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Week One
June 26, 2006

Week Two
July 3, 2006

Week Three
July 10, 2006

Week Four
July 17, 2006

Week Five
July 24, 2006

Week Six
July 31, 2006

Week Four - July 17, 2006

Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 Fig. 8 Fig. 9

The rain is lessening although during several afternoons this week we have threatening skies and we are still getting some showers.  One afternoon we get a torrential downpour and some of us pose in the doorway of the Cultural Center with the road flooding outside (fig. 1). The excavations are progressing in general and the daytime temperatures remain very pleasant.  Trench A has been making good progress after the rains (fig. 2).

One afternoon this week is devoted to pottery discussions between my co-Director, Mary Voyatzis, and the excavators, illustrator, conservator and registrar (fig. 3).  The pottery from the trenches is brought in to the lab, washed and sorted under the direction of Leslie Hammond of the Appleton Museum of Art (fig. 4) and then examined and studied. We are fortunate to have an excellent conservator working with us, Terry Moreno of the Arizona State Museum (fig. 5).  Our illustrator Lois Kain draws the most important pottery shapes and the finds.

On Friday, our colleague Professor Yanis Pikoulas of the University of Thessaly arrives with three students. Dr. Pikoulas who is an ancient historian and topographer is undertaking a study of the area surrounding Mt. Lykaion, with special interest in the ancient cities and towns that existed nearby and the roadways that linked these towns and the sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion. This will be an important part of the results of the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project.  His students, all Ph.D. candidates are Evangelia P. Eleftheriou and George I. Terais of the University of Thessaly and Eleni Salavoura of the University of Athens (fig. 6).  Dr. Pikoulas gives an interesting afternoon presentation on the subject of some of his recent Arcadian research (fig. 7).

The Sunday excursion is to a number of local Arcadian sites including the ancient city of Trapezous (fig. 8), Gortys and Megalopolis.  We enjoy a delicious lunch in the village of Elleniko (fig. 9).

~DGR

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