Life and Death on Chryssi Island in the Early Byzantine Period
This talk presents the results of ongoing research on human skeletal remains from Chryssi Island. The island, off the coast of Ierapetra, is the site of two graves dated to the early part of the…
A Soles Celebration: 50 Years of Archaeological Research at Mochlos
Friends from Mochlos, Crete, and the wider archaeological community joined members of the Soles family Friday night (July 29) to celebrate the outstanding work by Jeff Soles at the site of Mochlos since the early 1970’s. Chrysa Sofianou,…
#INSCRIBE Project Visits the Study Center
In late June the Study Center hosted Yiannis Xenikakis, Roberta Ravanelli, Matilde Civitillo, and Riccardo Vosa (pictured here left to right), who are working on the #INSCRIBE Project with Prof. Ferrara. The work will be published in…
Study Center Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Lecture and Workshop, June 10-12, 2022
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…
Important donation to the W.A. McDonald Laboratory of Petrography
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…
Study Center Members Carly Henkel and Sotiria Kiorpe at the third International Congress on Archaeological Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East
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…
News from the Study Center Library!
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…
Opening a New Window onto the Western Mirabello: Archaeological Investigations at the Minoan Harbor of Khavania
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…
The Minoan-Type Peak Sanctuary at Stelida, Naxos: Preliminary Insights from the 2019/21 Seasons
Though Stelida (NW Naxos) is best known as a Palaeolithic site, excavations in 2019 revealed a Minoan type peak sanctuary, one of only a handful known outside of Crete. Dating to MM IIIB – LM…