INSTAP Staff:
Tom Brogan – Director
Eleanor Huffman – Assistant Director
Kelly Caldwell – Conservation 2010
Kathy Hall – Conservation 2011-Present
Stephania Chlouveraki – Site Conservation
Chronis Papanikolopoulos – Photographer
Doug Faulmann – Illustrator
Lily Bonga - Illustrator
INSTAP Study Center for East Crete
PO Box 364
Pacheia Ammos
Ierapetra 72200
Crete, GREECE
www.instapstudycenter.net
Front Entrance to INSTAP Study Center
Located on a hill overlooking Pacheia Ammos
and directly between the village and Gournia
site, the Institute for Aegean prehistory
(INSTAP Study Center), open year round, is
perfectly situated to take care of all our
archaeological and research-based needs.
The Center is also host to several other projects
along with ours during summers, including the
Azoria, Mochlos, and Petras projects.
Independent scholars frequently visit and use
the facilities as well. The Center is continuously
busy, especially during the summers.
Lectures and events over the summer
encourage mingling between projects
and Center personnel, helping to create an
environment well-suited for scholars and
students from around the world. At the Center,
our project does all of the post-processing work.
While some staff can be seen working at the
Center all day long on a variety of important
tasks for both Registration and the Stoa, most
personnel for the Project are in the field for most
of the day, coming in each afternoon to work a
two-hour shift.
Gournia Pottery on Drying Racks in the Lower Courtyard
Kristen Smith and Dominique Lavoie Cleaning Plaster inside the Stoa (2012)
Post-Processing Duties Include:
~ Finds Washing
~ Pottery Sorting & Analysis
~ Soil Flotation and Sediment Sorting
~ Cataloguing
~ Researching
~ Conservation
~ Floral and Faunal Analysis
~ Object Photography
~ Database Entry
~ Object Storage
View of the Exterior Courtyard and Stoa (courtesy of Matthew Dysart)
View of the Interior Courtyard (courtesy of Matthew Dysart)