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View south down Shala Valley |
Woman of Shala |
Ethnographic museum, Theth, Shala |
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View south down Shala Valley |
Woman of Shala |
Ethnographic museum, Theth, Shala |
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The Shala Valley Project (SVP) is an interdisciplinary, regional studies
project focused on the Shala River valley of the Dukagjin region of the northern
Albanian high mountains. The project supports integrated programs of
archaeological, ethnographic, ethno-historical, and geo-scientific research.
We aim 1) to produce a diachronic record of the regional cultural resources,
material and human, of Shala; and 2) to contribute to theoretical discussions
regarding cultural isolation – why do some societies choose isolation
over incorporation?
The SVP has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Endowment
for the Humanities, Millsaps College, the United States Embassy in Tirana,
the Global Partners Project,
the International
Research
and Exchanges
Board (IREX), International Peace Research Association, the University Research
Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University
of
Louisville, and two private donors, Bud Robinson and John Stevens.
SVP fieldwork is conducted by permission of the Albanian Institute of Archaeology,
Tirana, and the Albanian Academy of Sciences.
Project Reports and Publications
Published and Forthcoming Articles on the SVP
Galaty, M. 2007. “There Are Prehistoric Cities Up There”: The Bronze and Iron Ages in Northern Albania. Between the Aegean and Baltic Seas: Prehistory Across Borders. Proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, 11-14 April 2005, edited by I. Galanaki, H. Tomas, Y. Galanakis, and R. Laffineur, 133-140. Aegaeum 27. Université de Liège and University of Texas at Austin.
Galaty, M. 2006. From Points A to B: The Shala Valley Project and the Albanian Middle Paleolithic. New Directions in Albanian Archaeology: Studies Presented to Muzafer Korkuti, edited by L. Bejko and R. Hodges, 18-30. International Centre for Albanian Archaeology Monograph Series No. 1. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Galaty, M., O. Lafe, Z. Tafilica, W. Lee, M. Mustafa, C. Watkinson, and A. Young. 2006. Projekti i Luginës së Shalës: Fashata 2005 Hyrje [The Shala Valley Project: Results of the 2005 Season]. Shkodra në Shekuj, 232-240. Historical Museum of Shkodër. In Albanian with English abstract.
Schon, R. and M. Galaty. 2006. Diachronic Frontiers: Landscape Archaeology in Highland Albania. Journal of World Systems Research. Volume 12(2): 231-262.
Lee, W. and M. Galaty. Warfare, Politics, and Rural Population Movements: Analyzing Houses, Neighborhoods, and Abandonment in the Shala Valley of Northern Albania, 1450-2006. Paper submitted to the journal Post-Medieval Archaeology.
Presentations
Galaty, M., Z. Tafilica, C. Fisher, H. Rypkema, and A. Gyucha. 2008. "The Shala Valley Project, Northern Albania, 2007: Results from the Prehistoric Site of Grunas." Paper delivered at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, March 26-30, 2008, Vancouver, BC.
Galaty, M., O. Lafe, and Z. Tafilica. 2008. "'Work Moves the Path': The Origin and Evolution of Northern Albanian Mountain Landscapes." Paper delivered at the 109th Annual Meeting of Archaeological Institute of America, January 3-6, 2008, Chicago, IL.
Galaty, M., and O. Lafe. 2007. "Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Europe: The Example of Albania." Paper delivered at the 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, September 19-23, 2007, Zadar, Croatia.
Galaty, M., and O. Lafe. 2007. "Prehistoric Occupation of the Albanian Adriatic Coast." Paper delivered at the 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, September 19-23, 2007, Zadar, Croatia.
Galaty, M., O. Lafe, R. Schon, Z. Tafilica, and C. Watkinson. 2007. "The Shala Valley Project, Northern Albania: Results of the 2006 Field Season." Paper delivered at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 25-29, 2007, Austin, TX.
Galaty, M. 2007. "Of Men and Mountains: Interdisciplinary Anthropological Research in Northern Albania." Presentation to the students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, February 22, 2007.
Lee, W., and M. Galaty. 2007. "Warfare, Politics, and Rural Population Movements: Analyzing Houses, Neighborhoods, and Abandonment in the Shala Valley of Northern Albania, 1450-2006." Paper delivered at the 108th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Diego, CA, January 4-7, 2007.
Galaty, M., O. Lafe, and Z. Tafilica. 2006. "Projekti Lugina e Shales" [The Shala Valley Project]. Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Tirana, Albania, December 15-16, 2006.
Galaty, M., Z. Tafilica, O. Lafe, W. Lee, and C. Watkinson. 2006. "Highland
Northern Albania, 'Ecotourism,' and
the Shala Valley Project: Prospects and Challenges." Paper delivered
at the 71st
Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
April 26-30, 2006.
Galaty, M. 2006. "Archaeology and Conflict Resolution in Northern Albania:
The Shala Valley Project and the Cross-Border Balkan Peace Park." Paper
delivered at the
107th
Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada, January 5-8, 2006.
Schon, R., and M. Galaty. 2005. "Frontiers and Fronts: Prioritizing Conflict in the Balkans." Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory, Santa Fe, NM, November 19, 2005.
Lafe, O., Z. Tafilica, and M. Galaty. 2005. "Projekti i Lugines se Shales-SVP
(sezoni 2005)" [Shala Valley Project-SVP
(2005 season)]. Paper delivered at
the Sixth International Seminar Shkodra në Shekuj [Shkodra through the Centuries],
Shkodër, Albania, November 26, 2005.
Galaty, M. 2005. "'There are Prehistoric Cities Up There': The Bronze and Iron Ages of Northern Albania." Paper delivered at the international conference "Between the Aegean and the Baltic Seas: Prehistory Across Borders," Zagreb, Croatia, April 11-14, 2005.
Galaty, M. 2005 "The Shala Valley Project (SVP): Isolation and Interaction in the High Mountains of Northern Albania." La Maison René Ginouvès d’Archéologie et d’Ethnologie. University of Paris X, November 15, 2005.
Galaty, M. 2005. "The Shala
Valley Project: Investigating Isolation and Incorporation in Highland Northern
Albania." University of Sheffield. School of Archaeology and
Archaeological Sciences, November 1, 2005.
Galaty, M. 2004. "'There are prehistoric cities up there…': The
History and Archaeology of the Northern Albanian High Mountain Country." Mississippi
Archaeology Month public lecture, sponsored by the Mississippi Department of
Archives and History and the Mississippi Archaeological Association. Millsaps
College, Jackson, MS, October 28, 2004.
Theses
West, C. 2008. ‘Mic Check, One Two, One Two’: Globalization, Cultural Transfer and the Production of Hip-Hop Identities in Tanzania and Albania. Unpublished undergraduate honors thesis, Millsaps College.
Beilmann, E. 2006. Albania: Religion,
Identity, and Solidarity. Unpublished
undergraduate honors thesis, Millsaps College.
Permanent Field Personnel
Sasha
Caufield, field ethnohistorian, University of Louisville, Louisville,
Kentucky, USA
Mario Delia, logistical support, Shkodër, Albania
Ann Christine Eek, photographer, Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, Norway
Petrit Imeraj, logistical support, Shkodër, Albania
Mentor Mustafa, field ethnographer, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts,
USA
Affiliated Scholars
Chris Fisher, Colorado State University, terrace geoarchaeology
Eduard Ndreca, University of Shkodër, Early Modern and Modern history
Gëzim Hoxha, Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Late Antique archaeology
Bashkim Lahi, Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Roman archaeology
Matthew Lubin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Venetian and Ottoman
history
Etleva Nallbani, Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Medieval archaeology
William Parkinson, Florida State University, lithics analyst
Joanita Vroom, Institute of World Archaeology, University of East Anglia, Byzantine-Modern
ceramics analyst
Maria-Grazia Amore, International
Centre for Albanian Archaeology, Tirana, Albania
Fredrik Barth, Department of Anthropology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts,
USA
Lorenc Bejko, International Centre for Albanian Archaeology, Tirana, Albania
Van Christo, Executive Director, FROSINA, an Albanian immigrant and cultural
organization, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Jack L. Davis, Carl Blegen Professor of Greek Archaeology, University of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Thomas D. Hall, Department of Sociology, DePauw University, DePauw, Indiana,
USA
Richard Hodges, University of East Anglia, Institute of World Archaeology;
Scientific Director, Butrint Foundation
Muzafer Korkuti, Director, Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Tirana, Albania
Skënder Muçaj, Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Tirana, Albania
E. "Bud" Robinson, Jackson, Mississippi businessman and philanthropist,
traveled to Shala in 2003
Curtis Runnels, Department of Archaeology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts,
USA
John Stevens, Massachusetts businessman and educator who is of Albanian
descent, traveled to Shala in 2005
Sharon R. Stocker, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA
Robert Whallon, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor Michigan, USA
Peter Wood, Professor of Anthropology, The King's College, New York, New
York, USA
Contact
Information
Mailing Addresses:
Professor Michael L. Galaty
The Shala Valley Project
Millsaps College
1701 North State Street
Jackson, Mississippi, USA
601-974-1387, 601-974-1397 (fax)
or
Ols Lafe
Department of Antiquity
Institute of Archaeology
Bulevardi 'Dëshmorët e Kombit'
Sheshi 'Nënë Tereza'
Tirana ALBANIA
or
Zamir Tafilica
Muzeu Historik- Shkodër
Rr. Oso Kuka, Nr.5
Shkodër ALBANIA
Inquiries by e-mail about the project may be addressed to galatml@millsaps.edu
or olslafe@hotmail.com.
