The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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  • March 06, 2012 - 14:00-17:00
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  • February 28, 2012 - 14:00-17:00
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    Hariclia Brecoulaki

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.”

Sireen El Zaatari (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig) 2009-2010.

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.”

Ioanna Moutafi (University of Sheffield) 2010- 2011.
“Bioarchaeological analysis of the human remains from the Mycenaean cemetery of Voudeni, Achaea: Towards a holistic understanding of ycenaean burial practices and their relationship to social structure.”

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.”
“Geographic origin(s) of the people of the Mesolithic site of Maroulas of Kythnos: Evidence from strontium (87Sr/ 86Sr) and oxygen (18 O/ 16 O) isotope ratio analyses.” Spring-Summer 2009.

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.”
“Bioarchaeological Analysis of Health and Diet of Early Neolithic Settlements in Northern Greece.” Summer 2008.

Eleni- Anna Prevedorou (Arizona State University)
“Bioarchaeological Anlysis of the Human Remains from Andritsa Cave.” Summer 2008.

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

Robert Stark (University of Alberta)
“Radiographic Analysis of the Children from Stymphalos for Identification of Scurvy.” Summer 2008.

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

Ference 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. Analysis of Biological Components and Spatial Distribution of the Osteological and Archaeological data.”

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