Kentro Volume 28 Now Available!
Kentro: The Newsletter of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete, Volume 28 (Fall 2025) Is Now Available! Download Kentro Newsletter, Vol. 28 (Fall 2025)
Lecture, October 22, 2025: Animal sacrifices and feasting in Neopalatial Crete, Dimitra Mylona
Animal sacrifice and feasting are considered key moments in the religious and social life of communities around the world, both in the past and present. These concepts have been heavily theorized, and a rich body…
Cycladic Crossings and Cretan Connections: Highlights from Nick Ervin’s Visit
Nick Ervin visited Greece this past June with a packed itinerary that included several destinations in the Cyclades and key archaeological sites on Crete. For much of the trip he was joined by Tom Brogan,…
Archaeological Illustrator and Cartoonist Visits the Study Center
After a 20 year hiatus, Glynnis Fawkes returned to the INSTAP Study Center to a see old friends and comb the library for new publications on Akrotiri. For 25 years Glynnis has pioneered the use…
Exciting Late Minoan IA Pottery Workshop in Pacheia Ammos
From 6-8 June 2025, the Study Center hosted an international workshop exploring form and phases of Late Minoan IA pottery which was organized by Iro Mathioudaki and Emilia Oddo. The keynote lecture by Carl Knappett…
Yannis Tzedakis (1938-2025)
The members and staff of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete bid farewell to a great archaeologist, Yannis Tzedakis, and send sincerecondolences to his family and many friends. Throughout his career, he held many…
Conference: Reconsidering LM IA Pottery Sequences and Chronologies, 6-8 June, 2025
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Lecture, 19 March, 2025: Metallurgical Tools and Debris from Final Neolithic to Late Bronze Age Kea, Natalie Abell
This presentation provides an overview of recent work on the metallurgical assemblage from prehistoric Kephala and Ayia Irini on Kea. Final Neolithic Kephala has produced some of the earliest evidence for copper metallurgy in the…
Lecture, 26 February 2025, Minoan Culinary Tradition(s): Understanding Bronze Age Cooking Practices through an Interdisciplinary Study of Cooking Vessels from North-Eastern Crete, Evgenia Tsafou
This paper presents part of my doctoral research investigating cooking practices and culinary traditions in Neopalatial to Postpalatial Minoan Crete (1750-1200 BC), with a particular focus on the function and use of various cooking vessels…
A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed
The collaboration between the INSTAP Study Center and the Geology Department of the University of Patras has been long and fruitful; thanks to Prof. Ioannis Iliopoulos we have had several joint projects in archaeological science…