Geoarchaeology: Current and Past Research
Niels Andreasen (University of Cambridge) 2005-2006.
“Lithic strategies during the Neolithic and Bronze Age in South Pieria, Greece.”
Hariclia Brecoulaki (University of Paris I ‘Pantheon Sorbonne’) 1998-2000, 2005-2006 (Wiener Professor).
“Pigments and plasters of wall paintings from Macedonian graves (ca. 4th century BC)”, “A scientific investigation of the Mycenaean wall-paintings from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos.”
Ann Brysbaert (University of Leicester) 2001-2002.
“A preliminary study of the nature and composition of Bronze Age (decorated) Aegean plaster.”
Brian Damiata (UCLA/University of California at Riverside) 2003-2004.
“Studies of ancient and future shorelines around several Greek islands.”
Richard K. Dunn (Norwich University) 1996-1997.
“Mid-to-Late Holocene evolution of the alluvial-coastal plain at Marathon.”
Paul Goldberg (Boston University) 1994.
“Site formation processes and soil micromorphology at the Demeter Sanctuary, and the Frankish levels at Ancient Corinth.”
Chris Hayward (University of Edinburgh) 1993-1996.
“Petrographic and chemical analysis of oolitic limestone used in ancient Greek and Roman construction at Corinth to establish criteria for differentiation between stone extracted from different quarries in antiquity.”
Norm Herz (University of Georgia) 1995, 1996.
“Sources of marble used in statuary and for construction in Ancient Delphi.”
Elissavet Hitsiou (University of Amsterdam) 2005-2006, 2006-2007 (Wiener Professor).
“Production and circulation trade of Greek transport amphorae from two newly excavated Classical and Hellenistic sites in Pieria, Macedonia, Northern Greece”, “Production technology, provenance and trade of Greek transport amphorae of the Classical period from Northern Greece, an archaeological and petrographic study.”
George Kacandes (Geohellas S. A) 1995-1996.
“A study of the clay resources of Attica, including clay deposits collected from the Attica Metro excavations.”
Panagiotis Karkanas (Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology) 1996-1997, 1998-1999, 2004-2005.
“Petrographic analysis of diagenic changes in the prehistoric deposits of the Theopetra Caves.” “Micromorphological studies in three Late Neolithic settlements in Greece: Defining differences in space use and structure of the sites.”
Dimitris Kontogiorgos (University of Sheffield) 2002-2003, 2005-2006.
“Geoarchaeological and microartifact analysis of refuse contexts. The evidence from the Neolithic tell site at Paliambela and the extended Neolithic site at Korinos in the Pieria region.”
Athanasia Krahtopoulou (University of Sheffield) 2001-2002.
“Geoarchaeological investigation in coastal Pieria, Macedonia, Greece.”
Stella Kyrillidou (University of Reading) 2006-2007.
“The geoarchaeology of the household in Neolithic Greece.”
Pagona V. Maravelaki (FORTH, Crete) 1996-1997.
“Petrographic study of the transversal thin sections of black encrustations to study the effects produced by laser radiation as a means for cleaning marble stones.”
Floyd McCoy (University of Hawaii) 1999-2000, 2007-2008 (Wiener Professor)
“Continuing research on reconstructing the LBA geography prior to the eruption of Santorini; the preservation and destruction of the LBA city at Akrotiri; and the regional effects of the eruption.”
Susan M. Mentzer (University of Arizona) 2007.
“Micromorphological analysis of sediments from Mt. Lykaion.”
Melissa G. Moore (Boston University) 1995-1996.
“Preliminary petrographic analysis of Epirote coarsewares.”
James M. L. Newhard (College of Charleston) 1999-2000.
“Chipped stone tools of the Bronze Age Argolid.”
Tatiana Novikova (University of St. Petersburg) 2004-2005.
“Modelling of the Minoan tsunami: An evaluation of its possible effects on Bronze Age coastal settlements in the Aegean Sea.”
Artemios Oikonomou (University of Ioannina) 2007-2008.
“Early glass production in Rhodes, Greece 8th-6th c. BC: The contribution of archaeometric research.”
Effie Photos-Jones (Scottish Analytical Services for Art and Archaeology) 1996.
“Metallographic investigation of the Kavousi iron artifacts.”
Scott Pike (Willamette University) 1993-1997.
“Archaeological geology and geochemistry of the ancient marble quarries of Mount Pentelikon, Attica, Greece.”
Christine Shriner (Indiana University) 1994-1997.
“A material and technological study of Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age ceramic products from the site of Lerna in the Argolid.”
Ruth Siddall (University College, London) 1994-1997, 2000.
“A study of the compositions and technology of varieties of building materials used at Ancient Corinth.”
Katerina Skourtopoulou (University of Cambridge) 1996-1997, 2002-2003.
“A study of raw material sourcing and the tech no logical analysis of chipped stone production in the Neolithic of Northern Greece.”
Steven Soter (Smithsonian Institution) 1998.
“Analysis of ancient occupation horizons and environments in bore hole cores from the Helike delta.”
Michael O. Sugerman (Harvard University) 1995-1996.
“Production and distribution of Canaanite storage jars in the Late Bronze Age East Mediterranean.”
Sarah J. Vaughan (University of California at Santa Barbara) 1992-1996. “Studies of the materials and technology of the domestic ceramic assemblages from Bronze Age sites in Greece.”