KU
ClassicsExcavations at Gournia, Crete, GREECE
June 17 -
July 28, 2012
Last update: 17 August 2011
|
 Gournia, view from the east |
This program is for Kansas University students
only.
- Students at other universities should consult the general
announcement and application.
Preference will
be given to Classics majors and minors and to students who have had some
introduction to Greek art and culture.
This program is not for
credit, although course credit can be
earned by enrolling in CLSX 570 Study Abroad Topics in Archaeology and Art
of Greece.
Application deadline
for this program: 1 November.
Application should include
- cover letter expressing interest in participating on this
excavation and mentioning special qualifications (e.g., relevant courses
taken, prior excavation experience, capability of doing hard work,
living/studying abroad)
- CV/resume
- three letters of reference that address issues of reliability,
physical stamina, personal ethics
Send all materials to:
KU CLSX Gournia
Professor Pamela Gordon
Dept of Classics
1445 Jawhawk Blvd, 1021 Wescoe Hall
Kansas University
Lawrence, KS 66045
The excavation
- The site is Gournia, a prehistoric village site in east
Crete dating
primarily to the Late Minoan period (Late Bronze Age, ca. 1500-1200
BCE).
- The Director of Excavations is L. Vance Watrous, University of
Buffalo.
- Contact person at KU and in Crete is Professor John Younger,
Department of
Classics. Professor Younger will meet the students at the Herakleion
airport on June 15, and will drive the students in a rental car to Pacheia
Ammos, the village where we stay. Younger will also be responsible for the
KU
students during the excavation, and will drive them back to the Herakleion
airport for their return home in the days immediately following the end of
the excavation (July 28).
- KU will provide lodging for the students in Pacheia Ammos. Students
will provide their own transportation from the United States to and from
the Herakleion airport, their own food, and any other personal items.
- Students do the excavating. This is hard work: breaking up earth with
pick axes, removing the dug earth with wheelbarrows, shoveling, cleaning
the site, making drawings, and other tasks. There will be some delicate
work cleaning and removing artifacts, but most work involves removing
earth.
- Summers in Greece are hot (90-100 degrees most days, 70 degrees
most nights) and dry.
- Excavation starts June 16, with an archaeological orientation on
site
directed by Professor Watrous the day before (June 15). Excavation runs
M-F with a half-day on Saturday; Saturday afternoons and Sundays are free.
- Daily routine: Professor Younger will provide
transportation from our
lodgings in Pacheia Ammos to the site at 6:45 am, Mo-Sa. Work begins on
site
at
7:00 am. Students bring their own water. There is a 15 minute rest at 9:30
and a half-hour rest at 11:00
("kolatsó," a time for students to eat something).
At 1:30 we pack up our tools and leave the site by 2:00. In the afternoon,
after the 2nd week, students will be expected to wash pottery and do other
tasks for 2 hours. On Saturdays,
there is no kolatsó and work stops at noon; students have
the rest of the day off. On Sundays, there
will be scheduled free field trips to other sites.
- In Pacheia Ammos there is the Center for East Cretan
Studies (run
by the Institute for Aegean Prehistory). There, in the afternoons students
will wash pottery and do other tasks for the excavation. The Center also
has Internet,
laundry facilities, a library, a kitchen and other amenities.
Pacheia Ammos
Living in Pacheia Ammos
- Pacheia Ammos is a small village (pop. about 500) on a
beach, lined with several restaurants and cafés, most of which have
Internet. On the main road through the village there are two small general
stores (groceries and basic pharameutical supplies [soap, shampoo,
etc.]) and one bakery that also makes sandwiches (good for
kolatsó).
There is no bank, ATM, or pharmacy in Pacheia Ammos.
- To the south of Pacheia Ammos is Hierapetra and to the
north is Ayios Nikolaos; both are large towns with department
stores, bigger restaurants (including Chinese), pharmacies, barbers, banks
ATMs, and other
amenities. Professor
Younger and various staff members will have the use of rental cars and
will make regular runs into Hierapetra and Ayios Nikolaos for student
needs.
- Students will be housed in small apartment buildings or in one of
the two hotels in the village.
The Villa Marcos, one of
the student residences in Pacheia Ammos
Expenses, estimated
| Meals: 42 lunches (€2 for sandwich and
drink)
and
dinners (€8) = $14/day: | about $
600 |
| Airfare (round trip: Kansas City to Herakleion, Crete): | about $1600
|
| TOTAL | about $2200 |
Costs are based on an exchange rate
expected to be in effect, and are
subject to
increase.
FURTHER
INFORMATION
Students accepted into the program will be
sent specific information on financial aid,
lodging, suggested clothing, and
other practical matters; parents will also be sent additional information
including contact information.
In the
meantime, questions may be addressed to
Professor John
Younger
Dept. of Classics
1032 Wescoe, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd
University of
Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045Tel: (785) 864-3263
Fax: (785)
864-5566
email:
jyounger@ku.edu
ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED
WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR,
NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION OR PREFERENCE, SEX OR AGE.
THE UNIVERSITY OF
KANSAS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS PROGRAM. SHOULD IT DO
SO,
REFUNDS WILL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S REFUND
POLICY.
Deadline: 1 November 2011.