Moles and Me
Hard to believe that all I remember of my first experience in a small American college was its moles. I was completing my graduate thesis...
Vetricella excavations: month 6
A mixture of showers and long fine days is helping the digging as they move into the sixth month of excavation of this unusual...
Kastro Apalirou, Naxos
I climbed up to the mountainous peak of Kastro Apalirou in central Naxos eleven years ago. A decade later David Hill told me about the...
Pilgrimage to Keros
In 1963 a graduate student landed on the remote island of Keros and discovered a surface spread of broken Cycladic marble figurines. It...
Naxos – Chora
I am passing through the Cycladic island of Naxos on my way to visit Colin Renfrew’s excavations on Keros. The little airport defines one...
Athens Elefthérios Venizélos Airport
Airports, according to the French philosopher, Marc Augé, are quintessential non-places. They are anonymous and essentially figments of...
Vetricella: the third season
Our nEU-Med excavations at Vetricella, near Scarlino re-started four weeks ago and have benefited from blissful weather. Five months of...
