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  • Archiving the Sanctuary of the Great Gods

    As one of my research focuses this summer I have been working to organize and prepare the digital archive of the excavation and research history of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods at Samothrace. This project includes the collection and organization of various record types from the history of the project.

  • Perilous Plaster Pieces (Poem)

    Sometime before, I had encountered you. I remember the years; it was just two. But now trouble you bring me, my great foe. Oh, here in Samothrace, you mock me so!

  • Columns, Altar Courts, and Angel Babies: An architecture blog post on Samothrace

    The 2015 summer season had many architectural projects to tackle! Within our office cottage lies the “architecture grotto,” where our motto is “home is where the surfboard is,” surfboard being the nickname of the tank of a laptop used for architecture software.

  • Getting Stoned

    Acid testing is crucial for identifying various stone types in the field. Often, rocks look the same, but are quite different.

  • Surveying on Samothrace

    The 2015 Samothrace survey team has been very busy capturing data throughout the site to help spatially locate a number of buildings and geographical features. This year, we used several new technologies to improve our understanding of the site. For the first time in Samothracian history, we captured aerial imagery using an aerial robot. Unfortunately,…

  • Mapping the Stones of the Sanctuary of the Great Gods

    The Sanctuary of the Great Gods at Samothrace is constructed from a wide variety of local stone types. Over the past three seasons we have researched which types of stones were used in the construction of these buildings and from which parts of the island they may have been quarried.