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There is a land called Crete, in the midst of the wine-dark sea, a fair, rich land, begirt with water, and therein are many men, past counting, and ninety cities. They have not all the same speech, but their tongues are mixed. There dwell Achaeans, there great-hearted native Cretans, there Cydonians, and Dorians of waving plumes, and goodly Pelasgians.
-Homer, The Odyssey, Bk. 19
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Trench 4400
Trench 4400
Ryan's Late Minoan steps are featured in the upper left-hand-corner of this picture, and Kristen's Late Minoan closest is visible in the lower right-hand-corner of the photo.
It took a few days to get rolling, but taking over as supervisor (or, Pitt-Boss, as the undergrads I have been working with prefer to call me), of trench 4400 has been entirely worth it. At first, however, I was totally and completely lost. Last Monday morning, at 6:45 AM, I found myself flipping through the trench notebook, and being completely baffled as to what was going on-- elevation measurements were off, loci recordings were all out of wack, and no one was really sure what they were supposed to be doing. About fifteen minutes later, when the previous "trench supervisor" [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 9th 2009 | 75 Views | [diary=416536]

The Dumpy Level
A Late Minoan Amphora
Everything's under control...I'm a professional...

The Sunset Crew
The Sunset Crew
Out on the rocks watching the sunset with the group-- a beautiful way to spend the evening.
As I write tonight, I'm sitting out on the back porch of Georgou's (pronounced Your-go) taverna, enjoying a cold Mythos (the local Greek beer) and watching the sun set over Mirabello bay. It's hard to believe I've been in Mochlos for over a week now. I arrived in Mochlos last Monday after my spelunking adventure at Skoteino, and I was on a boat out to Mochlos island and the archaeological site at 6:30 AM on Tuesday morning. To recap from an earlier post, the archaeological site of Mochlos is located on a small island about two hundred meters off the north [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 2nd 2009 | 73 Views | [diary=414488]

Tiny Mochlos
The Aegean...
Chad the Mountain Goat

PapaD
PapaD
The coastline at Papadiokambos-- one of the project's goals is to learn more about how sea-based trade would have worked on site.
In rather characteristic fashion, this week started off slow (sensing a pattern here?). Last Monday I was slated to help Kroni, the Center's professional photographer, take pictures of the Minoan site of Petras (Pe-trahs). Petras is a major Bronze Age site, with evidence for human occupation from the Neolithic through Late Bronze Age-- and it features a Late Bronze Age administrative complex, as well as a number of caves and rock shelters that are believed to have been used as ceremonial or ritual sites. But, it was the Minoan and Late Bronze Age graveyard that had been excavated this seas [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 24th 2009 | 117 Views | [diary=411921]

GPRing
Home Sweet Home...
Spelunking

Krisi
Krisi
Kroni (right), who is the Center's photographer, prepares one of the trenches on Krisi to photograph. The camera works on the boom (far right) and can take birds-eye views of the trenches from 20 or s... [more]
This week started off rather slowly. Monday and Tuesday featured me sitting at the center checking my email 4,000 times, reading up on the world news, and doing some research in the library here at INSTAP. I shouldn't complain really, since I've had time to catch up on some work. Then, I spent my evenings making friends with a local taverna owner named Manoles and by default practicing my Greek. My reliable dinner companions were a beer, a book, and the sun setting over the western part of the Pacheia Amos bay-- not terribly exciting, but serene and relaxing. Wednesday morning [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 15th 2009 | 80 Views | [diary=408463]

No Fantail Guppies here...
The "Poseidon"
Knossos...and Me

Syme
Syme
Syme, one of a handful of Minoan "Peak Sanctuaries" is located high in the mountains of east-central Crete.
Yia sas from Crete! It's been a busy week, but as I write today I'm sitting on the back porch at the center, waiting for my laundry to finish, and reflecting on a good, but tiring seven days. I've got a lot to say -- three projects in one week!-- so feel free to read any, all or none of this-- Also, thanks for the kind emails - I'm glad people are interested in what I'm up to, and hope these blogs will be up to the task of explaining. Monday was my first day of work. I got up early, [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 8th 2009 | 58 Views | [diary=406430]

Mochlos Island
The Preveli Gorge
Like something out of 1960s Sci-Fi

Pacheia Amos
Pacheia Amos
Pacheia Amos is a small, sleepy town of maybe 500 people, but the INSTAP Center (known as the Kentro, and where I'll be working out of for the next three weeks) is located on a hill above the town- so... [more]
This is my first blog for my stay in Crete. I'll try to do at least one a week for the next 5 or 6 weeks with pictures so you all can keep track of what I'm up to. This is also my first blog ever, so I apologize if it ends up being long, confusing or uninteresting-- so please bear with me. I arrived in Crete on Friday afternoon, after a long trip from New York JFK, through Paris Charles De Gaulle, and Athens, finally landing in Heraklion, the capital of Crete on Friday afternoon. Almost didn't make the connection [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 31st 2009 | 67 Views | [diary=403859]

Pacheia Amos from the Pier
Straight Up...
The Kentro