THE AUSTRIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: ATHENS BRANCH
The Athens branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute (OEAI) was founded in 1898. The building which houses it was erected according to plans by the architect Ernst Ziller, on a piece of land on the Leoforos Alexandras which was given as a gift by the Greek state for this purpose; it was inaugurated in 1908. From 1947 to 2003, the Austrian Embassy was also housed in this building.
The duties of the OEAI in Athens include research and excavation activity, professional and administrative support of Austrian scientists and students during their research in Greece, as well as the organization of scientific meetings.
The library contains ca. 16,000 volumes, above all publications concerning classical archaeology in Greece and the Aegean Bronze Age, and archaeological publications from Austria.
The library is open for scientific purposes after application.
Address:
Leoforos Alexandras 26
GR-10683 Athen
Tel.: 0030/210/8213708
Fax: 0030/210/8220798
E-Mail: sekroeai@otenet.gr
AUSTRIAN EXCAVATIONS IN GREECE
The Greek Archaeological Service grants permission to the OEAI for three Austrian excavations in Greece every year. The current projects are the following:
Currently, in cooperation with the 6th Ephorie for Prehistoric and Classical Antiquity in Patras, an additional excavation is taking place at Gremoulias near Kalavrita.
Additional excavations and surveys are periodically undertaken cooperatively between Austrian universities and the Greek Antiquities Department (Elateia, East Crete, Road Project in the Peloponnese, Plataiai).
The OEAI also has a long tradition of excavation in Elis (1910-1914, 1932 as excavation project of the OEAI, 1960-1981 in cooperation with the Greek Archaeological Society at Athens); research activity and analysis of the finds continue.
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Fig. 1: OEAI in Athens (Photo OEAI Archive)
Bibliography:
Reports of the excavation results appear regularly in the Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes in Wien (ÖJh).
V. Mitsopoulos-Leon (ed.), Hundert Jahre Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut Athen, 1898-1998 (1998).
Ch. Schauer, Austriako Archaiologiko Institouto Athinon/Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens, in: Xenes archaiologikes scholes stin Ellada-160 Chronia/Foreign Archaeological Schools in Greece-160 years (Athens 2005) 38-47.
Contact:
Georg Ladstätter
February 2009
