Excavations in the South Mound at Naukratis : 1981
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�In 1883 the ancient city of Naukratis was identified with the Egyptian village of Kom Ge'if by the patriarch of British archaeology, Sir William Flinders Petrie. Subsequent excavation by Petrie and other archaeologists at the end of the nineteenth century succeeded in uncovering much of the Archaic (7th-6th century B.C.) city which, according to Herodotus, was the only emporium in Egypt to which the early Greek merchants could bring their wares. While the work of these early excavators did much to increase our knowledge of the early phases of the history of Naukratis, it also raised many questions, and in an attempt to answer these questions the Naukratis Project was conceived. This project, which includes archaeological survey and excavation at more than a dozen sites in a 25 kilometer area to the north and west of Cairo, utilizes archaeological techniques developed after Petrie's time. By using a wide range of support disciplines not normally integrated into nineteenth century archaeological research, the excavators are endeavoring to place Naukratis and its environs in their total chronological, historical and ecological perspective. The following report deals with but a single facet of the work conducted by the Naukratis Project during the 1981 season: the excavations in the South Mound at Naukratis."�First paragraph.
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