Poros Conservation Project
In December, Kathy and Matina finished reconstructing the last ceramic vessels from a series of chamber tombs excavated by Nota Dimopoulou between 1999 and 2002 on the hill of Trypiti at Poros. These tombs are…
Kentro Volume 27 Now Available!
Kentro: The Newsletter of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete, volume 27 (Fall 2024) Is Now Available! Download Kentro Newsletter, Vol. 27 (Fall 2024)
2024 World Neolithic Congress
The First World Neolithic Congress was held in Şanlıurfa, Turkey, 4–8 November 2024 at Harran University. This landmark event was attended by over 1,500 scholars specializing in all aspects of the Neolithic in different regions…
Congratulations!
Anna Tsoupra, our 2024 petrography intern, received the award for the best online poster at the 8th Symposium in Archaeological Research & New Technologies that took place in Kalamata (Oct 3-5). Anna's poster was based…
Philological Society of Chania, “O Chrystostomos,” announces the 14th International Congress of Cretan Studies
1st CIRCULAR Ladies and gentlemen, At the closing session of the 13th International Congress of Cretan Studies (ICCS), it was decided that the organization of the next 14th ICCS would be undertaken by the Philological…
Celebrating International Archaeology Day
Join us in celebrating International Archaeology Day by supporting the next generation of scholars in our field! Your contributions will directly fund our internships and fellowships at the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete for the year…
Lecture, December 11, 2024: “House Workshops and Artisans’ Quarters at the Early Cycladic II Settlement of Skarkos, on Ios,” Marisa Marthari
The excavations, including those of the last five years, of the flourishing Early Cycladic II settlement, Skarkos II, on the island of Ios, have provided valuable evidence for the craft activities of the Early Cycladic…
Irresistible red mullet, formidable ketos and purple luxury. Fishing in ancient Greece
A talk in Greek by Dimitra Mylona presented by the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum, Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory and the Hellenic Open University on 18 Sept 2024. Now available on YouTube. Enjoy!
Culture and Art: an international language – Greek-German exchange program visits the Study Center
On the 26th of September, the Study Center was delighted to welcome students and faculty from the 1st Gymnasio (middle school) of Ierapetra and Loekamp Gymnasium at Marl (Germany) to the Study Center. This visit…
Revisiting the Archaeobotany of Prehistoric Crete, AJA 128
Carly Henkel and Evi Margaritis have recently published an article, titled “Revisiting the Archaeobotany of Prehistoric Crete”, that will appear in the October 2024 issue of the American Journal of Archaeology. This paper not only…