Archaeology JOURNAL
2019-2020 | Issue 8
Abydos: Detail of painted decoration on the interior of a coffin, showing beings residing in the underworld
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 | Sanam, Sudan Kathryn Howley, Lila Acheson Wallace
Assistant Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art, Institute of Fine Arts
6 | 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
Message from the Director I am delighted to present the eighth edition of the Institute’s Archaeology Journal. This year’s publication celebrates new research from this past season that paves the way for future discoveries at our fve archaeological sites around the globe. In Abydos, under the direction of Matthew Adams, students began conserving and stabilizing a site that was vandalized after our own David O’Connor performed its original excavation in the 1960s. At Aphrodisias, through excavations led by Roland R.R. Smith, new mosaics, window glass, and marble sculptures were discovered in collaboration with students from Oxford and several Turkish universities. In Samothrace, Bonna Wescoat and her team used photogrammetry modeling to enhance ongoing excavations and laid the groundwork for further research. At the Institute’s newest site in Sanam, Kathryn Howley along with students found an impressive mud brick wall which they believe dates to the frst half of the eighth century BCE. And fnally, in Selinunte, Clemente Mariconi and his team discovered a well-preserved antler of a red deer, likely used by worshippers of the goddess Artemis. Every year I look forward to receiving these reports from our site directors about their spectacular excavations. Thanks to their amazing work, as well as that of our remarkable students and the support of generous donors, the Institute continues to make important and exciting contributions to the feld of archeology. I hope you will enjoy learning about the extraordinary work undertaken this past year by our fellow colleagues and students out in the feld.
Rosalia Pumo, Field Director of Excavations at Selinunte, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
7 | Spotlight Christine Poggi Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director Institute of Fine Arts