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The Helike Project
The
Helike Project under the direction of archaeologist Dora Katsonopoulou and
co-direction of physicist Steven Soter began to search for the city in 1988,
with a systematic sonar survey of the seafloor southeast of Aigion. The survey
determined that the site is not under water. Since 1991, the Helike Project team
carried out campaigns on the adjacent coastal plain using surface surveys,
geophysical exploration, extensive bore hole drilling. Since 2000 started trial
and systematic excavations under a permit from the Ministry of Culture held by
the Helike Society and the Department of Geology of Patras University.
See Discoveries…
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Director
Prof. Dora Katsonopoulou, President, The Helike Society, Athens
Tel.
and Fax: +30-210-3845658
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Co-Director for Geosciences
Prof. Ioannis Koukouvelas, Geology Department, University of Patras
Tel.: +30 2610 997843, Fax: +30 2610
994485
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Sedimentology
and Environmental Studies
Prof.
Nikos Kontopoulos Department of Geology, University of Patras Tel.:
+302610997591
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History
of Civilizations and Cultural Heritage Management
Ass.
Prof. Christos Merantzas Department of Cultural Heritage Management
& New Technologies, University of Patras Tel.: +302641074229
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Helike Conservation
Laboratory & Sites Preservation
Mr. Konstantinos
Kiousis, Tel.: 6982709009
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Associates
Dr Carlos Alvarez-Zarikian, Texas A&M University (paleoenvironment)
Ms. Dimitra Balafa, Conservator, Greek Ministry of Culture
Prof. Kimon Christanis, Geologist, University of Patras (mineral raw materials -
charcoal analysis)
Dr Margaret Erwin Butler, Archaeologist, Tulane University, USA (Hellenistic
Pottery)
Assoc. Prof. Yorgos Facorellis, Chemist, University of West Attica
(Archaeometric Analysis)
Dr Sandra Garvie-Lock, University of Alberta, Canada (Skeletal
Remains)
Dr George Iliopoulos, Palaeontologist, University of Patras (bone analysis)
Dr Ioannis Iliopoulos, Geologist, University of Patras (Clay Analysis and
Petrography)
Prof. Lilian Karali, Archaeologist, University of Athens (Environmental
Archaeology)
Dr Stella Katsarou, Archaeologist, Greek Ministry of Culture (Early Helladic
Pottery)
Mr Nicholas Thompson, Archaeologist, Nauplio, Greece (Lithics)
Mrs. Linda Tsampiri, Archaeologist, University of Athens (Geometric Pottery)
Dr Robert Weir, Coin Specialist, University of Windsor, Canada
The
Helike Society
based in Aigion, Achaea, Greece, is the principal scientific non-profit
organization which promotes and supports scientific research to reveal and
develop the site of Ancient Helike. The Helike Society was founded in
Aigion in 1982 at the initiative of Dora Katsonopoulou, archaeologist, and
other personalities from the city of Aigion.
Since
2000, archaeological excavations of the Helike Project (see below) in the area
of Helike are conducted under the auspices of the Department of Geology,
University
of
Patras
and the Helike Society under a permit from the Greek Ministry of Culture.
The
Helike Society
is directed by a Board of nine members elected every four years by vote
from the members of the General Assembly. Since 1985, Dora Katsonopoulou
is continuously elected as President of the Helike Society.
The
Administrative Board of the Helike Society
Prof.
Dora Katsonopoulou, Archaeologist, Director of the Helike Project, President
Prof. Nikos Kontopoulos, Geologist, Patras
University, Vice President
Mrs.
Maria Karvela, Archaeologist, Secretary
General
Mr. Panos
Mitropoulos, Philologist, Aigion Gymnasium Director,
Assistant Secretary
Mr.
Leonidas Charalambopoulos, Former Director of the Alpha bank,
Treasurer
Mr. Kostas Klagos, Philologist, Education
Consultant, Member
Mrs. Xara Efthymiou, Health Deputy Director at
University Hospital, Rion, Patras, Member
The
Helike Society welcomes contributions to support systematic
excavations of the Helike Project at Helike. For information on Helike and
the discoveries brought to light in recent years, please see Discoveries at Ancient Helike.
For information on membership and contributions to the Helike Society and
ordering the Helike Proceedings
volumes,
please contact Mrs.
Maria Karvela.
application
form (also
in ms word format)
census
bulletin (also
in ms word format)
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