Prof. (em.) dr. A. Bernard Knapp
A. Bernard Knapp is Emeritus Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology in the Department of Humanities (Archaeology), University of Glasgow, and Honorary Research Fellow, Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, Nicosia. His research interests focus on the prehistoric Mediterranean, especially Cyprus, on maritime archaeology, and on various aspects of archaeological theory, including mobility and connectivity, and social identity.
He is the author and editor of several books including, most recently, Seafaring and Seafarers in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean (Leiden, Sidestone Press, 2018), Migration Myths and the End of the Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean (New York, Cambridge University Press, 2021) and Late Bronze Age Cyprus: A Reassessment of Settlement Structure and Society (Nicosia: Astrom Editions, 2023).
Books by A. Bernard Knapp
Seafaring and Seafarers in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
A. Bernard Knapp | 2018
Seafaring is a mode of travel, a way to traverse maritime space that enables not only the transport of goods and materials but also of people and ideas — communicating and sharing knowledge across the…
Cyprus and Ugarit
Connecting Material and Mercantile Worlds
A. Bernard Knapp | Forthcoming
This study considers the detailed archaeological and documentary records of Cyprus and Ugarit (Syria) to gain new insights into the long-term relations between two of the best known, well-connected polities in the Late Bronze Age…
