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SUMMARY:Mary E. Voyatzis\, "Exploring Sacred Landscapes in the Mountains of Arcadia"
DESCRIPTION:The mountainous region of Arcadia\, situated in the heart of the Peloponnese\, has attracted considerable interest and attention since antiquity. Many ancient authors described Arcadia in detail\, discussing its rich mythology\, many sites\, unusual gods\, numerous sanctuaries\, engaging history\, diverse geography\, and the important fact that its inhabitants were indigenous\, living there even before the moon (Proselenoi)\, and the original inhabitants of Greece (Pelasgoi). During the Renaissance\, Arcadia was depicted in art as a beautiful\, pristine\, and magical place with unspoiled wilderness. By the 19th c. European travelers were exploring the region\, and later in the century archaeologists began excavating its various sites. For over 140 years Arcadia has been investigated by archaeologists from Greece and many other countries in Europe and North America. In this illustrated lecture\, Professor Mary Voyatzis considers some of the sites recently excavated in Arcadia\, and focuses on two where she has been involved\, the Sanctuary of Athena Alea at Tegea\, and the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion. We shall see how archaeological discoveries have contributed significantly to our understanding of the history of Arcadia and enhanced our appreciation of this enchanting mountainous region. \nMary E. Voyatzis is Professor in the School of Anthropology and the Department of Religious Studies and Classics at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Her research areas involve Ancient Greek ritual and religion\, sanctuaries and their development over time\, and ancient Greek pottery. Dr. Voyatzis was a Principal Investigator in the excavations at the sanctuary of Athena Alea at Tegea\, 1990-1994\, and she is currently a co-director of the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey project (since 2004). \nThis lecture is co-sponsored by the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Additional co-sponsors include the Hellenic Cultural Foundation of Tucson and the Panarcadian Federation of America\, Nea Mantineia Chapter #102. \n 
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/mary-e-voyatzis-exploring-sacred-landscapes-in-the-mountains-of-arcadia/
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SUMMARY:Konstantinos Zachos\, "Excavations at the Victory Monument of Octavian Augustus at Nikopolis\, Epiros: A Monument that Marks the Turning Point in the History of the Ancient World"
DESCRIPTION:On September 2\, 31 BC\, Octavian’s forces defeat those of Mark Antony and the queen of Egypt Cleopatra off the western coast of Greece. The battle is known as the Battle of Actium\, after the name of the peninsula at the entrance of the Ambracian Gulf\, where an ancient sanctuary to Apollo existed. Few episodes of ancient history have been commented on more and more often as the Battle of Actium. Admittedly\, it was the beginning of a new world and\, above all\, the beginning of Octavian’s “monarchy\,” while historians since antiquity have been attributing to the battle the dimensions of a symbol. \nAfter the victory\, Octavian\, who is known in history as Augustus\, undertook a series of actions aimed at the economic and social reorganization of northwestern Greece\, while incorporating elements of political and religious propaganda. Specifically\, he founded a city which he named Nikopolis\, i.e. Victory City\, renovated the sanctuary of Apollo at Actium\, and on a hill sacred to Apollo at the outskirts of the new city\, where he had encamped\, erected a Victory Monument. Excavations at this imposing\, extravagant monument over the past few decades\, have revealed a wealth of finds\, some of astonishing artistic rendering\, which represent the victor’s earliest surviving statement regarding the Actian War. \nKonstantinos Zachos is an archaeologist interested in various aspects of Aegean Prehistory and Roman archaeology\, as well as of the archaeology of Epiros. He holds a B.A. from the University of Thessaloniki and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Boston University. During his graduate studies in Boston\, he attended seminars at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\, Harvard University and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. After his graduate studies\, he entered the Greek Archaeological Service\, worked in several Ephorates of Antiquities and was promoted to Ephor of Antiquities.  He conducted post graduate research as a Privat “Dozent” at the Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte of the University of Heidelberg. \nHe has excavated widely in Epiros\, Peloponnesos\, the Cyclades\, and in Albania. He was the director of the systematic excavation at the Zas Cave in Naxos\, which contributed significantly to the prehistory of Cyclades. \nThis lecture is co-sponsored by the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. \nThis lecture will be offered by ZOOM.
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SUMMARY:Marisa E. Marthari\, The Early Cycladic Site at Skarkos on the Island of Ios
DESCRIPTION:The site of Skarkos stands in an advantageous position on a hill in a coastal plain\, mid-way down the western side of Ios and in proximity to one of the largest sheltered harbors in the Cyclades. The excavations conducted by the author brought to light a multiperiod prehistoric site and\, most significantly\, a settlement of the Cycladic Early Bronze Age II (mid-3rd millennium BC\, Keros-Syros Culture) the remains of which predominate on the hill. More than one-third of this settlement has been excavated mainly in the last fifteen years. The walls of the buildings are preserved to a maximum height of 4 meters. This unique state of preservation helps to understand the layout\, architecture\, and structures of settlements in the Cyclades during the peak of the Early Cycladic world. The settlement has a well-organized plan\, with wide streets and squares\, two-story rectangular buildings and a complicated drainage system. In the area excavated so far\, 10 insulae and 55 buildings have been uncovered. Skarkos developed agricultural\, craft and trading activities. Craft specialization is particularly evident in the settlement. Various skilled craftsmen must have been active\, among them masons\, potters\, obsidian specialists (tool makers) and marble-carvers. Indeed\, the evidence demonstrates that Skarkos  was a considerable marble-working center. Luxury and/or prestige objects\, such as marble figurines and fine vessels\, were produced there and circulated in the Aegean exchange networks in which Skarkos participated. Two marble workshops were excavated. Furthermore\, the seals\, the large number of terracotta seal-impressed cubic objects\, and the seal-impressed pottery found at the site leave no doubt that seal-stamping was a common practice at Skarkos. It appears that\, in some circumstances\, a statement of ownership or personal identity was useful or necessary. \nDr. Marisa E. Marthari is Ephor of Antiquities (Emerita) at the Greek Archaeological Service and director of the excavations at Skarkos on Ios \, the largest known Early Cycladic II (Keros -Syros culture) settlement\, and Kastri on Syros\, a fortified Early Cycladic settlement\, the last under the aegis of the Archaeological Society at Athens. She also has a long standing academic association with the excavations at the prehistoric town of Akrotiri on Thera. Marthari was formerly Director of the Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities for the Cyclades and Samos\, regions where she conducted numerous excavations and directed projects on museum exhibitions and presentation of archaeological sites including that at Skarkos on Ios\, winner of the 2008 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Top Prize for Conservation (GRAND PRIZE). She was P.M. Warren Visiting Professor in Aegean Prehistory at the University of Bristol\, Institute of Greece\, Rome\, and the Classical Tradition (2012-2013) and visiting fellow at the University of London\, Institute of Classical Studies (1984-1988)\, and the Kommission für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Archäologie (CAVA) in Bonn (1988-1989). She served as member of the Committee of the European Bronze Age Campaign of the Council of Europe at Strasbourg (1993-1997). Marthari presented more than 80 papers and public lectures in Greece\, Europe (Britain\, Germany\, France\, Italy\, Switzerland and Austria)\, Cyprus\, Turkey\, the United States and Canada. She has published widely on Late Bronze Age Theran pottery\, Cycladic prehistory and archaeological heritage issues. Most recently she is co-editor of Early Cycladic Culture in Context (London 2017) and Beyond the Cyclades: Early Cycladic Culture in Context from Mainland Greece\, the North and East Aegean (London 2019). \nThis lecture is co-sponsored by the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
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