"Modern tech unlocks secret of ancient art": a paper by Mike Miller in UC News about the program of experimental archaeology led by Florence Gaignerot-Driessen in collaboration with DAAP.

Based on 3D-models of ancient molded terracottas recovered from a votive deposit at Anavlochos, Crete, copies in durable resin were printed at the Rapid Prototyping Center. These were used to create clay molds and replicas at the Ceramics lab in order to study their process of production and fragmentation.

In a new podcast Steven Ellis speaks about the importance of context in archaeological work at the ancient city of Pompeii.

Professor Steven Ellis directed archaeological excavations in the Porta Stabia neighborhood in Pompeii, which he hopes is leading to a better understanding of local businesses and the ancient economy before 79 A.D.

See more of this paper by Mike Miller in UC News!

Our Rawson visinting scholar Jan Driessen gave a lecture titled “The Troubled Island 30 years later: The Bronze Age Santorini Eruption and its Consequences in the Aegean World in the Light of the Most Recent Research", with Dr Colin Macdonald (British School at Athens) at the Minoan Seminar/Cycladic Seminar in Athens.