Workshop: „Olympia and its surroundings“

10.10.2023 - 12.10.2023 Ganztags

Tue, 10 Oct, 2023 

09:00   Welcome & introduction
09:30   Archaeological results of the project ‘Olympia as a multidimensional space’
Franziska Lang¹ , Georg Pantelides¹, Hans-Joachim Gehrke², Birgitta Eder³, Erophili Iris Kolia⁴, Andreas Vött⁵
10:00   Selected findspots of the Olympia Area Survey. Preliminary results of the pottery analysis
Georg Pantelides¹
10:30   «Γεφυράκια» Σαλμώνης: Μια νέα αρχαιολογική θέση και η ανασκόπηση της αρχαίας τοπογραφίας της περιοχής (A new archaeological place at Salmone (Gefyrakia) and an overview of the ancient topography)
Christos Liagkouras⁴
11:00   Coffee break
11:15   Sacred landscapes between Olympia, Thessaly, Attica and Crete
Oliver Pilz⁶
11:45   An overview of the fragmentation project in Olympia
Azzurra Scarci⁷

12:15   Lunch break

Afternoon:
Field Trip

 

Wed, 11 Oct, 2023

09:30   Elis, Pisa and Olympia: settlement patterns and community building from the 11th to the 7th century BCE
Hans-Joachim Gehrke², Franziska Lang¹, Birgitta Eder³, Erophili Iris Kolia⁴, Andreas Vött⁵
10:00   Seeking a place in Olympia and its environs. The inscription NIO 4 and visitors' accommodation in the sanctuary of Zeus
Julia Taita⁸
10:30   The Olympic Council in the Roman period
Sophia Zoumbaki⁹
11:00   Coffee break
11:15   A mid- to late Holocene lake environment and an associated, previously unknown building structure in ancient Olympia revealed by geoarchaeological investigations
Lena Slabon⁵, Lea Obrocki⁵, Peter Fischer⁵, Timo Willershäuser⁵, Franziska Lang¹, Hans-Joachim Gehrke², Birgitta Eder³, Erophili Iris Kolia⁴, Oliver Pilz⁶, Sarah Bäumler¹⁰, Dennis Wilken¹⁰, Andreas Vött⁵


12:15   Lunch break


Afternoon:
Field Trip

Thu, 12 Oct, 2023

09:30    Maps of a hidden depth - Geophysical signals of possible new buildings at the sanctuary of Olympia
Dennis Wilken¹⁰, Sarah Bäumler¹⁰, Lena Slabon⁵, Lea Obrocki⁵, Peter Fischer⁵, Timo Willershäuser⁵, Andreas Vött⁵
10:00    A mid- to late Holocene lake environment in ancient Olympia revealed by biomarker analysis
Sabine Fiedler⁵, Sascha Scherer⁵, Lena Slabon⁵, Andreas Vött⁵
10:30    The Poseidon sanctuary of Samikon: the most recent archaeological discoveries
Birgitta Eder³, Erophili Iris Kolia⁴, Federica Iannone¹¹
11:00    Coffee break
11:15    Πρόσφατη ανασκαφική έρευνα στην Αγορά της Ήλιδας (Recent excavations in the Agora of Elis)
Erophili Iris Kolia⁴
11:45    Recent excavations at the West cemetery of Ancient Elis
Tonia Mourtzini⁴

 

 


Affiliations of contributors
¹ Technical University of Darmstadt
² University of Freiburg
³ Austrian Academy of Sciences
⁴ Ephorate of Antiquities of Illia
⁵ Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
⁶ German Archaeological Institute, Athens
⁷ Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie, Mainz
⁸ Università degli Studi di Milano
⁹ National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute for Historical Research
¹⁰ Kiel University
¹¹ Austrian Archaeological Institute, Athens

 

Veranstaltungsort:
SPAP Olympia Conference and Exhibition Centre Αρχαία Ολυμπία, Archea Olimpia 270 65 Greece