The entrance to the Athenian Acrpolis has undergone a series of changes, starting with a Bronze Age fortification wall and culiminating in the magnificent Propylaea. The design of the older entrances, prior to the erection of the Propylaea, has been the subject of considerable debate.

Professor Eiteljorg will discuss his own excavation of the area of the older entrances, the evidence found, and the implications for the design. Many details and historical notes will be presented, and the audience will be invited to see them not as a batch of disconnected trivia but as the crucial pieces of evidence leading to a solution.

Professor Eiteljorg has worked on excavations in Orvieto, Italy (Etruscan necropolis); Gravina, Italy; Gordian, Turkey; Athens and Pompeii. His main publications include The Entrance to the Acropolis before Mnesicles, "The Fast Wheel, The Multiple-brush Compass, and Athens as the Home of the Protogeometric Style" (AJA, 1980), and various articles on computing in archaeology.