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Art and Archaeology of the Greek Bronze Age

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The archaeology of the Greek Bronze Age is extremely rich both in terms of the excavated material record and in terms of the range of scholarship associated with it. It remains a focus of intensive fieldwork for archaeological teams from across the globe. New insights are continuously coming both from the introduction of new scientific techniques and from cutting-edge theoretical and methodological approaches. A century and a half of excavation has also resulted in a huge body of legacy data, both in terms of museum collections and archives.

This intensive 10 day course provides a unique opportunity to gain first hand experience of Bronze Age Greek material culture both on site and in museums, guided by expert researchers in the field. Teaching will include classroom lectures, hands-on sessions, guided field trips to major museum collections, and visits to a wide variety of archaeological sites. Trips will include tours of the National Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, and visits to Mycenae, Tiryns, Lerna, Dendra, and Pylos in the Peloponnese, as well as Thebes, Gla, and Marathon (see the provisional itinerary for more details). Participants will cover themes such as the maritime networks of the Early Bronze Age, the Shaft Graves and the emergence of Mycenaean culture, the Mycenaean palaces and the theatre of power, art and religion in the Late Bronze Age, and the collapse of palatial civilisations and the transition into the Early Iron Age.
The course will take place from Monday 12 January to Thursday 22 January 2026 in Athens, Greece. It is limited to 12 places, and open to students of any university pursuing postgraduate study at doctoral, Masters or Diploma level. The course is directed by Dr Matthew Haysom (Lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Newcastle) and Dr Rachel Phillips (A.G. Leventis Fellow in Hellenic Studies, British School at Athens).

The course fee is £975. This includes BSA one-month membership, housing where self-catering facilities are available, breakfast, meals as specified in the program, required travel within Greece, museum and site fees, one-year museum pass, one-month 24h access to the BSA library. Not included are: international airfare to and from Greece and meals not included in the program. Incidental expenses are the participant’s responsibility.

Opening date

September 1st, 2025

Deadline

October 31st, 2025