


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.
Projects
- All
- Archives
- Climate & Environment
- Digital
- Excavation
- Histories
- Lake
- Material Science
- Spaces
- Survey & Landscape
- Things
Publications
Filling the Void in Archaeological Excavations (Nobles and Roosevelt 2021)
Digital, ExcavationBorn-Digital Logistics (Scott et al. 2021)
Excavation, Material Science, Spaces, Survey & LandscapeAgropastoral Economies and Land Use (Marston et al. 2021)
Excavation, Material Science, Spaces, Survey & LandscapeFull Bibliography
BibliographyMysterious Shepherds (Roosevelt and Luke 2006)
Documents & Archives, Histories, Survey & Landscape, ThingsLooting Lydia (Roosevelt and Luke 2006)
Documents & Archives, Histories, Survey & Landscape, ThingsTumulus Survey (Roosevelt 2006)
Survey & Landscape, ThingsSymbolic Door Stelae (Roosevelt 2006)
Survey & Landscape, ThingsBintepeler: Anıtsal Mezarlık (Roosevelt 2006)
Survey & Landscape, ThingsCentral Lydia Archaeological Survey 2005 (Roosevelt 2007)
Survey & LandscapeCentral Lydia Archaeological Survey 2006 (Roosevelt and Luke 2008)
Lake, Survey & LandscapeStone Alabastra (Roosevelt 2008)
Survey & Landscape, Things
Blog
Gygaia Voices
Voices From the Field (2020-03-07)
A Visit with a View to the Region’s Byzantine and Ottoman Histories
Voices From the Field (2020-05-01)
Spring Flowers in the Marmara Lake Basin
Voices From the Field (2020-05-07)
A New Publication on Late Bronze Age Pig Husbandry in the Journal of Field Archaeology
Voices From the Field (2020-08-15)
The 2020 Study Season
Voices From the Field (2020-08-30)
A New Publication on Archaeological Sediment Chemistry in the Journal of Field Archaeology
Voices From the Field (2020-09-15)
Bird Watching and Lake Desiccation
Voices From the Field (2020-11-11)
Shifting Weather and Olive Season
Voices From the Field (2020-11-30)
Presentations at the 2020 Virtual Annual Meetings of ASOR
Voices From the Field (2021-01-15)
A New Publication on Agricultural Practices in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Voices From the Field (2021-02-16)
An Opportunity for a Winter-Break Visit
Contact Us
Hacıveliler Mahallesi, Hacıveliler Sokak: 101
Gölmarmara MANİSA
info@gygaia.org