Lisa Pieraccini

Campus Colleague

Lisa C. Pieraccini works on the art and archaeology of the first millennium BCE in Italy, with special emphasis on the Etruscans and early Romans. She lived in Italy for many years where she taught and conducted research in Rome and southern Etruria. Her interests include Etruscan craft connectivity, international trade, funerary art and ritual, and issues of identity. Dr.

Region(s): 
Mediterranean
Research Theme(s): 
Etruscan Art

TAPHOS 2018 Season in Aidonia Greece

Excavations at Aidonia

The Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology excavated, in the 2018 season, at the Late Bronze Age site of Aidonia in Greece, in collaboration with Dr. Konstantinos Kissas of the Korinthian Ephorate of Antiquites. Kim Shelton and her team of graduate and undergraduate students completed excavation of one Mycenaean chamber tomb and explored several graves and domestic features dating to the Late Roman and Byzantine periods.

Kim Shelton Research Profile

Kim Shelton
Affiliated Faculty

I excavate the prehistoric site of Mycenae and the classical sanctuary of Nemea, both in Greece. As a specialist in ceramics, I work with material culture and involve many students in my research, here and abroad. Currently I am working on the earliest manifestations of Greek religious ritual through permanent architectural establishments and recognized paraphernalia - such as figurines.

Education

B.A. 1987 University of Texas at Austin

M.A. 1989, Ph.D. 1993 University of Pennsylvania

Region(s): 
Mediterranean
Research Theme(s): 
pottery analysis, Classical archaeology, Aegean prehistory, Religion, mythology

Benjamin W. Porter

Benjamin W. Porter
Affiliated Faculty

Benjamin W. Porter a associate professor of Near Eastern Archaeology in the University of California, Berkeley's Near Eastern Studies Department. Porter is a Near Eastern archaeologist who investigates how past Middle Eastern and Mediterranean societies built resilient communities and institutions in arid and semi-arid zones. He directs field archaeology projects in Jordan at the Iron Age capitals of Dhiban and Busayra. He also co-directs a museum collections project at the Hearst Museum that is researching evidence from Peter B.

Region(s): 
Near East, Mediterranean
Research Theme(s): 
Early Iron Age

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