School of Archaeology & Ancient History Bova Marina Preliminary Archaeological Report, Project 2006 Season Lin Foxhall School of Archaeology and Ancient With contributions by History Giana Ayala, Hamish University Road Forbes, Mark Gillings, Leicester LE1 7RH Kostalena Michelaki, United Kingdom John Robb, Jeremy tel: 00 44 116 252 2611 fax: 00 44 116 252 5005 Taylor, and David email:
[email protected] Yoon Bova Marina Archaeological Project 2006 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are grateful to Dottoressa Elena Lattanzi, the former Soprintendente, Dottoressa Annalisa Zarattini, the acting Soprintendente, and Dottoressa Emilia Andronico, Ispettrice, of the Soprintendenza Archeologica della Calabria for help, advice and administrative support; to Sebastiano Stranges, Luigi Saccà and Bruno Traclò for friendship, help during fieldwork and local knowledge; to Leo Casile, Sindaco of Bova for their advice and help, to Giovanni Andrea Cuppari, Giuseppe Favasuli and Fortunato Cuppari of ‘Tecnobrico’ for help with weighing large finds, to our hostess, Silvana Scordo, for her hospitality; and to our cooks, Franca Meduti and Annunziata Caracciolo. Dott. Andrea Dolfino translated the riassunto into Italian, for which we are very grateful. The archaeological field staff (John Robb, David Yoon, Starr Farr, Kostalena Michelaki), geological and archaeogeological staff (Giana Ayala, Ed Reinhard), geophysics team (Mark Gillings, Jerremy Taylor, Anne Forbes, Joe Skinner), post- medival landscape researchers (Paula Lazrus, archives and landscape; Hamish Forbes standing buildings) and post-excavation analysts (Umberto Albarella, Marina Ciaraldi; Roger Doonan) have helped carry the project forward with great dedication and efficiency. Finally, we are grateful to all the crew members from Cambridge, Southampton, Leicester, New York, Paris, Sheffield, Nottingham, and Oxford for their hard work and enthusiasm.