Ever wondered what it would be like to journey back in time and walk the paths of ancient worshippers? Learn all about Carlotta and Tulsi’s BA Summer Showcase Exhibit here!
John Bennett shares with us a post on one of the first projects conducted at the Fitch Laboratory, a study of Inscribed Stirrup Jars, and how it impacted our broader understanding of Linear B
Marc Fitch (1908-1994): Historian, philanthropist and benefactor of the British School at Athens. By Miles Stevenson, Development Executive for the BSA. ‘The Fitch’ is well-known to everyone associated with the […]
Hector Catling’s vision of opening a laboratory for archaeological science within the grounds of the BSA was one step closer to becoming a reality after approval had been given by the BSA’s Managing Committee and the Greek Archaeological Services. Next, lay the challenging task of fundraising…
It has been a year since the untimely loss of Myrto Georgakopoulou, our loved staff member, collaborator, and friend. The BSA team and the wider community of Aegean archaeologists and […]
The Marc and Ismene Fitch Laboratory for archaeological sciences was established in 1974. Its history however, reaches further back with the seeds of its creation sown in Oxford in the early 1960s, find out more in this blog post!
A newly published paper on a diachronic and multidisciplinary study of cooking pottery from the famous site of Priene, western Turkey, reveals that manufacturing technologies and the origins of imports trace important historical developments in this region during the Classical, Hellenistic and early Roman periods.
In celebration of The International Day of Women and Girls in Science we have asked Noémi Müller, our Scientific Research Officer about how she entered the world of archaeological science and a little about her career highlights!
Anna P. Judson, who recently finished her Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the BSA, reports on her experimental work in the Fitch Laboratory into how the Linear B tablets from Late Bronze Age Pylos were made.
Fitch Laboratory Bursary holder (2019-20) Sergios Meleaou, explores ceramic technology and Aegean interactions at prehistoric Samos, East Aegean.