Who we are

CAPS started in 2019 and developed out of the Kastro Kallithea Archaeological Project which finished its fieldwork in 2013. Find out who is involved in the research on this largely unchartered 'marginal' landscape.

Field School in Greece

We will soon be accepting field school student applications for our 2022 season through the University of Alberta. The plains, hills, and rivers of the Thessalian countryside can be your classroom!

Financing CAPS

By contributing to CAPS, you participate in the discovery and conservation of Greek cultural heritage, strengthen Greek-Canadian research relationships, as well as support the training of young archaeologists.

Our surveys take place in the fields and rolling hills around the village of Kallithea, in the northern part of ancient Achaia Phthiotis, to the south of the Thessalian plains, and north of the Othrys mountains.

Our research area measures ca. 3000 hectares, is bounded by the river Enipeas in the south and east, and extends towards the Narthaki range in the north. It includes the area around the settlements Kallithea and Platanos and the valley of the Kotsilorrema stream around the village Aghios Antonios.

Considered a perioikos of Thessaly in Classical Antiquity, our region was the mythical homeland of Achilles, Jason's golden-fleeced ram, and Hellen--the ancestor of all Greeks. The inhabitants of this region held and still hold strongly to their Homeric past throughout its fraught history.

It has become clear that the landscape immediately surrounding the Kastro is occupied with architecture including fountain houses, extramural architecture, tholos tombs, and a necropolis with tile graves. Our team was able to map several features in this area, but the ones that stood out were the numerous tholos tombs belonging to the Early Iron Age.