April 22, 2024

The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory industrial micro-CT scanner

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is thrilled to announce the arrival and installation of an industrial micro-CT scanner at the School’s Malcolm Wiener Laboratory for Archeological Science.

April 19, 2024

Video archive: Annual Open Meeting 2024

Watch a recording of our 2024 Annual Open Meeting

April 15, 2024

Blegen Library hours during Easter holidays

During the Easter holiday period, the Blegen Library will be closed to visitors from Good Friday, May 3, through Easter Tuesday, May 7. On Holy Thursday, May 2, the Library will close at 17:00.

December 31, 2023

Our Year in Review - 2023

Watch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!

November 16, 2023

Kleiners Name Room in Honor of Hesperia

American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce a new major gift from Diana E. E. and Fred S. Kleiner: a room in Loring Hall named in honor of Hesperia.

November 8, 2023

Conservation Laboratory of Athenian Agora Excavations

Each summer, the conservation laboratory of the Agora Excavations runs an 8-week internship program and hosts 2 – 3 international conservation students.

October 26, 2023

Fall Newsletter 2023

Read the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.

October 4, 2023

Emily Wilson Captivates Crowd with Lecture on The Vulnerability of Heroism

Renowned classicist Emily Wilson lectured on The Vulnerability of Heroism to a capacity audience at Cotsen Hall, at the Gennadius Library, while thousands more watched online.

June 2, 2023

Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years

The find would drag the dawn of Greek archaeology back by as much as a quarter of a million years, although older hominin sites have been discovered elsewhere in Europe. The oldest, in Spain, dates to more than a million years ago.

May 12, 2023

School Awards Mark Mazower with the Gennadius Prize at Seventh Annual Gala

Ira D. Wallach Professor of History at Columbia University and a member of the Board of Overseers of the Gennadius Library honored at Gotham Hall in New York City.

May 12, 2023

Gala 2023 - Video Archive

Watch a reply of our 2023 Annual Gala

May 12, 2023

Watch a replay of our Gala

Watch a replay of our 2023 Annual Gala.

April 11, 2023

Video Archive - Open Meeting 2023

Watch the video archive of our annual Open meeting and learn about the important work that was carried out at the American School, for the past year, as well as the amazing new finds at the Palace of Nestor at Pylos.

March 24, 2023

Philanthropy in Motion: Wiener Lab to acquire Industrial micro-CT Scanner

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is thrilled to announce its purchase of an industrial mirco-CT scanner to be incorporated at the School’s Malcolm Wiener Laboratory for Archeological Science.

February 22, 2023

American School Releases 141st Annual Report Highlighting Major Accomplishments and Work

The American School is pleased to announce the release of its annual report covering the 2021-2022 academic year.

December 31, 2022

Our Year In Review

Watch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!

November 22, 2022

Fall 2022 Newsletter

Read the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.

November 1, 2022

Mark Mazower Named Gennadius Prize Recipient

Mark Mazower has been selected as the next recipient of the prestigious Gennadius Prize. He will be honored in New York City at the May 2023 Gala of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

June 30, 2022

Hesperia 91.2 Now Online!

Hesperia 91.2 is now available online! Topics in this issue include the grave of the Griffin Warrior, Anavlachos on Crete, lithics at Halieis, and the Tyrannicides statues in Athens.

May 1, 2022

Exhibition open on May 1st

Turn your May Day into a Neigh Day! Our exhibition “Hippos: The Horse in Ancient Athens” will be open tomorrow, May 1st, from 12:00 to 18:00!

February 23, 2022

Video Archive: Aristocrats and Horses in Democratic Athens

Watch our latest Hippos Series lecture, with Professor Barringer, and learn how horses were associated with elite in Ancient Greece.

February 14, 2022

Video Archive: Reflections on the Athenian Cavalry

Watch the second lecture, of our Hippos Lecture Series, with Professor Bugh, and learn more about how Athenian cavalry inscriptions help to triangulate, traditional texts and material culture.

January 27, 2022

Video Archive: The Medici Riccardi Horse Head in the National Archaeological Museum of Florence

Watch the opening lecture of our new exhibition, Hippos: The Horse in Ancient Athens. Dr. Mario Iozzo, Director at the National Archaeological Museum of Florence presents the magnificent Medici Riccardi life-size bronze head, that is displayed in Greece for the first time.

September 9, 2021

Laboratory’s $1 Million Fundraising Campaign Reaches Key Milestone

Campaign is more than halfway toward its $1 million goal thanks to a generous matching grant.

May 28, 2021

Webinar - Purple dye production in the Bronze Age Aegean: archaeological, historical and experimental evidence

Watch our latest Live from Lab webinar, and discover the importance of purple dye production in the Bronze Age Aegean.

December 11, 2020

Open Meeting 2020

Watch the video archive of our annual Open Meeting, that was held in a new virtual format. Jenifer Neils, the Director of the School, was joined, for the first time, by members of the academic staff, in a discussion on the School’s diverse initiatives.

August 18, 2020

Wiener Laboratory collaboration with Max Planck

We are excited to announce the collaboration of Wiener Laboratory with Max Planck – Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean, for performing extraction of Ancient DNA analysis (aDNA).

August 7, 2020

Webinar: Plagues and Pandemics in the Past: The Evidence from Thebes

Join us in watching the 3rd Episode of our Live from the Lab, with Dr. Maria Liston, Senior Associate Member, Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science

June 22, 2020

Dental Cast Tutorial

Watch our tutorial from the Wiener Laboratory of Archaeological Sciences with Dimitris Michailidis and Zoe Chalatsi.

June 18, 2020

Webinar: The Birth of Democracy in Ancient Athens: A Bioarchaeological Perspective

Join us in watching our second episode of our "Live from the Lab", with Dr. Jane Buikstra.

May 24, 2020

Webinar: Live from the Lab, Episode 1

Join us in watching the first episode of our webinar series, "Live from the Lab"

March 11, 2020

Important Notice - Libraries Closed

February 25, 2020

Hands on in the Lab: Meet Wiener Lab Assistant Zoe Chalatsi

Introduced to the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Sciences by Professor Stefania Chlouveraki, Zoe Chalatsi started working in the Lab in early 2011.

November 21, 2019

ASCSA at the 2020 AIA/SCS Annual Meeting in DC

Use this list to join current American School members and staff for lectures, workshops, round table discussions and more at the 2020 AIA/SCS Annual Meeting in Washington DC.

April 11, 2018

VIDEOCAST - Geo-ethnoarchaeology: Ethnography and microscopic study of modern sites as an interpretative tool for archaeological research

FITCH-WIENER LABS SEMINAR SERIES Dr. David Friesem

December 21, 2017

VIDEOCAST - “Why are Scientists Afraid of ED-XRF Analysis in Art and Archaeology?”

Sariel Shalev, University of Haifa

October 30, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Lord of the Gold Rings - The Grave of the Griffin Warrior of Pylos

Sharon R. Stoker & Jack L. Davis - University of Cincinnati

October 27, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Annual Malcolm H. Wiener Lecture 2017 - The Prospect for Ancient Proteins in Archaeology

Annual Malcolm H. Wiener Lecture Matthew Collins, University of York - University of Copenhagen “The Prospect for Ancient Proteins in Archaeology”

October 12, 2017

RECLASSIFICATION OF RESEARCH COLLECTIONS

Starting September 2017, the libraries of ASCSA (the Blegen, the Gennadius and the Wiener Laboratory) are undergoing a major reclassification project for their collections following the Library of Congress system of call numbers.

September 8, 2017

Lectures and Events Schedule Set for 2017-18

The New York Times Democracy Forum and a lecture by Professor Mary Lefkowitz, later followed by the Nights Classical Music at the Gennadeion in September begin a year of diverse lectures and events ahead.

August 16, 2017

Hesperia welcomes New Editor: Jennifer Sacher

After a comprehensive search, the ASCSA has chosen Jennifer Sacher to be the next editor of Hesperia.

August 4, 2017

Generous Funding Modernizes and Updates ASCSA Libraries

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) has been awarded three program grants totaling $900,000 to modernize and update its library holdings.

July 7, 2017

School Summer Newsletter

The American School's Summer 2017 issue of the newsletter is now online for viewing.

June 28, 2017

Psychiatrists and psychotherapists from “Antistixi” Visit the ASCSA

To Σάββατο 24 Ιουνίου, ο Δημήτρης και η Ελένη Καραγιάννη, ψυχίατροι-ψυχοθεραπευτές και οι συνεργάτες τους από το θεραπευτικό και εκπαιδευτικό Ινστιτούτο «Αντίστιξη» ξεναγήθηκαν στις εγκαταστάσεις της Αμερικανικής Σχολής Κλασικών Σπουδών.

May 31, 2017

Surprises in Excavations on the Ismenion Hill

A conversation with Dr. Stephanie Larson about the excavations on the Ismenion Hill

May 23, 2017

One-day meeting in experimental archaeology at the Wiener Laboratory

The use of stone tools and the observation of wear patterns; a theoretical and practical one-day meeting at the Wiener Laboratory

May 9, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Plagues and Pestilence in Thebes

Prof. Maria Liston, Department of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Canada; Whitehead Professor, ASCSA

April 28, 2017

VIDEOCAST - Human-Environment Dynamics in the Peloponnese and Beyond: Ideas-Methods-Results

Conference on Environment and Human Activity in the Peloponnese, 6-9 April, organized in cooperation with the Swedish Institute at Athens.

April 17, 2017

Panagiotis Karkanas Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the U.S.’s oldest and most esteemed learned societies, has elected Dr. Panagiotis Karkanas, Director of the American School's Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science, to its 237th class of members. He is the 24th person in the ASCSA's venerable history to receive this honor.

March 28, 2017

Meet a Member: Kaitlyn Stiles

Meet Kaitlyn Stiles, an Associate Member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens working on a dissertation in Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Tennessee.

March 3, 2017

Using X-rays to Understand Greek Pottery

Watch the Wiener Lab's portable X-ray fluorescence device in action, helping unlock mysteries of Corinthian pottery.

January 20, 2017

Announcement Concerning Access to the Archives in the Gennadius Library

Researchers will not be able to access the Archives of the G.L. between July 1, 2017 and February 28, 2018. H πρόσβαση των ερευνητών στα Αρχεία της Βιβλιοθήκης δεν θα είναι δυνατή από 1/7/2017 έως 28/2/2018.

January 19, 2017

Dr. Zeder’s and Dr. Karkanas’ talk at the Boston Athenaeum, January 2017

On January 9th, 2017, Dr. Zeder and Dr. Karkanas gave a talk at the Boston Athenaeum related to the history and scope of the Wiener Laboratory and the School’s involvement in the groundbreaking Phaleron project.

December 14, 2016

Additions to the Wiener Lab Library

The Wiener Laboratory is excited to announce the addition of the following publications to our collection.

December 5, 2016

New AMBROSIA Launched

The online home to the catalogues of the Gennadius, Blegen,Wiener Laboratory, and the British School, the new AMBROSIA is simpler and easier to use.

November 15, 2016

VIDEOCAST - Phaleron Delta: the Archaic Necropolis at the Southern Edge of the City

Dr. Stella Chrysoulaki, Ephor, Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus, Western Attica, and the Islands

August 17, 2016

David Romano Reflects on Mt. Lykaion Discovery

“We had been expecting something like this ever since we began excavating at the altar in 2007,” admitted Romano.

August 10, 2016

Meet a Member: Petra Vaiglova

Meet Petra Vaiglova is the pre-doctoral fellow at the Wiener lab, working on a PhD in archaeological science

June 10, 2016

VIDEOCAST - Tales from the Wiener Lab

Contributions of the Archaeological Sciences to Classical Studies Dr. Melinda Zeder, Smithsonian Institution

February 3, 2016

International Field School on Archaeological Science in Ancient Corinth

The week-long course entitled Field School on Archaeological Science in Ancient Corinth is offered by the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science (ASCSA), in collaboration with the Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, and the ASCSA Excavations at Ancient Corinth.

January 21, 2016

Students of Hunter College visiting the ASCSA

Professor Robert Koehl and a small group of graduate students from Hunter College visited the facilities of the School yesterday.

January 8, 2016

Alumnus Nakassis Recognized with MacArthur Fellowship

The School speaks with recent MacArthur "genius grant" winner Dimitri Nakassis about what the fellowship means to him and his research into Mycenaean society.

November 11, 2015

Wiener Laboratory Assists with Analyzing Archaic-Period Cemetery at Phaleron

The Laboratory was recently granted permission to study the cemetery at Phaleron — one of the most significant necropoleis in Attica during the Archaic Period.

September 17, 2015

Archaeodiet in the Greek World Published

Archaeodiet in the Greek World: Dietary Reconstruction from Stable Isotope Analysis, edited by Anastasia Papathanasiou, Michael P. Richards, and Sherry C. Fox, is now published and available for sale.

September 11, 2015

The 2015 – 2016 Academic Year Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory Fellows Projects

The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory Committee awarded five new fellowships for the 2015- 2016 academic year. Dr. McNamee (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow) is on her second year of her project entitled: “Starches and Grains: Reconstructing Subsistence in Mainland Greece through the Bronze Age.”

September 8, 2015

ASCSA Student Associate Member, Marie-Philippine Montagné

Ms Marie-Philippine Montagné (University of Aix- Marseille, France) made use of the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory facilities for her study on use-wear analysis of obsidian and flint Bronze Age tools.

September 8, 2015

Tübingen University postgraduate student, Lucia Leierer

Ms Lucia Leierer (Tübingen University, Work group Prehistory and Archaeology Science, Geoarchaeology) visited the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for a week in the context of the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory- Tübingen University Memorandum of Understanding.

June 8, 2015

Malcolm Wiener Awarded Gold Cross by the Hellenic Republic

In a special ceremony at the Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, ASCSA Trustee Chairman Malcolm Hewitt Wiener was awarded the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor by the Hellenic Republic for his contribution to the study of Aegean Prehistory.

June 5, 2015

VIDEOCAST - International Conference: “Athens and Attica in Prehistory

ASCSA, Ministry of Culture, Faculty of History and Archaeology, University of Athens, and the Museum of Cycladic Art

May 26, 2015

Colgate University Students at the Wiener Lab

Rebecca Ammerman, professor of Classics at the University of Colgate, and fourteen of her students visited the Wiener Lab.

May 20, 2015

University of Chicago Students at the ASCSA

Jonathan Hall, professor of Classics at the University of Chicago, and fifteen of his students visited the American School of Classical Studies as part of a study-abroad program entitled "Greek Antiquity and Its Legacy."

May 5, 2015

Climate change, human population growth, or both?

"Climate change, human population growth, or both? Upper Paleolithic subsistence shifts in southern Greece". Dr. Maria Ntinou, former Wiener Laboratory Fellow has published this recent article in Quaternary International (under her affiliation with the lab).

April 6, 2015

Technical considerations and methodology for creating high-resolution, color-corrected photomosaics

"Technical considerations and methodology for creating high-resolution, color-corrected, and georectified photomosaics of stratigraphic sections at archaeological sites." Dr. Panagiotis Karkanas, Director of the Wiener Lab, has co-authored this recent paper published in Journal of Archaeological Science

April 6, 2015

Revisiting Kokkinopilos: Middle Pleistocene radiometric dates for stratified archaeological remains

Dr. Panagiotis Karkanas, Director of the Wiener Lab, has co-authored this recent paper published in Journal of Archaeological Science

March 26, 2015

Fitch-Wiener Seminar: Dr. Papayianni

"The microfauna from the Aegean Bronze Age: indirect evidence for human impact on the natural environment"

March 15, 2015

VIDEOCAST - “Work of the ASCSA during 2014”&“Archaeology,History and Science: a Microscopic Approach

OPEN MEETING - “Work of the ASCSA during 2014” & “Archaeology, History and Science: a Microscopic Approach” James C. Wright, Director of ASCSA; Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College and Dr. Panagiotis Karkanas, M. H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science, ASCSA

March 13, 2015

GIS session

Dr. Calla McNamee, presented on March 10 & March 17, two sessions on GIS.

March 4, 2015

Wiener Laboratory Workshop- March 3, 2015

The Workshop was about Human Bones.

February 12, 2015

Fitch-Wiener Seminar: Dr. Stathopoulou

"The use of spectrochemical techniques in the study of archaeological bone"

February 9, 2015

Tea Talk- Dr. Calla McNamee

On Thursday, February 5th, Dr. Calla McNamee (Wiener Laboratory Post-Doctoral Fellow) presented a talk entitled, "The Use of Microbotanical Residue Analysis: Budding Interpretation of Subsistence Practices in the Aegean Bronze Age."

February 4, 2015

Wiener Laboratory Workshop- February 3, 2015

The Workshop was about Pottery.

January 27, 2015

MoA between WL & Institut für Naturwissentshaftliche Archäologie of the University of Tübingen

The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archeological Science of The American School of Classical studies at Athens and the Institut für Naturwissentshaftliche Archäologie of the University of Tübingen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for encouraging academic cooperation through research and study in furtherance of the advancement of learning.

January 27, 2015

Wiener Laboratory Workshop- January 27, 2015

The Workshop was about Paleobotany.

January 27, 2015

Wiener Laboratory Workshop-January 20, 2015

The Workshop was about Animal Bones.

January 7, 2015

A new and expanded free-standing Wiener Laboratory is being constructed

The Wiener Laboratory is currently building a new and expanded free-standing structure with new facilities. The construction is expected to be ready for use by the end of 2015.

December 19, 2014

Wiener Laboratory Workshop- November 2014

The Wiener Laboratory workshop was about Stratigraphy & Site Formation Processes

July 17, 2014

Malcolm H. Wiener honored by President Papoulias with the Gold Cross of the Order of the Phoenix

On Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at an official state ceremony, President Karolos Papoulias of Greece presented 42 people with awards. Among those honored was Malcolm H. Wiener, president of the Institute for Aegean Prehistory and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the ASCSA. Wiener received the Gold Cross of the Order of Honor from Papoulias.

June 11, 2014

VIDEOCAST - Harvesting the Sea: Aegean Societies and Marine Animals in Context

Harvesting the Sea: Aegean Societies and Marine Animals in Context, 29-31 May ASCSA, Cotsen Hall, 9 Anapiron Polemou, 106 76 Athens INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 210-7236313

May 7, 2014

“Roman-era shipwreck reveals ancient medical secrets”

Dr Alain Touwaide is in the Telegraph about his findings about the medications from a Roman wreck. He mentioned this in his Dec. 2012 annual Wiener Lecture

January 21, 2014

Introduction to Basic Applied Statistics

Between October 23-25, J. Lawrence Angel Fellow, Dr. Effie Nikita presented a seminar “Introduction to Basic Applied Statistics” for ASCSA members and staff. This was a first for the Wiener Laboratory and by all accounts a success. Since statistics is of enormous value in analyzing information and in testing conclusions that researchers draw from it, it is particularly useful to have instruction from someone whose experience is based on working with archaeological data.

January 17, 2014

New Book Release by Dr. Voutsaki & Dr. Valamoti, 2013 volume

The new volume by Voutsaki and Valamoti's 2013 is out! The book entitled Diet, Economy and Society in the Ancient Greek World: Towards a Better Integration of Archaeology and Science. Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the Netherlands Institute at Athens on 22-24 March 2010.

December 16, 2013

VIDEOCAST - “Ötzi and Modern Mummy Research-The Life and Death of the 5300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman”

“Ötzi and Modern Mummy Research - The Life and Death of the 5300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman" Albert Zink, Director of the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, European Academy of Bolzano, Italy. Watch it now!

September 30, 2013

“The Olive in the third millenium Aegean”

Dr. Evi Margaritis, former Wiener Laboratory Fellow has published this recent article in Antiquity (under her affiliation with the lab).

September 2, 2013

“Bringing the past to life”

Former Wiener Laboratory Angel Fellow and American School Advanced Fellow Eleanna Prevedorou is featured in an Arizona State University News article

May 27, 2013

The Wiener Laboratory Celebrates Twenty Years

On Sunday, June 2, 2013 the ASCSA will hold a half-day Colloquium Honoring Malcolm H. Wiener and the Wiener Laboratory

May 15, 2013

15th Annual Workshop of Environmental Archaeology

The Wiener Laboratory conducted a workshop in Loring Hall on May 14th on environmental archaeology entitled "Keeping our Past Alive."

April 3, 2013

BBC photo shoot at the Wiener Laboratory

An upcoming BBC 2 production highlights the work of the Wiener Laboratory.

March 13, 2013

Wiener Laboratory Workshop on “Pigments”

The Wiener Laboratory conducted the Annual Workshop on "Pigments" on March 12th led by H. Brecoulaki

March 12, 2013

Fitch-Wiener Labs Seminar

On March 6th E. Hasaki and I.Zananiri presented their research on ancient kilns in view of the Fitch-Wiener Labs Seminar held at Loring Hall

March 5, 2013

Wiener Laboratory Workshop on “Stones”

On March 5th, Margie Miles and Scott Pike led the Annual Wiener Laboratory workshop on"stones".