From 2015 to 2017, the Team worked mainly on the topographic and photogrammetric survey of Butrint: starting from the theatre, the shrine and temple of Asclepius (2015, 2016) to the Hellenistic and Medieval wall circuit going from the Lake Gate to the Lion Gate (2017). In later years, the Archaic and Hellenistic wall circuit were also implemented in the topographic survey (2018, 2019, 2021, 2023) along with the whole Sanctuary of Asclepius (2023), which has also been the the object of several analysis of the stratigraphy of the architectural elements (2023, 2024).
From 2018, these activities were combined with excavations, first in a portion of the filling of the Hellenistic and Medieval wall circuit between the Tower Gate and the Roman Forum (2018) and later on the Acropolis (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
From 2022, the Team also focused on underwater and maritime archaeology of the Lake Butrint with underwater survey in the bay on the north side of the city (2022), along the Vivari Channel (2023, 2025), and in the Alinura Bay (2025). At the same time, local fishermen were interviewed to reconstruct the history of their boats, a unique design in the Mediterranean, one of which was used as a model for the creation of a 3D replica (2024, 2025).
Topographic surveys also focused on the completion of the UAV LiDAR survey (2025, 2026) of both the archaeological park of Butrint and the southern end of the Ksamil peninsula.
At the same time, wide relevance is given to landscape archaeology in the extended territory of ancient Chaonia with fieldwalking surveys in the Pavlla and Bistrica Rivers Valleys (2022, 2023, 2024) and along the Ionian coast near Borsh and Porto Palermo (2023, 2024), with a particular focus on the analysis of the site of Borsh Spot (2025).
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