KOPAIC CULTURES, ECONOMIES & LANDSCAPES (KOCECOLA)INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF A PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT IN ITS PHYSICAL, HUMAN, AND HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES
SynopsisKOCECOLA is a four-year program of precise stratigraphic excavation, micromorphology, human bioarchaeology, zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, and material culture studies at Aghia Marina Pyrghos (A.M.P.) in the Kopaic Basin of central mainland Greece. It is built on the successes of the AROURA geophysical and surface survey program (2010–2014) and the MYNEKO test excavation program (2016–2019), also co-directed by Dr. Lane. |
KOCECOLA’s Aims
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Annual ReportsKOCECOLA Pre-excavation Vegetation Survey, 2022 (DRAFT) Mycenaean Northeastern Kopaïs Test Program (U.M.B.C. website) Archaeological Reconnaissance of Uninvestigated Remains of Agriculture (U.M.B.C. website) LinksVisit us on Instagram @kocecola |
2023 Fieldwork StaffDr. Kyle Jazwa (Maastricht University), Mr. Damian Koropeckyj (independent), Ms. Rowan May (York Archaeological Trust), and Ms. Naomi Morales-Glenn (independent). Undergraduate research assistants who participated in field and laboratory operations, from between one and six weeks, completing the team, were Mr. Robert Barry (U.M.B.C.), Ms. Sofia Beroukli (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “N.K.U.A.”), Ms. Katie Bjerkaas (U.M.B.C.), Mr. Aidan Bodurtha (N.K.U.A.), Ms. Mare Chavez (U.M.B.C.), Mr. Michael Fischer (U.M.B.C.), Mr. George Ftergiotis (N.K.U.A.), Mr. Logan Jackson (U.M.B.C.), Ms. India Kelly (U.M.B.C.); Ms. Abigail Kennedy (University of York), Ms. Eleni Keogh (U.M.B.C.), Ms. Lauren Oster (University of York), Ms. Mriga Rao (U.M.B.C.), and Ms. Brenna Smith (Gallaudet University). |