An important aspect of the Zagora Archaeological Project is engagement with the local communities in which we work.
As members of the Zagora Archaeological Project we are warmly welcomed each field season by the Andriot community. We are grateful for this welcome and also acknowledge that we have been afforded a great privilege by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport to work at Zagora. This season as part of the Project’s community engagement we have welcomed three groups (and soon a fourth) of primary school children to a guided tour of the Zagora exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Chora and also a group to the Zagora site itself. In addition our work featured in an article in Evandros magazine ( Evandros-Zagora Article ) and we will also present a public lecture on the Zagora excavations at the Demotiko Theatro in the Chora of Andros on the evening of October 24th.
The visit of 29 primary school children, teachers and parents from the Public School of Mesaria to the Zagora site took place on Friday 18th October. This was a joyful day, with the students showing a great deal of curiosity and interest as they were shown around the site by Dr Lesley Beaumont and observed our archaeologists at work. Earlier in the week they visited the Archaeological Museum at Chora for a tour of the Zagora galleries with Dr Stavros Paspalas who explained the context and work taking place at Zagora and its importance to the history of Andros and the wider Aegean. Dr Paspalas also guided two groups from the Andros Senior High School (Γενικό Λύκειο Άνδρου) through the museum’s Zagora exhibition. We hope that we have inspired some future archaeologists!
A Public Lecture on “Australia in Andros: Archaeological Research at Zagora” will take place on Thursday, 24th October at 7pm at the Demotiko Theatre in Chora. The lecture will be presented in Modern Greek.
Presented by Directors Dr Lesley Beaumont and Dr Stavros Paspalas, the lecture will provide the wider community with the work that has been taking place at Zagora recently.
To read the article in Evandros Magazine click the link:
