AIA Photo Contest: Excavation

Sissi, Crete

Vrachasi, Lasithi, Greece

The Joy Of Archaeology Sure Beats Digging Ditches Urgent cleaning of a newly excavated ceremonial-ritual street into the central court of the Minoan settlement (2600-1200 BCE) at Sissi, Crete.

Sissi, Crete

Vrachasi, Lasithi, Greece

Hushed Eyes Avoiding The Burning Glare Forensic anthropologists downloading and assessing digital imaging from the day's excavations in the Bronze Age cemetery at Sissi, Crete.

Sissi, Crete

Neapoli, Lasithi, Greece

Removing The Paraphernalia Of Death Excavating at Sissi, Crete, a rare Late Minoan cist grave, inside an earlier mortuary building, containing a woman’s skeleton, as well as a bronze mirror with ivory handle, garment pins and a necklace strung with gold shaped like olive pits.

Bolaños Canyon, Jalisco, México.

Chicago, IL, United States

Excavation in "La Mucura" Site.

Sboryanovo

Isperih, Razgrad, Bulgaria

Exploring The Great Mound - Workers are helping the excavation process near the Great Mound of Sveshtari at Sboryanovo, Bulgaria. It is the highest mound there and had rock remnants from a demolished Thracian tomb.

Sboryanovo

Isperih, Razgrad, Bulgaria

In the trench - An university teacher is lying in the trench at Sboryanovo, Bulgaria, carefully clearing the soil around a ceramic pot found there.

Tel Bet Shemesh

Zincirli, NA, Turkey

Taking photos at Zincirli, Turkey

Masada,

Masada, Judean Desert, Israel

Bucket line at Masada

Shell Midden Site in Henderson, KY

Henderson, KY, United States

This is a shell midden site outside of Henderson, KY. This site was excavated in order to study how mollusks of the Ohio River have changed over time and how the natives utilized these food sources and shell materials.

Zuunkhangai

Zuunkhanagi, Uvs, Mongolia

I was part of the Western Mongolia Archaeological Project excavating a winter campsite that has been revisited for millennia. The pit pictured here is the most highly stratified site found in Mongolia and dates back to circa 2000BC.