The Fitch Laboratory has primarily been developed as a centre for ceramic studies, but it also hosts and facilitates research in various other fields of science-based archaeology (such as human osteology, zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, etc.). Although the main geographical focus remains on the Aegean, the laboratory’s research has gradually expanded across the Mediterranean, and occasionally beyond it. More than 100 research projects have been carried out at the Fitch, ranging from Masters dissertations to PhD theses, from pilot studies to large-scale collaborative projects, involving many researchers based at the Fitch, and numerous collaborators from institutions in the UK and Greece, as well as across Europe, the Middle East and North America. Over the years, through the development of innovative approaches for the interdisciplinary and multi-scale analysis of ancient ceramics, the Fitch’s research has led to new understandings of technological transfer and innovation in past craft traditions, as well as of the mobility of people, goods, materials and techniques throughout the Mediterranean and beyond.
