Introduction

In collaboration with

the Ephorate of

Antiquities of Pella

About

This is an archaeological research project focused on the site of Pella in northern Greece, which is exploring the lives of the city’s inhabitants during the Classical and Hellenistic periods (fifth to first centuries BCE). It is a direct collaboration between the Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella and the University of Michigan, in association with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. This project represents a follow-on study to the Olynthos Project (now in its publication phase). The multi-scalar, multi-disciplinary research design and the field methods to be used at Pella are derived from those developed and successfully implemented by the team at Olynthos.

Satellite photograph of Pella showing the topography of the site and the main archaeological features presently known. (Courtesy of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella.)

Further Information

Publications

Tsigarida, E., S. Nanoglou, D. Stone, A. Sarris and N. Papadopoulos ‘Επιφανειακή και γεωφυσική έρευνα στην Πέλλα κατά το 2017.’ Το Αρχαιολογικó Éργο στη Μακεδονíα και στη Θρáκη 31 (2017), 167-176.

Tsigarida, E., L. Nevett, S. Nanoglou and D. Stone ‘Αρχαιολογικό Πρόγραμμα Πέλλας 2021-2025’. In S. Nanoglou, ed. Δέκα χρόνια Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Πέλλας . Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Pella, 2024, 42-45.

Tsigarida, E. and L. Nevett 2023. ‘Research on the Classical Urban Landscape of Pella’.  In A. G. Vlachopoulos and A. Gadolou eds. The Ancient Greek City I: domestic and public architecture in its social and political context.  Athens, Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development, 2023, 45-57.

Conference Presentations

Hellenistic Pella as a dynamic urban environment: new investigations by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Pella in collaboration with the University of Michigan, E. Tsigarida, L. Nevett, S. Nanoglou and D. Stone. Paper delivered at the conference ‘Macedonia and Sparta: A Tale of Two Cities in the Hellenistic Period‘, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2025.

Investigating Ancient Urban Dynamics at Pella, Northern Greece, L. Nevett, E. Tsigarida, D. Stone and S. Nanoglou. Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Philadephia, 2025. 

The Roman Colonia of Pella: a preliminary discussion of new discoveries by the Pella Urban Dynamics Project.  D. Stone, S. Nanoglou, E. Tsigarida, N. Akamatis, L. Nevett, A. Garyfallopoulos: invited paper delivered at the conference ‘Macedonia in the Medterranean Context’, University of Indiana, Bloomington, 2024.

Research on the Classical Urban Landscape of Pella, E. Tsigarida and L. Nevett. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, 2023.