Zagora Dig Blog

FROM SCHOOL TO SITE

Introducing Sanju Vairav, an Australian high school history and geography teacher in Sydney, volunteering on the Zagora Archaeological Project this year.

Catherine Mellor October 2, 2024 No Comments

Day 3 saw the students begin the day on site with Andrew Wilson, the Zagora Archaeological Project’s GIS specialist, running a hands-on workshop on plotting and stringing out a trench area manually without the use of digital technology. Learning such basic fieldwork skills are an essential part of archaeological training.

Catherine Mellor September 29, 2024 No Comments

ZAGORA 2024 SEASON BEGINS !

Day 1 on the site was a busy one. Beginning with a predawn breakfast, it was followed by an induction, the challenging yet spectacular drive and walk to site, a site tour before the work of removing backfill from previous excavations began!

Catherine Mellor September 24, 2024 No Comments

HOME AWAY FROM HOME

HOME AWAY HOME for STUDENTS and STAFF

On a glorious autumn weekend, students and staff made their way to the lovely harbour town of Batsi which will be home for the various team members over the course of the dig season.

We began our stay with a welcome dinner on Sunday evening at the Café Kantouni Pension, meeting our generous hosts, the directors and getting to know one another before the work on site begins!

Catherine Mellor September 24, 2024 No Comments

Excitement builds at ‘The Zagora Project: Past and Future’ seminar

A capacity crowd of 70 students, staff and researchers packed into the University of Sydney’s Vere Gordon Childe Centre boardroom on Tuesday 27 August for

Paul Donnelly September 10, 2024 No Comments

Zagora Video

Video of the spectacular site of Zagora and our work during the 2014 season is available !

Catherine Mellor August 15, 2024 No Comments

Get your hiking boots on – we’re going back to Zagora in 2024!

by Paul Donnelly The co-directors and team are sprinting (Olympic fashion) towards the next season at Zagora, with the 2024 excavations nearly upon us. Permits

Paul Donnelly August 12, 2024 No Comments

Zagora: The Foundations of Greek Community Life

Public Lecture, Thursday 14 October 2021
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Jodi Cameron October 11, 2021 No Comments

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The Zagora Archaeological Project: New Discoveries

Join us on Thursday 15 April at 6:30pm for a free lecture on the latest from the Zagora Archaeological Project. The lecture is being held

Jodi Cameron April 12, 2021 No Comments

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What is Archaeological Flotation?

Flotation is one of the archaeobotanical sampling techniques used on site to investigate ancient plant remains. Flotation captures small finds including grains and seeds that would normally be missed during archaeological excavation.

Jodi Cameron September 6, 2019 No Comments

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ZAP 2019 Team Member – Dr Charlotte Diffey

Charlotte Diffey has recently completed a Doctor of Philosophy at Oxford University on the nature of Bronze Age agriculture in large cities. She studied how

Jodi Cameron August 12, 2019 No Comments

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Not all sherds are broken evenly

What happens to the finds we uncover while digging at Zagora? I spoke to two of the co-directors, Dr Stavros Paspalas and Professor Margaret Miller,

Jodi Cameron July 26, 2019 No Comments

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What’s beyond the fortification wall?

We have been working hard on investigating and exploring what lies within the fortification wall. But what is on the other side? Archaeological survey Archaeological

Jodi Cameron July 11, 2019 1 Comment