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Kavousi Project The Kavousi Project was a multidisciplinary program of exploration of the archaeological remains near the modern village of Kavousi (Καβούσι) in the municipality of Ierapetra in eastern Crete. A special focus of the project was the reinvestigation the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age mountain sites of Vronda and Kastro, both excavated in the early 20th century by the pioneering American archaeologist Harriet Boyd Hawes. The Kavousi Project was directed by Geraldine C. Gesell (University of Tennessee; Executive Director), William D.E. Coulson (University of Minnesota; Field Director of the Kastro Excavations), and Leslie P. Day (Wabash College; Field Director of the Vronda Excavations). The work of the Kavousi Project was conducted under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the 24th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of the Greek Archaeological Service (General Directorate of Antiquities of the Greek Ministry of Culture).

Archaeological Survey of the Kavousi Region An extensive survey of the region was conducted from 1974 to 1978 by G.C. Gesell and L.P. Day. The goal of this initial reconnaissance was to update the information on the early 20th century excavations conducted by American scholars in the Isthmus of Ierapetra by visiting the sites, locating them on a topographic map, and inventorying the visible remains. From 1988 to 1990, a more formal, intensive and diachronic survey of the Kavousi region (the Kavousi-Thriphti Survey) was conducted by D.C. Haggis as a component of the Kavousi Project.

Pedological and Geomorphological Survey

Excavations at Vronda (Kavousi Vronda)

Excavations at Kastro (Kavousi Kastro)