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It was a thrill to see so many friends and colleagues back on Crete for the first public event at the Study Center since 2019-a workshop on Protopalatial pottery organized by Ilaria Caloi, Giorgos Doudalis…

We are happy to announce that Professor P.P. Betancourt donated his collection of almost 800 thin sections to the Study Center. As a pioneer in collaborative projects and archaeometric studies since the 1970s, Professor Betancourt…

The third International Congress on Archaeological Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (ICAS-EMME 3) was held from March 14-18, 2022 in Nicosia, Cyprus. This conference, organized by The Cyprus Institute, provided valuable…

Several members have inquired about space in the library this spring and summer, and we are looking forward to welcoming everyone back. This winter, library intern Eleftheria Almasidou has been busy ordering over 100 new…

This paper presents the preliminary results of the Khavania Archaeological Project, which was conducted over the course of two seasons in the summers of 2019 and 2021. The primary objective of this research was to…

This presentation explores pottery from the early levels of the Ceremonial Building B.2 at Mochlos, with special attention to those spanning Middle Minoan IIIA to Late Minoan IA periods. The study of this stratified material…

This week Lucie Valentinová resumed her study of Minoan iconography at the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete. With funding from the European Erasmus Program, Lucie has visited our library twice a year since 2018…

There are several topics of interest for scholars working on Cretan studies, including modes and times of travel, cuisine, and archeology. Among the illustrations are post cards from the collection that Phil and Mary Betancourt…