Ancient Greek landscapes were both like and unlike those we see today. Landscapes are dynamic and change over time, sometimes very rapidly. The human relationships within local communities linked together a variety of urban and rural spaces and locations. Survey archaeology…
In Aristophanes’ Acharnians (33-36), Dikaiopolis expresses his nostalgia for the good old days in the Attic countryside when no one ever used the word ‘buy’ and the land produced everything he needed. This passage has been used by several scholars as evidence that the market played only a peripheral role in the lives of Greek farmers. This assumption has also led scholars like Möller and Osborne to assert that there is no evidence for…
Cleon’s dramatic victory at Sphacteria in 425 – with its unprecedented capture of 292 Spartan hoplites – was a transformative moment for Athens’ fortunes in the Archidamian War. In addition to extraordinary personal honours for Cleon…
We know from archaeological studies that occupied caves diachronically held prominent positions as visible landmarks or as nodal points in exchange networks and mobility routes. The lecture discusses the case of Daskalio Cave on Kalymnos as a site where Minoan ritual practices were performed outside Crete, and as a context where maritime identities were played out through an eclectic use of material culture.
Scholars have long argued about how ‘primitive’ or ‘modern’ was the ancient Greek economy. In this context, arguments over the scale of olive growing in Archaic-Classical southern Greece and of oil exports therefrom assume broad importance for our understanding of early polis societies. A law attributed to Solon of Athens…
Experience a different side of Athens: landscapes, cityscapes and soundscapes that explore the city’s industrial legacy at Technopolis City of Athens (and beyond).
A video-essay containing immersive documentaries that explore visual connections between industrial architecture, antiquity and traditions…
Professor Williams, who leads the excavations at Stymphalos, in a small mountainous lake valley in Arcadia, Greece, a site famous for Herakles and the Stymphalian birds, guides us through…
My Story: In the past year, I have been working with a group of Archaeologist and PhD students researching the different clays in the Anthemounta River Valley on the outskirts of Thessaloniki. Most of these archaeologist have been working on…
Traditionally, the Roman period of Greek history has been interpreted as a period of economic decline, or stagnation. In recent years, new research, especially from survey projects, has begun to challenge this picture. This talk will present some results…
Whilst Western travellers to the newly independent Greece in the 19th century after independence were often critical of the performance and effectiveness of the new government, travel in Crete was very different. It was still under Ottoman rule after…