NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS

ákoueákoueSpring 2011, No. 64

2010–11 Students descend from the Great Meteora during the third trip of the Academic Program. Photo: M.M. Miles

IN THIS ISSUE: Corinth Excavations Report 3 Managing Committee Appointments 3 Development News 4 Blegen Library News 5 Mycenaean Wall-Painting Conference 5 Publications News 6 ASCSA-Affiliated Excavations 7 Archives News 7 Plakias Survey 15 Wiener Laboratory: When Neanderthals Met Moderns 16 2010 Summer Sessions 17 John Camp Honored 17 INSERT: Greek Cartography Exhbition, Lecture G1 New Acquisitions G1 Library Acquires Lost Musical Scores G2 Events in Review G3 Leventis Grant Funds Summer Session G3 Clean Monday Celebration G4 Philoi G4 Farewell to Old Friends

The past year came to a close with no small 37 years, and the Blegen Library will not measure of holiday cheer and a large dose be the same without her. of nostalgia. In mid-December Shari and I Earlier in the fall Andreas Sideris retired hosted 60 School members at our house for from duty in the Gennadius Library after a holiday reception and Christmas carols 25 years of service as Assistant Librarian. — this after a lovely Hanukkah gathering For the time being he is still helping out the previous week that was organized by in the library while Maria Georgopoulou is Whitehead Professor Nancy Felson and on leave this year. But the staff reception

ákoue! several students. offered an appropriate occasion for us to Soon after was the staff Christmas re- recognize his contributions too. ception, where it has been the custom for After 36 years with the School, Maria many, many years for the Director and his Pilali also retired at the end of December. wife to give small gifts to each employee Maria was hired as the Director’s secretary of the School. That’s a lot of gifts! We held by Jim McCredie in 1975. Many of us recall the staff party in the afternoon, so that the her adept handling, already as a teenager maximum number could attend; it is one (!), of the busy social and administrative of the few times in the year when nearly all calendar of the Director, as well as the in- of us come together. It is also an occasion valuable assistance she gave to students and when we recognize the contributions of scholars seeking permits for research and employees who are leaving us after many excavations. Although the staff would have good years of service. liked to pay tribute to Maria at a retirement This past year we said goodbye to As- party, Maria made it clear that she did not sociate Librarian Liz Gignoli (or as many want any public ceremony. Nevertheless, of us still think of her, Liz Mitsou). It is many among the School community ex- difficult not to be emotional on this subject. pressed their appreciation for her years of I remember very well the kindnesses that service and their good wishes for the future. Liz showed me when I first arrived at the School as a student in 1974. Later, in 1975, she helped me to bind the first books I ever purchased in Greece! Liz had been with us Jack L. Davis longer than any other employee, in fact for Director, ASCSA AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS 54 Souidias Street, GR-106 76 Athens, Greece 6–8 Charlton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540-5232 ákoue, the newsletter of the ASCSA Spring 2011 No. 64 Executive Editor Irene Bald Romano Editor Sally Fay Design & Production Mary Jane Gavenda ákoue is published semiannually by the ASCSA under the inspiration of Doreen C. Spitzer. Please address all correspondence and inquiries to the Newsletter­­­ Editor, ASCSA U.S. Office, 6–8 Charlton Street, Princeton, NJ 08540-5232. Tel: (609) 683- 0800; Fax: (609) 924-0578; E-mail: ascsa@ ascsa.org; Website: www.ascsa.edu.gr.

ÁKOUE IN COLOR ON THE WEB. The staff Christmas party marked the retirement of long-time School staff members See this issue in color on the School’s Andreas Sideris (left) and Elisavet Mitsou-Gignoli (second from right), here with website at: http://www.ascsa.edu. School Director Jack Davis and wife Shari Stocker. Photo: M. Tourna gr/index.php/publications/Akoue/.

2 Corinth Excavations Yield Hellenistic Pottery, Byzantine Tiles

Excavation in 2010 continued south of the South Stoa where Professor Henry Robinson began excavations in 1965. We completed the excavation of the Byzantine house under investigation in 2008 and 2009, which has now been uncovered as far as its construction phase. Outside the house to the north was a significant fall of Byzantine roof tiles dating to the elev- enth century. These have been mended up to give several complete profiles of cover (0.71 × 0.30 to 0.34 m) and pan tiles (0.53 × 0.15 to 0.17 m), the first of this period re- covered at Corinth, which can now be com- pared with Late Roman and Frankish size modules. The construction of the house can now be placed sometime in the middle of the eleventh century. Finds from earlier seasons indicate that a number of activi- Inscribed kantharos. ties took place during its occupation and that several modifications were made to its form over the course of the next 250 years. preserved in Room H and the neighbor- third century B.C.E. and another fill, of the Some of the activities are purely domestic ing baths in the South Stoa. The building mid third century, contained sherds of a but others are commercial—for instance, was abandoned sometime in the seventh one-piece kantharos with four lines of an catering, crafts, and sales—and some are century, and parts of its walls were robbed inscription inside. A preliminary reading certainly agricultural. All the old material in the eighth century. This late phase of identifies: recovered in the 1960s excavations has now activity is accompanied by the burial of an been reexamined, drawn, described, and infant in an amphora found in 1965 and IA[...] photographed and study of the new finds scraps of pottery found in 1963 to the west. [Μ]ΗΝ[Μ]ΣΚΟΝΤ[...] (such as bone, seed, and ceramics) is in an In places we excavated to the collu- ΠΙΝΑ[Κ]ΑΗΡΩ[Ι][...] advanced state. vium eroded off Acrocorinth, which, like ΛΙΒΑΝΟΝΕΡΣΕ[...] Part of the house reused cement and the colluviums in the Panayia Field, con- [name of dedicant] rubble walls of the Late Roman period. tained quantities of Late Neolithic and crescent-shaped [offering and] No plan for this phase can yet be restored, Early Bronze Age and Hellenistic pottery, plaque to the hero [and] but a fragmentary opus sectile floor was thus dating this neogene geological phase frankincense fresh reused in the Byzantine phase. This Late to the third millennium B.C. A Hellenistic Roman building was probably built in the cellar dug into the colluviums contained a — Guy D.R. Sanders sixth century and relates to the later walls dumped fill of pottery dating to the early Director, Corinth Excavations

New Appointments from Managing Committee

Staff appointments and ratification of new versity of Texas at Austin) as the Elizabeth Forest College; Brenda Longfellow (School Managing Committee members headed the A. Whitehead Professors for 2011–2012. of Art and Art History), to replace Mary agenda at the annual January meeting of Also approved at the January meeting Depew as the voting member from the Uni- the ASCSA Managing Committee, held in was the appointment of the following new versity of Iowa in its consortial member- January 2011 in San Antonio, Texas. Managing Committee members: Angelos ship along with the University of Illinois Actions taken at the meeting advanced Chaniotis (Institute for Advanced Study), at Champaign-Urbana (Mary Depew will the reappointment of John McK. Camp II as a voting member to replace Glen Bow- continue as a non-voting member of the as Director of the Agora Excavations for a ersock and Heinrich von Staden, who are Managing Committee); Brian Madigan (De- five-year term beginning July 1, 2012. A retiring; Erika Zimmerman Damer (Depart- partment of Art and Art History), as the unanimous recommendation for reappoint- ment of Classical Studies), as a third voting voting member from Wayne State Univer- ment was received by the Managing Com- member from the University of Richmond; sity, replacing Sarah Bassett (who is now a mittee, approved at the January meeting, Fred K. Drogula (Department of History), voting member from Indiana University); and ratified by institutional vote in Febru- as a second voting member from Provi- Barbara Olsen (Department of Classics), to ary. In addition, the Managing Committee dence College; Richard Fisher (Department be the voting member representing Vassar approved the appointments of Joseph Day of Modern Languages), replacing Louis College; and, as the three voting members (Wabash College) and Glenn A. Peers (Uni- Lombardi as the voting member from Lake continued on page 16

3 Development News

The ASCSA Capital Campaign has sur- passed its halfway mark, having secured more than $25 million of its $50 million goal to date. Most notable in the past few months was a $400,000 pledge from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation to be used for a capital project, and a ma- jor pledge from the Cohen family. These gifts have put the School closer to break- ing ground for renovations to Loring Hall, identified as the most pressing project. Planned renovations to the residential facility, which will cost approximately $4 million, would increase the number of beds available at the School and bring the facil- ity’s antiquated infrastructural systems up to date. ddd

The NEH Challenge Grant for the renova- tions to the Gennadius and Blegen libraries was successfully matched 3-to-1 in year one The School has many events planned for its 130th anniversary in June, including an ex- of the grant, and now in year two we have hibition entitled “It is better to know Greece than to know what has been written about raised the required $600,000 match and Greece,” curated by Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan, and on view in the Gennadius Library. exceeded it by over $268,969. The overage will be carried over to year 3. Many School friends have given generously, and we hope Other Campaign pledges include two with multiple gifts. With the appeal effort the momentum builds for more major gifts made by Trustee Emeritus James Ottaway drawing to a close, donations have slightly so that we can reach our fundraising goal last December. He very generously pledged exceeded the $250,000 goal at a time when for this project. The estimated costs for the funding over five years for the publica- every donation to the Annual Appeal is of renovations of the Blegen Library are $1.3 tion of the excavations at Lerna and Mt. crucial importance to the School’s finan- million, and those for Phase I of the Gen- Lykaion. In addition, Jim and Mary Ot- cial health. The Gennadius Library Annual nadius Library renovations are estimated taway made a five-year pledge to fund Appeal, in its second year, has also raised at $5.8 million. Most recently, Dorothy a School fellowship in honor of John L. nearly $20,000 of unrestricted funds for Dinsmoor has given a leadership gift for Caskey, recognizing Caskey’s service to the the Gennadius. The School is grateful to the William Bell Dinsmoor Architectural School and his important work at Corinth, all who have contributed! Donations to the Archives, which will be located within the Lerna, Kea, and Troy. Another fellowship, 2010–11 Annual Appeal will be gladly ac- consolidated archives to be housed in the the Fowler Merle-Smith Fellowship, will cepted until June 30, 2011. Gennadius Library. be inaugurated in academic year 2011–12 to a Regular Member at the School. An- ddd nette C. Merle-Smith established the fel- Anniversary Events in Greece In 2006 Lloyd Cotsen presented a challenge lowship to honor her late husband Fowler Plans are underway to celebrate the 130th to the Gennadius Library Board to match (“Mike”), in recognition of his deep love Anniversary of the School with a series of his $1 million gift for endowment over of the ancient Greek world and imparting activities from June 3 through 12. School five years. The Gennadius Library Board that interest to his students. Alumni, Managing Committee Members, has successfully met the match year after Board members, School friends, and dis- year, and, to date, has contributed over $1.6 Annual Appeals tinguished guests have been invited to join million for the Gennadius Library endow- the festivities, including garden receptions; ment. Members of the Gennadius Board of School supporters, cognizant of the diffi- an exhibition, curated by Natalia Vogeikoff- Overseers who gave generously in 2010–11 cult economic climate and its effect on the Brogan, in the Basil Room on the history of include Ted Athanassiades, Nicholas Baco- School’s operating budget, have responded the School’s academic program; a tour of poulos, Alan Boegehold, Edmund Keeley, generously to the 2010–11 Annual Appeal the Agora and of other parts of the School; Anastasios Leventis, The McCabe Family, to raise unrestricted funds for general op- a taverna dinner; and two trips, a day trip Nassos Michas, Irene Moscahlaidis, Andre eration. ASCSA Trustees, alumni, Manag- to Isthmia and Corinth and a six-day trip Newburg, Helen Philon, Petros Sabataca- ing Committee Members, and friends were to Macedonia and Thrace. The centerpiece kis, Elias Stassinopoulos, Catherine Van- inspired to contribute by several chal- of the celebration will be the June 4 Award derpool, and Alexander Zagoreos. lenges. Several dozen donors responded Ceremony in Cotsen Hall honoring four continued on page 19

4 Blegen Library News Groundbreaking Mycenaean Wall-Painting

Eleni Sourligka joined the staff of the Blegen Conference at ASCSA Library as Cataloguing Librarian in Janu- ary 2011. She is responsible for descriptive For most of the past Sharon Stocker, to- and authority cataloguing and provides ser- 50 years the amazing gether with Hariclia vices to members and readers as well. Eleni wall-paintings covered Brecoulaki of KERA, received her degree in library science in by the eruption of the drew a mix of old 1996 and is currently pursuing a master’s volcano at Santorini and new audiences degree in cultural management from the have overshadowed to sessions that in- Open University of Greece. She has also studies of the history cluded discoveries studied music, Greek palaeography, and art of art of the prehis- from Pylos, Tiryns, history. She has extensive professional ex- toric Aegean. More Mycenae, Orchome- perience in bibliographic services and has recently, the dramatic nos, and Thebes. worked for organizations in both the public Minoan frescoes at Tel John Bennet of and private sectors including the “Lilian el-Daba’a in the Egyp- Sheffield University Voudouri” Music Library, Athens School tian delta momentarily delivered an open- of Fine Arts Library, Info-Quest S.A., and wrested the limelight ing address in Cot- the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee. from Thera. Not since sen Hall on Friday Eleni speaks Greek, English, French, and Mabel Lang’s publica- evening, suggesting Italian and has a basic knowledge of Dutch. tion of “frescoes” from an interpretive, con- Also joining the Blegen staff this year the Palace of Nestor in textual framework is Library Assistant Maria-Anastasia 1966 has Mycenaean for the interpreta- Gkoutsidou, who provides support for sev- wall-painting enjoyed tion of Mycenaean eral library operations such as acquisitions, center stage. wall-paintings. binding, and cataloguing. She is responsi- Much, however, has More than 200 at- ble for the processing of materials and is al- happened since 1966! tended that lecture ways happy to assist members and visitors. New excavations have and the subsequent Maria-Anastasia graduated in 2009 from produced exciting My- paper sessions at the TEI in Thessaloniki with a degree in cenaean finds, and old KERA on Saturday librarianship and information systems. In Mycenaean excavations have yielded new and Sunday. A final discussion was hosted 2010, she completed her master’s degree in surprises. Together, these discoveries have on Sunday afternoon by the “Other Arca- management at the International Hellenic the power to change much about the way dia” art gallery in Kypseli. University, where her thesis concerned im- we conceptualize the world of the Late The workshop was the first ever to be proving the organizational climate and skill Bronze Age on the Greek mainland. co-sponsored by the Greek National In- level for Greek academic librarians. She has From February 11 through 13, the stitute and ASCSA. Paper sessions were volunteered at the libraries of Anatolia Col- ASCSA, in collaboration with the Institute chaired by distinguished Greek prehisto- lege and at the archives of the Theagenio for Greek and Roman Antiquity (KERA), rians, including Maria Vlazaki, Spyridon Hospital in Thessaloniki. She also did an hosted the first conference on Mycenaean Iakovides, Maria Valakou, Effie Sakellaraki, internship in the UK at the University of wall-paintings ever held in Greece. The or- Anna Michalidou, Vasilis Aravantinos, and Bath’s library. In addition to Greek, she ganizers, ASCSA Director Jack Davis and Lena Papazoglou. e speaks English and a little French. Associate Librarian Liz Mitsou-Gignoli retired at the end of 2010 after what she Annual Report Now Available described as “37 wonderful and happy years” at the School. In celebration of Liz’s The ASCSA is pleased to announce the pub- long and productive career, her colleagues lication of Annual Reports 2008–2009 through toasted her with champagne and presented 2009–2010, summarizing the work and ac- her with a parting gift before the Christmas complishments of the American School during holiday. Director Jack Davis paid tribute to the two most recent academic years. Covering Liz at the gathering, and Head Librarian School activities from the perspective of teach- Karen Bohrer thanked her for her support ing, fieldwork, research, publication, outreach, and for contributions throughout her ca- and administration and development, the illus- reer that have helped to make the Blegen trated report, presented for the first time in a Library a model service-oriented research full-color format, provides an informative ac- library. All of us in the School community count of the current status of the ASCSA. This wish Liz the very best of everything as she publication was a joint effort, with contributions begins a new phase of her life. We will miss from every part of the School. We urge anyone her! e who would like a copy to contact Jane Goble at [email protected].

5 charge for use on computers and handheld Publications News devices (e.g., iPads), even when not con- nected to the Internet. Print subscribers It’s been a busy winter in Princeton, and will continue to receive Hesperia in the mail the Publications Office expects to produce and will also receive access to the online eight books in 2011, five of which will be version via JSTOR. either at press or in print this summer: Hesperia joins other archaeology and Histories of Peirene: A Corinthian Fountain Classics publications such as the American HISTORIES Journal of Archaeology and Classical Journal in Three Millennia (Ancient Art and Architec- A CORINTHIAN FOUNTAIN IN THREE MILLENNIA ture in Context 2), by Betsey A. Robinson. on this platform. Details will be available of PEIRENE soon on subscriptions and access for both The Early Bronze Age Village on Tsoungiza institutions and individuals worldwide. Hill (Nemea Valley Archaeological Project I), by Daniel J. Pullen. ddd Exploring Greek Manuscripts from the Gen- Hesperia issue 80.1 was published earlier nadius Library (Gennadeion Monographs 6), this spring and featured articles on the an- edited by Maria Politi and Eleni Pappa. cient city walls of Athens (A. Theocharaki),

BETSEY A. ROBINSON excavations at Azoria (D. Haggis et al.), and Inscriptions: The Dedicatory Monuments Pylos and Thucydides (M. Sears). (Agora XVIII), by Daniel J. Geagan. Issue 80.2 will be in print this summer Coming this summer: Betsey Robinson’s with articles on Mycenaean pottery from Land of Sikyon: Archaeology and History of Histories of Peirene, the second volume in a Greek City-State (Hesperia Supplement the AAAC series. Tsoungiza (P. Thomas, with online supple- 39), by Yannis A. Lolos. mental material), the leasing of sacred land in 4th-century Athens (A. Williams), re- Work progresses with three other vol- (Hesperia Supplement 46), by Kathleen M. minting Athenian silver coinage (Kroll), and a Corinthian Roman road (J. Herbst). umes, including ΣΤΕΓΑ: The Archaeology Lynch; and Isthmia: The Roman and Byzan- of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete tine Graves and Human Remains (Isthmia In other Hesperia news, editor Tracey (Hesperia Supplement 44), edited by Kevin IX), by Joseph L. Rife. Cullen was named recipient of the AIA’s T. Glowacki and Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan; Ian D. McPhee and Elizabeth G. Pem- 2011–2012 Publication Preparation Grant The Symposium in Context: Pottery from a berton’s Corinth volume (VII.6) on the Late for her manuscript Funerary Ritual and Hu- Late Archaic House near the Athenian Agora Classical pottery from Drain 1971-1 in the man Biology at Franchthi Cave, to be part Forum Southwest and Elizabeth C. Banks’ of the series Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Lerna volume (VI) on the architecture, Greece (Indiana University Press). She also settlement, and stratigraphy of Lerna IV received funding from the Mediterranean should be available as proofs at the 2012 Archaeological Trust to support this work. AIA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. To give her time to finish the project, the Starting with Hesperia Supplement 46 ASCSA granted her six months of research (The Symposium in Context: Pottery from a leave starting in late July. Mark Landon has Late Archaic House near the Athenian Agora, been hired as Interim Editor of Hesperia. by Kathleen M. Lynch), expect a new look We are pleased with Dr. Cullen’s awards, with completely redesigned, full-color wish her a productive second half of 2011, covers. Designer Mary Jane Gavenda is and offer a warm welcome to Dr. Landon. currently mocking up several samples for Professor Lynch to review. All future Hespe- — Andrew Reinhard, Director of Publications ria Supplements (nos. 46 and beyond) will each have a unique cover while maintain- ing the Hesperia branding.

ddd On the digital front, the ASCSA has con- Sarah George Figueira, Production Manager solidated its relationship with JSTOR in for Publications, celebrates her 30th year of order to offer the complete run of Hesperia service to the School in 2011. She is pictured in a single place via JSTOR’s new Current here in 1977 in the School’s garden with her Scholarship Program. Starting this sum- husband, ManCom member Tom Figueira. mer, institutional and individual subscrib- Recalling her long history with the School, ers will be able to access current content Sarah says: “it’s afforded me the opportunity to stay connected to ancient history while hav- as well as back issues in one central loca- ing the flexibility to raise my three children. tion and will be able to search across all My colleagues have always been more than 80 volumes of Hesperia. Subscribers may colleagues to me. They’re another family.” choose to read online and can also down- Hesperia Editor Tracey Cullen load and print PDF articles at no additional

6 ASCSA-Affiliated Projects Expand Archives News

Archaeological Picture The Archives of the American School em- barked on two preservation projects in Much varied and exciting research was carried out last year under permits granted by the 2010. Thanks to funding from the Institute Greek Ministry of Culture to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Following for Aegean Prehistory, the Archives under- are summaries of the excavation and survey projects conducting fieldwork in 2010 under the took and completed the digitization of five auspices of the School. excavation diaries, including those of Troy and Mycenae, as well as 21 correspondence was deposited north of a 1.5-meter-wide copybooks from Heinrich Schliemann’s ex- EXCAVATIONS AT GOURNIA rubble wall constructed in MM IB. Pottery cavation years (1870–1890). The diaries are already available on the School’s web- L. Vance Watrous, SUNY-Buffalo from this trench consists of two phases: MM IA, handmade and decorated in white- site, and the posting of the copybooks will on-dark designs (North Trench Deposit); follow soon. Of all sites in the Aegean, Gournia offers and MM IB, mostly handmade with new Another preservation project involved the clearest idea of what a town in Late dark-on-light decorations and shapes. Two the conservation of more than 100 architec- Bronze Age Greece looked like. In 1901– small extensions were dug to recover the tural drawings of the Athenian Akropolis 1904 Harriet Boyd Hawes excavated the complete deposit. Finds consisted of bones, Propylaia made by William Bell Dinsmoor center of this Minoan town, revealing a sys- stone tools, a possible stone weight, loom Sr. and Dinsmoor Jr. These drawings were tem of cobbled streets, 47 houses, a central weights, MM IA – IB vase fragments, a MC used in the publication of The Propylaia court, palace, and cemetery. Excavations Melian jug, and an obsidian core. to the Athenian Akropolis, II: The Classical under the aegis of the ASCSA, with a permit Trench 3 was intended to investigate the Building by William Bell Dinsmoor and from the Greek Ministry of Culture, were “early house remains” recorded by Boyd. William B. Dinsmoor, Jr., and Anastasia restarted at Gournia in the summer of 2010 At a level 50 cm below the LM I house, Norre Dinsmoor (ed.). The conservation and will continue for two more seasons. the trench uncovered a slab-paved court took place at the Conservation Depart- Excavations were carried out under the leading into the doorway of a house. Prob- ment of the Benaki Museum and was made direction of L. Vance Watrous (SUNY-Buffa- ably constructed in MM II, the room of the possible by a generous gift from Dorothy lo), with Panagia Pantou acting as supervi- house was entered by doors on the south Dinsmoor. sor for the KD' Ephoreia of Prehistoric and and west. Excavation in the basement re- In 2010, Douglas P. Warwick donated Classical Antiquities. Activity was focused vealed a stone-lined pit sunk in the floor. to the Archives of the American School a in four areas: Trench 1, Harriet Boyd’s dump The house appears to have been destroyed beautiful pencil drawing by his grandfa- west of the palace; Trench 2, northeast of at the end of the Protopalatial period, in ther, architect Charles Frederick Owsley, House Ea (the “North Trench”); Trench 3, MM IIB. Finds include loom weights, a clay of the house of Alice Walker Cosmopoulos immediately northwest of House Ea (Boyd’s water channel, fragments of pithoi, cups, a continued on page 15 “early House Remains”); and d) Trench 4, basin, and stone tools. ten meters northwest of House Ea (Boyd’s Trench 4 was sunk next to a cyclopean “Pit House”). wall south of the “Pit House” trench dug by Trench 1 was started in order to finding Boyd in 1901 (see Vasso Fotou, New Light out what kind of materials Boyd had reject- on Gournia, Aegaeum 9, Liege, 1993, p. 78 ed. Since a turn-of-the-century photograph and fig. XXIII). This trench came down on shows a sieve in use at her excavations at a small square, two-roomed structure (4.7 × Gournia, it was anticipated that this trench 4.7 m), probably constructed in LM IB and might find little and would be closed after containing a storage space and work area a week or so. Nevertheless, Trench 1 pro- on its ground floor basement. The structure duced pot sherds (datable to MM II, LM I, was destroyed in LM IB. Debris from an up- and LM III) of all sizes, a small fragment of per floor included a large pipe (chimney?), a rock crystal vase, stone tools, a fragment a pithos, and several cups. The east room of a LM I palace style jar, a Knossian LM had one conical cup on its floor and a clay IB vase fragment, and a loom weight. The water channel. The west room had a floor trench also produced pieces of painted wall and two pits. On the floor of the west room plaster and mud brick. were an amphora, pithos, two large stirrup Trench 2 was laid out so as to recover jars, several large jars, at least one cookpot, what was left of the well-known North several conical and ogival cups, three stone Trench deposit. Published by Edith Hall querns (and two stone rubbers), and many in 1905 (“Early Painted Pottery from Gour- limpet shells. Two fineware vases were a nia, Crete,” Transactions, Department of rhyton and tortoise shell ripple cup. On Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, the floor of the west room a triton shell I:iii, 1905, pp. 191–205), this deposit has had been placed next to an ash deposit that defined the nature of the EM IIB – MM I contained a strip of bronze and a sheep/ William Bell Dinsmoor lecturing at the ceramic sequence in Crete. This pottery Akropolis in the 1950s. continued on next page

7 Affiliated Excavations continued from previous page (Geometric?), Archaic (sixth century?), and Hellenistic-Roman. Two semi-coarse vessels found just be- low the current surface date to the Helle- nistic-Roman phase. The Archaic phase is represented by yellow soils with whole ves- sels, as found this season in G19 Trench 1, although few were found here. The Archaic wall of rounded stones associated with this phase lies in one course on top of a thin layer of fill and a mass of stone. Cut into the upper levels of the Archaic phase was a pit of amorphous hard reddish-yellow soil, large pieces of carbon, and hunks of burned clay/soil. The pattern of burning on some of the carbon suggests a textile, while post holes around the pit may suggest some type of small tent structure. The pre-Archaic phase contained very little pottery, but more bone than elsewhere in the trench, clumps of yellow ochre, and a dump of burned stones without carbon. The bottom of this phase contained increas- Gournia: Trench 4, showing Late Minoan 1B workshop ing amounts of pottery with an increasing proportion of Bronze Age and Neolithic goat bone. The larger pit was filled with pieces. In the western part of the trench, EXCAVATIONS AT ANCIENT NEMEA architectural debris, sherds, bones, and under the two later walls, was a wide swath of limestone “rubble” tightly packed with shells, including a mortar with a hole in its Kim Shelton, University of California, Berkeley base. The smaller pit contained two conical clean soil and clay. Based on the small num- cups. The building’s assemblage suggests ber of sherds recovered so far, a Geometric the production and storage of food and the Under the direction of Kim Shelton (Direc- date is suggested for this phase. storage and dispensing of liquid, probably tor, Nemea Center for Classical Archaeol- Trench 2 was opened towards the end wine. This small building is distinctive in ogy, University of California, Berkeley), the of this season to further explore the stones, several other respects: it is situated outside first of three field seasons of excavation was visible on the surface since the 1980 ex- the urban center of the town; it is square undertaken at Nemea in 2010. cavation, and their relationship with the in plan and smaller (comparable in size Plans for the excavation project are stones in Trench 1 and the later enclosure to the Quartier Mu ateliers) than the resi- to undertake a systematic excavation of walls. The exact function of this stone dential houses in the town; and it is on targeted areas of the Sanctuary (such as packing is still unclear, but it may have the way to the coastal vineyards and the E/F/G-19) that indicate a strong potential been intended to support a mound or to harbor, on which it looks down. Drawing for prehistoric and early historic architec- buttress against erosion. Also as yet un- the evidence together, it could be suggested ture and ceramics, in order to investigate clear, due to the almost total absence of that the building in Trench 4 belonged to the early historic and prehistoric levels of pottery, is the date of the feature. an oil or wine merchant. the site, as well as possible well-stratified Excavations in Section G19 investigated Immediately to the north, the Pit House Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic remains early periods of use and further exposed a trench dug and backfilled by Boyd in 1901 (D/E-11/12) that will aid in continuing wall uncovered in 1998. So far, three phases was cleared. Cleaning revealed a series of study and publication of the material from of use were recognized here: pre-Archaic, walled casements running east-west and these periods. Geophysical survey and sub- Archaic, and Late Archaic/Early Classical. abutting the house in Trench 4 at a lower surface investigation was also undertaken The latest phase is represented by a small level. These casements were constructed, in order to determine potential for future amount of pottery consisting of mostly apparently in MM II, to create a level sur- excavation. fineware fragments of kotylai and a number face to the south. In Section F19, excavation in Trench of whole pots. These vases were deposited Excavations will continue in 2011 with 1, in the center north of square F19 east whole together with the deposition of the a focus on houses of the Middle Minoan of the Heröon wall (partially excavated in clean soil matrix that surrounded them. and Late Minoan I and III periods (1700– 1979, 1980, and 1983), was intended to This careful and systematic action can be 1200 B.C.). investigate early periods of use, as well as characterized as ritual and repeated; one of to clarify the stratigraphy of the Heröon the kotylai was found with carbon clearly itself. Initial evidence suggests three major inside of it, while two nearby stones likely phases in this trench so far: pre-Archaic had been placed inside other examples. The

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MOCHLOS EXCAVATION PROJECT (www.uncg.edu/arc/Mochlos/first.html)

Jeffrey Soles, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Costis Davaras, Honorary Ephor of Antiquities, University of Athens (Emeritus)

The main goal of the 2010 Greek-Amer- ican excavation at Mochlos, co-directed by Costis Davaras and Jeffrey Soles, was to reveal earlier settlement remains, par- ticularly Prepalatial remains lying beneath the Neopalatial remains on the site. In the course of this work, the project also un- covered a more complete plan of the LM IB town and excavated areas that had been incompletely excavated in the past. The project also attempted to complete the ex- cavation of a Hellenistic building partially excavated in 2005. The project excavated in four main ar- eas and succeeded in uncovering closed Nemea excavation team members cleaning the stone feature in F-19 Trenches 1 and 2. Photo: K. Shelton deposits of five earlier pottery phases: EM IIB, MM II, MM IIIA, MM IIIB, and LM IA. The EM IIB deposits were widely scat- tered across the site. Several MM and LM pottery from this phase dates primarily to A geophysical survey that employed IA deposits were located beneath the LM IB the later Archaic period, with none later several different techniques was conducted terrace that runs along the south façade of than the first half of the fifth century B.C. by the Laboratory of Geophysical-Remote Building B.2, the ceremonial center of the Further exposure of the previously Sensing and Archaeo-environment of the Neopalatial town; most belonged to kitch- excavated wall yielded a preliminary in- Institute for Mediterranean Studies (Foun- ens and contained hearths with a rich array terpretation of its function as a retaining dation for Research and Technology Hel- of organic material, including short-lived wall. The layer on which it sits contained las – F.O.R.T.H.) under the guidance of floral remains that should produce a good no diagnostic pottery, nor were any datable Apostolos Sarris and Nikos Papadopoulos. sequence of C14 dates. sherds found within the wall stones; the The total area covered with at least one The most surprising of the early remains layers around and over the feature date to geophysical technique was 25,000 square uncovered during the 2010 season was a the Archaic period while the levels under meters and pinpointed a few regions that building complex located along the east- the feature are of Geometric and prehis- deserve more attention. The survey did not ern edge of the Prepalatial cemetery. It was toric date. identify any specific leveling of the subsur- used during the EM I, EM IIA, and EM IIB The overall purpose of excavations in face on the west side of the archaeological periods, which makes it the oldest build- the area known as D/E-11/12 is to investi- site where the hippodrome was expected; ing ever uncovered at Mochlos, and dur- gate the use of the area in different periods thus the different subsurface strata do not ing this time it underwent several changes of the site’s history, specifically if this is the provide supporting evidence for the exis- in design and apparently also in function. location of the hippodrome. Trench E12, tence of the hippodrome in this area. The Initially it appears to have been occupied originally opened as a 5 × 7-m trench, was area around the temple, however, seems to as a dwelling and used as an obsidian soon reduced to 2.5 × 3.5 m to enable an have a number of anomalies that may be workshop. Part of its southwest room was investigation of the thick and relatively indicative of architectural remains. actually excavated in 1989 and identified clean layers at depth. At least two alluvial In summary, site work in 2010 demon- as part of Building Ξ; the small Building events were identified in the stratigraphy strated, through excavation and geophysi- N, also discovered in 1989 with over 10 alternating with periods of human action, cal survey, that within the sanctuary there kg. of obsidian cores, blades, burins, and primarily cultivation, dating to the Early remain areas for continuing investigation retouched flakes, lies a short distance to its Christian and Hellenistic periods. The and indications (architectural and ceramic) east and may have served as a depot for the search for the hippodrome in this trench of use in the pre-Archaic (early historic and workshop’s production. Later in its history was inconclusive. Trench E11 was investi- prehistoric) periods. Both of these research the building appears to have been used for a gated to just below the surface layers and avenues also provide strong indications new purpose: several rooms were blocked, produced mixed Byzantine and Early Mod- that the hippodrome is unlikely to be lo- at least one burial was made in a small cist ern material. cated in the northwest part of the site. continued on next page

9 Affiliated Excavations continued from previous page grave, and an area at its southeast appears system was laid out, and appears to have twice, both descending from the sky and to have been redesigned for offerings. been occupied and remodeled through the seated after her arrival. It resembles other The project also continued exploring whole course of the Neopalatial period. depictions, including the fresco of crocus parts of the Neopalatial settlement. A large The season’s most spectacular discovery gatherers from Xeste 3 at Akrotiri, in that stone-vase workshop was discovered; it was made unexpectedly during efforts to the scene is set on a stage supported by dates to the LM IB period and was remark- complete the excavation of a Hellenistic incurved altars. The goddess sits enthroned able for its size and the quality of its prod- building; the eastern part of this building beneath a tree shrine on the left and a pro- ucts, including a large stone lamp with four was used as a kitchen and dining facility, cession of four figures approaches her from spouts and a low pedestal and a large unfin- and the excavation hoped to find the actual the right, two men and two women. Un- ished vase of gypsum imported from Knos- dining room. It may have done so, although fortunately, the upper part of these figures sos. At the time of the LM IB destruction, very little was preserved in it, but digging was lost during the building’s destruction, one spout of the lamp was broken off with a beneath this room the excavation encoun- so it is unclear exactly what is happening. hammer stone and thrown across the room. tered a wall collapse of a LM IB building It appears, however, to be a presentation Work also focused on excavation of the on top of which the Hellenistic building scene in which the first male figure, who north end of the street that led up through sat. The remains of an ivory pyxis and at is larger than the other figures, presents a the center of the settlement. This seems least nine ivory hair pins lay inside this male-female couple to the goddess, while to have been the major street in the town, wall collapse. They originally sat on an a female attendant stands at the rear. Two certainly the longest. It employed cobbles upper floor near the eastern façade of the necklaces of amethyst beads (80 beads in as pavement but more often used simple building, and when this wall collapsed at all) lay inside the pyxis together with a sil- bedrock, and both surfaces were worn the time of the LM IB destruction, they fell ver pendant in the shape of a bull’s head smooth from frequent traffic. It appears with the wall into a basement room located and an assortment of carnelian, lapis, and to have been heading toward a small cave beneath. They were broken in the collapse glass paste beads. located along the eastern side of the island. and the ivory pyxis also showed traces of During the summer a freshwater spring was burning, but many pieces survived. The MT. LYKAION EXCAVATION AND SURVEY discovered below this cave lying about 2 pyxis was a rectangular box with its sides PROJECT meters below sea level, and it is thought and lid made of elephant ivory and its base (http://lykaionexcavation.org) that a natural spring may have been located made of wood; its lid measures ca. 0.11 by in the cave above during the Late Bronze 0.14 meters and was designed to be lifted David Gilman Romano, Age, providing a water source for the Neo- on and off the box. The side panels were University of Pennsylvania, Museum of palatial town. The project also continued carved in low relief with a seascape while Archaeology and Anthropology the excavation of the house that lay along the lid was carved with a scene showing Mary E. Voyatzis, University of Arizona the east side of this street, the southwest the epiphany of the Minoan Goddess. It is corner of which was exposed in 2009. The a well-known scene shown on many con- During the summer of 2010 excavation and house was constructed at the beginning of temporary gold signet rings, including the survey work continued at the Sanctuary the MM IIIA period, when the town’s street Ring of Minos, where the goddess appears of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, where investiga- tions have been underway since 2004. The team included specialists and students from several universities, but primarily from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the University of Arizona, in collaboration with the ΛΘ' Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Clas- sical Antiquities, Tripolis. The co-directors of the project are Michalis Petropoulos, Ephor of Antiquities of the ΛΘ' Ephoreia; David Gilman Romano of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; and Mary Voyatzis of the University of Arizona. In addition, An- astasia Panagiotopoulou, Director of the Archaeological Institute of Peloponnesian Studies in Tripolis, has been one of our col- laborators from the outset of the project. The 2010 investigations had numerous components, including continued scientific excavation, topographical and architectural

Mochlos: Ivory pyxis viewed from the side. Photo: C. Papanikolopoulos continued on page 11

10 s p r i n g e 2 0 1 1 GennadeionGennadeion NewsNews A special insert to the newsletter of the american school of classical studies at athens

Exhibition, Lecture Explore Greek Cartography

hanks to Margarita Sam­ Lecturer and exhibition curator ourka’s initiative, numer­ George Tolias presenting one of ous historical maps from the Ortelius maps of Greece. T Photo: H. Akriviadis her world-class map collection were displayed in the Basil Room of the Gennadius Library from January 20, 2011 through the hibition. Mr. Tolias explained end of February. The exhibi­ that Ortelius sought to create tion, “Abraham Ortelius’ Greece. a cartographic narration of an­ Maps from Margarita Samourka’s cient heritage, the “theater” of Collection,” curated by George the christianized Greco-Roman Tolias of the National Hellenic world. Moreover, Ortelius Research Foundation and de­ emphasized the universal and signed by Constantinos Staikos, cultural dimension of the dif­ presented all the maps of the fusion of the Greek people and Greek world that were included their culture through thematic in the magisterial works of antiquity to his time, thus pre­ of cartographic representations maps that refer to migration and Abraham Ortelius: the Theatrum senting a panorama of the first of Greece and its place in history exploration. Orbis Terrarum (1650–1598) and century of printed cartography for more than two centuries. The Gennadeion is indebted the Parergon (1579–1601). of Greece, the sixteenth century. People flocked to the Library to Margarita Samourka for her The exhibition explored The exhibition followed the and Cotsen Hall to admire the generosity and her wish to estab­ the cartographic resources on diffusion and further elaboration maps and to hear an erudite lish a regular program of public which Ortelius based his maps of Ortelius’ Greek maps, as these lecture by George Tolias that lectures on cartography at the of Greece and its regions from were a nodal point in the history marked the opening of the ex­ Gennadius Library. e

New Acquisitions Enrich Gennadeion Holdings

aterials acquired by with birds, dogs, and similar purchase and by gift images, as well as other French Mhave added to the and Greek texts on hunting. On depth and diversity of material the preface of the bound volume held by the Gennadius Library. there appears a handwritten In April the Library obtained dedication by Joannes Genna­ at auction a collection of off­ dius to Stephanos Skouloudis; prints from the journal «Νέα a two-page, handwritten letter Ημέρα» [Nea Hemera], bound from Gennadius to Skouloudis, with a number of pamphlets. dated March 8, 1910, is attached The offprints form an essay on to it. The binding of the newly the art of hunting under the acquired volume is identical to title ‘Κυνηγεσία’ [Hunting], by the binding of one of the books Joannes Gennadius. The volume that belongs to the Skouloudis also includes a French pamphlet papers at the Gennadius Library titled “La théorie du chasseur” Archives, so there is strong evi­ with a number of color images dence that one of the previous Offprints, bound with a letter from J. Gennadius to S. Skouloudis, and explanatory captions as well owners was Skouloudis himself. acquired at auction. as several lithographic strips continued on page G3 G2 G E N N A D E I O N N E W S

Library Acquires Lost Musical Scores

he musical scores of com­ from 1921 to 1929. Levidis also poser Dimitry Levidis experimented with Maurice Mar­ T(1886–1951) were recently tenot’s Ondes musicales, an early Boura Donates added to the Archives of the electronic musical instrument. In Gennadius Library to supple­ fact, Levidis’ Poéme symphonique Papers ment the other two important was presented at the first public musical collections of the library, appearance of the instrument at Another recent addition those of Dimitri Mitropoulos and the Paris Opera in 1928. to the Gennadius Archives Theodore Vavayannis. We are In 1932 Levidis, after many came from Dr. Aikaterini grateful to his sister-in-law, re­ years abroad, decided to return Boura, who donated to the nowned pianist Rita Thompson to Greece. During his Greek Gennadius Library the pa­ Bouboulidi, for her decision to years he produced music that pers of her uncle, Konstan­ donate the Levidis papers to the can be characterized as Greek tinos Bouras. The latter was Gennadius Library. classical music, although always executed by the Germans in Born in Athens, Levidis spent influenced by French Impres­ 1943 for having participated the largest past of his life abroad, sionism. in the resistance organiza­ especially in France. By serving With a small part of his tion “Midas 614.” Although in the French army during WWI, compositions deposited at the “Petite Suite” by Dimitry Levidis it is a small collection of Levidis acquired French citizen­ National Library of Greece, the papers, it is fascinating be­ ship. During his time in France rest of his work was, until re­ cause it records not only his compositions were played cently, believed lost. The recently (opus 49), Berceuse pour un how Bouras was betrayed to widely. The famous conductor acquired works of Levidis at gendarme (opus 65), Petite suite, the Germans, but also the Serge Koussevitzky frequently the Gennadius Library include Aria (opus 12), Impromptu (opus trial of the two traitors in included the works of Levidis De profundis (opus 46), L’Iliade 32), Éolienne (opus 14), and 1947. in his so-called Concerts Kous­ (opus 62), Le gars et la mort others. e sevitzky, which he held in France (opus 64), Stances symphoniques

News From the Library

he Gennadeion will soon Technological Educational Insti­ Library periodicals, funded by a Traveling Fellow, Pasquale Mas­ be saying goodbye to a tute of Athens. grant from the Stavros Niarchos simo Pinto (Università degli Stu­ Tlong-time Gennadius He joined the Gennadeion Foundation, has reached its end di di Bari), explored the papers Library staff member with the staff in 1984 and excelled in his right on schedule. Cataloguer and typewritten book catalogs of retirement of Assistant Librarian position in the Reading Room as Asimina Rodi has been in charge Joannes Gennadius, who owned Andreas Sideris in June 2011. well as being responsible for the of the journals at the Genna­ a set of Simonidis’ books. He Andreas studied history and Library serials/periodicals. His deion, under the supervision of shared his findings in a presenta­ archaeology at Lomonosov Mos­ personal contacts with scholars Head Librarian Irini Solomonidi. tion entitled “Disturbing Books: cow State University and history and institutions have brought to All discontinued and current The Collection of K. Simonidis’ of the peoples of South Eastern the Library an important number publications—a total of 1,398 se­ Works in the Gennadius Li­ Europe at the Institut National of Greek imprints. His continu­ rial titles—have been fully cata­ brary,” held in the Mandilas Rare des Langues et Civilisations ous contribution to bibliographic logued in AMBROSIA, with full Book Reading Room in October. Orientales in Paris. He also has searches, especially in Slavic holdings information, since the Frantz Fellow Krisztina Szilagyi a diploma in Library Studies and languages, has been of great help project’s launch in April 2008. (Princeton University), at work Information Systems from the to the Gennadeion. His devotion on her dissertation titled “After to the mission of the Gennadius ddd the Prophet’s Death: The Body of Library, including providing Scholars studying at the Genna­ Muhammad in Christian-Muslim Gennadeion News pages are com­ orientation and reference ser­ deion during the 2010–11 aca­ Polemic,” used the holdings of piled by Gennadius Library Director Maria Georgopoulou, Head Librar­ vices for patrons, will be greatly demic year shared their areas of the Gennadeion to explore the ian Irini Solomonidi, Administrative missed. Farewell, Andreas! research interest with the School religious exchanges between Assistant Maria Smali, and Archivist and the wider academic commu­ Christianity, Islam, and Judaism Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan, and edited ddd nity through the Library’s Work- in the medieval Islamic milieu. by Sally Fay. One of the two major projects in-Progress Seminars. For his She presented her research at a This publication is produced semi­ of retrospective cataloguing at study of the nineteenth-century May seminar entitled “Byzantine annually. E-mail correspondence for the Gennadeion, the electronic Stories of Muhammad: Absurd Gennadeion News to [email protected]. scholar and forger Constantinos cataloguing of all Gennadius Simonidis, this year’s Cotsen Calumnies of the Greeks?” e G E N N A D E I O N N E W S G3

Acquisitions Gennadeion Events Fill Cotsen Hall (continued from G1)

Maria Andonatou and Nena ectures and events Karayianni, two of the artists sponsored by the Genna­ who participated in the exhibi­ L dius Library drew diverse tion “Johannes Gennadius and crowds to Cotsen Hall through­ his World,” on display at the out the spring. Library last summer, have do­ Among the highlights of the nated their works of art to the Gennadeion’s lecture program Gennadius Library. was the 30th Annual Walton In Maria Andonatou’s These Lecture, delivered on March 29 Are Books, books are handled as by Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith, monuments, denuded, stripped Visiting Professor at King’s Col­ of their matter, drained of their lege London and former Ambas­ inks, worn, dyed white and sador of the United Kingdom to painted over like old Cycladic Greece. Entitled “Kings, Princes houses: bundles of books “to the and Powers: Venizelos and Di­ At the Walton Lecture: Gennadeion Overseer Margaret Samourkas ‘Bibliomanes,’ Book-lovers, Book lemmas of National Revival,” the with Mrs. Lena Rallis. Photo: H. Akriviadis critics, Book thieves, Librar­ lecture explored the relations ians, Library scientists, Book- between Eleftherios Venizelos robbers, Book readers, Book and members of the Greek Royal a musical event at Cotsen Hall In related news, the Gennadius binders, Book connoisseurs, Family: Prince George, King to commemorate the 50th an­ Library is happy to announce the Bibliographers, Book publishers George I, and Crown Prince niversary of Dimitri Mitropoulos’ publication of Un morceau de con- and Book sellers.” They are also (and later King) Constantine. death in 1960. The event in­ cert by the Hellenic Music Centre, dedicated to all those who “have The well-attended presenta­ cluded brief presentations on the in collaboration with the Genna­ never opened a book… Parcels tion, which outlined political works of composers Dimitri Mit­ dius Library. The publication has of books amongst the living as developments on Crete involving ropoulos and Yorgo Sicilianos by been edited by Yannis Sabrovalakis Bookends, but also to stave off Venizelos and the Prince, as well concert pianist Charis Dimaras and prefaced by musicologist Ioan­ the dangerous Book mite.” The as events in 1910 and 1914–15 (who also teaches piano at Ithaca nis Foulias. The work Un morceau work is being exhibited among when Venizelos rose in promi­ College) and musicologists Ioan­ de concert, for violin and piano, the books of the Library in the nence in Greek politics, raised nis Foulias and Valia Christo­ holds a special place in the com­ Reading Room. questions about the relationship poulou, as well as a moving and positions of Dimitri Mitropoulos, Hommage by Nena Karayianni of the Prime Minister and the entertaining speech by Mrs. Elli as it is his oldest existing chamber is an eloquent palimpsest tribute Royal Family and analyzed the Sicilianou, who reminded the music piece, composed in 1913. In to the memory of various cre­ role of personality in politics. audience about the relationship 2010, the Hellenic Music Centre ative men and thinkers who left On March 31 the Gennadius of the two composers. and the Gennadius Library also their mark on humankind. Notes Library co-hosted with the re­ published Dimitri Mitropoulos’ of a human presence, imprinted cord company IRIDA Classical ddd Burial. e with architectural and other achievements, which constitute a timeless global heritage, appear in Karayianni’s piece as stippled Leventis Grant to Fund Library Summer Sessions but complementary traces of a continuous pictorialized script. he Gennadius Library re­ The objective is to familiarize museum visits. Leading the ses­ The Gennadius Library is ceived word in December students who have a sound sion in 2011 are Alexander Al­ grateful to these artists for their 2010 of a generous grant foundation in Classical Greek exakis (University of Ioannina) e T gifts. from the A.G. Leventis Founda­ with Medieval Greek language and Eustratios Papaioannou tion to underwrite its 2011 and and philology—a subject rarely (Brown University). 2013 Byzantine Summer School taught in American, European, The ASCSA is grateful to the program. The biennial summer or other international academic A.G. Leventis Foundation for program has been enthusiasti­ institutions—by exposing them its support in training young cally received since its introduc­ to primary sources, different scholars and exposing them to tion in 2005. kinds of literary genres, pale­ the medieval monuments and The grant will enable up to ography, and epigraphy as well relevant museum collections in 12 qualified applicants to partici­ as bibliographic and electronic Greece, and in stimulating inter­ pate in the month-long program tools, drawing on the resources est in post-Classical Hellenic with scholarships that will pro­ of the Gennadius Library. The studies. e Work by artist Maria Andonatou. vide free tuition and housing. program also includes site and G4 G E N N A D E I O N N E W S

Clean Monday Celebrated in NYC

he Eleventh Annual by Mr. Zagoreos, Ms. Georgo­ Clean Monday (Καθαρά poulou, and Ambassador Aghi TΔευτέρα) Benefit for the Balta, Consul General of Greece Gennadius Library took place to New York, highlighted the March 7 at Molyvos restaurant continuing relevance of the Gen­ in New York City, where guests nadeion to the cultural heritage enjoyed traditional Lenten of Greece. culinary treats such as jumbo The event, a major fundraiser prawns, octopus pies, and cubed for the Gennadeion, this year beet salad and danced to the mu­ drew more than 100 Philhel­ sic of Grigoris Maninakis and his lenes and prominent Greek- ensemble. Americans. Guests included film Both the Gennadeion and the marker Maria Iliou, Lisa Acker­ ASCSA were well represented man of the World Monuments at the event; in attendance were Fund, sculptor Lilia Ziamou, Chairman of the Gennadius founder of Greek America Foun­ Library Board of Overseers Al­ dation Gregory Pappas, and a exander Zagoreos and his wife new generation of Gennadeion Marine, along with fellow board supporters, including the chil­ members Ted Athanassiades dren of several of the Gennadius and his wife Elaine, Nick Ba­ Library Overseers. Thanks to a copoulos and his wife Calypso great group of friends and sup­ Gounti, Edward Cohen and his porters, nearly $40,000 was wife Betsy, Nassos Michas and raised for the Library. The funds his wife April, and Leo Milonas from the benefit will match a and his wife Helen, as well as National Endowment of the Enjoying the festivities (clockwise from top left): Ambassador Aghi Gennadius Library Director Humanities Challenge Grant Balta, Consul General of Greece; Gennadius Library Director Maria Maria Georgopoulou and ASCSA that was awarded to the ASCSA Georgopoulou; Chairman of the Gennadius Library Board of Over- Trustees Andrew Bridges, Mary in January 2010 for renovations seers Alexander Zagoreos, Helen Milonas, ASCSA Board Chairman Lefkowitz, Judith Thomson, and to the Library. e Charles K. Williams, II, and School Administrative Director Irene Charles Williams. Brief remarks Romano. Photos: A. Reinhard

Philoi News

ectures and performances, organized by the Philoi, with exhibitions, the Hellenic Literary trips, and visits to signifi­ well-known tenor Mario Zef­ and Historical Archive, the Byz­ Lcant cultural institutions firi singing works by Richard antine and Christian Museum of in Athens kept members of the Strauss and Franz Liszt. On the Athens, and the Ancient Agora, Association of the Philoi of the annual “Day in Memory of John where ASCSA staff gave the Gennadius Library busy during Gennadius,” historian Maria Philoi a tour of the excavations the first half of 2011. Christina Chatziioannou of the and conservation laboratory. The General Assembly of the Institute for Neohellenic Re­ The Day of Florence/Anthi Philoi met in February to elect search, National Research Foun­ Gennadius was celebrated on the new Board. The current dation presented an inspiring May 19 with the fourth annual board consists of President Ioan­ lecture entitled “Joannes Gen­ Bookfair, held in the gardens nis Bourloyannis-Tsangaridis, nadius (1844–1932), between of the Gennadius Library. A Vice President Michael Kotinis, Tradition and Modernity.” trip to Macedonia, planned for General Secretary Ioanna Phoca, Cultural outings this year early June, will take the Philoi Philoi Board President Ioannis Treasurer Spyros Branis, and have included visits to the li­ to various important archaeo­ Bourloyannis-Tsangaridis and Members Evdokia Koranti and brary of the Onassis Foundation, logical sites such as Dion and visiting members of the Philoi Athanasia Papantoniou. The tra­ the house of Ioannis Metaxas, Vergina, as well as museums and looking over some of the holdings ditional New Year’s pita cutting the Gennadius Library and its libraries.e of the Gennadeion Archives. followed the meeting. Archives, the Historical Archives Photo: Ioanna Phoca March activities included a of the National Bank of Greece — Irini Mantzavinou marvelous musical performance and its excellent permanent Affiliated Excavations continued from page 11

as well as expanding it to the east in sev- audience in a lively discussion, and broad eral different areas. Stratigraphic sequences and enthusiastic support was expressed continue to reveal evidence for the earliest for the establishment of such a park in the activity from the altar, dating from the pre- region. Finally, the project has leased an historic period and including pottery from apotheke in Tripolis for the finds from the the Late Neolithic, Early Helladic, Middle Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Proj- Helladic, and Late Helladic periods, most of ect. We will undertake our study seasons it mixed with burnt animal bones. The My- for the next two summers at this site. cenaean material includes large numbers of Our work was made possible through kylikes, deep bowls, stemmed bowls, cups, the continued generosity of individuals, askoi, human and animal figurines of ter- foundations, and Greek-American support- racotta, and other small finds. Above this ers from the United States. The financial level we continue to find Sub-Mycenaean support of Nicholas and Athena Karabots and Dark Age material, and above that, of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, and Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Helle- Annette Merle-Smith of Princeton, New nistic sherds, in what appears to be a con- Jersey, continues to be instrumental in al- tinuous sequence. Bronze tripods, coins, lowing the project to take place. Support metal objects, and miniature dedications from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation pro- were discovered. Trench ZZ, approximately vided funding for one of our architectural 10 meters to the south of Trench Z, was students and our conservator, Terri Moreno extended toward the northeast. Finally, 50 of the Arizona State Museum; and a grant meters below the altar, to the south of the from the Institute of Aegean Prehistory southern summit, we initiated Trench KK, provided partial support for our work at where there may have been a roadway or the altar. a dromos. In the lower sanctuary Trench G was ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE Mt. Lykaion: Amy Plopper (University of continued in the area to the north of the OF UNINVESTIGATED REMAINS OF Arizona) checking her notes in Trench seats. Trench N was extended to the north- AGRICULTURE (AROURA) AT GLA HH, a trench dug to look for the hip- east of the “xenon,” exposing more of the podrome floor—a portion of which was sub-surface open-air corridor. Multiple Michael F. Lane, University of Maryland found during the 2010 excavation season. Baltimore County Photo: D.G. Romano trenches (DD, EE, FF, L, M, N, and O) and their extensions in the area of the 67-meter- Vassileios L. Aravantinos, 9th Ephorate of long stoa revealed more of the front and Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities survey work, geological survey, faunal and interior foundations of the building as well floral analyses, chemical residue analyses, as the western end. A new trench, GG, was Members of the 9th Ephorate of Prehis- architectural documentation, planning for dug in the vicinity of the statue bases to the toric and Classical Antiquities (IX EPCA, the heritage park, and museum and conser- east of Trench G. Trench JJ was excavated Thebes), University of Maryland Baltimore vation activities. Two topographical survey in the fountain house. In the area of the County (UMBC), and University of Michi- teams, one at the summit of the mountain hippodrome we opened Trench HH and gan, in official collaboration (V.L. Aravan- and the other in the lower mountain mead- found a portion of the surface of the hip- tinos and M.F. Lane, Co-Directors), carried ow, assisted with excavation recording. The podrome floor. out geophysical and surface surveys of the topographical survey teams also worked On August 1, the Mt. Lykaion Excava- plain immediately around the Late Helladic closely with the architectural team, which tion and Survey Project hosted a work- IIIB fortification of Gla in the northeastern continued to document all of the architec- shop (ημερίδα) in the Cultural Center of Kopais, Boeotia, in the fall of 2010. They tural blocks at the site. The architectural Megalopolis, at which the proposal for the also undertook subsurface sampling of team worked on the documentation of the Parrhasian Heritage Park of the Peloponne- soils under the terms of a permit from the 67-meter-long stoa, the 39-meter-long se- sos (http://parrhasianheritagepark.org) was Institute for Geological and Mineralogical ries of seats to the north of the stoa, the presented and discussed. The park would Exploration (ΙΓΜΕ). nearby fountain house, the “corridor” in serve to protect and unify the ancient cit- This work represents the first phase of a front of the “xenon” building, and the bath ies and sanctuaries in the area of Western three-year project, known as Archaeological building. A team from the ΛΘ' Ephoreia Arcadia, Northern Messenia, and South- Reconnaissance of Uninvestigated Remains cleared a portion of the ancient Agno Foun- ern Elis. This conference was well attended of Agriculture (AROURA), consisting of ex- tain, halfway between the lower and the by upwards of 200 individuals including tensive geophysical survey of the Mycenae- upper levels of the sanctuary. representatives from the Tripolis Ephoreia an polder (dry land claimed from marshes) Excavation from 2009 was continued in and local and regional government lead- immediately around the stronghold, accom- several trenches and several new trenches ers of Greece. The Mt. Lykaion project panied by collection of small finds from the were begun. At the altar we continued co-directors and other collaborators gave ground surface in selected areas. Trench Z, extending the trench to the north presentations at the event and engaged the continued on page 14

11

 9   kai gegono  kai 9 gegono

People & Places People New faces at the School: In January, Ioanna Damanaki joined the School staff as Administrative Assistant to the Director, succeeding Maria Pilali, who retired in December. Konstantinos Tzortzinis came aboard as IT Assistant in Fall 2010.

Gennadius Library Director Maria Georgopoulou gave a lecture entitled “Venice and Byzantium after 1204” at the Consulate General of Greece in New York on May 12. At the reception, she stands here (at right) with School friend Dorothy Dinsmoor. Ohio institutions were well represented in the 2011–12 ASCSA student body; here, Student Associate Members Emily Egan, Christian Cloke (both from University of Cincinnati), and Dallas DeForest (Ohio State University) consult the School Archives. Photos: A. Reinhard, N. Vogeikoff-Brogan

School Members 2010–11, at Aigina on the last day-trip of the academic program. Photo M. Campbell.

12 Multiple venues enabled a wide range of audiences to attend this year’s Open Meeting on the Work of the School, held in Athens at the School’s Cotsen Hall on March 11 and at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki on March 17. The event, which featured a summary of ASCSA accomplishments by School Director Jack L. Davis and a lecture on “The Goddess and the Ancestors at Mochlos, Crete” by Mochlos Excavation Project Co-Director Jeffrey S. Soles (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), was also available live via streaming video, and can still be viewed at www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/digital- library/lecture-archive.

Photo, top left: Jack Davis and Shari Stocker with some of the ASCSA students in attendance. Top right: Shari Stocker, Jeff Soles, Effie Sakellaraki, and Irini Moscahlaidis. Left: Jack Davis summarizing the work of the School. Photos: H. Akriviadis

In an April lecture at the Greek Embassy in Washington, D.C., co-sponsored by the American Friends of the New Acropolis Museum and the ASCSA, Katherine Schwab (Fairfield Univer- Alumna Kathleen Lynch has recently sity) lectured on her ongoing research on the Parthenon east and completed the “ASCSA Alumni Cookbook,” north metopes as well as a research project she directed in 2009 a collection of recipes and reminiscences to recreate the six hairstyles of the Caryatids from the Erech- from past and present members and staff theion on the Athenian Acropolis. The hairstyles were brought to of the School. It is available as a softcover life at the event by several appropriately coiffed models and the book (http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/ screening of the Caryatid Hairstyling Project DVD, produced by detail/2107327) for $27.95 and also as a Ms. Schwab with Fairfield University. The hairstyling project re- downloadable PDF for $10 (see the Alumni ceived media attention in Athens and the U.S., and most recently Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ was featured in the February 2011 issue of ARTnews Magazine. home.php?sk=group_186784498018037& id=218077284888758 for details). Proceeds benefit the ASCSA Alumni Association.

13 Affiliated Excavations continued from page 11

The principal aim of this fieldwork century A.D. Finally, aerial photographs nearby comparatively “neutral” areas; and was to apply Co-Director Lane’s model of and satellite images exhibit a variety of dis- (2) pedestrian collection of objects from a landscape under a system of extensive tinct “field marks” (crop and soil marks) the ground surface in selected areas, to cultivation in the Late Helladic period, in and around the polder containing Gla, see whether the type, quality, or quantity such as is indicated in Linear B texts from the great majority of which strongly sug- of these correlated in any way with the several archives, to an area where condi- gest features of cultural origin preserved presence of certain anomalies. The former tions of preservation of constituent features beneath the ground surface. method had the further aim of recovering should be optimal for archaeological dis- The AROURA project sampled 36 hect- cultural material that could be precisely covery. The plain within the Mycenaean ares of land all around Gla and its polder. dated by typology, or discovering organic polder around Gla was chosen for several The project achieved its five objectives material that could be subjected to radio- reasons. Firstly, the establishment of the for 2010: (1) to seek confirmation of the carbon dating. The latter proceeded along stronghold of Gla appears to be contem- AROURA model of extensive agriculture traverses 2 meters wide within grid squares porary with the construction of the polder, by applying survey and sampling strate- 30 meters on a side, finds being collected the fortification then protecting massive gies that would render visible features and recorded by traverse and grid square. stores of agricultural products and defend- of the size, dimensions, and orientation The magnetometric data revealed mostly ing the surrounding territory from which expected; (2) to strike a balance between subtle positive and negative magnetometric these products surely came. Secondly, all sampling from areas containing field marks anomalies across the area surveyed. There previous historical and geomorphological and previously identified Mycenaean drain- are several plausible hypotheses to explain accounts of the Kopaic Basin indicate that age features and areas on every side of Gla, the subtlety of most of the recorded anoma- it has been an environment of net sedi- particularly between its four gates and the lies. The simplest is that the uppermost part ment deposition since the abandonment surrounding landscape; (3) to demonstrate of any positive archaeological feature (often of Gla and the surrounding drainage works, the utility of geophysical techniques for corresponding to a negative magnetometric around the end of the thirteenth century investigating ancient agricultural practices anomaly) has been plowed away. Another B.C., until the completion of the modern and strategies, thereby laying the ground- possibility is that soils did not have suffi- drainage works in the early twentiethth work for specific methodologies; (4) to set cient time to develop distinct horizons in up the fieldwork conditions and lay the in- the century or so of functioning existence terpretative foundation for confirmation of of Gla and its surrounding polder. Recent the nature geophysical results by indepen- Greek government bulletins indicate that dent means (“ground-truthing”) in this and proper soils have not developed in Kopaic future campaigns; and (5) to apply survey lake sediments since drainage was accom- data to begin to answer questions left by plished in the first half of the last century. previous investigators of the project area Consequently, there may be little magnetic concerning the sequence of Mycenaean contrast between parent material and mate- drainage structures and their demise. rial removed and redeposited in the polder The sole geophysical technology applied during Mycenaean times. In comparison, in 2010 was magnetometry. Magnetometry the strong magnetic contrast recorded in was selected because a magnetometer can the area designated as Area H, which ap- detect features of all the types expected pears to lie outside the polder, may repre- (built, excavated, or planted field parti- sent deposition of sediments from distant, tions; drainage or irrigation ditches; scars magnetically contrasting sources. It is pos- in the subsoil from repeated plowing in one sible—but not proved—that the network direction; pits for planting vines and crop pattern of anomalies outside the polder trees; built or excavated traces of structures represents a “wet” mainly irrigated field for storage, refuge, and crop processing) system, whereas those inside the polder and can also distinguish between features represent a “dry” mainly drained field of different type by the character of the system. magnetometric anomaly. There is also evidence of running water Magnetometric data objectively remain and flooding in the area the LH IIIB polder anomalies in the earth’s magnetic field until comprised, particularly in Areas A and C. their archaeological significance is decided It must be emphasized that any such mov- by appropriate means. AROURA therefore ing water, if that is what further evidence undertook preliminary tests to determine indicates, could date to before, during, the nature and character of anomalies de- or after the Mycenaean occupation of the tected by two means: (1) using a hand- land. Slight and inconclusive evidence of driven soil auger to remove stratified soil differential flooding is found in the magne- Gla: Survey team members Michael Lane and Wes Bittner taking soil core from cores from areas containing interesting tometrically quiet area immediately around Area H, just to west of polder dike. magnetometric anomalies, as well as from continued on page 19

14 Plakias Survey Makes Waves Archives continued from page 7

in Old Corinth. The drawing was executed in 1924, when Owsley was visiting Greece and his friend Mrs. Cosmopoulos. Accord- ing to his grandson, Owsley also attended the opening of the Tutankhamun tomb in 1922, by invitation of Howard Carter (also a good friend of Owsley). On the life and work of Charles Frederick Owsley, there is an M.A. thesis by William Joseph Palmer, entitled “To Raise the Standard of Archi- tecture: The Work and Vision of Charles Henry and Charles Frederick Owsley in Four views of a Palaeolithic quartz handaxe from the Plakias region in Crete. Youngstown, Ohio” (Youngstown State University, 2000). In the Archives of the School there is a The recent discovery of Palaeolithic stone of Mediterranean seafaring back by well letter from Alice Walker Cosmopoulos to tools on Crete by the Plakias Survey team, over 100,000 years. The official report on Bert Hodge Hill, dated November 12, 1925, with its far-reaching implications for the the Plakias Survey has generated much en- where she mentions the condition of her history of seafaring, received a flurry of thusiasm among archaeologists and histo- house: “My house hasn’t room enough and media attention in recent months. Archae- rians since its June 2010 publication in the the cellar is dark and damp. Rats abound ology magazine, in its January/February is- journal Hesperia (79.2). in my absence. Mr. Thompson [she refers sue, cited the finding as one of the top ten The survey identified 28 sites associ- to architect W. Stuart Thompson] seemed archaeological discoveries of 2010, and a ated with caves and rockshelters and col- to expect it to fall down… It isn’t suitable.” follow-up article in Le Monde examined the lected a sample of just over 2,100 stone Apparently the Cosmopoulos house lasted discovery’s potential to rewrite the history artifacts attributable to the Mesolithic and for several more decades. According to of the conquest of the seas and of island the Lower Palaeolithic periods. The Pla- John C. Lavezzi, who has published a brief populations. kias project found the Stone Age artifacts biographical essay on Alice Walker Cosmo- Led by Eleni Panagopoulou (Ephoreia in 2008; the 2009 season was devoted to poulos (http://www.brown.edu/Research/ of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology, conducting geological analyses to provide Breaking_Ground/), her house was severely Southern Greece) and Thomas Strasser datable contexts, providing a terminus ante damaged in the earthquake of 1962 and was (Providence College) and operating un- quem of more than 130,000 years B.P. for subsequently demolished. e der a permit granted to the ASCSA by the the Lower Palaeolithic artifacts. These ar- Greek Ministry of Culture, the Plakias Sur- tifacts represent the earliest indirect evi- vey in southern Crete is the first tosecurely dence of seafaring and open the door for a identify Lower Palaeolithic and Mesolithic reevaluation of current assumptions about remains on the island, pushing the history early hominin migrations. e

Wiener Laboratory News

With its twentieth anniversary on the Wiener Laboratory Director Sherry Fox, horizon in June 2012, the Wiener Labo- contributed responses to the external re- ratory continued to reflect upon the past view last summer that culminated in a Mis- while looking toward the future of the sion Statement and Memorandum of Un- lab, especially in light of the plans for the derstanding (MoU), generated by ASCSA construction of a new Wiener Laboratory Trustee Jane Buikstra and Managing Com- facility. The external review conducted in mittee Chair Mary Sturgeon on December April 2010 by Melinda Zeder (Smithson- 6, 2010. The MoU details 20 items, includ- ian Institution), Martin Jones (University ing a new postdoctoral fellowship for the of Cambridge), and Michael Galaty (Mil- Wiener Laboratory and a greater emphasis saps College) resulted in a positive report, on teaching and training in the archaeologi- with recommendations for the future of the cal sciences for both the academic program Wiener Laboratory. The Wiener Labora- and School excavations. tory Committee, chaired by Nancy Wilkie, along with School Director Jack Davis and —Sherry Fox, Director, Wiener Laboratory Schliemann’s notebooks can now be found in the Archives area of the ASCSA website.

15 When Neanderthals Met Moderns

Paraskevi Elefanti (University of London), 2009–10 Malcolm H. Wiener Visiting Research Professor, reports on her contributions to the School’s academic program and advancements in her study of material from Lakonis Cave in the southern Peloponnese.

The 2009–2010 academic year was a blend of hard but exciting work! As Visiting Re- search Professor at the Wiener Laboratory, I led nine sessions on stone tool technol- ogy. These discussed the role of chipped and ground stone technology from the Paleolithic until modern times using ar- chaeological and ethnographic examples from Greece and abroad. The aim of the series was to familiarize students with the typological and technological characteris- tics of stone artifacts, as well as theoretical issues related to their use as functional or symbolic objects, trading commodities, and indicators of the size of social networks and gender roles. The seminar also had a practi- cal component during which students got hands-on experience of working with stone tool collections. This was nicely rounded Paraskevi (Vicky) Elefanti (far right) looking at stone tools with her students. off with the flint knapping demonstration Photo: S. Fox presented by Nick Thompson at the end of the Wiener Lab’s annual open house is currently located on the coast and would ing the transitional phase, although new and workshop in March 2010. The par- previously have formed just one of a series techniques and ideas seem to make their ticipation of the students was enthusiastic of caves and shelters along this fossil shore- appearance. This could represent an ex- throughout the seminar and their feedback line. The sediments include Middle Paleo- perimentation phase of the Neanderthal very positive. lithic (MP) and Initial Upper Paleolithic inhabitants of Lakonis towards new flaking The year was also productive in terms of (IUP) horizons, containing a rich assem- techniques after they have been in contact my research, which focuses on the transi- blage of stone tools, animal bones, and fea- with Moderns. tion from the Middle to Upper Paleolithic tures, including hearths. During my year as Special thanks are due to Wiener Labo- in Greece and, in particular, the apparent Wiener Visiting Professor, I completed the ratory Director Sherry Fox for making my new behaviors and technologies that co- study of the tool assemblage from the criti- stay so pleasant and productive and for her incide with the arrival of modern humans cal IUP horizon, dated to around 42,000 continuing support of Paleolithic research and the demise of the Neanderthals. Re- years ago. The assemblage amounted to in Greece, and to all the users of the lab cent evidence has suggested a complex more than 1,200 pieces larger than 2 cm; during the year with whom I shared stimu- patchwork of interaction and accultura- these were recorded in terms of qualitative lating conversations and delicious sweets tion across Europe, with regional differen- and quantitative attributes. from various places of the world. I am also tiation in the extent to which these novel My analysis pointed to an IUP with grateful to ASCSA Director Jack Davis for approaches were adopted. In some areas continued MP characteristics, such as the his support of my work, as well as Mellon the Upper Paleolithic is characterized by a Levallois technique and formal tools from Professor Margie Miles for all the fascinat- completely new set of behavioral strategies, this earlier phase. However, my work also ing things that I learned during the winter while in others there would appear to have identified a tendency toward smaller and field trips. e been a significant degree of interaction be- narrower artifacts, despite the fact that the tween populations. Due to its position on quality and type of raw materials employed Managing Committee the southeastern edge of Europe, Greece is on the site remained unchanged through- continued from page 3 likely to have been one of the routes taken out its use. Comparison of the results of by anatomically modern humans as they metric analysis from the MP and IUP layers of the Managing Committee from Denison expanded westward from the Near East. suggests that this process of microlithiza- University, a Cooperating Institution newly This would have led to the two populations tion was gradual and therefore less likely to rejoining the American School: Timothy routinely encountering one another, prob- have been a result solely of the appearance Paul Hofmeister, Garret A. Jacobsen, and ably over a relatively long period of time. of anatomically modern humans, generally Rebecca F. Kennedy (all from the Depart- My case study is Lakonis Cave, which is associated with the Upper Paleolithic. ment of Classics). located on the east coast of the Mani Penin- Overall, my analysis of the IUP assem- Proclamations honoring recent staff re- sula, approximately 3 km from the city of blage suggests so far a significant degree tirees Maria Pilali, Elisavet Mitsou-Gignoli, Gytheion. Consisting of remnant cemented of continuity in the way in which lithic and Andreas Sideris for service to the School floor sediments and lacking a roof, the site production was organized at Lakonis dur- were approved by acclamation. e

16 2010 Summer Sessions: Inspiration + Perspiration

Undaunted by the sometimes oppressive heat that typifies summer in Greece, two groups of graduate and undergraduate students and teachers were on hand last year for the School’s two six-week Summer Sessions, led by Kirk Ormand (Summer Session I; Oberlin College) and Clayton M. Lehmann (Summer Session II; Uni- versity of South Dakota). Although both sessions followed the overall itinerary of past Summer Sessions—extended trips to Crete, southern Greece, and central and northern Greece separated by sojourns in Athens and day trips within Attica—each session evolved into a unique experience as a result of its leader’s itinerary adjustments and the interests of participants. Participants in Summer Session I en- joyed several experiences that most previ- ous summer sessions did not include, such as visits to Aptera and Eleutherna on Crete; a brief hike up the Parori gorge near Sparta; and a trip to Pthiotic Thebes near Volos. Sarah Morris explaining the Funerary Monument of the Lacedaemonians to Summer They also saw a modern Greek produc- Session II participants. Photo: C. Lehmann tion at Epidauros, which most students professed to enjoy, and spent a night in Despite their slightly differing itinerar- to explore and experience on their own as Makrynitsa on Pelion, which was univer- ies, Summer Sessions I and II had much in well as in a group. sally considered a highlight and proved an common. Each consisted of a talented and By the end of the program, students ideal place to hold a group dinner. Sum- dedicated group of students with a wide came away with a solid understanding of mer Session II also included several sites range of interests and expertise, and each the topography, built environment, and ar- not usually visited, notably Phalasarna in benefited from inspiring and informative tistic, architectural, and political periods of Crete and Meteora, and focus tended more guest speakers who generously volunteered Greek history. Individual participants may toward the post-Classical periods. Partici- their time and knowledge. And each was have been more engaged at some kinds of pants in both sessions were delighted by led by a Summer Session Director who sites than at others, but ultimately each de- the access they had to restricted areas, in- acknowledged the value of incorporating veloped a strong interest in at least one area cluding the Parthenon, the Propylaia, the unstructured time into their chock-full itin- or period, and everyone benefited from the Erechtheion, the temple at Bassae, and erary, providing students the opportunity incomparable opportunity to experience so some areas of Mycenae. much during so little time. e

John Camp Honored In February Agora Excavations Director John McK. Camp II spoke at the annual conference of “Leadership 100,” where he was also honored with the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Award for Achievement. Leadership 100 is an organi- zation founded in 1984 to nurture and support programs that advance Greek Orthodoxy and Hellenism. More honors followed in Greece in March, when he was inducted into the Society of Athenians as its first non-Greek member, and presented with the Society’s Medal of Honor in recognition of his philhellenism and his contributions to the study of the Ancient Athenian Agora. John Camp with Elena Korka, Director of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

17 In Memoriam

ARISTOMENES ARBERORES WILLIAM F. WYATT, JR. 1938–2011 William F. Wyatt, Jr., Professor Emeritus Friend, mentor, and retired foreman of of Classics at Brown University, died on the Corinth Excavations, Aristomenes Ar- March 25 at age 78. A dedicated classicist berores passed away on February 10, 2011 and committed educator whose fields of at the age of 73 after a prolonged illness. expertise included Homer as well as Greek “Menes” began in 1963 as a pickman at the and Latin linguistics, he was a 1997 recipi- Corinth Excavations; in the early 1970s he ent of Brown University’s Harriet W. Sheri- acted as sub-foreman for the excavations dan Award for Distinguished Contribu- in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, and tion to Teaching and Learning. eventually rose to the position of general Professor Wyatt had a long and deep- foreman in 1981. He trained a generation rooted connection to the American School. of workmen and helped teach many stu- His mother, Natalie Gifford, attended the dent field excavators. He excavated at other School in 1922–1923, and his father, Wil- sites: Porto Cheli and Nemea with Charles liam F. Wyatt, was a Managing Committee Williams, Phlious with William Biers, Ag- Member from 1947 through 1961. Fol- ropidochori in Elis under John Coleman, lowing in the footsteps of both parents, he Isthmia with both Betsy Gebhard and Tim was himself a School Member (Harvard Gregory, and Aigeira in Achaia with the Fellow 1959–1960, Senior Research Fel- Austrian School. In June of 2002, Menes low 1973–1974) and served as a Manag- Menes (at right) with Photis Notis at retired after nearly 40 years of service to Corinth in 1969. ing Committee representative from Brown the School. Photo: C.K. Williams University (1970–1999; emeritus member In paying tribute to Menes, Guy D.R. from 1999 until his death). He also served Sanders, Director of the Corinth Excava- a term as Secretary of the Managing Com- tions, writes: suited which fields and all about the tradi- mittee (1975–1980), directed a Summer Aristomenes was named after his grand- tional emboropanayiris where animals and Session in 1969 and in 1973, and served on father Aristides. As one of six Arberores sib- tools were sold rather than cheap plastic toys the Alumni Council (1972–1975). lings born soon before and during the years and fake handbags of today. He knew how to Fellow Managing Committee Member of the German occupation, he grew up in a stun fish by tossing armfuls of euphorbia into Mary B. Moore (Hunter College, emerita) period of extreme austerity which doubtless the sea. He knew every family in the village noted another of Professor Wyatt’s contri- helped to shape his character. Their house was and whether their roots were in Arachnaion, butions to School history: “At the ASCSA a traditional, stone, two-story village house Sophiko, Athikia, Ayiannis, Angelokastro, or in the library there is a volume of letters with a stable for the livestock below and three Limnes. He knew where the threshing floors that his mother wrote home to the family small rooms. There was no plumbing and the of each of these relocated communities were during her time as a member. Bill edited windows had shutters but no glass. His father in the village. out the personal family material and they supported the family by cultivating his 80 He also knew all the long-forgotten names make absolutely fascinating reading about stremmata with wheat, beans, vegetables, and of renamed villages and topoi. He could what it was like to be in Greece in the early maintained a couple of hundred olives and a dance, sing, and play his pipes. He was an 1920s. One summer, I read them with great vineyard planted with currant vines. They unrivalled raconteur and had an amazing enthusiasm and I think they would interest had one of the fifteen yokes of oxen in the sense of humor. He was the life and soul of many members today who haven’t a clue village and, doubtless, these were put to use any gathering, yet ate and drank in modera- how rugged Greece was in the ‘good old plowing the fields of his neighbors. In addi- tion, taking pride in both his figure and acuity days.’” tion, they kept a horse, a donkey, three goats, of mind. He was kind, wise, gentle, and gave Ronald S. Stroud (University of Califor- about 50 sheep, 80 turkeys, and a number of generously of his great knowledge. Last but nia, Berkeley, emeritus), who also served chickens. One of Menes’ most vivid memo- not least, he was an accomplished archae- with Professor Wyatt on the Managing ries was trailing the sheep over the slopes of ologist whose wisdom and skill contributed Committee, offered the following recol- Acrocorinth. to the published work of Charles Williams, lections: “I had the pleasure of sailing to Menes never turned his back on his past Nancy Bookidis, Ron Stroud, Betsy Gebhard, Greece with Bill and his then wife, San- and was a mine of information about how Tim Gregory, William and Jane Biers, among dra, on the Queen Frederica in August of things were done in the village before mecha- others, and scores of students who worked at 1959 and remember Bill throughout the nization, plumbing, and electricity. In fact, Corinth and elsewhere — as well as my own. long voyage sitting happily in the sun in he was an archive of how things had been The huge turnout at his funeral bore witness a deck chair reading the OCT of Homer. done in Corinthian villages for generations. to the love and respect in which he was held by On our second School trip, as we climbed He knew about the transhumant shepherds the entire community of Ancient Corinth and the acropolis of Eretria, Bill picked up a who stopped in Ancient Corinth in their an- even neighboring villages. He will be greatly fragment of an ancient Greek inscription. nual migrations between the Eastern Argolid missed but not forgotten. and Arcadia. He knew what varieties of wheat continued on next page

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He was instrumental in the Winter Term Aliki Halepa Bikaki passed away on Friday, Gla, particularly in the silty soils with high in persuading Mabel Lang, Fulbright Fel- January 21, 2011. She is remembered as a incidence of probable freshwater snail low, to meet with a small group of students good friend to the ASCSA and to many in shells that form a band running through each week to initiate us into the mysteries the archaeological community in Greece the west sector. The noted apparent mag- of Linear B. And, of course, from this he and America over a career that spanned netometric emptiness of the zone around went on to a distinguished career as an in- some six decades, first as assistant to John Gla is itself curious, strongly suggesting terpreter of Bronze Age Greek. Bill had a Travlos in the Athenian Agora, then, in the that the area was deliberately kept free of wonderful droll sense of humor and after 1950s, as a member of the School’s excava- permanent structures or even regular hu- he introduced one of his School reports tions at Lerna. Following Jack Caskey from man occupation during the LH IIIB. with the opening line, ‘Dinsmoor and the Lerna to Kea, she remained a member of Conversely, the network pattern of Guide Bleu date this temple in the 4th the Ayia Irini excavations for the remain- anomalies appears to be restricted to the century B.C.,’ many of us copied this and der of her life, publishing a volume in the west, around the polder dike, or at least to contrived to work these two experts into Keos series, Keos IV: Ayia Irini, The Potters’ the project area’s periphery. It is possible our presentations. I will really miss his light Marks, in 1984. that Gla had a demarcated outer defensive touch and ironic take on the world.” The wife of Haris Bikakis, ASCSA lawyer or symbolic perimeter, or both. In any case, for many years, Aliki Bikaki is survived by the regularity of the overall pattern sug- her son, Myron, a Classical archaeologist gests advance planning or even a template, and jewelry designer living in New York whether eventually proved to be of Myce- KARL KILINSKI II City. 1946–2011 naean date or not. Significantly, all but one or two soil cores taken from the sampling transects Karl Kilinski II, professor, archaeologist, Development News in 2010 revealed evidence of intact soils, and art historian, died January 6, 2011. At continued from page 4 as well as perhaps ancient fill or deliber- Southern Methodist University since 1975, ate construction, below the modern plow he was a University Distinguished Teach- zone. The presence of sherds of probable great Philhellenes who have had a trans- ing Professor, teaching classical art, Greek Mycenaean or Geometric pottery in the formative impact on the School: Trustees myth and art, and Egyptian art. plow zone, particularly around extant LH Lloyd Cotsen, David Packard, Malcolm Karl Kilinski was an Associate Mem- IIIB features, strongly implies that similar Wiener, and Charles Williams. In addi- ber of the School (Missouri Fellow) in material found in underlying strata is of the tion, Alan Boegehold will be presented with 1973–1974 and a Senior Research Fellow in same age or older. Therefore, good reason the first Distinguished Alumnus/a Award, 1978–1979. He was the ASCSA Managing exists to believe that intact Mycenaean fea- called the Aristeia Award. He was chosen by Committee representative from Southern tures are to be found beneath the surface. e a committee composed of staff, Managing Methodist University since 1975. Committee Members, and alumni and cited for “the breadth and depth of his schol- arship, the generosity with which he has PHILIP N. LOCKHART shared his knowledge and wisdom with the 1928–2011 School community, and the many services he has performed for the School in capaci- ties both official and unofficial.” We hope Philip N. Lockhart, retired Professor of many members of our extended ASCSA Classics at Dickinson College, died Sunday, family will be able to celebrate with us and February 20, 2011. A remarkably inspira- honor these five extraordinary members of tional teacher and an active participant in the School community! many professional classical organizations, he spent the bulk of his career (27 years) at Dickinson College, where he taught INSTAP Grant Latin and Ancient Greek and where held the Asbury J. Clarke Chair of Latin upon A grant from INSTAP was approved in his retirement. February 2011 for the treatment and digi- 130th Anniversary Tote A Regular Member Fellowship in his tization of the Schliemann papers in the name has been awarded by the School for School’s Archives. This project, which be- Bags have arrived! many years with funding from the Arete gan two years ago, is nearing completion, Custom-designed on canvas and with Foundation. Memorial gifts to the Ameri- and Schliemann’s archaeological diaries zippered front pocket. Bags are $30 ea. can School for the Lockhart Fellowship can now be viewed online at http://www. Please send an e-mail to gchesnut@ have been requested by the family, in lieu ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/news/newsDetails/ ascsa.org to order, and indicate the of flowers. schliemanns-archaeological-diaries-avail- number of bags, the method of pay- e able-at-ascsas-web-page/. ment, and mailing address.

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