To celebrate our 2026 Fellowship recipients , we connected with this year’s awardees to learn more about their projects and the unique paths that led them into the field of archaeology. We’re thrilled to introduce Giulia Paglione, one of the two recipients of the prestigious 2026 Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship ! Giulia Paglione (University of Cincinnati) Tell us about your project: My project applies a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the Linear B tablets from the heart of the Palace of Knossos: the West Central Insula. These administrative documents, written in the earliest attested form of ancient Greek, provide key information on perfumed oil production and religion, recording offerings to both Greek gods and Minoan deities. However, the chronological and administrative relationships between these deposits remain unclear, hindering our understanding of religious continuity and bureaucratic practices after the introduction of a new regime at Knossos (ca. 1450 BCE).…