Gygaia Projects is a group of activities concerned with scientific research and preservation in the areas of cultural and natural history.

GYGAIA PROJECTS

What's in a Name?

Culture and nature… These are our main foci and what our name, gygaia, represents. From Homer and Hittite archives we know that the word gygaia (we prefer to pronounce it gee-gay-uh with two hard Gs) was associated with ancestors and water birds in the Bronze Age dialects of Anatolia. Homer knew Lake Marmara as gygaia limne: “lake of ancestors” or “lake of water birds.” This is what Gygaia Projects is committed to: the exploration, sustainable use, and preservation of the ancestral cultures and natural environments of the Marmara Lake basin and beyond.

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  • Archives
  • Climate & Environment
  • Digital
  • Excavation
  • Histories
  • Lake
  • Material Science
  • Spaces
  • Survey & Landscape
  • Things

Gygaia Limne – Lake Marmara

Much of the research conducted by Gygaia Projects pivots around Lake Marmara. Afterall, it is the project namesake.... Read More

Survey in the Marmara Lake Basin

The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey (CLAS) was carried out between 2005 and 2014 with the main goal of... Read More

Excavations at Kaymakçı

The Kaymakçı Archaeological Project began in 2014 with aims of conducting excavations and related research activities at and... Read More

Archaeobotany

Our approach to archaeobotany, the study of ancient botanical remains, explores how communities engage with their surroundings. We... Read More

Ceramics

Pottery fragments represent the most conspicuous category of archaeological materials found both on the surface and within the... Read More

Conservation

Current conservation efforts at Kaymakçı focus on site-level support for excavations at Kaymakçı and the processing, stabilization, and... Read More

Digital Recording & Database

From the beginning of survey work in 2005 to present excavation work, we have always strived to remain... Read More

DNA: Ancient and Sediment DNA Studies

The scope of ancient DNA studies aims to study genetic characterizations of archaeobotanical material recovered from excavations at... Read More

Landscapes

When the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey (CLAS) began, the backbone of the research focused first and foremost on... Read More

Ottoman Studies

Intensive “digging” into the Presidential Ottoman Archives and Robert College-Boğaziçi University Archives in Istanbul has proved to be... Read More

Research Center Design

The research center, which among other activities hosts the archaeological mission working at the nearby site of Kaymakçı... Read More

Small Finds

“Small finds” refer to a variety of generally “small” artifacts in diverse materials. Often studied according to narrow... Read More

Volumetric (3D) Recording

A key innovation of the Kaymakçı Archaeological Project (KAP) in developing the KAP Recording System in 2014 was... Read More

Zooarchaeology

Our approach to zooarchaeology, the study of ancient faunal remains, investigates the intimate relationships among humans, animals, and... Read More

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