Gordion Awakened represents the collective efforts of the Architectural Conservation Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design and the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and is intended to explore the benefits of interdisciplinary collaborative inquiry into the structures, context, conservation, and interpretation of Gordion and its environs during the first four years of renewed site conservation activity. The papers presented illustrate the diverse research that has been required to document, analyze, and conserve Gordion. This research addresses the practical problems the site now faces in its second half century of exposure. More generally, the work addresses philosophical and technical issues confronting all archaeological sites worldwide. It is hoped that this publication will offer those responsible for the conservation and management of archaeological sites a model of approach and examples of best practices.

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View Friends of Gordion Newsletter: September 2011 here. (2.7 MB)

View Expedition article "Resurrecting Gordion: Preserving Turkey’s Phrygian Capital" by Frank G. Matero and C. Brian Rose here.

View Expedition article "From the Field: A Conservation Management Plan for Preserving Gordion and its Environs" by Ayşe Gürsan-Salzmann and Evin H. Erder here.

View Expedition article "2000 Plants in the Service of Archaeological Preservation" by Naomi F. Miller here.

Miller, Naomi F. and Kurt Bluemel. "Plants and Mudbrick: Preserving the Midas Tumulus at Gordion, Turkey." Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 3 (1999): 225-237.