Dusanka Urem-Kotsou

Biographic Data

ID4863277
NAMEDusanka Urem-Kotsou
GIVEN NAMESDusanka
FAMILY NAMEUrem-Kotsou
SIGNATUREUREM-KOTSOU D
AFFILIATIONSDemocritus University of Thrace
ORCID0000-0002-9534-6340
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS51
TOTAL CITATIONS24
AUTHOR COUNT51
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Neolithic farmers in Aegean Thrace. New evidence from the settlement of Paradimi, Northeastern Greece

    Open AccessDusanka Urem-Kotsou, Yannis Maniatis et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2026

    New evidence for the presence of early farmers in Aegean Thrace (Northeastern Greece) is presented through interdisciplinary research at Paradimi , a tell settlement that is the eponym of the Neolithic period in Greek Thrace, formerly referred to as the “ Paradimi culture ”. Combining archaeological, palaeogeographical, geological and geophysical investigations, including borehole cores and radiocarbon dating, conducted on the site and its surrou…

  • Deciphering Neolithic Habitation in Aegean Thrace Through Geophysical Prospection Surveys

    Open AccessApostolos Sarris, Nikos Papadopoulos et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Prospection2025

    Despite the relatively extensive archaeological research conducted in Greece focusing on the Neolithic period, Aegean Thrace remains one of the least studied regions. To address this gap, the MAPFARM (Mapping the Early Farmers in Thrace) project employed systematic archaeological surface survey combined with large‐scale geophysical prospection techniques to map eight Neolithic settlements in the provinces of Rhodope and Xanthi. These methods were…

  • What do phytoliths from pottery cooking vessels represent? Insights from Neolithic Stavroupoli (northern Greece)

    Open AccessCarlos G Santiago-Marrero, Marianna Lymperaki et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2024Cited by: 1References: 34

    The analysis of charred food crust from cooking vessels offers an opportunity to recover and study residues originating from culinary practices, such as phytoliths from cereal-based meals or other plant ingredients, serving as direct evidence of past food preparation and consumption activities. However, the presence of charred food crusts is sporadic in archaeological records, making it challenging to rely solely on them to reconstruct past culin…

  • Chipped lithic artefacts from Paradimi and Krovili (Thrace, Northern Greece). Remarks from the 2020 surface investigations

    Open AccessAndrzej Pelisiak, Dusanka Urem-Kotsou et al.ARTICLESprawozdania Archeologiczne2023

    The paper presents flaked lithic materials from two tell-type Neolithic sites Paradimi and Krovili located in Eastern Thrace. They were obtained during systematic and detailed surface surveys. All the collected lithic materials were examined and described. Some conclusions about processing and sources of raw materials were presented along with comparisons to other Neolithic sites in northern Greece.

  • Application of mobile digital recording and GIS analysis of archaeological surface survey finds in the MapFarm project

    Open AccessKyriakos Sgouropoulos, Dusanka Urem-Kotsou et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023References: 5

  • Distribution of Organic-Tempered Pottery in Southeast Europe and the Near East

    Open AccessTrisevgeni Papadakou, Kostas Kotsakis et al.ARTICLEOpen Archaeology2021References: 13

    Organic-tempered pottery is considered characteristic for the early pottery assemblages in most parts of Southwest Asia and Southeast Europe. The aim of the present paper is to explore: (a) the chronological consistency of this practice, i.e. is it always related to the early assemblages and how intensively was it employed by the various communities? and (b) is its use related to vessel type, surface treatment etc. and how does this change in tim…

  • Cooking plant foods in the northern Aegean

    Open AccessJuan José García-Granero, Dusanka Urem-Kotsou et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018

  • Strong bias towards carcass product processing at Neolithic settlements in northern Greece revealed through absorbed lipid residues of archaeological pottery

    Open AccessHelen L Whelton, Kostas Kotsakis et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018

  • Following their tears

    Open AccessDusanka Urem-Kotsou, Sofia Mitkidou et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018

  • The Neolithic of Northern Greece and the Balkans – The environmental context of cultural transformation

    Open AccessDushka Urem-Kotsou, Dusanka Urem-Kotsou et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018

  • Storage of food in the Neolithic communities of northern Greece

    Dushka Urem-Kotsou, Dusanka Urem-KotsouARTICLEWorld Archaeology2017Cited by: 7References: 23

    This paper examines the evidence for the storage of food during the Neolithic in northern Greece. Ecofactual remains point to reliance on cultivated crops and domesticates from the initial phase of the period (mid-seventh millennium), suggesting the importance of the production and storage of normal surplus for the economic and social organization of early farmers. The archaeological record indicates that storage of surplus was controlled by dome…

  • Early farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans

    Open AccessZuzana Hofmanová, Susanne Kreutzer et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2016

    Significance One of the most enduring and widely debated questions in prehistoric archaeology concerns the origins of Europe’s earliest farmers: Were they the descendants of local hunter-gatherers, or did they migrate from southwestern Asia, where farming began? We recover genome-wide DNA sequences from early farmers on both the European and Asian sides of the Aegean to reveal an unbroken chain of ancestry leading from central and southwestern Eu…

  • Regional asynchronicity in dairy production and processing in early farming communities of the northern Mediterranean

    Open AccessCynthianne Spiteri, Cynthianne Debono Spiteri et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2016

    Significance This unique research combines the analyses of lipid residues in pottery vessels with slaughter profiles for domesticated ruminants to provide compelling evidence for diverse subsistence strategies in the northern Mediterranean basin during the Neolithic. Our findings show that the exploitation and processing of milk varied across the region, although most communities began to exploit milk as soon as domesticates were introduced betwe…

  • Salting the Roads

    Dushka Urem-Kotsou, Dusanka Urem-KotsouCHAPTEROf Odysseys and Oddities2016

  • Household Scales

    Open AccessMarianna Lymperaki, Dusanka Urem-Kotsou et al.ARTICLEOpen Archaeology2016Cited by: 2References: 2

    Remains of the houses in the Late Neolithic of Northern Greece are as a rule less well preserved than in some other regions of Greece such as Thessaly. The site of Stavroupoli-Thessaloniki is a settlement with a dense habitation pattern, but poorly preserved architecture. Several habitation phases have been distinguished, dating to the Middle and Late Neolithic. Radiocarbon dates place the earlier phase to 5890 B.C. or slightly later. As the dome…

  • Widespread exploitation of the honeybee by early Neolithic farmers

    Open AccessM Roffet-Salque, Martine Regert et al.ARTICLENature2015

  • Argolis

    Open AccessJames Whitley, Sophia Germanidou et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Reports2007

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  • Attika

    Open AccessJames Whitley, Sophia Germanidou et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Reports2007

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  • Kephallenia with Ithaka

    Open AccessJames Whitley, Sophia Germanidou et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Reports2007

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  • Aitolia/Akarnania

    Open AccessJames Whitley, Sophia Germanidou et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Reports2007

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  • Western Crete (Prefecture of Chania)

    Open AccessJames Whitley, Sophia Germanidou et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Reports2007

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  • Eleia

    Open AccessJames Whitley, Sophia Germanidou et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Reports2007

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  • Arkadia

    Open AccessJames Whitley, Sophia Germanidou et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Reports2007

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  • National Museums and General

    Open AccessJames Whitley, Sophia Germanidou et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Reports2007

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  • Islands of the Saronic Gulf with Kythera

    Open AccessJames Whitley, Sophia Germanidou et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Reports2007

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