The Mediterranean Archeological Trust (MAT) is pleased to announce that it awarded 19 grants to the following worthy projects in 2019:
- A Minoan Antique: A Protopalatial Seal in an Early Iron Age Votive Deposit (Anavlochos, Crete) – Lead Researcher: Dr Florence Gaignerot-Driessen. For more information about the project, see the project’s blog site, their Facebook group and their Twitter account; for more information about the Lead Researcher, click here.
- Archaeometric analyses of metal finds from prehistoric Thorikos (Lavreotiki, Greece) – phase 1: pXRF analyses – Lead Researcher: Dr Sylviane Dederix. For more information about the project, click here; for more information about the Lead Researcher, click here.
- Ayios Vasilios near Sparta/Laconia: The Early Bronze Age – Lead Researcher: Dr Vasco Hachtmann.
- Chipped Stone from the Neolithic Site of Varemeni Goulon, Northern Greece: Raw Material Exploitation, Production Techniques, and Tool Use – Lead Researcher: Dr Odysseas Kakavakis.
- Clay Documents from Petsas House, Mycenae – Lead Researcher: Dr Lynne Kvapil. For more information about the Researcher, see her Academia.edu page, University page, or click here.
- Defining the occupation of Sant’ Ippolito (Sicily) during the Bronze Age: Integrating archaecometric analyses with new radiocarbon dates – Lead Researcher: Mr Gianpiero Caso. For more information about the project, click here.
- Exploring the multiple dimension of Cetina pottery. The tumuli at Brnjica and Poljakuše (Dalmatia – HR), in the context of the Early Bronze Age Central Mediterranean – Researchers: Dr Maja Gori and Dr. Giulia Recchia. For more information about the Researchers, see their profiles here and here.
- Final phase of study of the wall paintings from Mycenaean Thebes (1998 excavations) – Lead Researcher: Mr Nikos Sepetzoglou.
- Juktas Vol. I: The Middle Minoan III Building Complex at Alonaki – Lead Researcher: Dr Alexandra Karetsou.
- Mali Dol – The Late Bronze Age necropolis – Lead Researcher: Dr Aleksandra Papazovska. For more information about the project, click here; for more information about the Researcher, click here.
- Motya. Final Report of the excavations carried out by Vincenzo Tusa in the so-called Luogo di Arsione (1970-1972, 1974) – Lead Researcher: Dr Adriano Orsingher. For more information about the Researcher, click here.
- Past and Present Fishing in the Aliakmon River: Exploring the Function of Notched Cobbles – Lead Researcher: Dr Anna Stroulia.
- The Archaic Cemetery of Motya. Vol. 1. Final Report of five excavation seasons (2013-17) undertaken by the University of Palermo expedition on the island of San Pantaleo, Marsala (Sicily) – Lead Researcher: Dr Paola Sconzo. For more information about the project, click here; for more information about the Researcher, click here or here.
- The Khirbet Ghozlan Excavation Project: investigating Bronze Age olive horticulture in the Jordan Valley Escarpment – Lead Researcher: Dr James Fraser. For more information about the project, click here; for more information about the Researcher, click here.
- The Late Bronze Age Tholos Tombs at Pteleon, Thessaly, Greece : Preparation of publication of the archaeological material – Lead Researcher: Dr Dimitra Rousioti. For more information about the Researcher, click here.
- The Middle Bronze Age at Zincirli Höyük (Turkey): Study and publication of the ceramics assemblage from Area 2. Year 2 – Lead Researcher: Dr Sebastiano Soldi. For more information about the project, click here; for more information about the Researcher, click here.
- The Middle Neolithic pottery workshop at ‘Magoula Rizava, western Thessaly, central Greece – Lead Researcher: Dr Athanasia Krahtopoulou. For more information about the project, click here or here; for more information about the Researcher, click here.
- The Palace and the Town at MM IIB Phaistos: The house to the west of the Middle West Court – Lead Researcher: Dr Ilaria Caloi. For more information about the Researcher, click here.
- Typological reassessment of the Middle Bronze Age ceramic assemblage from Cozzo del Pantano necropolis (Siracusa, Sicily) – Lead Researcher: Mr Paolo Trapani. For more information about the Researcher, see his Linkedin profile, Facebook page or Academia.edu page.
Congratulations to all our grantees.