Arcadia, Greece

University of Arizona
Thirty-Ninth Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Tripolis
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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(Field Seasons: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008)

Field Season 2007

During 2007 a research team from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the University of Arizona, in collaboration with the Thirty-Ninth Ephorate of Classical and Prehistoric Antiquities, continued work at the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion.

Photographs from the 2007 Field Season

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Fig. 1: Group photo on the ash altar at the beginning of the season, June 27.

Fig. 2: Apostolis Sarris and his team doing remote sensing below the hippodrome.

Fig. 3: David Romano lecturing during a visit to the site of Olympia.

Fig. 4: Andrew Insua operating the total station on a rise above the hippodrome.

Fig. 5: Allisa Stoimenoff and Thanassis Christeas at work in the walnut grove
(Trench F).

Fig. 6: Anastasia Panagiotopoulou checking in with Christina Gieske and Maya Gupta in Trench H, inside the xenon.

Fig. 7: Arvey Basa with the total station on the ash altar.

Fig. 8: Architects Margaret Jankowsky and Pam Jordan at work in the Cultural Center.

Fig. 9: Reagan Ruedig drawing a block in the east wall of the xenon.

Fig. 10: Emily Graff, Sarah Ward, Jared Benton, Allisa Stoimenoff, and Clivia Zois working on their notebooks in the plateia of Ano Karyes.

Fig. 11: George Davis outside the dining palace in Ano Karyes.

Fig. 12: Mary Voyatzis with Christos Koumoundouros, president of the Syllogos of Ano Karyes, and Kyriakos Karagiannis, former president of the Syllogos of Ano Karyes.

Fig. 13: Group photo in front of the dining palace, July 17.

Fig. 14: Ethne Barnes with friend as a herd of goats passes over the ash altar.

Fig. 15: Team Zeus on the Ash Altar: L-R Dan Diffendale, Arvey Basa, Susan Mentzer, Alexis Belis, Ethne Barnes and Art Rohn.

Fig. 16: Greek workmen Thanassis Christeas, Giannis Markolephas, Giorgos Aglamisis, and Ilias Aivalis taking a break on the steps in front of the stoa.

Fig. 17: Jared Benton discussing stratigraphy in Trench G, below the steps.

Fig. 18: Trench Tours! Sarah Ward and Emily Graff explain their work in Trench E.

Fig. 19: Architects Pam Jordan, Becky Hughes and Margaret Jankowsky showing their work on the xenon wall.

Fig. 20: Tommy D toting a tray of tasty treats.

Fig. 21: Josh Gieske and Alexis Belis watch the morning sun over the temenos and Trench Y.

Photos taken by David Gilman Romano, George Davis, and Dan Diffendale.