On the field and off, we’re working hard all year long
In addition to the periodic excavation and the sustained study, conservation, and public presentation of finds from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea, the Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology operates three other field projects in Greece and an excavation archive on the U.C. Berkeley campus:
- Excavation of the prehistoric settlement on the Tsoungiza Hill, Ancient Nemea
- The Tombs of Aidonia Preservation, Heritage, and ExplOration Synergasia (TAPHOS), Phlious Valley
- Study, conservation, and publication of the Late Bronze Age workshop and residential building, Petsas House, Mycenae, Argolid
- Digitization of archival material on campus @ UC Berkeley
Fun in the Field
Katie and Kostas represent that Cal blue and gold!
Kostas and Dimitris modeling their fancy hats!
Students and workmen line up to make shade for field photography!
Massimo and Yesenia on wheelbarrow duty
Students mentally prepare for the next wheelbarrow run
Did we mention there's a lot of wheelbarrowing involved in fieldwork?
Sometimes we wear purple :)
Awwww <3
Team work makes the dream work <3
Documenting our progress is fun!
No animals were harmed in the making of this photo :)
Dr. Shelton in Tomb 104!
All soil must be sifted while we're excavating. Here, Nikolina shows us how it's done :)
We never have any fun.
Director on site!
Dimitris and Panagiotis ride off into the sunset...
D gets it done.
Sitting pretty at Petsas House!
Trench 17 in 2004!
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Nemea Center in the News
- Nemea to be awarded the European Cultural Heritage Label
- A land strewn with antiquities
- A day in Nemea: Good wine and ancient monuments
- Digging up the Heroes of Ancient Greece with Kim Shelton
- Two intact graves of the Mycenaean era
- UC Berkeley Nemea Center celebrates 50 years of Panhellenic Games research, excavation