Since 1998 this international project has carried out archaeological excavation of the anonymous Late Antique city at the site of Golemo Gradište at the village of Konjuh, Kratovo county, in the recently renamed Republic of North Macedonia.  The heavily fortified 5th-7th century CE city included a separately defended acropolis, a northern terrace where the lower town was located, and a southern area that has not been investigated. Investigation since 2004 has been focused on the northern terrace, where a mixed residential and industrial complex, a peristyle house, and a Christian basilica with several unique features have come to light.  The specific focus for the 2019 season will be on the rectangular structure that connected the basilica and residence and thus formed a large ecclesiastical and almost certainly episcopal complex.

The project is international and small.  During the week Macedonian and American (or Canadian or British or whatever) staff members, usually not more than eight or nine, live in a house near the site and work closely together on site.  The Macedonian archaeologists are usually fluent in English, but our workers from the village of Konjuh—with an exception or two—speak only Slavic Macedonian; one of the challenges of working on the project is the supervision of workers with whom you not have a common language.   

The project needs one or two archaeologists to supervise trenches during the 2019 season. We would like to find archaeologists who are interested in continuing to work in the Balkans in the future. 

Contact Professor Snively by email (csnively@gettysburg.edu or karolstobi@hotmail.com) for more detailed information about various aspects of the project.