Archaeological field projects
Bra膷 Island Project, Croatia (2022-)
In the summer of 2022, fieldwork began on the Bra膷 Island Project in Croatia. In collaboration with the University of Split, Professor Sarah James led a team of graduate students and archaeologists in the excavation and geophysical investigation of the Liburnian hillfort site of Gradina Rat, and intensive survey in the area of Murvica, the only identified Roman-era settlement on the island.听The main purpose of the project is to examine the influence of Greek settlement in the region and, later, integration into the Roman Republic, then Empire, on the local cultures of the ancient Adriatic islands.
Western Argolid Regional Project (2014-2017)
The Western Argolid Regional Project (WARP) is an interdisciplinary archaeological research program under the aegis of the听听(CIG) and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture that seeks to understand the nature of human activity in the western Argolid (southern Greece). The project was co-directed by Professors Sarah James (CU Boulder), Dimitri Nakassis (CU Boulder), and Scott Gallimore (Wilfrid Laurier). Our field seasons took place in 2014-2016 and 2017 (in cooperation with Dr. Alkestis Papadimitriou). Presently the project is preparing a number of preliminary and final publications about our work.
Sikyon Archaeological Project (2013-2018)
From 2013 through 2018, archaeological excavations in the heart of the city were undertaken for the first time in nearly 100 years.听 Extensive surface investigation revealed blocks of Hellenistic and Roman houses next to the ancient Agora, which were the focus of the excavations. Directed by Professor Yannis Lolos (University of Thessaly); Professor Sarah James (CU Boulder) served as assistant field director and senior ceramicist.
Villa of Maxentius in Rome (2003-2012)
For close to a decade, the Department of Classics at the University of Colorado conducted summer excavations and student field training at the Villa of Maxentius, a vast, tripartite complex located on the Via Appia Antica in Rome. Co-directed by Professor emerita Diane Conlin.