Project Teams

PROJECT TEAM 2024

Co-directors

• Dr Lesley Beaumont (Associate Professor, Archaeology)
• Dr Paul Donnelly (Deputy Director, Chau Chak Wing Museum)
• Dr Stavros A. Paspalas (Deputy Director, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens)

Specialist Team

• Dr Rudy Alagich (trench supervision and faunal analysis)
• Brad Arsenault (drone imaging)
• Emily Collier (flotation)
• Dr Stephen Gale (deep soil coring)
• Nick Kariotoglou (Aargus Pty Ltd, ground water tracing)
• Elaine Lin (trench supervision)
• Dr Kristen Mann (ceramicist)
• Beatrice McLoughlin (archives and Heurist database)
• Catherine Mellor (live documentation and Chief First Aider)
• Dr Bob Miller (photography)
• Dr Zuzana Obertova (bioanthropologist)
• Dr Wendy Reade (conservation)
• Dr Kathirine Sentas (illustration)
• Dr Hugh Thomas (trench supervision)
• Andrew Wilson (topographer, GIS and Heurist database)                       

In-field Provisioning and Logistics Support

• Lea Alexopoulos
• Annette Dukes

Field Team

• Sami Beaumont-Cankaya
• Grant Bernes
• Bridget Bishop
• Jonathan Bombardiere
• Pippa Callingham
• Ella Cook 
• Andie Coulson
• Stephen Croft                       
• Sophia Duczmal     
• Noah Farrugia  
• Tara Fitzpatrick
• Nick Flynn (Chief First Aider)                 
• Nic Gates     
• Lilian Geddes- Korb    
• Tianshu Han   
• Deanna Haralambedis 
• Emma Hornigold          
• Meishi Huang                 
• Daisy Hui      
• Charli James 
• Scarlett Lindsay                     
• Mikaela Love               
• Rory Magee-Billson              
• Robbie Manovel   
• Ella Morgan     
• Nina Power          
• Conor Preece 
• Lily Robinson           
• Natalie Ryan
• Sabine Sfeir 
• Rose Skinner        
• Casey Smith
• Matilda Smith                      
• Amelia Snow                           
• Dylan Sullivan
• Nicholas Turvey
• Sanju Vairav
• Sunday Vremaric- Macpherson 
• Rian Wanigesekera 
• Tahlia Watson
• Catalina Weiss
• Artemis Wever-Jetis
• Adjani Zhang

PROJECT TEAM 2019

Co-directors

• Associate Professor Lesley A. Beaumont, University of Sydney
• Dr Paul Donnelly, University of SydneyProfessor
• Margaret C. Miller, University of Sydney
• Dr Stavros A. Paspalas, The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens

Field team

• Giorgos Agavanakis – Conservation
• Rudy Alagich, University of Sydney
• Lea Alexopoulos – In field team provisioning
• Sami Beaumont-Cankaya – First aid officer
• Jodi Cameron, GML Heritage – Live documentation
• Dr Charlotte Diffey, University of Oxford – Wet sieving
• Annette Dukes – In field team provisioning
• Dr Myrsini Gouma, VU Amsterdam – Soil Micromorphology
• Dr Nicola Harrington
• Anne Hooton – Archaeological illustrator
• Elaine Lin
• Dr Kristen Mann, AAIA
• Beatrice McLoughlin, AAIA – Fields manager
• Dr Hugh Thomas, UWA – Thermal imaging/aerial photography
• Nikos Vasilikoudis – photography
• Ivana Vetta – First aid officer
• Emma Williams – Thermal imaging/aerial photography
• Andrew Wilson, University of Sydney – Database “Heurist”/GIS

PROJECT TEAM 2014

Co-directors

• Professor Margaret C. Miller, University of Sydney (First Aid Officer)
• Associate Professor Lesley A. Beaumont, University of Sydney (First Aid Officer)
• Dr Stavros A. Paspalas, Deputy Director, The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens

Finds management

• Ms Beatrice McLoughlin, Finds Manager, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
• Ms Annette Dukes, Assistant, University of Sydney; Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School

Architectural team

• Mr Richard Anderson, Emeritus Architect, Athenian Agora Excavations
• Mr Rudy Alagich (occasional assistant to architects), University of Sydney

Logistics support

• Mr Constantine Nikolakopoulos, AAIA Canberra (and Greek instructor)

Scientific team

• Geologist – Dr Yannis Bassiakos, National Centre for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’
• Faunal archaeologist – Dr Melanie Fillios, University of Sydney
• Wet sieving – Ms Roza Beshara, University of Athens
• Marine archaeozoologist – Dr Tatiana Theodoropoulou, Wiener Laboratory, ASCSA
• Residue analysis – Dr Maria Rhoumpou, Harokopio University, Athens; Fitch Laboratory, BSA
• Study: textile tools – Dr Margarita Gleba (Cambridge), Dr Joanna Cutler (Copenhagen) – ERC-funded PROduction and CONsumption:
• Textile Economy and Urbanisation in Mediterranean Europe 1000-500 BCE (ProCon) project

Technical team

• Conservation – Dr Wendy Reade, University of Sydney
• Architectural conservation – Dr Stefie
• Chlouveraki, Institute for Aegean Prehistory East Crete
• Database ‘Heurist’ – Mr Steven Hayes, Mr Andrew Wilson
• Illustrator – Ms Anne Hooton
• Photographer – Mr Bob Miller
• Live documentation – Dr Paul Donnelly, Curator, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Ms Irma Havlicek, web content producer

Field team

Trench supervisors

• Mr Antonio Bianco – University of Naples
• Mr Adam Carr – University of Sydney
• Dr Paul Donnelly – Powerhouse Museum
• Ms Kristen Mann – University of Sydney
• Mr Mel Melnyczek – University of Sydney
• Andrew Moore (Dr) – UK: BSA, PhD University of Manchester
• Dr Hugh Thomas – University of Sydney
• Ms Ivana Vetta – University of Sydney (First Aid Officer)

Field team – volunteers, University of Sydney

• Rudy Alagich (and Oxford University)
• Aleese Barron (and Australian National University)
• Madeline Bowers
• Cheryl Brown
• Nicole Castle (and independent archaeologist)
• Lachlan Chisholm
• Arabella Cooper
• Callum Ferrell
• Rebecca Georgiadis
• Trinity Gurich
• Hannah Gwyther
• Sarah Judd
• Charlotte Kowalski
• Elaine Lin (and Australian National University)
• Laura Mansell
• Alba Mazza
• Julia McLachlan
• Francesca McMaster
• Tessa Morgan
• Hannah Morris
• Prue Newton
• Laura Patterson
• Madeline Robinson
• Frances Robson
• Rehan Scharenguivel
• Megan Sheppard Brennand
• Andrew Smith
• Stephanie Snedden
• Archondia Thanos (Dr)
• Steve Vasilakis
• Claire Vincent
• David White
• Emma Williams
• Susan Wrigley
• Sareeta Zaid

Volunteers – other

• Lucie Camus – France: Université de Paris
• Robert Clark – Australia: AAIA Tasmania
• Valeria de Scarpis – Italy: Università di Padova
• Aspasia Efstathiou – Greece, MA University of Toronto
• Michael English – Australia: Australian National University
• Brady Kiesling – Greece/USA: ASCSA, MA University of Berkeley
• Fatih Mehmet Er – Turkey: Hitit Univertesi, Çorum
• Maria Karagiannopoulou – Greece: University of Thessaly
• Marco Schugk – Germany: Universität Jena
• Olivier Vanwalleghen – France: Université de Bordeaux 3

PROJECT TEAM 2013

Co-directors

• Prof. Margaret C. Miller
  Arthur and Renee George Professor of Classical Archaeology
  Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney
• Dr Lesley A. Beaumont
  Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology
  Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney
• Dr Stavros A. Paspalas
  Deputy Director, The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens

Finds manager and archivist

• Ms Beatrice McLoughlin

Architectural team

• Mr Richard Anderson, Emeritus Architect, Athenian Agora Excavations
• Dr Matthew McCallum, Senior Lecturer, University of Oslo
• Mr Rudy Alagich (occasional assistant to architects), University of Sydney

Scientific team

• Geologist – Dr Yannis Bassiakos, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”
• Satellite Imaging Analysis – Dr Adela Sobotkova, University of New South Wales
• Petra Janouchova, Charles University, Prague
• Archaeobotanist – Dr Evi Margaritis
• Marine Archaeozoologist – Dr Tatiana Theodoropoulou, Wiener Laboratory, ASCSA

Technical Team

• Conservation – Dr Wendy Reade, University of Sydney
• Architectural Conservation – Dr Stefie Chlouveraki, Institute for Aegean Prehistory East Crete
• Database “Heurist” – Mr Andrew Wilson, Arts eResearch, University of Sydney
• Illustrator – Ms Anne Hooton
• Photographer – Mr Vasilis Tsiairis
• Live Documentation – Dr Paul Donnelly, Curator, Powerhouse Museum Sydney
  Ms Irma Havlicek, Web Producer, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

Greek instructors

• Lea Alexopoulos & Dr Archondia Thanos

Trench supervisors

• Dr Paul Donnelly
• Kristen Mann
• Mel Melnyczek
• Dr Hugh Thomas
• Ivana Vetta

Field team

• Rudy Alagich
• Lea Alexopoulos
• Antonio Bianco
• Amy Boyd
• Kate Boyd
• Adam Carr
• Meg Dains
• Annette Dukes
• Clare Gavin
• Hannah Gwyther
• Nicola Harrington
• Hayley Jones
• Sue Jorgenson
• Mel Kennedy
• Elaine Lin
• Peter Londey
• Julia Manouras
• Kate McAllan
• Julia McLachlan
• Jane McMahon
• Tessa Morgan
• Hannah Morris
• Chris Moutafis
• Natasha Nassenstein
• Alexandra Ribeny
• Rehan Scharenguivel
• Marco Schugk
• Andrew Smith
• Damian Stone
• Archondia Thanos
• Steve Vasilakis

PROJECT TEAM 2012

Team leaders

• Professor Margaret Miller
  Arthur and Renee George Professor of Classical Archaeology
  Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney
  Co-Director Zagora Archaeological Project
• Dr Stavros Paspalas
  Deputy Director, The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
  Co-Director Zagora Archaeological Project
• Dr Lesley Beaumont
  Senior Lecturer
  Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney
  Co-Director Zagora Archaeological Project

Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens

• Ms Beatrice McLoughlin (Sydney)
  Research Officer, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
  Head of Apotheke/Archives
  Finds Manager, Zagora Archaeological Project
• Dr Wayne Mullen (Sydney)
  Chief Operating Officer, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
  Web and content support
• Ms Theodora Gianniotis (Sydney)
  Development Officer, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
  Development and Education

Architectural Team

• Mr Richard Anderson, Head Surveyor; Emeritus Architect, Athenian Agora Excavations
• Dr Matthew McCallum, Senior Architectural Researcher; Senior Lecturer, University of Oslo
• Mr Rudy Alagich, Assistant to architects; University of Sydney

Geophysics

• Dr Apostolos Sarris, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Foundation of Research & Technology, Hellas, Rethymnon,
• Dr Nikos Papadopoulos, geophysicist
• Dr Gianluca Cantoro, archaeologist
• Ms Sylviane Dederix, archaeologist

Geology

• Dr Yannis Basiakos, National Centre for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’

Surface luminescence

• Dr Yannis Lyritzis, University of the Aegean, Rhodes

Satellite Imaging

• Dr Shawn Ross, University of New South Wales
  (Remote) Dr Adela Sobotkova, University of New South Wales

Database ‘Heurist’

• Mr Andrew Wilson, Heurist database management; Project Manager, Arts eResearch, University of Sydney

Draftsperson

• Ms Anne Hooton, Athenian Agora Excavations

Photographer

• Mr Bob Miller, independent

Live documentation

• Dr Paul Donnelly, Curator, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
• Ms Irma Havlicek, Web Producer, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

Field Team (University of Sydney)

• Meg Dains
• Taryn Gooley
• Kristen Mann
• Jane McMahon
• Hannah Morris
• Stephanie Snedden
• Dr Archondia Thanos
• Hugh Thomas
• Steve Vassilakis
• Ivana Vetta (First Aid Officer)