24/07/2026
The first EVOKE season at Vythoulas wraps up 🧭🏺
From June 22 to July 11, 2026, CHS Greece supported the EVOKE Project (𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘝𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘴), the first project and case study within DIORAMAS, during its inaugural excavation season at Vythoulas in northeast side of the island of Kythera in Greece. 🇬🇷
Led by Prof. Tamar Hodos (University of Sydney & Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens), EVOKE investigates a significant archaeological landscape on Kythera, exploring how communities lived, worked, farmed, moved through, and understood this landscape across more than 5,000 years.
Conducted under permit from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and Islands, this year’s fieldwork combined two strands:
Archaeological excavation:
Three trenches were opened at Vythoulas, where teams investigated archaeological stratigraphy and recovered evidence from different phases of the site’s history.
Landscape and environmental research:
Alongside excavation, researchers explored the relationships between water management, agriculture, movement, and memory in the Kytherian landscape.
The season brought together 25 students and researchers from Australia, Greece, the United States, Brazil, and beyond. Participants received training in excavation, archaeological recording, finds processing, and landscape interpretation. The team also included three Harvard undergraduate students, participating through a collaboration between University of Sydney and Harvard's CHS, supervised by Prof. Tamar Hodos (University of Sydney) and Dr. Daphne Martin (Harvard University).
The team now looks forward to analysing the season’s results and continuing research at Vythoulas as part of DIORAMAS’ mission to explore relationships between people, place, environment, and memory.
🔗 Learn more: https://www.dioramasproject.org/evoke
University of Sydney
Dioramas project