Photo Friday in the Western Argolid: Cars and Trash Edition

This week was hot. As a result, I was not my usual photographic self.  It was THIS HOT. Despite that, I mapped (that’s not me; actually I wander around offering astute commentary and our amazing team of graduate students map). Checked out some neat cars in the field. The highlight of the week was a… More Photo Friday in the Western Argolid: Cars and Trash Edition

Speed

One of the more interesting trends emerging so far during the Western Argolid Regional Project season is competition among field teams. At the end of each field day, I typically ask team leaders how many units they have walked. This seemingly benign question helps us measure our progress through the survey area and gauge how… More Speed

Some Quick Notes on Intensive Survey Method in the Argolid

This weekend I finally got around to putting together my various notes from database and GIS crunching and field observation on the Western Argolid Regional Project. Since we’re still working to analyze finds from this season, our main body of data derives from artifact densities. That being said, we have been able to spend a… More Some Quick Notes on Intensive Survey Method in the Argolid

Western Argolid Regional Project T-Shirts

Every real archaeology project needs a t-shirt for every field season. Experienced archaeologists collect these shirts as a living symbols of their archaeological prowess. (And I mean living literally. After a few days or weeks in the field archaeology t-shirts come to support a thriving ecosystem of bacteria, funguses, and tiny insects). On WARP we… More Western Argolid Regional Project T-Shirts

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on the Western Argolid Regional Project 2014

Yesterday was the last full field day with our field teams on the Western Argolid Regional Survey. So I thought I should do a traditional “Good, Bad, and Ugly” post from our field season. I should emphasize that the project was pretty remarkable. We covered an amazing amount of territory (almost 5.5 sq km), our… More The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on the Western Argolid Regional Project 2014

Bees and Marginal Landscapes in the Western Argolid

Bees! I hate bees. I’m partially convinced by the position of the environmentalist lobby that bees somehow contribute to the good of all humanity. That being said, we should recognize that pollination but like global warming, evolution, and gravity, is a THEORY meaning that it may or may not be true. Consider the lilies of… More Bees and Marginal Landscapes in the Western Argolid