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 Staff and StudentsDr. 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). |
2024 Fieldwork Staff and StudentsMr. Robert Barry (UMBC), Mr. Bendik Bergendal (University of Bergen), Ms. Rachel Channell (independent), Dr. Kyle Jazwa (University of Maastricht), Ms. India Kelly (UMBC), Mr. Damian Koropeckyj (independent), Ms. Rowan May (York Archaeology), Dr. Christopher Nuttall (Swedish Institute at Athens), and Ms. Riia Timonen (University of Leiden). The following undergraduate and post-graduate students participated for fieldwork experience, training, or academic credit hours: Ms. Elliot Alvey (University of Virginia), Ms. Sofia Beroukli (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens “NKUA”), Ms. Katie Bjerkaas (UMBC), Ms. Brady Cavanagh (UMBC), Mr. Pratik Dontham-shetty (University of Maastricht), Ms. Lucy Edwards (University of Oxford “Oxon”), Mr. Michael Fischer (UMBC), Ms. Elliot Francolla (Oxon), Mr. George Ftergiotis (NKUA), Mr. Christian Graf (University of Heidelberg), Ms. Elle Heywood (NKUA), Mr. Michael McCann (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Mr. Alexander Robson (Oxon), Ms. Grace Saunders (University of Virginia), Mr. Rory Shields (Oxon), and Mr. William Smith (University of Manchester). |