The 2022-2023 Dean’s Innovation Grant allowed team members to investigate the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC) of the Vigla site in Cyprus which falls under the umbrella of the Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project (PKAP). PKAP is a two-pronged program focusing on undergraduate teaching and original research. The primary educational focus will be giving MSU Denver undergraduates an opportunity to expand their historical awareness by actively studying abroad in a safe and accommodating Mediterranean country and receive historical and archaeological training through the departments of History and Anthropology of MSU Denver. It’s a collaboration with undergraduate students from multiple institutions (Reed College, Boston University, the University of South Carolina, the University of Michigan).
