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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. T HE EARLY IRON AGE REMAINS at Vronda (Thunder Hill), a low ridge (421-427 m. above sea level) above the modern village of Kavousi in East Crete, have been known since Harriet Boyd (Hawes) excavated there in 1900.1 Led to the site by walls on the surface of the hill, Boyd uncovered a house and walls on the summit and a cemetery of eight small tholos tombs. Although the tombs and their contents were given preliminary publication by Boyd,2 the house and walls received only a brief description. Boyd excavated a space of 20 x 15 m. on the summit of the hill, uncovering a large house with a forecourt, the plan of which was too poorly preserved to be drawn. One room contained a hoard of iron tools, including a pick, an ax head, a complete sword in seven pieces, and numerous fragments.3 Below the summit on the southeast side of the hill she excavated an "excellent stretch of 1 H. Boyd, "Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, in 1900," AJA, 2nd ser., 5, 1901 (pp. 125-157), esp. pp. 131-136 ( Boyd, "Kavousi"). Other works frequently cited are abbreviated as follows: Brock cJ. K. Brock, Fortetsa, Early Greek Tombs near Knossos (BSA Supplementary Paper No. 2), Cambridge 1957 CMS II, i = N. Platon, Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, II, Iraklion, Archdologisches Museum, i, Der Siegel der Vorpalastzeit, Berlin 1969 CMS II, v =I. Pini, Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, II, Iraklion, Archdologisches Museum, v, Die Siegelabdrucke von Phdstos, Berlin 1970 Coldstream, "Knossos" = J. N. Coldstream, "Knossos 1951-1961: Protogeometric and Geometric Pottery from the Town," BSA 67, 1972, pp. 63-98 GGP -J. N. KAVOUSI, 1983-1984: THE SETTLEMENT AT VRONDA 357wall," 1.20 m. high and 13.0 m. long, and uphill from this a storeroom which contained parts of three large pithoi with molded serpentine patterns.4 Boyd dated these remains to a transitional period between the Bronze and Iron Ages, which she called "Submycenaean".5 No other specific information about the site was published.As part of their study of the Kavousi architecture and artifacts, the authors obtained permission to clean the settlement at Vronda.6 In the summers of 1983 and 1984 they were able to clean and plot a portion of the visible remains on the hill.7 In 1983 work concentrated on the southeast side of the hill, focusing on cleaning the storeroom identified by Boyd as lying between the House on the Summit (Building A) and the large wall on the east (Figs. 1, 3). Five rooms (Building B) were uncovered, along with a courtyard to t...

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. T HE KAVOUSI PROJECT was conceived for the purpose of restudying a number of sites excavated in the early years of the twentieth century by Harriet Boyd (Hawes) and Edith Hall (Dohan) under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies. These sites are located in the area of the modern village of Kavousi at the eastern end of the Bay of Mirabello in East Crete (Fig. 1). The area is particularly important because it lies at the northeast edge of the Isthmus of Jerapetra, the shortest and lowest passage on the island between the Aegean and Libyan Seas. The passage is bordered by the foothills of the Diktaian massif on the west and the Siteia Mountains on the east (P1. 73:a). The modern village of Kavousi is the starting point for three roads leading through the Siteia Mountains to far eastern Crete. One, which extends along the coast to the north, is the route of the modern road. The second, a Turkish kalderim, runs up through the high pass above Avgo to the east. The third, also a kalderim, climbs to the upland plain of Thrifti to the south, from which one can travel east, south, or down to the Isthmus of lerapetra below to the west. North of Kavousi a plain stretches from the village to the sea three kilometers away. To the west, the plain extends five kilometers to Pacheia Ammos. HISTORY OF THE EXCAVATIONSThe antiquities in the Kavousi area ( Fig. 2) were first identified by Sir Arthur Evans on his trips to eastern Crete in 1896 and 1899.1 He noted evidence for a settlement on the Kastro and was able to obtain for the Herakleion Museum a cache of objects found in a tholos tomb or tombs at near-by Plaf Tou Kastrou. When Harriet Boyd, a student at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, came to Crete in 1900 looking for a site to excavate, he recommended the Kastro to her. After an exploratory trip in Central and East Crete, she decided upon the Kavousi area.2 On May 10 she received her permit "as representative of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens to excavate in the name of the Cretan Government." With the assistance of Jean Patton, a botanist, Aristides Pappadias as foreman, and his mother as housekeeper, Boyd excavated from mid-May to mid-Following a week of trial trenching near the sea in the area of Ayios Antonios (St. Anthony's), where she found only scattered Bronze Age sherds, she moved the excavations into the mountains south of the village. A week's excavation at Azoria Hill was again disappointing. Building foundations, some of them ci...

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Introduction Cadaveric dissection is an integral part of many medical schools and provides an opportunity for students to visualize anatomical structures through active learning and critical thinking. Often during dissection, several pathological features and medical interventions can be identified, but are not regularly explored due to time or knowledge constraints. To encourage horizontal integration of content, a self‐directed learning (SDL) activity was implemented across four concurrent courses, gross anatomy (MGA), Foundations of Medicine which includes histology and physiology (FOM), Practice of Medicine that includes physical examination (POM) and Engineering Innovation (ENG). The goal of this longitudinal experience was to foster integration of basic science with clinical science thereby increasing metacognitive and lifelong learning skills. Methods 49 students enrolled in the Engineering‐Medicine dual degree program at Texas A&M College of Medicine were divided into 7 groups, based on the cadaveric dissection assignments in MGA. Over the 16‐week MGA course, students documented the medical interventions and pathology found during dissection. During most dissection labs, a surgeon related to the field was present to answer questions. In addition, at three time points in the semester an anatomical pathologist performed a modified autopsy on the cadavers based on students request. This self‐directed, problem‐based learning (PBL) activity culminated in a forensic clinical summary, reconstructed comprehensive patient encounter 1 year prior to death, and 15‐minute oral presentation of their findings of their assigned cadaver. To assess potential changes in learning behavior, students completed a 46‐question, 8 subcategory modified Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) related to the activity. In addition, student’s provided verbal and written feedback on their perceptions of the project. Results 47 out of 49 students successfully completed all aspects of the project. The was a positive trend and strong correlation in 7 out of 8 MSLQ categories, including intrinsic motivation, metacognition, task value, critical thinking, self‐efficacy, peer learning and help seeking. A paired t‐test showed a decrease in student's extrinsic motivation (t(46) = 1.831, p = 0.037) as related to the project. Students reported an overall high satisfaction with the project. The student presentations demonstrated high level of integration of basic science with clinical medicine. Conclusion/Implication This innovative multi‐disciplinary activity increased the value of cadaveric dissection, integration of content across courses, and promoted self‐directed learning of integrated clinicopathology material.