ancient Hellensitic-Roman Theare of Paphos, Cyprus”, in: J. Merlo, P. Cano, J. Revelles (eds), Fusion of cultures: Abstracts of the XXXVIII Conference on computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology. Granada: Spain, 2010. 461-464

D. Wood Conroy & A. Garcia, "Appendix 1: A golden fragment? A preliminary report of textile fragments form the Pafos 'Erotes' Sarcophagus", Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2009 (appendix to E. Raptou, "Sarcophage Attique Trouve a Paphos", 237-254).

R.S. Gabrieli, "Towards a Chronology - The Medieval coarse ware from the Tomb on Icarus Street, Kato Pafos", Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2008, 423-453. 

D. Wood Conroy, "Wall Painting in the Icarus Street Tomb, Pafos:, Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2006, 331-343 (appendix to E. Raptou, "The Built Tomb in Icarus Street Kato Paphos", 317-330).

C.D. Barker, "A Unique Burial Custom Involving Rhodian Amphorae at the 'Tombs of the Kings' in Nea Paphos, Cyprus", in: Transport Amphorae and Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean.  Acts of the International Colloquium at the Danish Institute at Athens, 26-29 September 2002.  Monograph of the Danish Institute at Athens V (Athens 2004), 73-84.

C.D. Barker & A.D. Merryweather, "Report on the University of Sydney 'Tombs of the Kings' Project, 1998-2001", Mediterranean Archaeology 15, 2002, 109-116.

C.D. Barker, "Three new eponym-fabricant combinations on Rhodian amphorae from the 'Tombs of the Kings' at Nea Pafos", Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2002, 189-200.

D. Wood Conroy, "Textile Artefacts and a Fragment of Cloth from Pafos, Cyprus", Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 2000, 221-232.

D. Wood Conroy, "Fragments from an excavation diary", Heat 3, 90-107 (ed. I. Indyk).

POPULAR WORKS

C. Barker & D. Wood Conroy, "Travellers to Cyprus, art from Australia", MUSE 18, October 2017, 10-13.
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C. Barker & D. Wood Conroy, "Old sites, new visions: art and archaeology collide in Cyprus", The Conversation, October 9, 2017.
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C. Richards, "Reinventing heritage buildings isn't new at all - the ancients did it too", The Conversation, January 2, 2017.
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G. Stennett, "To restore or not to restore", MUSE 12, October 2015, 16-18.
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C.D. Barker, "Digging Deeper Holes: 20 years as an archaeologist in Cyprus", The Conversation, June 30, 2015. 
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R. Klaebe, “Postcards from Paphos, Cyprus”, True Blue: Official Magazine of the United Nations & Overseas Policing Association of Australia 22, April 2015, 14-15.

R. Hanna, "On Site in Cyprus", MUSE 10, March 2015, 24-5
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C.D. Barker, "Down and Dirty: what volunteers bring to archaeological digs", The Conversation, 8 September 2014
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S. Little, "All the world's a stage", MUSE  March 2013, 27
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C.D. Barker, "The Nicholson Digs the Past", MUSE 1, March 2012, 26-28
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C.D. Barker, "Rhodian Amphorae and Alexandrian Architecture. Burials at the ‘Tombs of the Kings’ in Paphos, Cyprus", Near Eastern Archaeological Bulletin, 55.
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C.D. Barker, "Experiencing Archaeology: The Paphos Theatre Excavation Blog", Teaching History: Journal of the History Teachers Association of NSW 44.3, 2011, 32-35

C.D. Barker, "Cyprus Pays Tribute to Sydney Archaeologists", Archaeological Diggings 18.6, 2011, 14-15. 

C.D. Barker, "Uncovering Urbanism: Recent Excavations at the Theatre Site of Nea Paphos in Cyprus", Archaeological Diggings, March/April 2010,

C.D. Barker, "Australian Archaeologists Dig Cyprus", Canberra Times, October 4, 2009, 42.

C.D. Barker, "Digging at Paphos 1", Archaeological Diggings, Oct/Nov 2008, 30-34.

C.D. Barker, "Digging at Paphos 2", Archaeological Diggings, Dec/Jan 2009, 52-55.

J.R. Green, "Fabrika Ancient Theatre in Paphos: University of Sydney Excavations", Cyprus Today Volume XLV, No. 2, April-June 2007, 2-21.
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N. Barraclough, "Raising Aphrodite", Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 September 1996, 33-38.

DISSERTATIONS

R.S. Gabrieli, Silent Witnesses: the evidence of domestic wares of the 13th-19th centuries in Paphos Cyprus for local economy and social organisation (The University of Sydney, PhD 2006)

C.D. Barker, The Hellenistic Stamped Amphora Handles from the 'Tombs of the Kings' at Nea Paphos, Cyprus (The University of Sydney, PhD 2004)

A.H. Rowe, Reconsidering Late Roman Cyprus: using new material from Nea Paphos to review current artefact typologies (The University of Sydney, PhD 2004)

C.J. Waddington, The Paphos Theatre Excavations and the Late Roman Pottery of Cyprus (The University of Sydney, PhD 2003)

B.J. Brown, Paleo-Environmental Reconstruction of the Paphos Theatre, Cyprus: Evidence From Malacology Studies (The Australian National University, M.Arch.Sci 2013)   

A.N. Vassiliades, Paphos and Western Cyprus: 1191 to 1571 (The University of Sydney, MA 2002)

E. Degabriele, A preliminary zooarchaeological analysis of the late Medieval structure atop of Fabrika hill, Paphos, Cyprus (University of New England, Honours 2019)

CONFERENCE POSTERS
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AUDIO-VISUAL

"The Dig" (short film made by Darrel Rigby, 2005)
Available: http://www.astarte.com.au/html/archaeology.html

Paphos Theatre in VR (downloadable app created by LithodomosVR)
Available on iTunes
Available on Google Play

Preliminary season reports for each year's fieldwork can be found in our archives

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