Ambassador Cuts Ribbon on New Library Resources: CAARI Opens Anatolian Archaeology Collection

Ambassador Cuts Ribbon on New Library Resources
CAARI Opens Anatolian Archaeology Collection

Ambassador Frank Urbancic and CAARI Director Tom Davis opening the Anatolian Archaeology Collection

The Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) is a non-profit research center, registered in Cyprus in 1980, to promote and assist the humanistic study of Cyprus. In a ceremony on January 26, CAARI opened a new section of its library-one dedicated to the study of all periods of Anatolian archaeology. Ambassador Frank Urbancic joined CAARI Director Tom Davis, USAID Representative Alan Davis, CAARI staff and advisory board members, antiquities professionals and students at the event and was one of the first to leaf through the collection, which will include archaeological site reports, studies, periodicals and reference volumes.

The addition to CAARI's collection was made possible by a grant from the USAID-funded Supporting Activities that Value the Environment (SAVE) project. In keeping with SAVE's mandate to raise awareness of Cyprus' rich cultural heritage and improve the management of that heritage, CAARI was awarded the grant to expand its library monograph and serial holdings in Anatolian archaeology. Despite having had a profound influence on the cultural history and evolution of Cyprus, Dr. Davis noted in his remarks on January 26 that there is a paucity of reference material on Anatolian archaeology available to researchers on island. CAARI's new collection will fill this gap and provide a resource that promotes interchange and integration amongst the scholarly communities of Cyprus. The collection complements and updates CAARI's existing collection of older Anatolian material. Through this small grant to CAARI, SAVE hopes to act as a catalyst for future scholarly work as well as for fruitful and informed discussion, inquiry and debate on Cyprus' rich cultural past.

Like all U.S.-funded programs in Cyprus, SAVE is aimed at facilitating reunification of the island, including through better protection and management of the island's natural and cultural resources.

For more information on CAARI, visit http://www.caari.org.

Ambassador Urbancic talking at the event

The addition to CAARI’s collection was made possible by a grant from the USAID-funded Supporting Activities that Value the Environment (SAVE) project

Ambassador Frank Urbancic joined CAARI Director Tom Davis, USAID Representative Alan Davis, CAARI staff and advisory board members, antiquities professionals and students at the event and was one of the first to leaf through the collection

The collection complements and updates CAARI’s existing collection of older Anatolian material.