Photography Office

Photography is an excellent medium to record and illustrate quickly and objectively the archaeological record. Archaeological photography can be broadly divided into two categories.

a) record photography of the actual excavations

b) object photography ("mug" shots of the objects, typically, top, bottom and profile views of the object)

Stored in our excavation photographic archives are several hundred thousand negatives and images that document our work. Traditionally archaeological photography has been shot with black and white film, but color photography and more recently digital imaging is increasingly being used.

Photographs and slides can be ordered for study , lecture and publication purposes by contacting us. For teaching purposes the Agora Excavations is pleased to offer a series of color slide sets. Objects on display in the Museum of the Stoa of Attalos or stored in its study collections have been selected to illustrate various aspects of Athenian culture and archaeology. Designed for classroom and archival use by schools, universities and museums, these slides make the archaeological artifacts from the Athenian Agora available to your students. Most of the sets are based thematically on specific Picture Books, which thus provide the students with an ideal commentary on the slides. Notes accompanying the slides provide bibliographical references to scholarly publications of each object: in the Picture Books, in the series The Athenian Agora, or in articles published in Hesperia.

Each set contains 20 or 30 color 35 mm slides reproduced from recent, detailed views of each object taken by the photographers on the Agora staff. The sets have been assembled and annotated by archaeologists on the Agora staff. They are intended to present materials which are well published in the series of the Agora Picture Books or the more scholarly volumes of The Athenian Agora.

The following sets are available for purchase or download:

THE ATHENIAN CITIZEN
Objects from the Agora which characterize public life in Athens such as the furnishings of the law courts, official weights and measures and ostraka. Based on Agora Picture Book No. 4.
(20 slides $30)

HOUSEHOLD POTTERY
A selection of pottery used in Athenian houses from the 6th to the 4th centuries BC: pitchers, drinking cups, water jars and many cooking pots. Based on Agora Picture Book No. 1.
(20 slides $30)

ANCIENT PORTRAITS
A selection of portrait heads, mostly of marble and mostly from the Roman period, found in the excavations of the Agora. Based on Agora Picture Book No. 5.
(20 slides $30)

GODS AND HEROES
Slides illustrating the worship of gods and heroes in the Agora as depicted on painted pottery, in terracotta figurines, and in marble statuary. Based on Agora Picture Book No. 19.
(20 slides $30)

EARLY BURIALS
Objects from the Bronze and Iron Age cemeteries found beneath the Classical Agora. Pottery, jewelry, and weapons from Mycenaean to Geometric times (1500700 BC). Based on Agora Picture Book No. 13.
(30 slides $40)

MODELS
Views of the models displayed in the upper colonnade of the Stoa of Attalos, including the new overall model of the ancient city, the archaic Acropolis, the Acropolis at the fullest development, the Agora, the Erechtheion, the temple of Athena Nike, the north end of the Stoa of Attalos and the 4th century city walls of Athens.
(20 slides $30)

CLASSICAL SCULPTURE
A selection of Classical Sculpture from the Agora Excavations.
(20 slides $30)

ANCIENT BIRDS
Objects from the Agora which depict birds. Various species and dates are represented. Based on Agora Picture Book No.22
(20 slides $30)

RED FIGURED POTTERY
Slides illustrating various aspects of Athenian life, mythological themes or animals.
(20 slides $30)

BLACK FIGURED POTTERY - 1
Slides illustrating various mythological themes with emphasis on the calyx-krater by Exexias.
(20 slides $30)

BLACK FIGURED POTTERY - 2
Slides illustrating mythological themes, daily life or animals.
(20 slides $30)

AMPHORAS
A selection of slides showing transport amphoras used for wine or oil. Included are amphoras of various periods, amphora stamps, and scenes of amphoras in use. Based on Agora Picture Book No 6.
(30 slides $40)

DARK AGE POTTERY - 1
Selected examples of Latest Mycenaean, Protogeometric, and Geometric pottery from the Agora Excavations (ca. 1150-750 B.C.).
(20 slides $30)

DARK AGE POTTERY - 2
Development of common shapes and decoration: Latest Mycenaean, Protogeometric, and Geometric pottery from the Agora Excavations (ca. 1150-750 B.C.)
(20 slides $30)

Contact us using one of the following addresses. Orders are sent immediately after payment is made. Charges for postage and handling are also added.

e-mail: photography@agathe.gr

fax: 30 1 331 0964

mail:
Photographic Department
Agora Excavations
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
54 Souidias
GR 106 76 Athens
GREECE

Craig Mauzy, 23 Nov. 1998