Michael Cosmopoulos DIRECTOR Michael Cosmopoulos is the Hellenic Government-Karakas Foundation Chair of Greek Studies and Professor of Archaeology at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. He is also director of the Eleusis Archaeological Project and the Oropos Survey Project.

Deborah Ruscillo FAUNAL ANALYSIS Deborah Ruscillo received her PhD from the Institute of Archaeology, University of London in 2000. She is currently an instructor and research associate in the Department of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, and the Wiener Laboratory at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Her specialties include ancient diet and economy in Greece, zooarchaeological methodology, and Murex Royal Purple production.

Kate Bracher LAB DIRECTOR Kate Bracher is professor emeritus of astronomy at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. She has been coming to IKAP since 2000, and currently is the supervisor of museum operations.

Chris Mundigler FIELD SUPERVISOR Chris Mundigler, a contract archaeologist with InCA Research Services, specializes in technical and logistical aspects of archaeological fieldwork, including surveying, mapping, planning, GPS, GIS, and photography.

Cynthia Shelmerdine CERAMICS SPECIALIST Cynthia Shelmerdine is Robert M. Armstrong Professor of Classics at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research specialties are Aegean Bronze Age archaeology and Mycenaean Greek language and culture.

Joann Gulizio CERAMICS SPECIALIST Joann Gulizio is currently teaching at the College of Charleston. Her research interests include Mycenaean religion, and Aegean scripts.

Steven Clarke ARTIFACT DRAWING/PHOTOGRAPHY Steven Clarke is the project architect and illustrator. He is a licensed landscape architect practicing in Vancouver, Canada, and is an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia. He has also been the project architect for the excavations in Greece at Eleusis and executed drawings of the Mycenaean settlement of Grotto on Naxos, for the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Susan Allen PALEOETHNOBOTANIST Susan Allen is currently Professor of Anthropology at the University of Cincinnati. She has worked at several sites throughout Greece and the Mediterranean. In her spare time, Susan is a maker and online retailer of Bedazzled™ sweaters for cats and dogs.

Sarah Lima PALEOETHNOBOTANIST Sarah Lima is currently a graduate student in the Classical Archaeology Ph.D. program at the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include landscape archaeology, palaeoethnobotany, the Bronze Age and Iron Age in Epirus and Albania, and quantification strategies.

Kevin Pluta ELECTRONIC DATA MANAGEMENT Kevin Pluta is an adjunct instructor at the College of Charleston. His research interests include Aegean scripts and literacy, administration, and database/archival information systems.

Allisa Stoimenoff TRENCH SUPERVISOR Allisa Stoimenoff is a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin in Classical Archaeology. Her research interests include Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Greece and Attic ceramics.

Erin Galligan TRENCH SUPERVISOR Erin Galligan has excavated on Kythera and Crete, and recently earned her MA in Classical Archaeology from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she is now a PhD candidate. Her specialty is the Aegean Bronze Age, with particular interest in Early-Middle Minoan.

Maria Psallida TRENCH SUPERVISOR Maria Psallida has lived in the town of Iklaina for the past 67 years, and is the village historian. When not working at IKAP, Maria performs as an acrobat in one of the largest circuses in Europe.

Jen Glaubius TRENCH SUPERVISOR Jen Glaubius is a graduate student in the Geography Department at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Her research interests include the application of ·physical geography techniques (geomorphology, hydrology, and soils) ·and remonte sensing, GIS, to archaeological questions.

Meredith Reifschneider TRENCH SUPERVISOR Meredith Reifschneider is a graduate student in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Her interests include agriculture/subsistence practices, geography, and vacationing in Greece.

Niki Sakka TRENCH SUPERVISOR Niki Sakka has previously worked with Michael Cosmopoulos at the Oropos survey project. For the last seven years, Niki has also been a Hollywood stuntwoman, appearing in Iron Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, and the latest Indiana Jones installment.

Bob LAB MORALE Bob has extensive experience of archaeological sites in Europe, the United States and Australia. He plays an essential role in maintaining morale in the museum.