Mel Melnyczek’s / Hannah Gwyther’s first 2014 Zagora trench team – Trench 7

Hannah Gwyther
Hannah Gwyther. © AAIA; photo by Irma Havlicek
by Irma Havlicek
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Here are some photos of the team who worked on Mel Melnyczek’s trench for the first three weeks of the 2014 excavations. He’s not in these photographs because he injured his ankle on the steep and rocky path down to Zagora and had to stay off the ankle for some time before returning to the trench supervision.

A very experienced member of his trench team who had been designated as the ‘second-in-command’, Hannah Gwyther, agreed to supervise the trench in his absence. She and Mel discussed progress daily so that Mel remained informed about, and guided, developments.

At the same time, Hannah was my ‘reporter on site’ for the blog, as I was not able to arrive on Andros until late in the third week of the dig. So a big thank you to Hannah for really stepping up, and taking on extra responsibilities.

Mel Melnyczek is back supervising the trench from Monday 13 October.

The 2013 site plan showing locations of excavations trenches in 2013 is at the bottom of this post. This trench is trench number 7 (described last year on this blog as Excavation Area 2).

Hannah Gwyther and her trench team
The first Trench 7 team (minus Mel Melnyczek who is in Batsi recovering from his ankle injury). From left: Charlotte Kowalski, Frances Robson, Hannah Gwyther and Michael English. © AAIA; photo by Irma Havlicek
ZAP project director, Meg Miller, with the trench team
ZAP project director, Meg Miller, with the Trench 7 team. Project directors regularly visit the trenches. From left: Charlotte Kowalski, Meg Miller, Frances Robson, Hannah Gwyther and Michael English. © AAIA; photo by Irma Havlicek
ZAP project director, Meg Miller, with Hannah Gwyther and her trench team
From left: Meg Miller, Charlotte Kowalski, Frances Robson, Hannah Gwyther and Michael English. © AAIA; photo by Irma Havlicek
The plan showing the areas being excavated at Zagora in 2014
This 2013 site plan shows the areas that were excavated at Zagora in 2013. Trenches 1 and 2 are not shown here because these were test trenches excavated in 2012. The Zagora site survey data by R. C. Anderson, J. J. Coulton, M. McCallum, and A. Wilson. This 2013 plan by A. Wilson. © Zagora Archaeological Project

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