Staff Profile
Field Director
ndcahill@wisc.edu / 608-263-8980
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
M.A., University of California-Berkeley
B.A., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Nicholas Cahill has been a member of the Sardis Expedition since 1979, and has served as director since 2008. Throughout his career, Cahill has participated in archaeological excavations in Turkey, England, and Israel. He specializes in Greek and Near Eastern archaeology, particularly Anatolian, and his research interests include Greek city planning and social organization; interrelations between Greece and the Near East; archaic Greece; Achaemenid Persia; and Greek epigraphy.
Recent Publications
“Sardis 2014.” In 37. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, 147–64. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı; Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü, 2016.
Cahill, Nicholas, and Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr. “The Sanctuary of Artemis at Sardis: Preliminary Report on Investigations, 2002–2012.” American Journal of Archaeology 120 (3) (2016): 473–509.
“Sardis 2013.” In 36. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, 413–30. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı; Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü, 2015.
“Rituelle Ei-Niederlegung in Sardes.” Antike Welt 3 (2014): 4.
“Sardis 2012.” In 35. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, 119–35. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı; Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü, 2014.
Cahill, Nicholas, and Lorenzo Lazzarini. “The Quarries of the Magara Deresi and the Marble of the Temple of Artemis at Sardis.” MARMORA: An International Journal for Archaeology, History and Archaeometry of Marbles and Stones 10 (2014): 27–44.
“Sardis in the Persian Era.” Aktuel Arkeoloji 6 (2013): 55–65.