The Mallakastra Regional Archaeological Project (MRAP) / Projekti Arkeologjik i Rajonit Mallakastër

"MRAP is a multi-disciplinary and diachronic archaeological expedition formally organized in 1996 to investigate the history of prehistoric and historic settlement and land use in central Albania, in an area centered on the Greek colony of Apollonia. The project is employing the techniques of intensive archaeological surface survey in conjunction with natural environmental investigations.MRAP has been funded by the the Louise Taft Semple Fund of the Department of Classics of the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, by the Institute of Archaeology, Tirana, Albania, with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.Fieldwork is sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, and the Institute of Archaeology, Tirana, Albania..."