Kelly and Gwen get well-deserved refreshment at the end-of-season function

Mudit and Venkatesh at the village function

playing cricket on backfilled units 2009

Brian and Mudit under the lunch rock

meals ready...

Kelly, Vidhya,and Gwen excavating in Block B

Block Bo contains Neolithic and Iron Age houses and other features

hero stone at Kadebakele

The lower terraces at Kadebakele was enclosed within a fortification wall during the 15th or 16th c.  A hero stone from this era lies near the eastern gate.

Gwen Kelly supervising excavation on the river terrace

On the river terrace of Kadebakele, large Middle period pits have cut into Early Historic habitation deposits

The team near the lab in Hospet, 2010

Part of research team from 2010; graduate student and faculty in Hospet

Kathy with Kadebakele team

We are privledged to work with villagers from Kadebakele village. Many of our team from the village have become expert excavators and are deeply interested in the history of their settlement.