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Aegosthena Excavation 1893 Agrileza Excavation 1977-1983 Agrileza Project 1995-1997 Agrileza Survey 1990 Daou-Pendeli Monastery Architectural Survey 1902 Dema House Excavation 1958-60 Kynosarges Excavation 1896-1897 Kythera Island Project (KIP) Kythera Kastri Excavation 1963-1965 Kythera Palaiochori Survey 1986-1990 Methana Survey 1982-1987 Olympeion Excavation 1890 Olympeion Rescue Excavation 1887 Vari House Excavation 1966

Aetolia Topographic Survey 1892-1893 Abae and Hyampolis Excavation 1894 Astakos Excavation 1932 Boeotia Excavations 1906 Boeotia Survey 1979-1997 Haliartos Excavation 1926 Haliartos Excavation 1931 Haliartos Survey 1986 Rhitsona Excavation 1907-1909 Lefkandi Excavations 1964-1970 Lefkandi Toumba Excavation 1981-1986 Lefkandi Toumba Excavation 1992-1994 Lefkandi-Xeropolis Project 2003-2008 Lefkandi-Xeropolis project 2011-2013 Phylla Project 1994-1999 Rhitsona Excavation 1921-1922 The Prosilio project 2017 The Survey of Thisve 2006-2012 (Byzantine Kastorion and Multiperiod Complex of Sites)

The Ayia Kyriaki, Melos Project Cambridge Keros Project 2006-2008 Cyclades Research Project 1999 Keros Dhaskalio Kavos Survey 1987-1988 Keros Island Survey 2012-2013 Keros-Naxos Seaways Project 2015-2018 Markiani Amorgos Project 1985-1990 Melos Campaign 1896-1899 Melos Survey 1989 Melos Survey 2002 Mikre Vigla Survey 1985-1986 Phylakopi Excavation 1911 Phylakopi Project 1974-1977 Saliagos Excavation 1964-1965 Siphnos Excavation 1935-1938

Alimnia Underwater Survey 1997 Chios Campaign 1952-1955 Hagios Galas Cave Excavation 1938 Kato Phana Excavation 1934 Kato Phana Project 1997-2006 Lesbos Campaign 1928-1932 WASAP: West Area of Samos Archaeological Project

Asprochaliko Excavation 1981 Asprochaliko-Kastritsa Excavation 1964-1967 Epirus Survey 1992 Klithi Excavation 1983-1988

Aetos Excavation 1952 Ithaca Excavation 1930-1934 Ithaca Excavation 1937-1938 Zakynthos Excavation 1933 Zakynthos Wreck Project 1991-1993

Assiros Toumba Project 1975-1980 Assiros Toumba Excavation 1985-1988 Chauchitsa Excavation 1921-1922 Dawkins in Mount Athos 1905-1935 Hasluck in Mount Athos 1911 Khrysoupolis Survey 1979 Louloudies Survey 1995 Macedonia Campaign 1915-1919 Macedonian Mounds Survey 1924-1925 Mount Pangaeum Excavation 1930 Nea Nikomedia Excavation 1961-1963 Nea Roda Survey 1991-1998 Paliambela Excavation 2000-2002 Photolivos-Sitagroi Excavation 1968-1970 Prehistoric Macedonia Prehistoric Mounds in Macedonia 1909-1911 Servia Project 1971-1973 Strymon Delta study season 2002 Strymon Delta Survey 1982 Thasos Survey 1907 The Olynthos Project 2014-2019 Vardaroftsa Toumba Excavation 1925-1926 Vlachs in Macedonia 1911

Halliday Travels Cyzicus, Mysia and Bithynia Hasluck Asia Minor Travels Kirk Kilisse Survey 1910 Hasluck Travels 1912 Hogarth Travels 1891-1904 Greek Dialects in Asia Minor 1909-1914 Latin Monuments 1907-1909 Thrace: Carnival Folklore 1905-1906 Dodecanese & Cyclades 1906-1907 Wace Hellenistic Research Cyprus Excavation Fund 1894 Cyprus Museum 1909 Datcha Peninsula 1911 Galatia Asia Minor Survey 1898 Naukratis Excavation 1899 Study Tour to Egypt and Near East 1904 Byzantine Architectural Study Cyprus Expedition Fund 1888-1890 Old Smyrna Campaign 1948-1951 Paphos Excavation 1966-1971 Saranda Kolones Excavation 1981-1984 Sicilian Naxos Project 1998-2001 Tocra Project 1964-1967 Southwest Asia Minor: Prehistoric Survey 1910-1911 Maroni Valley Archaeological Survey Project 1990-1995

Aphyssou Tsakona Project 1989-1991 Ayios Stephanos Excavation 1959-1963 Ayios Stephanos Excavation Project 1973-1977 Evrotas Valley Geoarchaeological Survey 1999 Isthmia Excavation 1932-1933 Kenchreai Quarry Landscapes 2013-2016 Kouphovouno Project 1999-2006 Kyparissia Excavation 1893 Laconia Excavations 1905 Laconia Rural Site Survey 1993-1994 Laconia Survey 1983-1988 Laconia Topography 1904-1909 Laconia Topography: Architectural Survey 1905-1909 Laconia Topography: Field Survey 1904-1909 Late Roman and Byzantine use of the Theatre Space Project Mamousia Excavation 1951 Megalopolis Excavation 1890-1893 Megalopolis Survey 1981-1983 Monemvasia Survey 1991-1996 Mycenae Excavation 1920-1923 Mycenae Excavation 1939 Mycenae Excavation 1950-1955 Mycenae Excavation 1959-1969 Mycenae study seasons Mycenae Survey 1991-1993 Pavlopetri Underwater Survey 1968 Peneios Valley Project 1967-1969 Perachora Building Survey 1964-1966 Perachora Excavation 1930-1939 Perachora Excavation 1982 Perachora Lake Vouliagmeni Excavation 1972 Perachora Stoa Excavation 1963 Perachora Waterworks Excavation 1972 Sparta Basilica Project 2000-2001 Sparta Excavation 1906-1910 Sparta Excavation 1924-1927 Sparta Geomorphological Survey 1996 Sparta Menelaion Excavation 1973-1980 Sparta Museum Catalogue 1904 Sparta Rescue Excavations 1949 Sparta Roman Stoa Excavation 1989-1991 Sparta Sanctuaries Project Sparta Theatre Excavation 1992-1998 The Menelaion project The Pavlopetri Underwater Archaeological Project 2009-2011 Topographic Survey of Arcadia-Laconia 1892-1893

Halos Excavation 1912 The Koutroulou Magoula Archaeology and Archaeological Ethnographic Project 2010-2019 Volos Area, Pelion and Sporades Survey 1905 Pherae Excavation 1899 Prehistoric Thessaly & the Spercheios Valley 1908-1910 Theotokou Excavation 1907 Pelion: Carnival Folklore 1907-1909

Kouphovouno project: study season 2004

Assessment and Analysis: Study season

The main objective for this season was to complete the study of Areas A, D, E and F: the former two were trials made in 2001 but were not part of the land purchased in 2002, and so will not be excavated further. Likewise Areas E and F had an overburden of historical levels and hence, given the aims of the project; are unlikely to be a priority for further work. In addition there were tasks which it had not been possible to complete during the full excavation season last year: sorting of the residue from the soil sample flotation, digitising plans and entering relevant data on AutoCad for the GIS programme, finds processing (pottery, chipped stone, ground stone, animal bones, small finds), digital photography of finds, entering of excavation records on the database and a general check to make sure all electronic records were up-to-date and accurate. Study of the pottery focused on Areas A, D, E and F. Particular points of interest, taken chronologically, include the complete Middle Neolithic vessels found in the deepest contexts in Area F (0515-0520), together with patterned, scribble-burnished and monochrome Urfirnis. There were few Late Neolithic contexts in these areas but D0308 and 0311 have Black Ware, Grey Ware and some Matt-Painted. Area D also has the best Final Neolithic contexts, in particular 0309 and 0310. The pottery is typically heavy, not particularly well made and inconsistently fired, so that the surface colour is very variable. A0004, the stone-filled pit in Area A, contained a large quantity of pottery which, apart from a few residual Middle Neolithic and Late Neolithic sherds, appears to be consistently Early Helladic 2 early and should help to define this period ceramically in Laconia. The fine ware vessels consist of sauceboats, bowls and jars but it is in the coarse wares that we see local characteristics, such as large bowls with plain diagonal cordons. Chipped stone artefacts from Areas A, D, E and F were studied by Dr Anna Karabotsoli. 134 were recovered and of these 73% were of obsidian. Armelle Gardeisen had already studied the animal bones from the 2001 excavation season, and this year she examined contexts from Areas B, C, E, F and G. So far some 2,784 fragments have been examined of which only about one third (918) could be identified, due to the notable fragmentation of the bones and the deposit of mineral concretions on the surface. In general the main domesticates are represented and wild animals are not common, though boar and deer are attested. The samples from contexts of historical date (Areas E and F) were too small for analysis. In the prehistoric periods there are not, at the moment, marked differences from one period to another.

Active in 2004.