Month: July 2024

Kayra Lyons:

This week, we picked up where last year’s students left off, beginning excavations and getting the ball rolling. I have been working primarily in Excavation Unit 25, along with two other Reed Students, Emi Clarke and Parker Miraldi. Day after day, we have begun to uncover artifacts and special features like walls and basalt slabs that give answers, but also make our excavation more confusing. Although the heat has definitely been an adjustment, after a few days the excitement over the artifacts we begin to find makes you forget how hot you are.

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The Vigla Archaeological Field School 2024 season is underway! Look here for student trench updates and posts about archaeology and life in Cyprus. We’ll be trying for each trench to do an update every week!

This year our students are Mason Ross, Riley Stockton, Laila Maidenberg, Emi Clarke, Parker Miraldi, and Ella Arnold (for a second time, having participated in 2023). The project, cosponsored by MSU Denver, also includes students from that institution, as well as from Boston University. Our staff are:

Tom Landvatter, Reed (co-director)
Brandon R. Olson, MSU Denver (co-director)
Melanie Godsey, Trinity University (co-director)
Brandon Baker, Elon University (trench supervisor)
Elise Poppen, Indiana University (trench supervisor)
Lex Ladge (’19), University of Chicago (registrar)
Justin Stephens, MSU Denver (senior staff)