Maria Iacovou
Biographic Data
| ID | 121068 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Iacovou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Iacovou |
| SIGNATURE | IACOVOU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cyprus |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8876-6841 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 237 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Cyprus: The Book of Maps. Annotated Catalogue of the Printed Maps of Cyprus. Volume 3: 18th Century to 1885
Understanding plaster production in Palaepaphos– Hadjiabdoullah , Cyprus, during the Cypro‐Classical period
This article discusses the results of analytical work on wall and floor plaster from a secular monument excavated on the plateau of Palaepaphos– Hadjiabdoullah (Cyprus). Excavated within the frame of the Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project (PULP), funded by the University of Cyprus since 2006, the monument is an extensive multifunction workshop complex dated to the Cypro‐Classical period when the plateau served as the citadel of the city‐state of…
Integrating Numismatic Evidence into the Study of the Urban Landscape of Paphos. From Palaepaphos to Nea Paphos with the Last King
The discovery of a bronze coin, in the context of controlled excavations conducted by the Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project (PULP) on the plateau of Palaepaphos-Hadjiabdoullah since 2009, presented the opportunity for a challenging collaborative dialogue on the integration of numismatic discoveries, as well as relevant inscriptions and literary sources, with the current results of the landscape analysis and the excavations that have contributed…
A contribution to the study of copper production in the Iron Age polity of Paphos in Cyprus
Spousal absence and well‐being: Evidence from China's internal migration
This study analyses the linkage between spousal absence and the well‐being and health of married individuals who are “left‐behind” by a spouse who has migrated away from home for work purposes. As the influence of spousal absence on individual well‐being is underinvestigated, this study contributes to the existing literature by examining the effects for men and women in both rural and urban areas and further explores which group of population may…
A geoarchaeological study of the construction of the Laona tumulus at Palaepaphos, Cyprus
The tumulus of Palaepaphos‐Laona is a monumental earthwork. Its size makes it unique in the landscape of ancient Cyprus, where even smaller burial mounds are extremely rare. It is characterized by a composite s616sequence and a wide range of carefully arranged construction materials. To reconstruct the building process, we employed a geoarchaeological approach, including a high‐resolution microstratigraphic analysis. The study reveals a careful s…
A contribution towards a possible re-invigoration of our understanding of the social model of disability’s potential
There has been published work in Disability & Society showing that the social model of disability may be re-invigorated if its emphasis reflects current social conditions and their specific context and if relevant questions are applied to specific impairment labels by each country. In this paper, I further address the issue of terminologies, concerning the notions of impairment, disability, the social model, as well as some terms with negative co…
An administrative ostrakon from Kouklia-Hadjiabdoullah
Au cours de la campagne de fouille 2019 de l’université de Chypre sur le plateau de Kouklia-Hadjiabdoullah, dans le sud-ouest de Chypre, un tesson inscrit (ostrakon) a été mis au jour. Il porte une inscription peinte en syllabaire chypriote (paphien) où sont enregistrées différentes quantités d’un produit spécifique. Cet ostrakon est le premier témoignage de l’existence, dans la citadelle chypro-classique de l’Ancienne Paphos, d’une administratio…
Purple dye production under royal management: Evidence from the Cypro-Classical citadel of Ancient Paphos
Au cours de la campagne de fouilles 2016 de l’Université de Chypre sur le plateau de Kouklia-Hadjiabdoullah, des coquilles de murex ont été découvertes en nombre exceptionnellement important (430 kg), concentrées dans le complexe industriel (West Complex) qui occupe avec le « palais » (East Complex) la partie nord du plateau. Cette découverte inattendue nous a conduits, dans un premier temps, à établir un projet en coopération avec l’Institute fo…
Palaepaphos: Unlocking the Landscape Context of the Sanctuary of the Cypriot Goddess
The cult centre of Palaepaphos was in continuous use since the construction of its megalithic temenos in the Late Bronze Age, but the new political role which the sanctuary was made to perform in the Hellenistic and Roman periods has supressed its original identity. From the 3rd c. BC, when the citystates of the island were abolished by Ptolemy Soter, to the end of the 4th c. AD, when pilgrim visitations and state-endorsed festivals were graduall…
The Palaepaphos-Laona rampart. A pilot study on earthen architecture and construction technology in Cyprus
Housework share between partners: Experimental evidence on gender-specific preferences
This paper uses a novel vignette-based experimental design to investigate the reasons underlying the gendered division of housework. We are particularly interested in the role of gender-specific preferences: are there differences in the utility that men and women derive from housework, and might these be responsible for the fact that women continue to do more housework than men? It is difficult to address these questions with conventional survey …
Beyond the Athenocentric misconceptions: The Cypriote polities in their economic context
Cet article discute les principaux problèmes auxquels a été confrontée l’histoire des recherches sur les «entités politiques » (polities) chypriotes de l’Âge du Fer, et il présente, à partir d’une nouvelle lecture des termes basileus et polis dans le contexte chypriote, une réflexion sur le système économique en vigueur dans l’île
New Evidence on Breastfeeding and Postpartum Depression: The Importance of Understanding Women’s Intentions
This study aimed to identify the causal effect of breastfeeding on postpartum depression (PPD), using data on mothers from a British survey, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Multivariate linear and logistic regressions were performed to investigate the effects of breastfeeding on mothers' mental health measured at 8 weeks, 8, 21 and 32 months postpartum. The estimated effect of breastfeeding on PPD differed according to whethe…
Historically Elusive and Internally Fragile Island Polities: The Intricacies of Cyprus's Political Geography in the Iron Age
This paper attributes the intricacies of the island's elusive political geography in the Iron Age to inherent factors. It is suggested that the immutable properties of the island's environment and geology, and the segmented politico-economic system employed in the exploitation of its natural assets, fostered both strengths and weaknesses, which became pronounced when the polities were confronted with Mediterranean-wide crises or drastic changes t…
New Approaches to the Elusive Iron Age Polities of Ancient Cyprus: An Introduction
PL02 Breastfeeding and Social Mobility: Neurological Development or Stress Mechanisms
Background Breastfeeding has been associated with higher cognitive scores, better test results and fewer socio-emotional problems in childhood. These outcomes in turn predict social mobility. This study examines the effect of breastfeeding on inter-generational social mobility and the role of two biologically plausible mechanisms: via improved neurological development due to the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in breast milk and via hypoth…
Approximations to the Truth: Comparing Survey and Microsimulation Approaches to Measuring Income for Social Indicators
Household composition across the new Europe: Where do the new Member States fit in
In this paper we present indicators of household structure for 26 of the 27 countries of the post-enlargement European Union. As well as broad indicators of household type, we present statistics on single-person and extended-family households, and on t
Yearning, Learning, and Conceding: Reasons Men and Women Change Their Childbearing Intentions
People's childbearing intentions change over the course of their reproductive lives. these changes have been conceptualized as occurring in response to the realization that an individual is unlikely to achieve his or her intended fertility, because of constraints such as the "biological clock" or lack of a partner. in this article we fnd that changes to child-bearing plans are infuenced by a much wider range of factors than this. People change th…
Leaving home: Independence, togetherness and income
Chypre: Des premières communautés néolithiques à l'émergence de l'urbanisme
L’auteur tente de représenter l’espace de l’Athènes antique en combinant la méthodologie mise en place par Kevin Lynch avec les interprétations savantes du paysage historique de la ville
Family Size, Birth Order, and Educational Attainment
This paper examines the relationship between birth order and educational attainment measured at ages 7, 11, 16, and 23, with particular care taken to separate the effects of birth order from the effects of family size. Since eldest children benefit from their parents' undivided resources at an early age, theory predicts that they may do better educationally than later-born children. This is confirmed by the analysis in this paper, with eldest chi…
Cultural and Political Configurations in Iron Age Cyprus: The Sequel to a Protohistoric Episode
This paper attempts to show that the interpretation of the complex cultural and political configurations of Iron Age Cyprus rests on a 1,000-year long macrohistoric overview that focuses on continua rather than breaks. It maintains that the first-millennium B.C.E. kingdoms operated on very much the same decentralized politicoeconomic system as Late Cypriot polities in the 13th and 12th centuries. It argues that the long-term dynamics of this Late…
Site Size Estimates and the Diversity Factor in Late Cypriot Settlement Histories
Charts with size estimates for Late Cypriot settlements put forward in the 1990s have become dangerously misleading. The estimates are not based on common, clearly defined criteria, nor do they take into account the high diversity factor among settlements or the uneven spatial and temporal exploration of their urban fabric. These charts disseminate false impressions, which in turn affect the interpretation of the island's first urban phenomenon. …
Yearning, Learning, and Conceding: Reasons Men and Women Change Their Childbearing Intentions
People's childbearing intentions change over the course of their reproductive lives. these changes have been conceptualized as occurring in response to the realization that an individual is unlikely to achieve his or her intended fertility, because of constraints such as the "biological clock" or lack of a partner. in this article we fnd that changes to child-bearing plans are infuenced by a much wider range of factors than this. People change th…
Regional Differences in the Transition to Adulthood
This article examines the living arrangements of people between ages fifteen and thirty-five in Europe and the United States. Three regional patterns emerge in Europe. In southern Europe, young people remain for extended periods in the parental home and tend to make direct transitions from living at home to (formal) marriage and parenthood. In northern Europe, youngsters leave home earlier and more commonly live alone or in cohabiting unions. The…
Does Leaving Home Make You Poor? Evidence from 13 European Countries: Quitter la maison rend-il pauvre? Une analyse des données de 13 pays européens
Household composition across the new Europe: Where do the new Member States fit in
In this paper we present indicators of household structure for 26 of the 27 countries of the post-enlargement European Union. As well as broad indicators of household type, we present statistics on single-person and extended-family households, and on t
Housework share between partners: Experimental evidence on gender-specific preferences
This paper uses a novel vignette-based experimental design to investigate the reasons underlying the gendered division of housework. We are particularly interested in the role of gender-specific preferences: are there differences in the utility that men and women derive from housework, and might these be responsible for the fact that women continue to do more housework than men? It is difficult to address these questions with conventional survey …
Approximations to the Truth: Comparing Survey and Microsimulation Approaches to Measuring Income for Social Indicators
Family Size, Birth Order, and Educational Attainment
This paper examines the relationship between birth order and educational attainment measured at ages 7, 11, 16, and 23, with particular care taken to separate the effects of birth order from the effects of family size. Since eldest children benefit from their parents' undivided resources at an early age, theory predicts that they may do better educationally than later-born children. This is confirmed by the analysis in this paper, with eldest chi…
Cultural and Political Configurations in Iron Age Cyprus: The Sequel to a Protohistoric Episode
This paper attempts to show that the interpretation of the complex cultural and political configurations of Iron Age Cyprus rests on a 1,000-year long macrohistoric overview that focuses on continua rather than breaks. It maintains that the first-millennium B.C.E. kingdoms operated on very much the same decentralized politicoeconomic system as Late Cypriot polities in the 13th and 12th centuries. It argues that the long-term dynamics of this Late…
Youth poverty and transition to adulthood in Europe
There is an increasing amount of research focussing on the transition to adulthood, a stage of the life cycle where young people face demanding life decisions, including completion of education, finding stable employment, and establishing their househo
Palaepaphos: Unlocking the Landscape Context of the Sanctuary of the Cypriot Goddess
The cult centre of Palaepaphos was in continuous use since the construction of its megalithic temenos in the Late Bronze Age, but the new political role which the sanctuary was made to perform in the Hellenistic and Roman periods has supressed its original identity. From the 3rd c. BC, when the citystates of the island were abolished by Ptolemy Soter, to the end of the 4th c. AD, when pilgrim visitations and state-endorsed festivals were graduall…
A geoarchaeological study of the construction of the Laona tumulus at Palaepaphos, Cyprus
The tumulus of Palaepaphos‐Laona is a monumental earthwork. Its size makes it unique in the landscape of ancient Cyprus, where even smaller burial mounds are extremely rare. It is characterized by a composite s616sequence and a wide range of carefully arranged construction materials. To reconstruct the building process, we employed a geoarchaeological approach, including a high‐resolution microstratigraphic analysis. The study reveals a careful s…
The Palaepaphos-Laona rampart. A pilot study on earthen architecture and construction technology in Cyprus
New Approaches to the Elusive Iron Age Polities of Ancient Cyprus: An Introduction
A contribution to the study of copper production in the Iron Age polity of Paphos in Cyprus
Spousal absence and well‐being: Evidence from China's internal migration
This study analyses the linkage between spousal absence and the well‐being and health of married individuals who are “left‐behind” by a spouse who has migrated away from home for work purposes. As the influence of spousal absence on individual well‐being is underinvestigated, this study contributes to the existing literature by examining the effects for men and women in both rural and urban areas and further explores which group of population may…
A contribution towards a possible re-invigoration of our understanding of the social model of disability’s potential
There has been published work in Disability & Society showing that the social model of disability may be re-invigorated if its emphasis reflects current social conditions and their specific context and if relevant questions are applied to specific impairment labels by each country. In this paper, I further address the issue of terminologies, concerning the notions of impairment, disability, the social model, as well as some terms with negative co…
The Greek exodus to Cyprus: The antiquity of Hellenism
The antiquity of (a) the particular proto‐Greek dialect of Cyprus and (b) the syllabic script which was employed to write it as early as the eleventh century BC, suggests that Greek‐speaking people settled in Cyprus before the end of the Late Bronze Age. The peculiarity of this colonization movement is that the newcomers integrated with a highly civilized and literate indigenous population but did not succumb to acculturation; instead, they left …
The bank of Cyprus cultural foundation the cartography of the eastern Mediterranean project
The Greek exodus to Cyprus: The antiquity of Hellenism
The antiquity of (a) the particular proto‐Greek dialect of Cyprus and (b) the syllabic script which was employed to write it as early as the eleventh century BC, suggests that Greek‐speaking people settled in Cyprus before the end of the Late Bronze Age. The peculiarity of this colonization movement is that the newcomers integrated with a highly civilized and literate indigenous population but did not succumb to acculturation; instead, they left …
European cartographers as classical scholars: Pierre Moullart-Sanson and his sources for the kingdoms of Cyprus
From ten to naught. Formation, consolidation and abolition of Cyprus' Iron age polities
Regional Differences in the Transition to Adulthood
This article examines the living arrangements of people between ages fifteen and thirty-five in Europe and the United States. Three regional patterns emerge in Europe. In southern Europe, young people remain for extended periods in the parental home and tend to make direct transitions from living at home to (formal) marriage and parenthood. In northern Europe, youngsters leave home earlier and more commonly live alone or in cohabiting unions. The…
Social Europe: Living Standards and Welfare States
Phoenicia and Cyprus in the First Millennium B.C: Two Distinct Cultures in Search of Their Distinct Archaeologies
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Youth poverty and transition to adulthood in Europe
There is an increasing amount of research focussing on the transition to adulthood, a stage of the life cycle where young people face demanding life decisions, including completion of education, finding stable employment, and establishing their househo
Site Size Estimates and the Diversity Factor in Late Cypriot Settlement Histories
Charts with size estimates for Late Cypriot settlements put forward in the 1990s have become dangerously misleading. The estimates are not based on common, clearly defined criteria, nor do they take into account the high diversity factor among settlements or the uneven spatial and temporal exploration of their urban fabric. These charts disseminate false impressions, which in turn affect the interpretation of the island's first urban phenomenon. …
Does Leaving Home Make You Poor? Evidence from 13 European Countries: Quitter la maison rend-il pauvre? Une analyse des données de 13 pays européens
Kypris: The Aphrodite of Cyprus. Ancient Sources and Archaeological Evidence . By Jacqueline Karageorghis
Chypre: Des premières communautés néolithiques à l'émergence de l'urbanisme
L’auteur tente de représenter l’espace de l’Athènes antique en combinant la méthodologie mise en place par Kevin Lynch avec les interprétations savantes du paysage historique de la ville
Family Size, Birth Order, and Educational Attainment
This paper examines the relationship between birth order and educational attainment measured at ages 7, 11, 16, and 23, with particular care taken to separate the effects of birth order from the effects of family size. Since eldest children benefit from their parents' undivided resources at an early age, theory predicts that they may do better educationally than later-born children. This is confirmed by the analysis in this paper, with eldest chi…
Cultural and Political Configurations in Iron Age Cyprus: The Sequel to a Protohistoric Episode
This paper attempts to show that the interpretation of the complex cultural and political configurations of Iron Age Cyprus rests on a 1,000-year long macrohistoric overview that focuses on continua rather than breaks. It maintains that the first-millennium B.C.E. kingdoms operated on very much the same decentralized politicoeconomic system as Late Cypriot polities in the 13th and 12th centuries. It argues that the long-term dynamics of this Late…
Leaving home: Independence, togetherness and income
Household composition across the new Europe: Where do the new Member States fit in
In this paper we present indicators of household structure for 26 of the 27 countries of the post-enlargement European Union. As well as broad indicators of household type, we present statistics on single-person and extended-family households, and on t
Yearning, Learning, and Conceding: Reasons Men and Women Change Their Childbearing Intentions
People's childbearing intentions change over the course of their reproductive lives. these changes have been conceptualized as occurring in response to the realization that an individual is unlikely to achieve his or her intended fertility, because of constraints such as the "biological clock" or lack of a partner. in this article we fnd that changes to child-bearing plans are infuenced by a much wider range of factors than this. People change th…
PL02 Breastfeeding and Social Mobility: Neurological Development or Stress Mechanisms
Background Breastfeeding has been associated with higher cognitive scores, better test results and fewer socio-emotional problems in childhood. These outcomes in turn predict social mobility. This study examines the effect of breastfeeding on inter-generational social mobility and the role of two biologically plausible mechanisms: via improved neurological development due to the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in breast milk and via hypoth…
Approximations to the Truth: Comparing Survey and Microsimulation Approaches to Measuring Income for Social Indicators
Historically Elusive and Internally Fragile Island Polities: The Intricacies of Cyprus's Political Geography in the Iron Age
This paper attributes the intricacies of the island's elusive political geography in the Iron Age to inherent factors. It is suggested that the immutable properties of the island's environment and geology, and the segmented politico-economic system employed in the exploitation of its natural assets, fostered both strengths and weaknesses, which became pronounced when the polities were confronted with Mediterranean-wide crises or drastic changes t…
New Approaches to the Elusive Iron Age Polities of Ancient Cyprus: An Introduction
Beyond the Athenocentric misconceptions: The Cypriote polities in their economic context
Cet article discute les principaux problèmes auxquels a été confrontée l’histoire des recherches sur les «entités politiques » (polities) chypriotes de l’Âge du Fer, et il présente, à partir d’une nouvelle lecture des termes basileus et polis dans le contexte chypriote, une réflexion sur le système économique en vigueur dans l’île
New Evidence on Breastfeeding and Postpartum Depression: The Importance of Understanding Women’s Intentions
This study aimed to identify the causal effect of breastfeeding on postpartum depression (PPD), using data on mothers from a British survey, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Multivariate linear and logistic regressions were performed to investigate the effects of breastfeeding on mothers' mental health measured at 8 weeks, 8, 21 and 32 months postpartum. The estimated effect of breastfeeding on PPD differed according to whethe…
Housework share between partners: Experimental evidence on gender-specific preferences
This paper uses a novel vignette-based experimental design to investigate the reasons underlying the gendered division of housework. We are particularly interested in the role of gender-specific preferences: are there differences in the utility that men and women derive from housework, and might these be responsible for the fact that women continue to do more housework than men? It is difficult to address these questions with conventional survey …
Geography (17 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (16 works) · History (15 works) · Archaeology (13 works) · Economics (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Ancient history (10 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · History (9 works) · Sociology (9 works)