British Military Administration Research Articles

Hellenistic Burials from Cyrenaica

At Cyrene, during the summer of 1947, the Antiquities Department of the British Military Administration of Cyrenaica cleared fallen debris from some of the Hellenistic tombs to the northeast of the city, and near the line of the modern road to Apollonia. In the course of these operations some intact burials came to light.

Development of British Somaliland

THE report on the General Survey of British Somaliland, 1946, conducted under Approved Scheme D484, Economic Survey and Reconnaissance, under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act, records that the 1946 rainfall was higher than average and well distributed (British Military Administration, Burao, Somaliland. Pp. 20 + 12 pi. 6s.). Tribes tended to move more to south-west than south-east and not so far afield from the Protectorate as in the previous two years. This was due to better rainfall in and near the Protectorate, and resulted also in a drawing in of Somali tribes towards British Somaliland. Rainfall and tribal migration maps are appended to the report. Development of water supplies and some minerals should be possible in 1947–48, and if the survey is continued until the end of 1950, a more balanced report, based on the records of a seven-year cycle, should be possible and facilitate the making of definite proposals for developing the country.

Prehistoric Remains on Calymnus

In March, 1947, as Antiquities Officer of the British Military Administration, Dodecanese, I examined the spoil earth from a well dug a few years before in the valley of Vathy on Calymnus; a previous visit had shown that it contained prehistoric potsherds. The well had reached, at about nine metres down, the remains of a village of late neolithic and early Bronze Age date. No trace of the strata of occupation was found in situ, but the amount of pottery in the spoil heap compared with the size of the shaft did not indicate that those strata were thick. The neolithic wares included pieces of rather thin polished pottery, silvery-grey, greyishbrown or reddish in colour, seldom of a uniform tint. Such pottery is, in surface and colours, not unlike late neolithic from Knossos, but it is less thick. A piece of a large handle of round section and polished red surface, decorated with knobs at intervals along the convex edge, was found. This type of decoration on a similar handle is paralleled in Stratum I. at Lianokladhi. The Bronze Age pottery, mostly grey or black in colour, is more or less rough in texture. Very little similar to the black polished wares of Thermi I appeared, but a few examples of striated ware, and of incised decoration, were found. There was also part of a spoon covered with red wash decoration, and sherds ornamented with the addition of a ribbon of clay, pressed flat at intervals, and with imitation rivet-heads. Simply shaped legs from tripod or other vessels were found, and flat solid handles placed rising from the rim and shaped with two points or horns. Another find consisted of part of the rim of a large vessel with internal ledge handles and a row of holes pierced just below the rim. Handles included both ribbon and round (in section) varieties, one type of ribbon handle being similar to a characteristic Cypriote type of handle. Two flat bases are paralleled in Crete and Hissarlik. A plain black single conical spindle whorl is paralleled at Thermi.

OBSERVATIONS ON SYSTOECHUS SOMALI (DIPTERA BOMBYLIIDAE) ATTACKING THE EGGS OF THE DESERT LOCUST (SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA (FØRSKÅL)) IN SOMALIA

Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series A, General EntomologyVolume 22, Issue 7-9 p. 79-85 OBSERVATIONS ON SYSTOECHUS SOMALI (DIPTERA BOMBYLIIDAE) ATTACKING THE EGGS OF THE DESERT LOCUST (SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA (FØRSKÅL)) IN SOMALIA H. B. N. Hynes. Ph.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.E.S., Formerly Technical Adviser to Locust Control, British Military Administration, SomaliaSearch for more papers by this author H. B. N. Hynes. Ph.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.E.S., Formerly Technical Adviser to Locust Control, British Military Administration, SomaliaSearch for more papers by this author First published: September 1947 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3032.1947.tb01169.xCitations: 4AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume22, Issue7-9September 1947Pages 79-85 RelatedInformation

Archaeology in the Dodecanese, 1939–46

Archaeological work was carried out by the Italians in the Dodecanese up to September, 1943, and excavations were then still in progress both on Rhodes and Cos. On the Italian surrender at that date the Germans occupied the islands, and their restrictions on movement made all archaeological work impossible. During the British Military Administration numerous finds were made, but work was concentrated on preservation, and excavation was only undertaken when it was clearly essential to do so. In the Walled City of Rhodes the clearance of several large bombdamaged areas presents a golden opportunity to excavate into the levels of the Greek and Roman cities which have hitherto been all too well hidden by the medieval and Turkish buildings. It is to be hoped that something may be done to this end before the areas are covered over again by new buildings. I am indebted for most of the information contained in this article to Professor Morricone of the Instituto Storico-Archeologico di Rodi who also supplied Fig. 2.

Jerusalem, 1918–20, being the records of the Pro-Jerusalem Council during the period of the British Military Administration. Edited by C. R. Ashbee. 10 × 6⅛; pp. xv + 87. Murray. 42s.

Jerusalem, 1918–20, being the records of the Pro-Jerusalem Council during the period of the British Military Administration. Edited by C. R. Ashbee. 10 × 6⅛; pp. xv + 87. Murray. 42s. - Volume 2 Issue 2

British Military Administration in the Eighteenth Century

British Military Administration in the Eighteenth Century