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The Helike Project is recruiting students and volunteers to take part in field work and laboratory practice at Helike in Achaia, Greece, during five weeks in the summer of 2024. Participants must be 18 or older.
Helike is located on the southwest shore of the Gulf of Corinth, about 7 km southeast of Aigion and 180 km west of Athens (see map).
The Helike Project will accept students and volunteers for a minimum period of two weeks between July 22 and August 23, 2024.
The main focus of the fieldwork will be carried out at the post-373 BC Late Classical/Hellenistic site of Helike discovered by the Helike Project in recent years. Surveying with GNSS-Global Navigation Satellite System will be continued in the major Helike area to map the archaeological record of the Helike sites ranging from the Early Bronze Age to Late Roman times. Laboratory work includes large scale conservation, classification and recording of excavation finds from the Early Helladic, Geometric/Archaic, Classical/Hellenistic and Roman Helike sites. Conservation work for the protection of important monuments discovered at the Late Classical /Hellenistic site will also take place at the extraordinary dyeworks consisting of a central four tank unit furnished with pebble floors, and a large array of specially constructed equipment such as vats, clay and plastered basins, large storage vessels, and other specialized findings of dyeing technology.
There are no pre-requisites for participation in the expedition. All instruction is by professionals in the field and in the lab. Volunteers may participate in various phases of the work, including site cleaning and conservation, pottery and other finds conservation and archaeology/geology studies in the conservation lab, as determined by the Project Director. They are expected to work Monday to Friday, with weekends free for rest or excursions in the region.
Participants should prepare by reading on the history of ancient Greece in general and on this region in particular. See www.helikeproject.gr, under The Helike Society Publications; also relevant articles of Dora Katsonopoulou and associates can be accessed at https://cornell.academia.edu/DoraKatsonopoulou. The Helike Project will issue certificates of participation for participants on request.
Participants can make their choice for a standard accommodation with
2 persons per room, or for an individual room. The minimum period of
stay is two weeks. Payment for accommodation covers hotel room for a
seven-day week, breakfast and dinner for a five-day week. Should the
field season be canceled, the Project will refund the full
contribution. For information on costs please contact the Secretary
of the Helike Society, Mrs. Maria Karvela and/or Ms Eleni Georgiou at
All participants are responsible for their own health and accident insurance and will be asked to sign a waiver of liability (click here for the text). They should bring their own supply of sunscreen/block, first aid items (band-aids, Neosporin and Cortisone cream recommended), and any prescription drugs they may need.
Anyone having a problem with drugs or alcohol, or a communicable disease, should not apply and will be asked to leave.
The summer weather at the
site is often hot, and temperatures may exceed 38°C (100°F). Most
evenings are comfortably cool. Water temperature in the
sun
hat (essential)
spare
glasses/sunglasses if needed
work
clothes
work
gloves
sturdy
shoes/sneakers
street
clothes for weekends
shoulder
bag or backpack
canteen
bathing
suit and beach towel
personal
toiletry articles
notebook,
pencils & pens
07.30
breakfast
08.00 depart for field/lab
08.30-11.30 field/lab work
11.30-12.00 light meal
12.00-14.30
resume field/lab work
15.00
return to hotel
20.00
dinner
Participants stay at the Hotel Themisto, at the center of the village of Nikolaiika. Dinner five days a week (Monday-Friday) is arranged by the Project in a nearby seaside restaurant. The fine pebble beach at Nikolaiika allows opportunity to relax during free time and on weekends.
Participants arrange their own transportation to and from Greece. Information regarding transportation between Athens and Nikolaiika is provided at www.helikeproject.gr.
Helike is on the southwest shore of the Gulf of Corinth in
Achaia, about 180 km west of
By bus:
Take Bus #93 from the Airport terminal to the KTEL/Kifissos bus
station in
By rental car:
For optimal mobility, you may want to rent a car at the Airport (or
in
Road signs in Athens
View Directions to Hotel Themisto, Nikolaiika in a larger map
Telephone numbers:
Before leaving Athens, if you have any essential questions, you can contact us in Nikolaiika by telephone at 693-702-6588 (mobile). The Hotel Themisto telephone is +30-26910-81888.
Hotel Themisto telephone: ++30-26910-81888,
fax: 81990
Prof. Dora Katsonopoulou,
Project Director
Mobile
phone:6937026588
Please submit the attached application form (also in ms word format) and waiver form (above) electronically at eliki@otenet.gr, Mrs. Maria Karvela and/or Ms. Eleni Georgiou. Applications should be sent the latest by July 05.
Openings
are limited. We will process applications in the order received, and
notify you regarding acceptance as soon as possible.