Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy. Excavations in 2011

Abstract

The ancient town of akrai (Greek κραι, Latin acrae, agris, acrenses) is located to the west of the modern town of Palazzolo Acreide, in south-eastern Sicily, the province of Syracuse. on an agreement between the University of Warsaw and Parco Archeologico di Eloro e della villa del Tellaro e delle Aree Archeologiche di Noto e dei Comuni Limitrofi,after non-invasiveinvestigations in 2009 and 2010 (ChoWANIEC, MISIEWICz 2010; ChoWANIEC, MAłKoWSKI, MISIEWICz 2010), the first season of excavations began. In this fieldwork, which lasted from 3 to 28 october, the following persons took part: dr. Monika Rekowska-Ruszkowska, Marta Fituła M.A., Marcin Matera M.A., Tomasz Więcek M.A., Piotr zakrzewski M.A., dr. Wiesław Więckowski, Agata Ulanowska M.A., Prof. Aleksander Bursche and eleven students of the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw. 1 The excavations in 2011 were possible thanks to the grant of the National Science Centre (N N109 104940), as well as private sponsors.