CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS The third field season of the Norwegian Archaeological Survey in the Karystia (NASK) will take place in late May and June 2014. NASK is organized under the aegis of the Norwegian Institute at Athens (NIA). It is supported by funding from NIA and the E. A. Schrader Endowment Fund, Indiana University, USA. […]
We are excited to announce that old and new team members are again gathered in our field house in Karystos and that our 2nd season in the field is just a few hours away. Tomorrow at 7a.m., this year’s dedicated NASK team will be ready for 4 weeks of adventures and exciting finds in the […]
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS The second field season of the Norwegian Archaeological Survey in the Karystia (NASK) will take place in June 2013. NASK is organized under the aegis of the Norwegian Institute at Athens. The project consists of an archaeological diachronic surface survey of the Katsaronio Plain in southern Euboea (the Karystia), Greece. The project […]
The Norwegian Archaeological Survey in the Karystia is conducted under the aegis of the Norwegian Institute at Athens. The project is funded by grants from the Edward A. Schrader Endowment for Classical Archaeology at Indiana University and the Norwegian Institute at Athens. NASK thanks the following persons and institutions for their support and assistance: The 11th […]
The Norwegian Archaeological Survey in the Karystia (NASK): Preliminary Results of the First Field Season (2012) By Zarko Tankosic and Renate Storli The Norwegian Archaeological Survey in the Karystia (NASK) is a four-year-long project of systematic archaeological surface investigations in the Katsaronio Plain, which is located in the vicinity of the town of Karystos in […]
On this page you’ll find links to our partners, sponsors, and some other relevant resources. The Norwegian Institute at Athens Indiana University Bloomington Greek Ministry of Culture 11th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities Karystos Museum Aegeus – Society for Aegean Prehistory Southern Euboea Exploration Project (SEEP) Ay. Triada Excavation Project (ATEP) Archaeological Institute of […]
If you missed our presentation of the preliminary report on the 2012 field season at the AIA in Seattle in January, here’s is your chance to learn more about the NASK-project in Oslo! Time and place: Saturday February 9, 2013 – 10:00-17:00 Blindernveien 11, seminarrom 11 Organizer: University of Oslo, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History WORKSHOP […]
AN ISLAND BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EUBOEA FROM PREHISTORIC TO BYZANTINE TIMES – Eretria, July 12-14, 2013 Abstracts submission deadline extended to February 1, 2013. The Norwegian Institute at Athens in collaboration with the 11th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and the 23rd Ephorate for Byzantine Antiquities of the Hellenic Ministry of […]
NASK is in Seattle this weekend presenting the preliminary report on the 2012 field season at the 114th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. SESSION 4F New Research on Mainland Greece Saturday, January 5 2013 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. , WSCC, Ballroom 6A CHAIR: Zarko Tankosic, Indiana University 8:30 Excavation in Thebes, Boeotia, Greece: Results of […]
By the end of the last week in the field, the NASK team has managed to cover a total of 473 squares of the Katsaronio plain – correlating to 473 hectares, thus also reaching this seasons preliminary goal of terrain coverage. The project has consisted of an intensive diachronic archaeological surface survey conducted using an arbitrary 100 x 100m grid superimposed […]
Being a volunteer at the NASK-project 2012 Since lately I’ve been dividing my time between archaeology and other pursuits, I was a bit anxious about my usefulness in the project. Luckily, the project team consisted of many different personalities with lots of different skills, and the team management made sure that all were used an […]
Over the two following weeks, the NASK team had to endure not only the thorny Karystian flora and the intense heat, but also the increasing wind, reaching up to 8 beaufort (strong gale) on some days, making communication as well as orientation in the landscape a difficult task. Due to long working days and difficult field conditions, the NASK team was given […]
During our second week of surveying, the NASK team has been able to perfect their field skills. Navigating with a compass in a hilly landscape has proved to be a challenge, but the NASK volunteers have all significantly improved their skills in both compasses and defeating the phrygana. The team was also joined by an additional volunteer […]
And so a new field project begins! During this years field season, the NASK team set out to survey the large Kastaronio Plain in the vicinity of Karystos in southern Euboea. Our main goals are: 1) To examine the past use of the Katsaronio Plain and to reconstruct the past cultural landscape in the area. In southern […]
Dr. Žarko Tankosić, NASK Director, Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University-Bloomington Žarko Tankosić has conducted archaeological fieldwork in southern Euboea since 2004. His doctoral research was focused on how maritime interactions influenced social and communal structure of participating communities and personal identites of individuals involved during the Final Neolithic and Early Bronze […]
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