- Cyprus University of Technology, Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Department Memberadd
- Archaeological Education, Geoarchaeology, Palaeolithic Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Geoarchaeology and Lithic Studies, Palaeoenvironment, and 126 moreHuman Evolution, Neolithic Archaeology, Quaternary Geology, Quaternary Sedimentology and Geomorphology, Human Behavioral Ecology, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, History, Archaeology, Material Culture Studies, Anthropology, Ancient History, Classics, Out Of Africa (Palaeolithic Archaeology), Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology), Education, Digital Culture, Digital Cultural Heritage, Cultural Studies, Lithics, North African prehistory (Archaeology), Lithic Raw Material Sourcing, Rembrandt, Philosophy of Art, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Architecture, Plato and Platonism, European Civilization, Classical Archaeology, Ancient Greek Sculpture, Ancient Olympic Games, Ancient Greek Art, Hercules, Amazons, Ancient Greek Iconography, Ancient Greek Sanctuaries, Crete: Cultural-archaeological reportage, Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Pottery (Archaeology), Ceramics (Archaeology), Mycenaean era archaeology, Maritime Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Greek Colonisation, Geometric and archaic Greece, Hellenistic Pottery, Archaeological Method & Theory, Archaic Greece, Household Archaeology, Enviromental Archaeology, Levantine prehistory, Byzantine monasticism, Radiocarbon Dating (Earth Sciences), Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition, Archaeometry, Neolithic Europe, Neolithic Transition, Aurignacian, Greek Palaeolithic, The Neolithic Revolution, Southeast Asian Archaeology, Radiocarbon Dating (Archaeology), Economic Geology, Cypriot Bronze Age, Prehistoric Mines, Philosophy, Art History, Biological Anthropology, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Gender Archaeology, Forensic Archaeology, Osteology, Palaeopathology, Roman Britain, Child health, Archaeology of Childhood, Human Anatomy (Biology), History Of Disease, History of Archaeology, Infant burial (Archaeology), Archaeological Theory, Mesolithic Archaeology, Megalithic Monuments, Memory and materiality, Hunter-Gatherers (Anthropology), Megaliths (Archaeology), Contemporary Archaeology, Archaeology of nuclear power, Ethnography, Materiality (Anthropology), Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology, Neolithic Britain and Ireland, Social Archaeology, Prehistory, Prehistoric Archeology, Origins of Agriculture, Mesolithic/Neolithic, Orkney and Shetland studies, Neolithic, Hunter-Gatherers, Lithic Technology, Mesolithic Europe, Neolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, Apulum, Cyprus Studies, History of Cyprus, Cyprus, Cyprus conflict, Cypriot Archaeology, Ancient History of Cyprus, Cyprus and the East Mediterranean, Cyprus Archaeology, Modern History of Cyprus, Mediterranean Studies, Greece, Archaeological Science, Environmental Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Experimental Archaeology, Mediterranean prehistory, Historiography, Early Modern History, Research Methodology, Social Psychology, and Genderedit
- Lecturer in Geoarchaeology, History & Museum Studies. I have graduated from Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Gre... moreLecturer in Geoarchaeology, History & Museum Studies. I have graduated from Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece obtaining a Bachelor degree in Archaeology, History and History of Art. I hold a Master degree from University of Southampton in UK, specializing on Palaeolithic Archaeology and Human Origins. My research focused on unravelling the paths Neanderthals followed to enter Britain walking a land bridge across the frozen English Channel. I gained my PhD in Geoarchaeology from Queen’s University Belfast working on early human occupation new sites and cultural patterns in Northern Libya over the last ~200 kyr.
Fascinated by behavioural and socioeconomic patterns, art and symbolism and lithic technology of early modern humans and participated in archaeological excavations in Greece, Cyprus, Romania, England, Ireland, India, China and Libya. My work has been presented at international conferences and published in scientific journals and books.
My research revolves around, Medieval and Colonialism Cypriot history, Prehistoric cultures, early trade, seafaring and food consumption. Landscape evolution and palaeoecology as well as Experimental archaeology, and the application of geoarchaeological methods in the field.
I run an Academy of experimental archaeology and cultural heritage awareness for kids and adults on the island of Cyprus and have my own weekly Radio show - an episodic series on archaeology and history.edit
The second (2008) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project has significantly advanced understanding of the Haua Fteah stratigraphy and of the archaeology and geomorphology of the landscape in which the cave is located. The... more
The second (2008) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project has significantly advanced understanding of the Haua Fteah stratigraphy and of the archaeology and geomorphology of the landscape in which the cave is located. The excavations of the McBurney backfill have reached a total depth of 7.5 m below the present ground surface, the depth at which two human mandibles were found in the 1950s excavations. Reconnaissance at the Hagfet ed-Dabba established that the sediments associated with the Upper Palaeolithic ‘Dabban’ industry were more or less entirely removed by the McBurney excavation. Exploratory excavations in the Hagfet al-Gama, a coastal cave west of the Haua Fteah, found evidence of Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Hellenistic occupation. The initial results from the study of botanical remains, both macroscopic and microscopic, obtained in the 2007 season at the Haua Fteah confirm the potential of the site to yield a rich suite of materials to inform on climatic and...
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The paper reports on the third (2009) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project, and on further results from the analysis of materials collected in the previous (2007 and 2008) fieldwork. Sediments in a 14 m-deep core... more
The paper reports on the third (2009) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project, and on further results from the analysis of materials collected in the previous (2007 and 2008) fieldwork. Sediments in a 14 m-deep core drilled beside the McBurney trench provide an invaluable overview of the overall stratigraphic sequence, including at depths reached by the 1950s Deep Sounding but not yet investigated by the present project. Sampling of newly-exposed faces of the original excavation trench for dating (14C, ESR, OSL, U-series) and palaeoenvirommental indicators continued. Excavation was begun of sediments assigned to the early Holocene Libyco-Capsian (McBurney's Layer X), and of Pre-Aurignacian layers beside the top of the Deep Sounding. The Libyco-Capsian layers are particularly prolific in lithic debris, shells, and animal bones; preliminary analysis of the lithics suggests a development from Typical to Upper Capsian within the layers excavated in 2009. Geoarchaeol...
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Excavations at Haua Fteah cave in Cyrenaica, Libya, have revealed a cultural sequence that may span the last glacial–interglacial-glacial cycle. The TRANS-NAP project has been re-excavating Haua Fteah and conducting geoarchaeological... more
Excavations at Haua Fteah cave in Cyrenaica, Libya, have revealed a cultural sequence that may span the last glacial–interglacial-glacial cycle. The TRANS-NAP project has been re-excavating Haua Fteah and conducting geoarchaeological survey of an ecologically diverse landscape that includes the fertile Gebel Akhdar and littoral, pre-desert, and desert biomes. A major aim of this project is to characterize cultural and environmental changes across the region and correlate the surface archaeology with that from Haua Fteah. To date, 181 sites have been recorded, ranging from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) to Late Stone Age (LSA). Their geographic distribution suggests temporal variation in patterns of hominin habitat preference, with significantly more LSA than MSA sites at higher elevations. The surface archaeology also points to substantial spatiotemporal technological variation within the MSA. These patterns may be explained by both paleoenvironmental change and paleodemographic shifts ...
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The paper reports on the fourth (2010) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project, and on further results of analyses of artefacts and organic materials collected in the 2009 season. Ground-based LiDar has provided both an... more
The paper reports on the fourth (2010) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project, and on further results of analyses of artefacts and organic materials collected in the 2009 season. Ground-based LiDar has provided both an accurate 3D scan of the Haua Fteah cave and information on the cave's morphometry or origins. The excavations in the cave focussed on Middle Palaeolithic or Middle Stone Age ‘Pre-Aurignacian’ layers below the base of the Middle Trench beside the McBurney Deep Sounding (Trench D) and on Final Palaeolithic ‘Oranian’ layers beside the upper part of the Middle Trench (Trench M). Although McBurney referred to the upper part of the Deep Sounding as more or less sterile, the 2010 excavations found evidence for small-scale but regular human presence in the form of stone artefacts and debitage, though given the sedimentary context the latter are unlikely to representin situknapping. The excavations of Trench M extended from the basal Capsian layers invest...
Research Interests: Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Middle East & North Africa, Mesolithic Archaeology, and 9 moreMesolithic/Epipalaeolithic Archaeology, Neolithic Archaeology, Archaeological Fieldwork, Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic/Neolithic, Mediterranean and North Africa, North African prehistory (Archaeology), Libya, and Libyan Studies
Από την Εποχή του Χαλκού (3η χιλιετία π.Χ.) ήδη οι κάτοικοι της Μεσογείου και του Αιγαίου θα εξελιχθούν σε πραγματικούς ναυτικούς ταξιδεύοντας ολοένα και μακρύτερα: Σικελία, Μικρά Ασία, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, Δαλματικές Ακτές. Κατά τη 2η... more
Από την Εποχή του Χαλκού (3η χιλιετία π.Χ.) ήδη οι κάτοικοι της Μεσογείου και του Αιγαίου θα εξελιχθούν σε πραγματικούς ναυτικούς ταξιδεύοντας ολοένα και μακρύτερα: Σικελία, Μικρά Ασία, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, Δαλματικές Ακτές. Κατά τη 2η χιλιετία π.Χ. τα ηνία στον αυτό ναυτιλιακό πολιτισμό έχει η Μινωική Κρήτη. Στα 1450 π.Χ. τον Μινωικό Πολιτισμό διαδέχεται ο Μυκηναϊκός. Οι Μυκηναίοι με νέα και καλύτερα πλοία, με έδρα την Πελοπόννησο, εξαπλώνονται σε όλη την Μεσόγειο.
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Η ναυτιλία ήταν πάντοτε συνυφασμένη με την ιστορία και την παράδοση της περιοχής μας. Η αρχαία ελληνική ναυπηγική και ναυσιπλοΐα, αποδεικνύουν τον διαχρονικό, στενό δεσμό των Ελλήνων με τη θάλασσα. Η ιστορία της ελληνικής πλεύσεως στη... more
Η ναυτιλία ήταν πάντοτε συνυφασμένη με την ιστορία και την παράδοση της περιοχής μας. Η αρχαία ελληνική ναυπηγική και ναυσιπλοΐα, αποδεικνύουν τον διαχρονικό, στενό δεσμό των Ελλήνων με τη θάλασσα. Η ιστορία της ελληνικής πλεύσεως στη Μεσόγειο, μια ιστορία ναυτικών ταξιδιών, ναυπηγικών επιτευγμάτων, διακίνησης ιδεών και τεχνολογικών εξελίξεων, χρονολογείται από την προϊστορική αρχαιότητα έως τις αρχές του 20ού αιώνα.
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Σε συνεργασία με αρχαιολόγους, μάγειρες, προμηθευτές, διατροφολόγους και προπονητές, επιχείρησα μια πολύπλευρη προσέγγιση της αρχαίας κυπριακής διατροφής εντοπίζοντας αρχικά τα είδη που καλλιεργούνται, και καταναλώνονται μέχρι σήμερα στο... more
Σε συνεργασία με αρχαιολόγους, μάγειρες, προμηθευτές, διατροφολόγους και προπονητές, επιχείρησα μια πολύπλευρη προσέγγιση της αρχαίας κυπριακής διατροφής εντοπίζοντας αρχικά τα είδη που καλλιεργούνται, και καταναλώνονται μέχρι σήμερα στο νησί,
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The Belgammel Ram was found off the coast of Libya in 1964, and examined during 2008–9. The following techniques were used: surface non-contact digitizing using a laser scanner, reflectance transformation imaging using polynomial texture... more
The Belgammel Ram was found off the coast of Libya in 1964, and examined during 2008–9. The following techniques were used: surface non-contact digitizing using a laser scanner, reflectance transformation imaging using polynomial texture mapping and hemi-spherical harmonics, digital photogrammetry with dense surface modelling, structured light optical scanning, and X-ray fluorescence analysis.
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Κατά την αρχιεπισκοπεία του ο Χρύσανθος αντιμετώπισε ποικίλα προβλήματα δυστυχίας και καταπίεσης του λαού, που συνέθεταν μία τραγική κατάσταση για τον τόπο. Ο αναβρασμός που επικρατούσε ενόψει της ελληνικής επανάστασης επρόκειτο να... more
Κατά την αρχιεπισκοπεία του ο Χρύσανθος αντιμετώπισε ποικίλα προβλήματα δυστυχίας και καταπίεσης του λαού, που συνέθεταν μία τραγική κατάσταση για τον τόπο. Ο αναβρασμός που επικρατούσε ενόψει της ελληνικής επανάστασης επρόκειτο να αλλάξει άρδην τα πολιτικά και εκκλησιαστικά δεδομένα της Κύπρου. Αφότου λοιπόν ο Χρύσανθος εξουδετερώθηκε, ο εθνομάρτυρας Κυπριανός (1810-1821) ανέλαβε τα ηνία της Εκκλησιάς και γνώριζε ότι ο ρόλος του δεν ήταν απλά εκκλησιαστικός, αλλά και πολιτικός.
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Οι ελληνοκύπριοι επιζητούσαν όπως οι εκκλησιαστικοί τους άρχοντες ασχολούνται με τις θρησκευτικές και πολιτικές υποθέσεις του τόπου, δεδομένου ότι είχαν αυτόν τον αναγνωρισμένο ρόλο και από την ίδια την Υψηλή Πύλη. Οι προσδοκίες και οι... more
Οι ελληνοκύπριοι επιζητούσαν όπως οι εκκλησιαστικοί τους άρχοντες ασχολούνται με τις θρησκευτικές και πολιτικές υποθέσεις του τόπου, δεδομένου ότι είχαν αυτόν τον αναγνωρισμένο ρόλο και από την ίδια την Υψηλή Πύλη. Οι προσδοκίες και οι απαιτήσεις του κατακρεουργημένου κυπριακού λαού, διαμόρφωσαν σε μεγάλο βαθμό την εθναρχική ιδιότητα των προκαθημένων της κυπριακής εκκλησίας καθ’ όλη τη διάρκεια της Οθωμανοκρατίας.
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Landscape, people and climate are three variables that are inextricably linked. During the Holocene optimum period~5ka the Mediterranean acted as a concentration basin, with onset mechanisms that are still unclear. However, the human and... more
Landscape, people and climate are three variables that are inextricably linked. During the Holocene optimum period~5ka the Mediterranean acted as a concentration basin, with onset mechanisms that are still unclear. However, the human and climatic impact on the terrestrial environment around the basin has been a key factor in vegetation and spatial change. During this long period that finds Cyprus throughout the evolution from stone to bronze, many major Neolithic villages were abandoned.
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Queen Victoria's head changed the face of postal history around the world and set the standards for the colonial postage system. However, the Queen's image on the first stamp remained unchanged until her death.
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Το ταχυδρομείο στην Κύπρο κατά τον Μεσαίωνα ήταν σχεδόν ανύπαρκτο, οι αγγελιοφόροι εντός του νησιού μετακινούνταν με άλογα. Η άφιξη των Βρεττανών σε μια περίοδο που οι μεταφορές στο νησί γίνονταν με γαϊδούρια και καμήλες, συνδέθηκε με την... more
Το ταχυδρομείο στην Κύπρο κατά τον Μεσαίωνα ήταν σχεδόν ανύπαρκτο, οι
αγγελιοφόροι εντός του νησιού μετακινούνταν με άλογα. Η άφιξη των Βρεττανών σε μια περίοδο που οι μεταφορές στο νησί γίνονταν με γαϊδούρια και καμήλες, συνδέθηκε με την ανάγκη για την εξεύρεση ενός τρόπου μετακίνησης των επισήμων εντός του νησιού και με την ίδρυση ταχυδρομείου.
αγγελιοφόροι εντός του νησιού μετακινούνταν με άλογα. Η άφιξη των Βρεττανών σε μια περίοδο που οι μεταφορές στο νησί γίνονταν με γαϊδούρια και καμήλες, συνδέθηκε με την ανάγκη για την εξεύρεση ενός τρόπου μετακίνησης των επισήμων εντός του νησιού και με την ίδρυση ταχυδρομείου.
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Africa from Marine Isotope Stages 6-2: population dynamics and palaeoenvironments Sheds new light on the paleodemographic processes underlying modern human origins, evolution and cultural adaptations in Africa Integrates perspectives... more
Africa from Marine Isotope Stages 6-2: population dynamics and palaeoenvironments
Sheds new light on the paleodemographic processes underlying modern human origins, evolution and cultural adaptations in Africa
Integrates perspectives from multiple biomes and academic specialisms
Will appeal to researchers in the fields of palaeolithic archaeology, paleoanthropology, hominin evolution, quaternary paleoclimate and palaeoenvironments, and human population genetics
Sheds new light on the paleodemographic processes underlying modern human origins, evolution and cultural adaptations in Africa
Integrates perspectives from multiple biomes and academic specialisms
Will appeal to researchers in the fields of palaeolithic archaeology, paleoanthropology, hominin evolution, quaternary paleoclimate and palaeoenvironments, and human population genetics
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This thesis combined geoarchaeological techniques of stratigraphic and sedimentological analysis, micromorphology, archaeology and dating to produce a later Quaternary stratigraphy and environmental history for Cyrenaica. This is the... more
This thesis combined geoarchaeological techniques of stratigraphic and sedimentological analysis, micromorphology, archaeology and dating to produce a later Quaternary stratigraphy and environmental history for Cyrenaica. This is the first robust stratigraphic framework for this period in Cyrenaica. The landscape response to environmental change over climatic cycles includes cold stage colluvial diamicts and fluvial gravels and warm stage palaeosols, lacustrine and marginal marine deposits. The stratigraphic background and environmental diagnoses resulted from this project provide the landscape and environmental context in which early humans operated.
Evidence of human activity is found abundantly in association with warm climates and sparsely with cold climates, although this may be partly the result of the different kinds of sedimentary environments in different climatic regimes. Most sites contained isolated lithic cores and primary flakes. A few sites show evidence of core reduction and a few others contained simple hearths. Larger sites, of Middle Stone Age and Epipalaeolithic technology are associated with a palaeolake in the Wadi Derna. The Hajj Creiem site was previously excavated and thought to be a Stone Age village. This research has shown that the artefacts and bones are waterlain and were probably deposited over a considerable time in OIS5 on the periphery of ‘home-base’ – type site.
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Evidence of human activity is found abundantly in association with warm climates and sparsely with cold climates, although this may be partly the result of the different kinds of sedimentary environments in different climatic regimes. Most sites contained isolated lithic cores and primary flakes. A few sites show evidence of core reduction and a few others contained simple hearths. Larger sites, of Middle Stone Age and Epipalaeolithic technology are associated with a palaeolake in the Wadi Derna. The Hajj Creiem site was previously excavated and thought to be a Stone Age village. This research has shown that the artefacts and bones are waterlain and were probably deposited over a considerable time in OIS5 on the periphery of ‘home-base’ – type site.
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