Archaeology journal
2023 | Issue 10
Interior of Civil Basilica, 3D visualisation
In This Issue 2 | 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
3 | Samothrace, Greece
onna D. Wescoat, Director, American B School of Classical Studies at Athens; Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History, Emory University; Director of Excavations, Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace
4 | 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, Project Co-Director of Excavations at Selinunte, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU Andrew Farinholt Ward, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History, Emory University; Field Director of Excavations at Selinunte
5 | Student Spotlight 7 | The Institute’s Archaeology Program Donors
Message from the Director Welcome to this year’s edition of the Institute’s Archaeology Journal. This publication celebrates another vibrant excavation season, yielding numerous fascinating discoveries. In Aphrodisias, under the leadership of Roland R. R. Smith, a team of students and colleagues completed the excavation of Tetrapylon Street, begun in 2008. They also discovered a small restaurant with its furnishings intact. In Samothrace, under the direction of Bonna Wescoat, the team continued work on the hillside where James McCredie unearthed a deposit of plaster architectural moldings in 1995, with many Institute of Fine Arts students contributing to the documentation of the findings. In Selinunte, Clemente Marconi and his team conducted extensive investigations in the main urban sanctuary area on the Acropolis. Due to travel and research restrictions, Matthew Adams and his team were unable to visit Abydos, and Kathryn Howley and her team could not travel to Sanam. Our ongoing success in the archaeological program is made possible by the dedication of our exceptional faculty, students, close collaborators, and generous donors. We are excited to share this year’s exhilarating fieldwork discoveries and look forward to many groundbreaking achievements ahead! Christine Poggi Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director The Institute of Fine Arts