archaeological survey – Western Argolid Regional Project

The trail up to Portes, with J. Frankl, M Godsey, M Gradoz, A Friedman, and G Erny (photo D. Nakassis)

New publication: “Landscape histories and terrestrial networks in the Peloponnese”

April 1, 2024

The survey’s latest publication is a long (46-page), multi-authored (10 of them) article in Hesperia entitled “Landscape histories and terrestrial networks in the Peloponnese: Results from the Western Argolid Regional Project,” which analyzes the relationship between terrestrial routes and human activity in the western Argolid and beyond. The western Argolid, looking north from Mt. Bachriami … More New publication: “Landscape histories and terrestrial networks in the Peloponnese”

Archaeology and destruction

April 24, 2016

Archaeological sites are sites of destruction. They are destroyed by people for all kinds of reasons, including good ones. Excavation, too, after all, is a kind of destruction. And some destruction is inevitable. Especially in countries like Greece, there has to be a balance between development and heritage. People need to build houses and roads, … More Archaeology and destruction

Good things

July 12, 2015

Part of the thrill of archaeology is finding things. No matter how scholarly, serious, or scientific a project is (or pretends to be), people will always get really excited when something neat shows up in a survey unit or a trench. This interest even created a category called “good things” at the Corinth excavations, the … More Good things

Why I like archaeological survey

April 18, 2015

Over the past several months, a couple of different people have asked me why I like survey. My initial response is always intellectual. I talk about the importance of understanding the countryside, about the urban bias of our texts and excavations, the approach of books like The Corrupting Sea, and so on. In both cases, that wasn’t the … More Why I like archaeological survey