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Happy #InternationalArchaeologyDay from the sunny Cyclades! This year's fieldwork has been anything but ordinary, so I thought I'd celebrate #IAD2020 by sharing everything we've been doing since June!
Buckle up for another #threadsofthreads! 1/
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#greece #archaeology #travel
Buckle up for another #threadsofthreads! 1/
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#greece #archaeology #travel
2/ As soon as the #Covid_19 lockdown ended in #Athens, @LevintheMed & I were on Naxos to start a new project! We were focused on Archaic sculpture, but there's much more to the island than that! Check out our 5 part #NotesFromNaxos, with the @ASCSAthens! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1275390491614478336
3/ While we were on Naxos, I also took over the @Tweetistorian account to explore some recent trends in the #history & #archaeology of the Cyclades! Check it out if you want to know more about the story behind one of the most beautiful places on earth! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1275028277569208324
4/ In July, we started our whirlwind second season of the Small Cycladic Islands Project! Exploring the smallest landscapes in Greece is an amazing experience & you can learn more about the project here! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1276849650008567808
5/ But how do we go about surveying these rough and rugged little islands? Take a look at this thread, that takes you through the whole process from A to Z! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1280872759095066624
6/ Don't think that SCIP is only interested in the Classical past, some of our most fascinating discoveries focus on much more recent events! This thread explores the archaeological record of the short-lived 18th c. #Russian occupation of the Cyclades! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1284466093935951873
7/ August brought a move from the smallest islands in Greece to one of the largest, working with the @NorwInst's excavations at the Neolithic site of Gourimadi on Evia!
I'll pass it over to @FlintDibble for this one & his great thread on the project! https://twitter.com/FlintDibble/status/1289221859263700994
I'll pass it over to @FlintDibble for this one & his great thread on the project! https://twitter.com/FlintDibble/status/1289221859263700994
8/ After GAP, it was back to Athens to start my new post in #digitalhumanities at the @ASCSAthens, where we've organized weekly webinars on the #Archaeology of Greece! These range from topics on Red Figure pottery from the Athenian Agora... https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1306880910437089281
9/ ...to the Hephaestion, the best preserved temple in Greece... https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1312326793031045120
10/ ...to more thematic conversations about particular aspects of Greek #archaeology, like regional survey! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1304762161328250881
11/ Working on these webinars has kept me on the move, researching, studying, and filming archaeological sites, landscapes, and scholars across Greece!
We recently went to Kea to film some amazing footage for next week's installment on Ayia Irini! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1313134880973357057
We recently went to Kea to film some amazing footage for next week's installment on Ayia Irini! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1313134880973357057
12/ While we were on Kea, we explored the rich archaeology of the island, which has some of the most picturesque sites in #Greece! Take a look at this #thread on Kephala, one of the most important Neolithic sites in the Cyclades! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1313775275184992258
13/ But of course I was drawn to the amazing Archaic #archaeology on Kea, when the island was at its peak! Karthea might just be one of the most beautiful sites I've ever seen, see for yourself here! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1314229210139983874
14/ But it's not all islands for me, unfortunately! I've also had to slum it in Nafplio for research, one of my favorite places on the planet! I've been trying to get to know the post-ancient city a bit better! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1310624539311771648
15/ Working in the Argolid allowed me to visit #Mycenae shortly after it was struck by some intense wildfires earlier this Fall! The firefighters did an amazing job keeping the site relatively unscathed, with some help from the fortification walls! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1302667586329608192
16/ But don't get the wrong idea, this Summer wasn't all fieldwork fun and games: colleagues and I also managed to get some interesting research published! If you're into pastoralism, agriculture, or Bactria, check out this piece with @DanPlekhov! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1270988157845192709
17/ The results of the first season of the Small Cycladic Islands Project were also just published in @journal_island! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1312008519747600390
18/ And that, finally, brings us back to today, #InternationalArchaeologyDay! The SCIP team is back on Paros to finish studying material from our second season of fieldwork! Learn more about what we're doing here! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1315622541357088768
19/ This means studying some of the spectacular archaeology on the island to better inform the understanding of our own material! Check out this thread on an amazing Hellenistic sculptor's workshop just outside Paroikia! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1316024177267101700
20/ We're also collaborating with other archaeologists on the island, & recently went to the unbelievably fascinating island sanctuary of Despotiko to help out with some mapping! https://twitter.com/LevineRx/status/1316783997993865221
21/ What's next? There's more to do on Paros, @LevintheMed and I will be presenting our work on *big* sculpture from #Naxos at this year's digital @archaeology_aia annual meeting, and many more webinars to come!
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#archaeology #IAD2020 #InternationalArchaeologyDay #greece
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#archaeology #IAD2020 #InternationalArchaeologyDay #greece
