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- PublicationBack to the Future with Beo and Raja: A Tale from the Early Bioeconomy(University College Dublin, 2024-03-07)A time travel adventure set in UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture
359 - PublicationSurvey and Excavations at Khirbat Kazūn 2004(Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 2005-01-01)Survey and excavations were conducted at the cemetery of Khirbat Kazun during April and May 2004. The work was an extension of the earlier rescue excavations conducted in 1996 ad 1997 (Politis 1998: 611-614) with the objective to identify the full extent of the site. The main aim of the season was to complete all field work and studies at the site and prepare for final publication. The project was sponsored by the Hellenic Society for Near Eastern Studies and supported by the National Geographic Society and the British Academy in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities of Jordan.
16 - PublicationSurvey and Excavations at Ghawr as-Safi 2004(Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 2005-01-01)Survey and excavations were conducted in teh Ghawe as-Safi during March and April 2004. The project was sponsored by the Hellenic Society for Near Eastern Studies and supported by the Palestine Exploration Fund in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Additional support came from ARAMEX International Couriers. During the course of the season's work, the board of directors of the Jordan River Foundation accepted to officially sponsor the project's future activities.
16 - PublicationAn imported flanged rimsherd discovered on the early medieval site of Kilree 3, Ireland: a study in archaeological deposition and provenance using automated SEM-EDS analysis (QEMSCAN)(Archaeopress, 2014-03)The investigations presented here were prompted by the discovery of a red slip flanged rimsherd at the site of an Early Medieval double enclosure at Kilree 3, near Kilkenny town in the southeast of Ireland, in 2008. The sherd's initial classification as African Red Slip Ware (henceforth ARSW) Form 91C was based on its distinctive profile (see Kelly 2010; also independently identified by Doyle - 2009, 19), representative of the classic African flanged bowl, and on its fine red fabric. ARSW Form 91C was produced in northern Tunisia, in the 6th century AD, where it constituted a late form in the lengthy production series of ARSW. Considering the ensuing distance between the bowl's source of production and its final depositional context (in which it stands out as an exotic import), a detailed examination of the sherd's fabric (including Polarised Light Microscopy, Laser Raman Spectroscopy and automated SEM-EDS using QEMSCAN technologies) was conducted to verify the bowl's suspected origin. These investigations sought to identify the component minerals, to quantify their proportions and to highlight textures through compositional mapping. The results of the mineralogical studies are presented here with a view to contributing to the emerging narrative instigated by the discovery of the sherd and to allow for further comparative studies within the growing corpus of such fabric analyses.
16 - PublicationThe Leukos Survey Project(Norwegian Institute at Athens, 2018)From 2008 to 2011, we conducted archaeological explorations in the area known today as Kato Leukos on the Greek island of Karpathos. Our interest in the site was sparked by the late Gilbert Bagnani. In June of 1923, as a graduate student and a member of the Italian School of Archaeology at Athens, Bagnani traveled to Karpathos in the company of the director of the School and a fellow student. While investigating the visible remains at Kato Leukos, Bagnani commented in his notebook, “there can be no doubt that it is the site of an ancient city, perhaps Nysiros, the only one of the four cities of Karpathos whose site is still unknown.” His suggestion was in direct response to Strabo’s claim that Karpathos was home to a tetrapolis. Three of the four cities, Pigadia, Arkassa and Vrykous, are known, the fourth remains unidentified (fig. 1). In addition, Bagnani also noted architectural blocks with cuttings and moldings characteristic of temple architecture strewn about the upper portion of the site. He did not publish his work, but deposited his field notes in the archives at Trent University and the Italian School at Athens. Armed with Bagnani’s observations, we superficially inspected the area in 2004 and then commenced four seasons of intensive archaeological surface survey in 2008. Our goals in the field were fourfold, to determine: 1) the chronological parameters of the settlement; 2) the extent of the settlement and its relationship to the land- and sea-scape; 3) the settlement’s urban institutions, and; 4) the settlement’s role in seafaring and maritime trade. Although the results of our field work could not confirm Bagnani’s suggestion that Kato Leukos was the fourth member of Strabo’s tetrapolis, our survey established the remains of two later settlements: a 4th- to 6th-century CE port settlement (hereafter, Leukos) and an 11th- to 13th-century CE fortified islet (hereafter, Sokastro) (fig. 2). Karpathos lay at the crossroads of two major shipping lanes and the ceramic evidence recorded at both settlements confirms their participation in seaborne trade.5 Because Karpathos lacks natural resources and arable land, the Leukos Survey Project sought to determine whether the two settlements were entirely dependent for survival on the ships transporting their tradable cargos which plied the island’s waters and sheltered in its natural harbors. The tumultuous history of the Aegean during the medieval period no doubt also contributed to the short-lived nature of both settlements. Our project was the first scientifically-based archaeological survey conducted on Karpathos, and the preliminary results presented here begin to define the medieval history of the island with newly-gathered data.
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