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Research team

Alexandra Alexandridou

Classical archaeologist, specialising on early Greek pottery. She completed her BA studies in Archaeology at the University of Athens (2002), her Master and DPhil thesis at the University of Oxford (2004, 2008). She was a post-doctoral researcher (FNRS) at the Research Centre of Archaeology and Heritage (CReA) of Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (2013-2017). She has taught as a visiting lecturer at Greek and European Universities and she is member of the educational personnel at the Open Universities of Greece (2017-2020) and Cyprus (2010-today). She is participating at the excavations of the sanctuary of Apollo at Despotiko and of the early settlement of Kephala on Skiathos and she is studying ceramic material from a number of sites in Attica, the Cylades and the Argolid. She has participated in a number of international conferences and she has written a number of articles, as well as a monograph (The Early Black-figured Pottery of Attika in Context ca. 630-570 B.C., Brill, Leiden 2011).

A. Alexandridou was responsible for registering the data of Attica αnd the Black Sea in the Research Database. She was coordinator of all the research team and undertook the editing of all the Database enties.

Xenia Charalampidou

Classical archaeologist, specializing on early Greek pottery. She completed her BA studies in Archaeology at the University of Athens (2000), her Master at the University of Oxford (2001) and her PhD at the University of Athens (2008). Since 2010 she is a research collaborator of the Fitch Laboratory of the British School at Athens. She is member of the research team of Iron Age Oropos and coordinator of the Iron Age Tsikalario research team. Her unpublished doctoral thesis focuses on the archaic pottery from Oropos. Her research focuses on the study of Early Iron Age archaeology of central Greece, mainly Euboea and related sites like Oropos, as well as the Cyclades (primarily Naxos), exploring ceramic traditions and networks as well as social developments, in different contexts, such as settlements and burials. She has published a number of articles in international journals and has participated in a number of conferences.

X. Charalampidou was responsible for registering the data of Euboea, as well as the settlements of Macedonia, in the Research Database. She also participated in the coordination of the research project.

Eleni Chatzinikolaou

Phd candidate at the University of Thessaly. She completed her BA studies in Archaeology at the University of Thessaly (2015) and her MA in Mediterranean Archaeology at University College London (2016). Her thesis focuses on the study of the ancient Greek house in the Mediterranean. She has participated in a number of field projects of the University of Thessaly (Kythnos, Skiathos).

E. Chatzinikolaou was responsible for registering the data of Northeast Aegean and the Dodecanese in the Research Database. She also undertook the editing and correction of several entries of the Database.

Anne-Zahra Chemsseddoha

Classical archaeologist specializing on the burial customs in Early Iron Age northern Greece. She completed her BA studies in Archaeology (2006), her Master (2009) and her PhD (2015) at the University of Toulouse in France. She is currently associate researcher in PLH-CRATA team of the same university. Her MA dissertation was focused on Greek colonization in Chalcidice during the Iron Age and the archaic period. Her unpublished doctoral thesis focuses on the burial customs in Iron Age Macedonia. She co-organized a conference on this question at the University of Toulouse (2012), and edited the proceedings. She has participated in excavations in France and Greece.

A.-Z. Chemsseddoha was responsible for registering the data of the necropoleis of Macedonia in the Research Database.

Stelios Damigos

PhD candidate at the University of Münster in Ancient History. He completed his BA (2006) and Master (2012) studies at the University of Athens, and a practical exercise at the University of Cologne (2012). His thesis focuses on historical aspects of North-western Greece, prior to the 5th century B.C. He has published three articles on ancient history in major Greek newspapers (Eleutherotypia, Eleutheros Typos).

S. Damigos was responsible for registering the data of West Greece in the Research Database.

Yorgos Facorellis

Associate professor at the Department of Antiquities and Works of Art Conservation of TEI of Athens (Technological Educational Institute of Athens). Chemist (archaeometrist). He has completed his BA studies at the Chemistry Department of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki in 1986, his Master at the University of Bordeaux III (D.E.S.S.) in 1989 and his PhD at the Department of Physics of the University of Patras in 1996. Since 1989-2004, he is collaborating with the Laboratory of Archaeometry of N.C.S.R “Demokritos”. Since 1990-2011, he is member of the Board of the Hellenic Society of Archaeometry (president between 1999-2006). He has published numerous articles in peer reviewed international journals and participated in more than 60 international and Greek conferences.

Y. Facorellis was responsible for registering the archaeometric data in the Research Database.

Olga Kaklamani

PhD candidate at the University of Athens. She completed her BA (2006) and Master studies (2011) in the University of Athens. Her thesis focuses on the practice of cremation in EIA Greece. She worked for several years as responsible of the Archaeology Laboratory of the University of Thessaly. She has participated in a number of field projects in the Aegean (Skiathos, Oropos, Tenos).

Ο. Κaklamani was responsible for registering the data of the Cyclades, North Africa and the Black Sea in the Research Database. She undertook together with the O.P. the administrative management of the programme.

Eleni Karouzou

PhD candidate at the University of Oxford. She completed her BA studies (2008) at the University of Thessaly and her Master at the University of Oxford (2011). Her thesis focuses on the transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in Thessaly and the adjacent areas. She has participated in a number of field projects in the Aegean (Kythnos, Skiathos, Oropos, Soros-Thessaly).

E. Κarouzou was responsible for registering the data of Thessaly in the Research Database.

Antonis Kotsonas

Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cincinatti, in USA. Archaeologist specialising in the Early Iron Age Aegean world. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Crete (1996-2000) and King’s College London and his MPhil at Cambridge University (2000-2001). He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh (2001-2005). He has worked at King’s College London, the University of Crete, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Edinburgh.

A. Κotsonas was responsible for registering the data of Crete in the Research Database.

Maria Koutsoumpou

Classical archaeologist. PhD candidate at the University of Athens. She is working as an archaeologist at the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades of the Ministry of Culture, co-supervising the Restoration project of the ancient theatre of Melos. She completed her BA (2000) and Master studies (2003) at the University of Athens. She is currently studying the archaic decorated pottery from the Sanctuary of Vryokastro on Kythnos, as well as the Geometric, archaic and classical pottery from Ancient Halasarna (Kardamaina), Kos.

M. Koutsoumpou was responsible for registering data of the Dodecanese in the Research Database.

Evi Margaritis

Assistant Professor in the Science and Technology for Archaeology Research Center of the Cyprus Institute (STARC). Bioarchaeologist. She completed her BA studies at the University of Athens, her Master at the University of Sheffield (MSc) and her DPhil thesis at the University of Cambridge. She was a Leventis fellow at the Fitch Lab of the British School at Athens. Her research focuses on the reconstruction of agricultural practices, plant use and economy during the Classical period. As an archaeobotanist, she explores issues of ancient farming and she participates in various research projects.

E. Margaritis was responsible for registering the archaeobotanical data in the Research Database.

Alexander Mazarakis Ainian

Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology at the University of Thessaly, and visiting professor for a three years at Paris IV – Sorbonne. He studied History of Art and Archaeology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He obtained his Ph.D. degree at University College London (UCL), with a grant of the “Alexander Onassis Benefit Foundation”, on the origins of the Greek temple. He held the prestigious Chaire Internationale Blaise Pascal (2012-2013) at the Université de Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne and at the École Pratique des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He was the Scientific Director of several major European Union Research Programs. His main field of specialization is the archaeology and architecture of Early Iron Age and Archaic Greece and Homeric Archaeology, as well as ancient Greek religion and sanctuaries of the Geometric through the Classical periods. Also a field archaeologist, he is the director of several excavations in Attica (Skala Oropou, Marathon), the Cyclades (Kythnos), Thessaly (Soros) and the Sporades (Kephala on Skiathos). In 2016 he was elected corresponding member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.

A. Mazarakis Ainian directed the Research Project.

E.-M. Mohr

Classical archaeologist. She studied Ancient History, Prehistory and Classical Archaeology at the Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg (Germany) and the Aristotle University Thessaloniki. She reached her Ph.D. at the University of Freiburg (2009) with a thesis on the structure and development of necropoleis and burials in Asia Minor during the Geometric and Archaic periods, under supervision of Professor G. Hiesel. 2010 the doctoral thesis has reached the Günter-Wöhrle-Award of the Humanismus Heute Foundation. Between 2006 and 2012 she taught as a lecturer at the University of Freiburg. She has participated in various field projects in Germany, Tunesia and Turkey. Her research interests currently focus on the archaeology of Asia Minor with emphasis on the urban development and burial customs. Since 2010 she coordinates one subproject and the archaeolocical investigations of the ASSOS Research Project of the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg (funded by the German Research Foundation) in cooperation with the Turkish Assos Excavation Project (directed by Prof. Dr. N. Arslan).

E.-M. Mohr was responsible for registering the data of Asia Minor in the Research Database.

Yannis Nakas

PhD candidate at the University of Birmingham. Archaeologist and illustrator. He completed his BA studies at University of Ioannina (1999) and his ΜΑ in Underwater Archaeology at the University of Southampton (2002). He has participated in several excavations, mostly underwater (Salamis, Zea harbour in Peiraeus, Rhamnous, Modi), and worked as an archaeologist on contract in several Ephorates of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of the Greek Ministry of Culture. His thesis is entitled Sea Trade, contacts and exchanges during the Dark Ages (12th-9th c. B.C.). He has published a number of articles and executed archaeological drawings and reconstructions for several archaeological projects.

Y. Nakas undertook the drawing of objects from various sites studied in the frame of the Research Program.

Elia Nikitpoulou

Archaeologist. She works at the Aik. Laskaridis Foundation. She completed her BA studies at the University of Athens (2004) and her Master at the University Tor Vergata of Rome (2008). She worked at the project of the Greek Ministry of Culture "Virtual Museum Alexander the Great: from Aigai to Oekoumene". She has participated in field projects in the Aegean (Tenos), as well as in underwater excavations (Kythnos, Alexandria).

Ε. Νikitopoulou was responsible for registering the data of South Italy in the Research Database.

Adamantia Papadopoulou

Archaeologist, specializing on the study of human skeletal remains. She completed her BA studies at the University of Athens and her Master at the University of Sheffield. She has worked as an archaeologist on contract for the Ministry of Culture. She has participated in various field projects (Kalamakia-Messinia, Antikythera, Marathon-Brexiza, Kythnos).

A. Papadopoulou was responsible for registering the anthropological data in the Research Database.

Zacharoula Papadopoulou

PhD candidate at the University of Thessaly. She completed her BA studies at the University of Athens (BA, 2008) and her Master at the University of Oxford (2011). She has worked as an archaeologist on contact at the Ephorates of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of the Ministry of Culture of the Cyclades and of Thebes. She has participated in various excavations (Oropos, Kythnos, Andros, Tenos).

Z. Papadopoulou was responsible for registering the data of Central Greece in the Research Database.

Olga Prappa

Archaeologist. She completed her BA and MA studies at the University of Thessaly (2009, 2015). She has worked as an archaeologist on contract at the Ministry of Culture in Attica and Thessaly. She has participated in the excavations of the University of Thessaly (Oropos, Kythnos, Skiathos, Soros, Zerelia).

Ο. Prappa was responsible for registering the data of the Saronic Gulf and some data from Thessaly in the Research Database. She undertook together with the O. Kaklamani the administrative management of the programme.

Vera Sichelschmidt

PhD candidate in Classical Archaeology at the University of Freiburg. She completed her undergraduate studies in Classical Archaeology and Art History at the University of Tübingen (2010) and her Master’s degree at the University of Oxford (2012). Her thesis focuses on the semantics and contexts of Archaic statuary in Ionia. She has participated in field projects in Italy (Pantelleria) and Ionia (Priene, Miletus, Panormos/Didyma).

V. Sichelschmidt was responsible for registering the data of Asia Minor in the Research Database.

Tatiana Theodoropoulou

Zooarchaeologist, specialising in marine faunal remains. Researcher, member of the team of Aegean Protohistory in Paris. She studied archaeology (BA) at the University of Athens (2000) and continued her studies on environmental and prehistoric archaeology at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (MA 2001, PhD thesis 2007). During her MA and PhD, she worked at the Laboratory of Marine Invertebrates of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris (MNHN) and the Laboratory of Archaeozoology at the CEPAM-CNRS. She was the Wiener Laboratory Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Wiener Laboratory and senior associate member at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. She has participated in a number of field projects and has undertaken the study of aquatic remains (fishbones, shells) from several archaeological sites all over the Aegean. She has taught Bioarchaeology as a visiting lecturer at the University of Thessaly. Recently she conducted postdoctoral research at the Institut d’études avancées, Paris.

T. Theodoropoulou was responsible for registering the data of marine faunal remains in the Research Database.

Katerina Trantalidou

Bioarchaeologist, specialist in animal bones. Archaeologist of the Ephorate of Speleology and Paleoanthropology of the Ministry of Culture. She completed her BA studies at the Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki (1980), her Master (D.E.A.) in Ethnology and Prehistory at the University of Paris I- Panthéon (1982) and the University of Paris IV – Sorbonne (1983), while her PhD thesis in Archaeology in Paris (Nouveau Doctorat) 1993. She worked as a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Thessaly (2000-2012) and Crete (1993-1996). She has studied the animal remains from numerous sites in Greece and published several articles in international journals.

K. Trantalidou was responsible for registering the data of faunal remains in the Research Database.

Afroditi Vlachou

PhD candidate at the University of Thessaly. She completed her BA studies at the University of Thessaly (2005) and her Master in Museum Studies at the University of Athens (2010). Her doctoral thesis studies the Early Iron Age developments in the Peloponnese. She worked as an archaeologist on contract at the Ephorate of Prehistoric und Classical Antiquities in Sparta and carried research with a DAAD grant at Mainz. She participated in the excavations of the University of Thessaly at Oropos, Kythnos and Soros.

A. Vlachou was responsible for registering the data of Peloponnese and the Saronic Gulf in the Research Database.

Vicky Vlachou

Archaeologist, specialising on Greek Early Iron Age pottery. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher (FNRS) at the Research Centre of Archaeology and Heritage (CReA) of Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She completed her BA, Master on Classical archaeology and PhD at the University of Athens (2010). She worked as archaeologist for the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) (2011-2012). She has participated in various excavations in the Aegean (Athens, Oropos, Tenos, Itanos). She is a member of the Amykles Research Project, and the projects for Iron Age Oropos, Xobourgo on Tenos and Anavlochos in Crete. She has published articles on Early Iron Age pottery and burial customs. Her doctoral thesis (now under publication) on the Geometric pottery from Oropos has received the G. P. Oikonomos award of the Academy of Athens in 2010.

V. Vlachou was responsible for registering the data of Early Iron Age Oropos in the Research Database.

Technical team

Aggelos Aggelidis

Statistician. He completed his BA and Master at the Statistics Department of the Athens University of Economics. He has participated in research projects of the Departments of Agriculture and Physiology at the University of Thessaly.

A. Aggelidis was responsible for the statistics incorporated in the Research Project.

Chrysostomos Apostolou

Rural and Survey Engineer. He studied at the Polytechnic School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, he participated in courses of Social Geography and Geographical Information Systems at the Utrecht University and holds a Master degree in Planning and Regional Development from the University of Thessaly since 2001. He has participated as an author in scientific meetings for Geographical Information Systems, he has trained new engineers to Geographical Information Systems and he has been certified for Planning and Topography studies. He is member of the Technical Chamber of Greece from 1995 and participates in Hellenic Society for GIS. He has accomplished a variation of public and private studies and he participated in researches of the University of Thessaly and the Aegean University. He has been technical advisor of the Municipality of Nea Anchialos and he is president of the Association of Rural and Surveying Engineers, department of Magnesia. Lately, he tangles with mapping of underwater archaeological sites and monuments.

Ch. Apostolou was responsible for the GIS applications of the Database.

Georgios Chiotis

Archaeologist specializing in GIS applications. He is currently working for the Academy of Athens and the Archaeological Society at Athens. He completed his BA (2005) and MA (2009) in archaeology at the University of Thessaly. He also holds a BA in History (2010) from the same university. He has participated in a number of field projects in the Aegean (Kythnos, Skiathos, Oropos, Soros-Thessaly, Sikyon). His research interests include water supply and management in the ancient world.

G. Chiotis participated in the design of the Research Database, and was responsible for its smooth operation.

Themis Dallas

Assisting faculty member of the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology at the University of Thessaly. He is the webmaster of the department, offering technical assistance in computing issues and teaching courses related to his research interests. He studied Physics at the University of Patras, where he also completed his PhD thesis on Computational Astrophysics in 1996. Since 1997, he has constructed more than 140 web sites, among others for the Ministry of Defence, Foundation of The Hellenic World, the Municipal History Centre of Volos, the Athens 2004 Olympics Organising Committee, and the University of Thessaly.

Themis Dallas contributed in the design and programming of the Research Database, being responsible for its internet site.

Jean-Sébastien Gros

Archaeologist, specializing in Greek and Roman pottery. He completed his BA and Master studies at the University of Montpellier (1999, 2001) and his PhD thesis at the University of Thessaly and Montpellier (2007). He worked as a visiting lecturer at the University of Strasbourg in France and was a former member of the French School at Athens. He was IT officer at the British School at Athens.He is a member of the Iron Age Oropos research team. His PhD thesis was. He has published a number of articles on Early Iron Age coarse wares, their uses and dissemination, while the last years he is studying ceramic material from the excavations of the French School at Thasos, Delos and elsewhere, including Tenos.

J-S. Gros collaborated in the creation of the Research Database.

Ourania Isihidi

Photographer. She graduated from the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts of the Faculty of Art and Design at the Technological Educational Institution of Athens (TEI). She completed an internship at the 1st Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of the Greek Ministry of Culture.

Ou. Isichidi photographed objects from various sites included in the frame of the Research Program.

Konstantinos Kalfountzos

I.T. officer at the Faculty of Medicine, Viopolis, Larisa History at the University of Thessaly. He was I.T. officer at the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology of the same university until 2015. He has undertaken the support-management of large computer networks, mainly of banks and other companies (1999-2002). He has taught computer science at the Public Institute of Vocational Training (IEK) of Larisa (2000-2004) and participated as tutor in seminars of informatics for teachers of primary and secondary education (2002-2003).

K. Kalfountzos offered the technical support needed for the operation of the Research Programme.

Markos Mazarakis Ainian

Architect, specializing in 3D applications and virtual reconstructions. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Thessaly (2011). Among others, he has collaborated on the virtual representation of the Citadel of Mycenae, for a CD-ROM of the Greek Ministry of Culture.

M. Mazarakis Ainian undertook the 3D representations of the settlement of Oropos.

Natalena Zachou

Archaeologist and illustrator. She completed her BA and MA studies at the University of Thessaly. Her MA thesis deals with the impact of drawings and graphic or 3D reconstructions in archaeology, using as a case-study the temple of Apollo at Soros. She has participated at excavations of the University of Thessaly on Kythnos and Soros.

N. Zachou undertook the drawing of objects from various sites studied in the frame of the Research Program.

Other Participants

Dr. Manuel Arjona, archaeologist on contract at the Greek Ministry of Culture, participated in the initial design of the research database and in entering initial data relating to Spain and S. France.

Τhe BA students Foteini Kalai, Eleni Koulaftaki, Vicky Polymeropoulou, Akis Profillidis, as well as the graduate students Evagelia Kolofotia, Polyxeni Livogianni and Malamati Prappa of the Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology of the University of Thessaly participated in the final check of records in the Research Database.