Archaeological Summer Field Schools on Skopelos (ASFS) in 2024 and 2025
The Summer Field Schools on Skopelos were a follow-up to and further development of the Summer School organised in Athens as part of the 4EU+ Alliance and Erasmus+ programme-funded educational project Artefacts, Creativity, Technology, and Skills from Prehistory to the Classical Period in Greece (ACTS). They were organised on 16–29 September 2025 and 20 September–3 October 2024, under the auspices of Charles University, and coordinated by Prof. Peter Pavúk, with the Universities of Warsaw and Heidelberg as participating institutions.
The Summer Field Schools aimed to enhance students’ skills through hands-on training in archaeological fieldwork and documentation techniques. Training included:
a) extensive and intensive archaeological field survey;
b) topographic reconnaissance;
c) analysis and processing of ceramic and other survey finds;
d) digital documentation using GPS, Laser Profiler, and Dino-Lite microscope;
e) digital data processing and online hosting.
Field activities took place within the ASkoS project in the mornings and early afternoons, while later afternoons were dedicated to lectures and practical work with archaeological finds in the lab. The training aimed to equip students with the skills to conduct systematic field surveys independently and to develop a critical approach to archaeological fieldwork methods.
Archaeological Summer Field Schools on Skopelos were funded by the 4EU+ Alliance and the Erasmus+ programme
