Archaeology JOURNAL
2018-2019 | Issue 7
Aphrodisias: New display of mask-and-garland frieze from South Agora
In This Issue 2 | Abydos, Egypt Matthew Adams, Senior Research Scholar; Field Director, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU Excavations at Abydos
3 | Aphrodisias, Turkey oland R.R. Smith, Lincoln Professor of R Classical Archaeology and Art, University of Oxford; Director of NYU Excavations at Aphrodisias Katherine Welch, Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU; Deputy Director at Aphrodisias
4 | Samothrace, Greece onna D. Wescoat, Samuel Candler Dobbs B Professor of Art History, Emory University; Director of Emory University and NYU Excavations, Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace
5 | Selinunte, Sicily Clemente Marconi, James R. McCredie
Professor in the History of Greek Art and Archaeology, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU; Project Director of Excavations at Selinunte
Rosalia Pumo, Field Director of Excavations at Selinunte, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
6 | Sanam, Sudan Kathryn Howley, Lila Acheson Wallace
Assistant Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art, Institute of Fine Arts
Message from the Director Welcome to the seventh edition of the Institute’s Archaeology Journal. This year’s journal is dedicated to the life and great work of beloved teacher and archaeologist, James Robert McCredie, Sherman Fairchild Professor of Greek Archaeology and Architecture, who passed away earlier this year. I’m honored to share with you a report detailing the achievements of this year’s 2018 excavation season. The Institute now sponsors fve excavations that provide our students with diverse training while adding to scholarship in archaeology. With the new appointment of Dr. Kathryn Howley as the Lila Acheson Wallace Assistant Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art, we add an excavation at Sanam in Sudan to our other excavations: Abydos in Egypt, Selinunte in Sicily, The Sanctuary of the Gods in Samothrace, and Aphrodisias in Turkey. This season in Abydos, site director Matthew Adams and his team found a new sarcophagus from the southeast necropolis. In Aphrodisias, under the direction of Ronald R.R. Smith, a new project was undertaken to conserve the facade of the Civil Basilica. Through excavations led by Bonna Wescoat, the team in Samothrace relocated key features of the famous Winged Victory: the Stoa, Nike Precinct, and Theater. Owing to a new collaboration with the University of Milan, Clemente Marconi and his team greatly expanded operations in Selinunte, leading to further discoveries in the excavation of their three trenches. I hope you will join me in celebrating these exciting new discoveries and the scholarship of our esteemed faculty, students, and supporters.
7 | The Institute’s Archaeology Program Donors 8 | In Memoriam: James Robert McCredie 11 | Spotlight
Christine Poggi Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director Institute of Fine Arts