I have a disclosure to make: Naxos and the small islands around it to
the south and to the east are my most favorite places in all of Greece.
The aromatic island landscapes, the tasty cuisine and the rich cultural
heritage keep drawing me back over the years. So it should come as no
surprise that our next Institute lecture on Wednesday, April 1
st
is one that I am eagerly looking forward to! At 7:30 PM in the
Institute’s Library, Eirini Legaki, an archaeologist in the Ephorate of
Antiquities of the Cyclades of the Ministry of Culture, Education and
Religious Affairs will give a lecture in Greek entitled,
“Νεώτερα αρχαιολογικά δεδομένα για τη Νάξο και τις Μικρές Κυκλάδες”.
Ms. Legaki is the Ephorate’s representative for Naxos and the “Small
Cyclades”. In the course of her work over the past years she has been
responsible for the testing of building plots and conducting rescue
excavations throughout these islands in the central Aegean. In her
lecture she will provide us with an overview of the many recent
discoveries in these islands dating from the prehistoric period to the
early modern period. Known sites and new sites will be visited in her
lecture. Athenian audiences have not seen most of this material!
With Professor Tristan Carter’s (McMaster University) recent survey
work at the massive chert outcrops and the extensive chipped stone tool
production locale at Stélida on Naxos and
his application for an excavation permit starting this summer, the
Institute is very much interested in learning more about the archaeology
of these islands.
Cordially,
David Rupp
Director
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