Muge Sevketoglu
Associate Professor Dr. MUGE SEVKETOGLU,
Education
The University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bradford University , England.
Bournemouth University, England.
Visiting student, Department of Classical Archaeology, Ankara University, Turkey.
University of Evansville, Indiana, British Campus Harloxton College, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.

Work Experience/ Employment
Founder, Director, Centre for Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Conservation, Cyprus International University, Haspolat, Nicosia.
Cultural Heritage Manager (Local staff based in Cyprus) for International Resources Group, L-3 Communications, USA, executing and managing conservation, preservation and restoration projects in North Cyprus for USAID in Cyprus.
Head of the Department of Archaeology at Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Archaeology and History of Art.
Research Awards
TÜBİTAK, (The Scientific and Technological Research
Council of Turkey). Financial grant for rescue excavation, analysis and field survey.
UNDP, Reconstruction of a Neolithic House in Tatlısu for sustainable tourism.
Ministry of Education ad Culture, North Cyprus University Research Award. Research at Akanthou (Tatlısu) Rescue excavations.
EMU Seed Money Award for Research on Akanthou (Tatlısu) Rescue Excavations.
Abercromby Travel Fund, Edinburgh University.
Tweedie Exploration Fellowship, Edinburgh University Grant
Prehistoric Society, UK. Research Fund.
Academic Scholarships
EU Fellowship, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris - CNRS (InEE) Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité
United States International Leadership Visitor Program, “Museum and Cultural Heritage”.
Recipient of a British High Commissioners Scholarship Award
International Federation of Women Graduates, Switzerland. Dorothy Flagg Leet Academic Award.
The British Federation of Women Graduates Grant
Education
The University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bradford University , England.
Bournemouth University, England.
Visiting student, Department of Classical Archaeology, Ankara University, Turkey.
University of Evansville, Indiana, British Campus Harloxton College, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.

Work Experience/ Employment
Founder, Director, Centre for Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Conservation, Cyprus International University, Haspolat, Nicosia.
Cultural Heritage Manager (Local staff based in Cyprus) for International Resources Group, L-3 Communications, USA, executing and managing conservation, preservation and restoration projects in North Cyprus for USAID in Cyprus.
Head of the Department of Archaeology at Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Archaeology and History of Art.
Research Awards
TÜBİTAK, (The Scientific and Technological Research
Council of Turkey). Financial grant for rescue excavation, analysis and field survey.
UNDP, Reconstruction of a Neolithic House in Tatlısu for sustainable tourism.
Ministry of Education ad Culture, North Cyprus University Research Award. Research at Akanthou (Tatlısu) Rescue excavations.
EMU Seed Money Award for Research on Akanthou (Tatlısu) Rescue Excavations.
Abercromby Travel Fund, Edinburgh University.
Tweedie Exploration Fellowship, Edinburgh University Grant
Prehistoric Society, UK. Research Fund.
Academic Scholarships
EU Fellowship, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris - CNRS (InEE) Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité
United States International Leadership Visitor Program, “Museum and Cultural Heritage”.
Recipient of a British High Commissioners Scholarship Award
International Federation of Women Graduates, Switzerland. Dorothy Flagg Leet Academic Award.
The British Federation of Women Graduates Grant
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Cyprus, been dated to Early Aceramic Neolithic or Cypro-PPNB/MPPNB 8200–7700 BC. It has been revealed
as one of the most important early Aceramic Neolithic sites on Cyprus. Rescue excavations since 2000 were
undertaken to assess the site and protect it from agricultural damage and threats from construction. Since 2009
the site is a scheduled ancient monument, protected under the Antiquities law1. Despite plough and other
agricultural damage there is excellent preservation. The excavations have revealed six buildings of stone and
mud brick architecture with round and rectilinear features and painted plastered walls and plaster floors. A
wide ditch to the south of the settlement encloses these. This feature contains hundreds of individual deposits
reflecting the life of a sedentary community and evidence for human exploitation of marine life, domesticated
plants and a variety of domestic and semi-domesticated animals. Obsidian finds numbering approximately
5000 pieces represents the highest number of such finds from Cyprus so far. They have been demonstrated
to be of central Anatolian origin and appear to have come to the site as finished products. Tatlısu-Çiftlikdüzü
is 80 km. across the sea from the Anatolian mainland and is possibly a key-site that can answer questions
regarding the origin of early settlers as well as early domestication and trade in Cyprus.
This paper reports on the preliminary results of an ongoing documentation project (SGNC: Ship Graffiti of North Cyprus) of medieval graffiti, particularly those portraying ships etched on historic monuments in the northern part of Cyprus. The urgency of identifying and scientifically documenting these ship graffiti was necessary due to their vulnerable nature and apparent threats infringing on them. Ship graffiti, scratched on thin plaster, on frescoes in churches, or on stone ashlar block surfaces of monuments have always been subject to damage by environmental and human factors. The primary goal of the project is to examine all monuments dating from the 12th to 16th centuries (thus culturally belonging to the Lusignan, Venetian and Ottoman periods), to photograph and document as much information as possible about the unknown and unpublished/undocumented ship graffiti before they are lost. Previously recorded and published ship graffiti have also been re-documented. In many cases more ship graffiti were found which previous researchers had overlooked. Initial surveys of historic monuments were carried out in Famagusta and later in Kyrenia and Nicosia. Upon discovery, photographic recording of these ship graffiti, along with their measurements and written descriptions comprising their location and condition were part of the standard documentation process. In this paper, interim results of this project and some examples will be presented.
Cyprus, been dated to Early Aceramic Neolithic or Cypro-PPNB/MPPNB 8200–7700 BC. It has been revealed
as one of the most important early Aceramic Neolithic sites on Cyprus. Rescue excavations since 2000 were
undertaken to assess the site and protect it from agricultural damage and threats from construction. Since 2009
the site is a scheduled ancient monument, protected under the Antiquities law1. Despite plough and other
agricultural damage there is excellent preservation. The excavations have revealed six buildings of stone and
mud brick architecture with round and rectilinear features and painted plastered walls and plaster floors. A
wide ditch to the south of the settlement encloses these. This feature contains hundreds of individual deposits
reflecting the life of a sedentary community and evidence for human exploitation of marine life, domesticated
plants and a variety of domestic and semi-domesticated animals. Obsidian finds numbering approximately
5000 pieces represents the highest number of such finds from Cyprus so far. They have been demonstrated
to be of central Anatolian origin and appear to have come to the site as finished products. Tatlısu-Çiftlikdüzü
is 80 km. across the sea from the Anatolian mainland and is possibly a key-site that can answer questions
regarding the origin of early settlers as well as early domestication and trade in Cyprus.
This paper reports on the preliminary results of an ongoing documentation project (SGNC: Ship Graffiti of North Cyprus) of medieval graffiti, particularly those portraying ships etched on historic monuments in the northern part of Cyprus. The urgency of identifying and scientifically documenting these ship graffiti was necessary due to their vulnerable nature and apparent threats infringing on them. Ship graffiti, scratched on thin plaster, on frescoes in churches, or on stone ashlar block surfaces of monuments have always been subject to damage by environmental and human factors. The primary goal of the project is to examine all monuments dating from the 12th to 16th centuries (thus culturally belonging to the Lusignan, Venetian and Ottoman periods), to photograph and document as much information as possible about the unknown and unpublished/undocumented ship graffiti before they are lost. Previously recorded and published ship graffiti have also been re-documented. In many cases more ship graffiti were found which previous researchers had overlooked. Initial surveys of historic monuments were carried out in Famagusta and later in Kyrenia and Nicosia. Upon discovery, photographic recording of these ship graffiti, along with their measurements and written descriptions comprising their location and condition were part of the standard documentation process. In this paper, interim results of this project and some examples will be presented.