The Central Achaia Phthiotis Survey (CAPS) began in 2019 as a collaboration between the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the Canadian Institute in Greece, co-directed by Dr. Sophia Karapanou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Larissa) and Dr. Margriet Haagsma (University of Alberta).
Expanding on the research conducted by the Kastro Kallithea Archaeological Project, the CAPS project was initiated to examine the rural landscape of the region around the 4th-2nd century BCE urban community at Kastro. Considered a ‘marginal landscape’ due to its remote position on the margins of the Thessalian plains in central Greece, the project aimed to re-evaluate the region from a more dynamic perspective by investigating its contributions to the formation of transport networks, agricultural developmental, pastoralism, and the management and utilization of natural resources. Architectural features discovered in the immediate periphery of Kastro, including fountain houses, a necropolis with tile graves, and numerous Early Iron Age tholos tombs, have been mapped by CAPS. To further investigate the funerary character of this area, CAPS cleared and documented two tholos tombs that had been looted, and has excavated one other to date.
Select Bibliography
Haagsma, M.J., S. Karapanou, C.M. Chykerda, & L. Surtees. 2019. The Kastro at Kallithea. A Guide Book. Farsala: Ephorate of Antiquities, Larissa.
Perreault, J.Y., S. Karapanou, M. Haagsma, & L. Radloff. 2023. “Fieldwork of the Canadian Institute in Greece 2019-2021: Central Achaia Phithiotis Survey,” Mouseion, 20.2: 181–188.
For more information, visit https://caps.artsrn.ualberta.ca/
