
Proffesor Burns specialises is Aegean prehistory : the study of early cultural phases in the Greek mainland and Aegean islands, in particular the Late Bronze Age societies of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece (ca. 1700 - 1100 BCE)..He is actively engaged in archeological fieldwork and he is currently a co-director of the Eastern Boeotia Archeological Project. This surface survey studies the ancient settlements in a broad agricultural plain in the region of Boeotia/central Greece. His lectures in the Wellesley College cover a broad scope of topics in Greek and Roman archeology, including thematic courses on cities, ancient spectacles, and the representation of myths in text and art.