FoMArc Graduate Forum of Mediterranean Archaeology

Friday, December 9th 08.45- 09.00 Registration and coffee 09.00- Welcoming speech 09.15 Prof. Athanasios Vionis - Director of the Archaeological Research Unit Associate Professor of Byzantine Archaeology and Art - University of Cyprus 09.15- Keynote speaker 10.15 Prof. A. Bernard Knapp - Professor Em. of Mediterranean Archaeology - University of Glasgow Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) Mechants and merchantile society on Late Bronze Age Cyprus 10.15-10.30 Coffee Break TRADE AND SEAFARING COMMUNITIES 10.30- Aikaterini Vrettou, PhD candidate 10.45 University of Heidelberg Transcultural routes of communication between Cyclades and Crete during the Early Bronze Age 10.45- Tatiana Stamatia Andreovits, PhD candidate 11.00 University of Heidelberg Miniature bodies, miniature subjects: The reconstruction of identities through the study of micrographic bodies in Aegean Bronze Age seals 11.00- Enrico de Benectis, PhD candidate 11.15 University of Cyprus The tools of trade of Late Bronze Age Cyprus: A view from Morphou bay 11.15- Chara Theotokatou, PhD candidate 11.30 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Wayfaring in Late Cypriot communities: Houses and households 11.30-11.50 Q&A 11.50-12.05 Coffee Break SETTLEMENT AND LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY 12.05- Tim Klingenberg, PhD candidate 12.20 Ruhr University Bochum Nuragic landscape of Sant’Antioco, southern Sardinia: Seeing, hearing, and questions of appropriation 12.20- Niki Kyriakou, PhD candidate 12.35 University of Cyprus Decoding the rural landscape of Late Antique Cyprus: A GIS approach 12.35- Kostas Papagianopoulos, PhD candidate 12.50 University of Cyprus Settlement evolution and land-use in western Achaea: Testing the Frankish period dynamics 12.50- Chrystalla Loizou, PhD candidate 13.05 University of Cyprus Rural settlement dynamics in Medieval Cyprus 13.05-13.25 Q&A 13.25-14.25 Lunch Break TECHNOLOGY AND BUILDING MATERIALS 14.25- Archontoula Barouda, PhD candidate 14.40 University College London Exploring the pottery and plaster production technologies at Neolithic Makri, Thrace, Greece 14.40- Caterina Zaggia, PhD candidate 14.55 University of Cambridge Putting ancient Egyptian plaster in its place: The case of study of Pakepu’s coffin set 14.55- Paola Pizzo, PhD candidate 15.10 Charles University Plasters and mortars from the Hellenistic theatre in Nea Paphos: Preliminary results 15.10- Myrto Kalofonou, PhD candidate 15.25 University of Cyprus From Hellenistic to Roman Cyprus: An archaeometric study of hydraulic plasters in their context of use Page 1 Friday, December 9th 15.25- Matilde Quilici, PhD candidate 15.40 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven From Macro to Micro: Mortars from the Roman baths at the site of Sagalassos 15.40-16.00 Q&A 16.00-16.30 Coffee Break - Poster Presentations - ARU's 1st floor P O S T E R S E S S I O N 1 , D e c e m b e r 9 t h Amal Alatar PhD - University of Alexandria The role of classical architectural design in conveying meaning: Reflections on the architectural buildings in Nicosia Cansu Çakir PhD candidate - Koç University Travelling as a woman in Late Antiquity: Honour, Disguise, and Pilgrimage Georgia Delli PhD candidate- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The byzantine landscape of Samos Savvina Handjipanteli MSc student- University of Cyprus Experimental research on Panagia Astathkiotissa and Panagia Kophinou churches Michael Polachowski PhD candidate - University of Cyprus Imagining the disappearing city: Basis for the archaeological study of late Antique, Byzantine and early Frankish Nicosia Quentin Richard PhD candidate- Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne How to study and understand ancient clothing adornment? ORGANIC MATERIAL ANALYSIS 16.30- Ismael Rodriguez Palomo, PhD candidate 16.45 University of Cambridge Open-search proteomics for the identification of proteins and the quantification of deamidation in ceramics 16.45- Maria Rousou, Postdoctoral researcher 17.00 MNHN-CNRS Interpreting the use of fruit trees during the pre-pottery Neolithic Cyprus: A correlation of the archaeobotanical and ethnobotanical data 17.00- Panagiotis Koullouros, PhD candidate 17.15 The Cyprus Institute Landscape management, environment, and cultural associations in Greece and Cyprus during the 1st millennium BCE: Evidence from wood charcoal 17.15- Kyriaki Tsirtsi, PhD candidate 17.30 The Cyprus Institute Archaeobotany, a key proxy for tracing daily life: the case of Sikyon (4th century BCE, Greece) 17.30-17.50 Q&A 17.50-18.00 1st day's closing remarks 18.00-20.00 RECEPTION - Archaeological Research Unit Page 2 Saturday, December 10th 09.00- 09.15 09.15- 09.20 Registration and coffee Welcome EXPLORING ASPECTS OF MATERIAL CULTURE 09.20- Ilia Kovalev, PhD candidate 09.35 The Cyprus Institute Egyptian blue production: An overview of archaeological evidence and technical ceramics involved 09.35- Semiramis Sofra, PhD candidate 09.50 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The economic centers of east Crete through the study of utilitarian pottery during the Neopalatial period 09.50- Ani Hebligathian, PhD candidate 10.05 University of Geneva The terracotta lamps of the Hellenistic period: A comparative study between the lamps discovered at Antiochon-the- Orontes and their parallels from Nea Paphos 10.05- Nolwenn Guedeau, PhD candidate 10.20 Bonn University The material culture in Ottoman Cyprus 10.20-10.40 Q&A 10.40-10.55 Coffee Break CERAMIC ANALYSES 10.55- Sarah Carrion Anaya, PhD candidate 11.10 University College London Research in the making: early ceramic technologies and traditions in the Edom lowlands region of southern Jordan 11.10- Chase Minos, PhD candidate 11.25 The Cyprus Institute Ceramic technologies of the Late Bronze Age in Cyprus: A technological, compositional, and experimental archaeological investigation of utilitarian pottery from Enkomi and Aghios Sozomenos 11.25- Timothée Ogawa, PhD candidate 11.40 Université Paris 1 - British School at Athens A holistic approach to the study of cooking ware from Toumba Thessalonikis, from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age 11.40- Christianna Kepeleshi, PhD candidate 11.55 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Tableware production at the site of Sagalassos (southwest Anatolia) from the Hellenistic to the Byzantine Period: A petrographic and geochemical study in a diachronic perspective 11.55- Theodore Vasileiou, PhD candidate 12.10 University of Cyprus A grope in the dark: Cooking pots as indicators of resilience and change in Early Medieval Cyprus 12.10-12.30 Q&A 12.30-13.30 Lunch Break ICONOGRAPHY IN RELIGIOUS CONTEXTS 13.30- Dorota Zaprzalska, PhD candidate 13.45 Jagiellonian University Icons within icons: The method of insertion as a visual indicator of images’ age and status 13.45- Polymnia Synodinou, MA student 14.00 University of Crete Byzantine art in Venetian Crete: The case of Hagioi Apostoloi church at Kavousi 14.00- Konrad Waniewski, MA student 14.15 Jagiellonian University A Proposal for a new iconographic interpretation of the fresco in the church of Saints Peter and Paul in Famagusta 14.15- Maria Gkina, MA student 14.30 University of Ioannina Harmatoloi or ordinary warriors? In quest of the donors of the monastery of Saint Nicholas in Metsovo, Greece (1702) 14.30-14.45 Q&A 14.45-15.25 Coffee Break - Poster Presentations 2- ARU's 1st floor Page 3 Saturday, December 10th POSTER SESSION 2, December 10th Jan Bobik MA student - Charles University Zoomorphic appliqués on ceramic vessels from LBA in western Anatolia Maria Antoniadou, Styliani Lamtsidou MA - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Contextualising commercial activity in the agoras of the Macedonian territory: The cases of Pella and Thessaloniki Elena Mavraeidopoulou MA - Aegean University City planning of Pergamon during Hellenistic period Elena Paralovo PhD cand. - Charles University Tools for firing: The use of kilns’ spacers in the Iron Age northern Italy David Snook PhD cand. - University of Wales Trinity Saint David Are objects agents of civilization? The role of exotic high-status materials and objects in the Late Cypriot period (LCIA-IIIB); An exploration of materiality and identity in the context of Late Bronze Age ‘globalism’ in the east Mediterranean. RITUAL, BURIAL PRACTICES AND FUNERARY BELIEFS 15.25- Amy Ferguson, MA student 15.40 University of Wales, Trinity Saint David Object analysis of the early Bronze Age Kotsiatis Shrine Model: Does this model depict ritual or religious action within an ancient Cypriot heterotopia? 15.40- Elisavet Stefani 15.55 Archaeologist, Department of Antiquities-Republic of Cyprus The Necropoleis of Amathous: Mortuary topography, funerary architecture and burial practices during the first millennium B.C. 15.55- Odysseas Boitte, PhD candidate 16.10 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Archers in Mycenae Shaft Graves? 16.10- Marianna Negro, MPhil 16.25 University of Cambridge The Dispersal of Etruscan votive bronze figurines around the world: A ‘re-assemblage’ of the museum collections to shed light on the human-object relationship 16.25- 16.45 Q&A 16.45- 16.55 Coffee Break RE-EVALUATING, PROTECTING AND PROMOTING CULTURAL HERITAGE 16.55- Savvas Mavromatidis, PhD candidate 17.10 University of Cyprus Cypriot Medieval tomb monuments: From religious piety to their musealisation and their introduction to the digital Age 17.10- Erge Bütün, MA student 17.25 Hacettepe University Exhibiting archaeological materials using new technologies: The case of "the faces of Juliopolis exhibition" 17.25- Katerina Argyraki, MA student 17.40 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The perception of prehistoric Antiquity in 19th century Greece 17.40- Andreas Georgallis, PhD candidate 17.55 University of Glasgow Legal protection of underwater cultural heritage: A glance from the Republic of Cyprus 17.55- 18.15 Q&A 18.15- 18.25 FoMArc's CLOSING REMARKS 12, Gladstonos str., Nicosia - Cyprus S C A n to Register Page 4