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H 174 x W 245 mm

194 pages

14 figures

Published Sep 2023

Archaeopress Archaeology

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Paperback: 9781803276120

Digital: 9781803276137

DOI 10.32028/9781803276120

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History of Archaeology; Historiography

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Letters from the Field 1968-1974

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An edited collection of letters that Karen D. Vitelli wrote from pre-EU Greece and Turkey to family during her later years of graduate school and early field work (at Franchthi Cave, Gordion, and a training session at Corinth) through to the completion of writing her dissertation in Athens during a coup (1968-1974).

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Contents

Chapter 1. The Background to the Letters

 

Chapter 2. Getting to Greece. Off to my First Dig, 1968

 

Chapter 3. My First Dig, Porto Cheli, 1968

 

Chapter 4. Fall Term at the American School, 1968

 

Chapter 5. Winter Term at the American School, 1969

 

Chapter 6. More Digs: Turkey and Back to Greece, 1969

 

Chapter 7. Beginning Dissertation Research, 1969-70

 

Chapter 8. Wrapping up the Dissertation Research. Nafplion 1970: April-August

 

Chapter 9. Avoiding, and Finally Starting the Dissertation, Athens 1973

 

Chapter 10. Finishing the Dissertation, during a Revolution

 

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About the Author

Karen D. Vitelli is Professor Emerita of Archaeology and Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington. A member of the Franchthi Cave Project since 1968, she published two volumes on its pottery and another on the contemporary pottery from Lerna, incorporating in both her work on experimental ceramics. She now directs the Franchthi Project. She was active in archaeological ethics, chaired related committees in both the AIA and SAA, and edited several volumes on that topic. She lives in Maine.