The Western Argolid Regional Project (WARP) is an interdisciplinary archaeological research program under the aegis of the Canadian Institute in Greece and the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Argolid. The project was co-directed by Dimitri Nakassis (University of Toronto), Scott Gallimore (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Sarah James (University of Colorado Boulder), with field seasons from 2014 to 2016.

WARP aimed to understand human occupation and activity in the hinterland of Argos across all periods of Greek prehistory and history, from the Neolithic to the present, in order to understand the evolving relationship between the city and its surrounding landscape. This research was carried out primarily through the analysis of finds documented during a pedestrian survey of a 30 km² research area and entered into a database linked to a Geographic Information System. These data were then complemented by geomorphological data, interviews with local inhabitants of the area, and historical written sources. Considered together, the project examined the settlement history of Argos, traced the dynamics of power and resistance in the western Argolid, and explored how local communities connected to one another and to neighboring valleys in the northeastern Peloponnese.

Select Bibliography

Caraher, W., S. Gallimore, D. Nakassis & S.A. James. 2020. “Survey and the 7th century in the Western Argolid.” Journal of Greek Archaeology 5: 377-405.

Caraher, W., D. Nakassis & I. Antoniadou. 2021. “Roads, Routes and Abandoned Villages in the Western Argolid.” 319-346. In Deserted Villages: Perspectives from the Eastern Mediterranean. R.M. Seifried & D.E. Brown Stewart eds. Grand Forks: The Digital Press

Gallimore, S., S. James, W. Caraher & D. Nakassis. 2017. “To Argos: Archaeological Survey in the Western Argolid, 2014-2016,” 421-438. In From Maple to Olive: Proceedings of a Colloquium to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Institute in Greece, Athens, 10-11 June 2016, D.W. Rupp & J.E. Tomlinson eds. Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece 10. Athens: Canadian Institute in Greece.

James, S. 2020. “Rediscovering the Late Hellenistic-Early Roman Peloponnese: Analyzing transitional ceramic assemblages found on archaeological survey.” HEROM: Journal on Hellenistic and Roman Material Culture 9: 327-352.

James, S., D. Nakassis, W. Caraher, S. Gallimore, G. Erny, R. Fernandez, J. Frankl, A. Friedman, M. Godsey & M. Gradoz. 2024. “Landscape Histories and Terrestrial Networks in the Peloponnese: Results from the Western Argolid Regional Project,” Hesperia 93.1:145-190.

For more on the project, visit http://westernargolid.org/