A workshop entitled “Bridges of Archaeometry” was carried out as part of the 8th symposium of the Hellenic Society of Archaeometry (HSA) in Athens. The participants presented their labs focusing on the research, the available…
Excavations at the Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou began in 1972 under the direction of Angeliki Lebessi and continued until 2003. The sanctuary was founded high up on a slope of the…
A Timeless Guide to Architecture: 101 Tips for Archaeologists: A Three-day Online Seminar with Clairy Palyvou November 10, 15, and 17, 12 pm ET/7 pm in Greece The seminar aims at exploring some universal and…
In June and July, Tina McGeorge led the Hagios Charalambos Human Bone Project comprised of a dozen students from six countries (America, United Kingdom, Canada, China, Ireland, and Romania), who studied the loose teeth from…
Joe Shaw’s recent donation to the Study Center Library inspired this book review-commentary on The Mesara Master: Her Embroidered Pictorial Narrative of a Springtime Wedding in Crete, written by Joseph W. Shaw, Aristomenes Polyzois, Giuliana…
All of us at the INSTAP Study Center wish to congratulate our former petrography intern, Stavroula Fouriki, on the completion of her Ph.D. entitled "Exploring the 'ceramic landscape' of Late Bronze Age Chania, Crete (c…
This lecture considers Minoan and Mycenaean dress within the broader milieu of the ancient Near East and Egypt. As valuable as precious metals, a significant commodity of trade, luxurious in design and decoration, Minoan dress rivaled…
Mathilde Van Dalen is a full-time student at ENSAV La Cambre in Brussels, Belgium where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in conservation-restoration of ceramic and glass objects. She is currently in the first year of…
With gratitude... All of us at the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete would like to thank Henry "Nick" Ervin for his generous donation of books to the Center's library. Nick's interest in Greece and…
Charlotte Pearson, from the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, was visiting Crete to develop collaborations with archaeological teams interested in establishing a tree-ring and radiocarbon-based chronology for Crete. Recent developments in Accelerator Mass…