The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Biological Anthropology: Current and Past Research

Ethne Barnes (Wichita State University) 1994–1997.
“Analysis of developmental defects and paleopathology of human skeletal material from Petras, Crete” and “the Frankish remains from Ancient Corinth.”

Chryssi Bourbou (University of the Aegean) 2001–2003.
“Biological approach to the populations of Early Byzantine times (6th–7th centuries AD) at Eleutherna and Messene, Greece.”

Ana Maria Boza (University of Pittsburgh) 1997–1998.
“Social and political organization of a Middle Bronze Age population, a bioarchaeological approach to the Lerna community.”

Sherry C. Fox (Wiener Laboratory) 1993–1994.
“Analysis of human skeletal remains from Hellenistic and Roman burials at Ancient Corinth, Lerna and Argos” and “A pilot study on ancient DNA.”

Sandra J. Garvie-Lok (University of Alberta) 1996–1997.
“Examination of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine human skeletal remains from the Church of Agios Nicholaos at the Athenian Agora, Crete, Servia and Agia Triada, Thebes for purpose of dietary reconstruction.”

Nathan K. Harper (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) 2007-2008.
“A comparative population genetics analysis of postmarital residence in mainland Greece and Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age.”

Carina Iezzi (Adelphi University) 2000–2002.
“A bioarchaeological analysis of human populations from Late Bronze Age Central Greece.”

Anne Ingvarsson-Sundstrom (Societas Archaeological Upsaliensis) 2005–2006. “A re-evaluation of human remains from Middle Helladic Asine.”

Susan Kirkpatrick Smith (Kennesaw State University) 1992–1993.
“Analysis of Bronze Age human skeletal remains from the Athenian Agora and Olympia to assess evidence for social stratification in pathological markers.”

Anna Lagia (University of Chicago) 1996–1998.
“A bioarchaeological survey of social structure in the polis of Athens during Classical, Hellenistic and Roman times.”

Maria Liston (University of Waterloo) 2002–2006, 2004–2005 (Wiener Professor)
“Analysis of human skeletal remains from the Athenian Agora and the Battle of Chaironea”, “Human skeletons from Liatovouni, the Molossian Cemetery.”

Lisa M. Little (Indiana University) 1993–1995.
“A biological distance study of Mycenaean populations on the Greek mainland.”

Sotiris K. Manolis (University of Athens) 2003–2004.
“Foundation of an atlas/catalog of skeletal biology and especially pathology based on the Wiener Laboratory Collection of the University of Athens.”

Argyro Nafplioti (University of Southampton) 2007-2008.
“Population movement, biological and cultural interactions in the Early Bronze Age Aegean: The cases of Manika, Ayios Kosmas, Zygouries and Perachora in the mainland.”

Markku Niskanen (University of Oulu) 1995–1996.
“A craniological comparison of data collected from pre-Roman, Roman and post-Roman Corinthian populations.”

Anastasia Papathanasiou (Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology) 1998–2002.
“Paleodemographic, paleopathological and dietary history of the Late Neolithic skeletal series from Alepotrypa Cave near Diros, and Franchthi Cave, Greece.”

Helena Soomer (University of Helsinki) 2000–2001.
“Dental age estimation in Greeks.”

Eleni Stravopodi (University of Athens) 2002–2004, 2007-2008.
“Porotic hyperostosis, the disease of early agricultural societies in Greece.”

Ferenc Toth (University of Alberta) Travel Grant Recipient 2006.
“7th century AD osteotheke from the Athenean Agora.”

Sevasti Triantaphyllou (University of Sheffield) 1995–1996.
“Burial variability and social differentiation in the prehistoric Greek mainland: A comparative analysis between Northern and Southern Greece.”

Paraskevi Tritsaroli (Natural History Museum of Paris) 2005–2006.
“Burial custom variations in northern and central Greece through Byzantine times.”

George Zouganelis (University of Portsmouth) 2001–2003.
“Molecular sex analysis for skeletal remains found in Greek burial sites.”