Yannis Maniatis
Biographic Data
| ID | 667739 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yannis Maniatis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yannis |
| FAMILY NAME | Maniatis |
| SIGNATURE | MANIATIS Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8120-8978 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 55 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 456 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 55 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Neolithic farmers in Aegean Thrace. New evidence from the settlement of Paradimi, Northeastern Greece
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…
Beyond Pentelikon: Imported white marbles in Athenian sculptural workshops of the Roman period
New scientific evidence for the history and occupants of Tomb I (“Tomb of Persephone”) in the Great Tumulus at Vergina
The Great Tumulus of Vergina (Aegae) is considered to be the royal burial complex of the Macedonian kings. Beneath it four tombs were discovered, labeled Tomb I, II, III and IV. Several hypotheses have been proposed for the identities of the occupants of the “royal tombs”, but without scientific backing. We present new data from Tomb I (“The Tomb of Persephone”), which contained inhumed (unburnt), in situ and commingled adult skeletal remains, as…
Scientific investigation on the provenance of marble of free-standing sculptures from the archaeological museum of Kavala/northern Greece
Investigation of the Human Diet in Pella (North Greece) from the Prehistoric to the Classical Period Using Stable Isotopes and Radiocarbon Dating
The skeletal material from the Classical and Prehistoric period cemeteries of ancient Pella in Central Macedonia, Greece was examined anthropologically and analyzed for the stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. Additionally, the Prehistoric cemetery burials were radiocarbon dated. The dates define the use of the prehistoric cemetery in the Early Bronze Age period (6600-6050 BC0
Investigating Colors and Techniques on the Wall Paintings of the ‘Tomb of the Philosophers’, an Early Hellenistic Macedonian Monumental Cist Tomb in Pella (Macedonia, Greece)
The ‘Tomb of the Philosophers’, owing its name to the iconographic theme depicted on the interior of its walls, offers a rare example of high-quality early Hellenistic painting, which enhances our knowledge on the use of painting materials and techniques in Greece during the late 4th–early 3rd century BC. The tomb was excavated in 2001 by the 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, in the area of the east cemetery of the ancient c…
Natura 2000 public awareness in EU: A prerequisite for successful conservation policy
The Natura 2000 network is a system of managed natural areas exclusively designed to protect Europe's most valuable and threatened species and habitats and covers 18.6% of its land area, and 8.9% of its marine territory. Repeated Eurobarometer public opinion surveys show that European citizens are unaware of this broad network. Awareness is a prerequisite to successful participatory planning. The present work addresses two issues. First, it refle…
Radiocarbon Dating of the Major Settlement at Skarkos (Ios Island, Cyclades) and Inferences for the Early Cycladic Chronology
We have radiocarbon-dated the main settlement of Skarkos (Skarkos II) on the Cycladic island of Ios, using a set of animal bone samples. The site of Skarkos stands on a hill in a coastal plain, mid-way down the western side of Ios island and about 1 km from the island’s harbour. It is the first time this important settlement with a wealth of finds and an extraordinary building system with two-storey houses is dated in absolute terms complementing…
Elateia 1 in Northeastern Thessaly 8000 Years Ago: Relative and Absolute Chronology of a Flat Extended Settlement
Intensive and systematic surveys in the area south of Mount Olympos and west of Mount Ossa revealed not only tell settlements, but also several flat sites from different prehistoric periods. For one of the settlements, namely Elateia 1, a detailed relative chronological assessment was made with the help of statistical evaluations of pottery assemblages. In addition, short-lived bone samples confirmed and more precisely defined the exact chronolog…
Revenia-Korinos: One of the Earliest Neolithic Settlements in North Greece as Evidenced by Radiocarbon Dating
Radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating was applied to the Neolithic open-air, flat-extended settlement at Revenia-Korinos in Pieria, North Greece. The samples came from the earlier habitation period of the settlement, characterized by more than 100 pits that vary significantly in shape and dimensions, some of them being identified as subterranean or semi-subterranean pit dwellings. It is suggested that the fills of the pits were the result of secondary, stru…
Provenance Investigation of Three Marble Relief Sculptures from Ancient Corinth: New Evidence for the Circulation of the White Marble from Mani
Three unique marble relief sculptures of the Roman period from Ancient Corinth were studied using a variety of non‐invasive and minimal invasive techniques. The sculptures are of similar size, relief technique, and distinguished material compared to all other sculptures in Corinth. Thus, apart from the interest in identifying the origin of this distinct marble the question of whether they could belong to the same original monument is raised. To t…
International Symposium on Archaeometry
An Aegean History and Archaeology Written through Radiocarbon Dates
This dataset is the outcome of an INSTAP-funded project “An Aegean Prehistory Written in Radiocarbon Dates”. It includes 3159 14C dates from 353 sites in Greece and reflects an attempt to exhaustively collect and cross-check all published radiocarbon dates from existing databases, original publications and preliminary reports using both international and Greek sources (376 sources in total). Although originally targeting prehistoric dates, all da…
Mission archéologique franco-albanaise du bassin de Korçë
La rdaction -en cours -du chapitre III du premier volume, consacr la prsentation dtaille des divers niveaux d'occupation, a entran de nombreuses vrifications (dans les carnets de fouille, la documentation graphique et photographique, etc.) et permis de prciser certains points encore litigieux de la stratigraphie. On a ainsi pu tablir, en connexion avec les nouvelles datations absolues obtenues pour plusieurs couches, la Mission archologique franc…
Bassin de Korçë, Kallamas
La Mission archologique franco-albanaise du bassin de Kor, cofinance par le ministre des Affaires trangres et l'cole franaise d'Athnes, a poursuivi en 2016 l'tude du matriel et des donnes des fouilles de Sovjan et de Kallamas, ainsi que des prospections menes dans le bassin de Kor (programme PALM), en vue de leur publication. Cette nouvelle campagne d'tude, dirige conjointement par Ccile Oberweiler et Petrika Lera, a runi en tout une douzaine de …
First Speleothem Evidence of the Hiera Eruption (197 BC), Santorini, Greece
Speleothems are useful in detecting past geoenvironmental events. Variations in trace element concentrations may constitute a diagnostic of volcanic eruptions, enabling both dating and environmental impact assessment. This work attempts to detect possible ‘signatures’ of past volcanic eruptions in speleothems from Zoodochos Pigi cave on Santorini. Higher-than-usual concentrations of elements and minerals (e.g. barium and monazite respectively) ex…
Radiocarbon Dating of the Neolithic Settlement at Makriyalos, Pieria, North Greece
Radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating was performed on samples from the prehistoric settlement at Makriyalos, northern Greece, a “flat extended” (rather than tell) site. Two separate occupation phases, Makriyalos I and II, were clearly distinguished on different sides of a low hill and belonged to the Late Neolithic I and II periods, respectively. Individual phases related to the use of circuit ditches and borrow pits were also recognized and dated. Phase m…
Long-term trends of land use and demography in Greece: A comparative study
This paper offers a comparative study of land use and demographic development in northern and southern Greece from the Neolithic to the Byzantine period. Results from summed probability densities (SPD) of archaeological radiocarbon dates and settlement numbers derived from archaeological site surveys are combined with results from cluster-based analysis of published pollen core assemblages to offer an integrated view of human pressure on the Gree…
Megalo Nisi Galanis (6300–1800 Bc ): Constructing a Cultural Sequence for the Neolithic of West Macedonia, Greece
Scores of Neolithic sites have been excavated in west Macedonia since the 1990s, yet the majority are relatively short-lived installations, lacking high-resolution stratigraphies and sequences of radiocarbon dates. Megalo Nisi Galanis, a large mound in the Kitrini Limni basin, near modern Kozani, is a rare exception to that pattern. Systematically surveyed and excavated in 1987–9 and 1993, this site covers a large part of the Neolithic period in …
Provenance investigation of Roman marble sarcophagi from Nicopolis, Epirus, Greece: Revealing a strong artistic and trade connection with Athens
International Symposium on Archaeometry
Tracing the Absolute Time-Frame of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean
The Early Bronze Age (EBA) is associated with technological and cultural changes that may suggest the onset of a new culture. The question usually posed is whether the spread of the EBA culture is a matter of contemporary evolutionary practices or a matter of migration of peoples. We contribute to this discussion by tracing the appearance and spread of the EBA in the Aegean using an absolute time-frame provided by more than 200 radiocarbon ( 14 C…
Title of Special Issue: International Symposium on Archaeometry 2016 (Kalamata, Greece): Proceedings
Neolithic Thessaly: Radiocarbon dated periods and phases
Thessaly in Central Greece is famous for settlement mounds (magoules) that were already partly formed in the Early Neolithic period. Some of these long-lived sites grew to many metres in height during the subsequent Middle, Late and Final Neolithic periods, and were also inhabited in the Bronze Age. Such magoules served as the backbone for defining relative chronological schemes. However, their absolute dating is still a topic of debate: due to…
Chapter 2. “Balkans 4000”: The radiocarbon dates from archaeological contexts
In the previous chapter we exposed the general framework in which the “Balkans 4000” project was conceived and the main criteria used for the choice of sites to be dated. Here we discuss the precise conditions under which the selection and processing of samples were conducted, and present the results in detail. Sampling strategy The first condition for a reliable radiocarbon date concerns the physical quality of the measured sample (its nature, m…
Technological examination of Neolithic-Bronze Age pottery from central and southeast Europe and from the Near East
The composition of the soda-rich and mixed alkali plant ashes used in the production of glass
Mechanical Performance of Quartz‐tempered Ceramics: Part I, Strength and Toughness
The effect of quartz temper on the physical and mechanical properties of clay ceramics and the elucidation of the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for these effects are presented here. Characteristics studied included bulk density, open and closed porosity, density of impervious portion and fracture morphology. Mechanical behaviour was studied by measuring energy dissipation during fracture, Young's modulus, initial fracture toughness a…
Long-term trends of land use and demography in Greece: A comparative study
This paper offers a comparative study of land use and demographic development in northern and southern Greece from the Neolithic to the Byzantine period. Results from summed probability densities (SPD) of archaeological radiocarbon dates and settlement numbers derived from archaeological site surveys are combined with results from cluster-based analysis of published pollen core assemblages to offer an integrated view of human pressure on the Gree…
New Evidence for the Nature of the Attic Black Gloss
New evidence is reported here using transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and laser reflectance for the nature of the black glossy decoration layer present on the Attic black or red figure vases of the sixth to fourth century BC. The black layer, of total thickness about 20 μm, consists mainly of poly crystalline magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ) particles of dimensions from 0.2 μm down to extremely fine sizes embodied in an amorpho…
A New Methodology for the Provenance of Marble Based on EPR Spectroscopy
Fifteen years of research in investigating the characteristics of the EPR spectra of different types of white marble from several quarries in the Eastern Mediterranean has produced an accumulation of a large number of data, and much experience. Statistical treatment of these EPR data (statistical distributions and parameter correlations), has led to the selection of 10 parameters that are useful for quarry discrimination. Apart from the EPR param…
The Effect of Purification and Firing of Clays on Trace Element Provenance Studies
The effect of purifying, mixing and firing of clays on trace element concentration was systematically investigated using instrumental neutron activation analysis. Eight different clays from two sites in Crete were used together with sherds found around several kilns near the sites. Trace element analysis showed that the extent to which the concentration changes after purification and firing depends on the initial particle size and chemistry of th…
Colour in Minoan faience
Technology Transfer at the Periphery of the Mycenaean World: The Cases of Mycenaean Pottery Found in Central Macedonia (Greece) and the Plain of Sybaris (Italy)
The study of technology transfer in pottery production to the periphery of the Mycenaean world has been addressed by considering two different areas, southern Italy and central Macedonia. Technological features such as ceramic paste, decoration and firing have been determined for different ceramic groups established according to provenance criteria. The studies of technology and provenance have been performed following an archaeometric approach, …
Provenance of archaeological limestone with EPR spectroscopy: The case of the Cypriote-type statuettes
Characterization of a black residue in a decorated Neolithic pot from Dikili Tash, Greece: An unexpected result
A black depositional layer on the inner surface of a Neolithic carinated vessel from the archaeological site of Dikili Tash in Eastern Macedonia was examined scientifically. The layer was initially considered as decomposed organic matter and interest was focused on identifying the original organic contents. The scientific investigation, which included FTIR spectroscopy, analytical SEM examination and optical microscopy, revealed that the black su…
Punic Amphoras Found at Corinth, Greece: An Investigation of Their Origin and Technology
Corinth Excavations, American School of Classical Studies at Athens Among the large deposit of amphoras of the 5th century B.C. found in a recently excavated building at ancient Corinth, Greece, were many of Punic type, which the excavator associated with the remains in the same building of filleted fish. These amphoras were of rather uniform shape, and yet they exhibited a wide range of colors and textures. The present paper, beginning with a de…
Marble Provenance Investigation of Roman Sarcophagi From Thessaloniki
The provenance question of the marbles used for making the sarcophagi of local production of Thessaloniki in the Roman period had been posed by archaeologists in the past. The hypothesis was that the material came mainly from the quarries of Thassos Island. This paper presents the scientific analysis of 23 characteristic samples from selected sarcophagi at the Museum of Thessaloniki, using three different techniques: electron paramagnetic resonan…
The Cave of Theopetra, Kalambaka: Radiocarbon Evidence for 50,000 Years of Human Presence
The cave of Theopetra is located on the northeast side of a limestone rock formation, 3 km south of Kalambaka (21°40′46′′E, 39°40′51′′N), in Thessaly, central Greece. It is a unique prehistoric site for Greece, as the Middle and Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods are present here, bridging the Pleistocene with the Holocene. Several alternations of the climate during the Pleistocene are recognized in its stratigraphy. Among the m…
Radiocarbon Dating of the Neolithic Early Bronze Age Site of Mandalo, W Macedonia
The following list of dates was obtained in a joint German-Greek project to establish a radiocarbon dating laboratory in the National Research Centre for Physical Sciences “Demokritos,” Athens, Greece. 1 Although our initial aim in selecting these samples was to study laboratory procedures, we found that when the dates were arranged in stratigraphic order they provided a chronological framework for Thessalian and northern Macedonian site of the L…
Revenia-Korinos: One of the Earliest Neolithic Settlements in North Greece as Evidenced by Radiocarbon Dating
Radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating was applied to the Neolithic open-air, flat-extended settlement at Revenia-Korinos in Pieria, North Greece. The samples came from the earlier habitation period of the settlement, characterized by more than 100 pits that vary significantly in shape and dimensions, some of them being identified as subterranean or semi-subterranean pit dwellings. It is suggested that the fills of the pits were the result of secondary, stru…
Tracing the Absolute Time-Frame of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean
The Early Bronze Age (EBA) is associated with technological and cultural changes that may suggest the onset of a new culture. The question usually posed is whether the spread of the EBA culture is a matter of contemporary evolutionary practices or a matter of migration of peoples. We contribute to this discussion by tracing the appearance and spread of the EBA in the Aegean using an absolute time-frame provided by more than 200 radiocarbon ( 14 C…
Scientific Characterization of the Pohorje Marbles, Slovenia
As a former part of the great Roman Empire, Slovenia has many archaeological sites featuring buildings and objects entirely or partly constructed from marble whose provenance is doubtful. In Slovenia, the most probable source of such marble is the Pohorje Mountains. For the purpose of supporting further provenance studies, these marbles are fully scientifically characterized. The techniques used are petrographic and geochemical analysis, stable i…
Provenance investigation of Roman marble sarcophagi from Nicopolis, Epirus, Greece: Revealing a strong artistic and trade connection with Athens
Parian lychnites and the Prima Porta statue: New scientific tests and the symbolic value of the marble
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Study of the Parameters Affecting the Correlation of Background Versus Cosmic Radiation in Co 2 Counters: Reliability of Dating Results
Systematic treatment of the data recorded by our guard counters and corrections introduced for meteorological factors has allowed observations on solar events clearly manifested in the readings. Examples are the solar flares of March 1989 and especially of June 1991, which caused a ca. 10% decrease in the cosmic radiation flux reaching the counters. A sinusoidal variation in the cosmic-ray flux with a period of one year is also clearly manifested…
Technological Examination of Low‐fired Terracotta Statues From Ayia Irini, Kea
Elateia 1 in Northeastern Thessaly 8000 Years Ago: Relative and Absolute Chronology of a Flat Extended Settlement
Intensive and systematic surveys in the area south of Mount Olympos and west of Mount Ossa revealed not only tell settlements, but also several flat sites from different prehistoric periods. For one of the settlements, namely Elateia 1, a detailed relative chronological assessment was made with the help of statistical evaluations of pottery assemblages. In addition, short-lived bone samples confirmed and more precisely defined the exact chronolog…
Radiocarbon Dating of Aghios Antonios, Potos, and Intersite Chronological Variability in South Thasos, Greece
Radiocarbon dates obtained for the coastal hilltop settlement of Aghios Antonios Potos in south Thasos are statistically treated to define the absolute chronology for the start and the end of the various habitation and cultural phases at the site. The location was first occupied during the Final Neolithic (FN) between 3800 and 3600 BC, extending this much contested phase to the lowest up to now record for Thasos and the northern Greece. The site …
Apparent 14 C Ages of Marine Mollusk Shells from a Greek Island: Calculation of the Marine Reservoir Effect in the Aegean Sea
The excavation of the Cyclope cave, situated on the deserted island of Youra in the Northern Sporades (39°22'N, 24°10'E), revealed material of marine and terrestrial origin in undisturbed layers, suitable for radiocarbon dating. In some cases, material from different reservoirs was found together in the same archaeological layer. This research had two aims. The first was the dating of charcoal-seashell pairs in order to determine the marine reser…
Examination of ancient pottery using the scanning electron microscope
Technological examination of Neolithic-Bronze Age pottery from central and southeast Europe and from the Near East
Technological Examination of Low‐fired Terracotta Statues From Ayia Irini, Kea
Punic Amphoras Found at Corinth, Greece: An Investigation of Their Origin and Technology
Corinth Excavations, American School of Classical Studies at Athens Among the large deposit of amphoras of the 5th century B.C. found in a recently excavated building at ancient Corinth, Greece, were many of Punic type, which the excavator associated with the remains in the same building of filleted fish. These amphoras were of rather uniform shape, and yet they exhibited a wide range of colors and textures. The present paper, beginning with a de…
Palaeomagnetic and Mineral Magnetic Studies of Sediments From Petralona Cave, Greece
Palaeomagnetic measurements on sediments from Petralona cave. Greece indicate a stable, single component remanence of normal polarity. Redeposition experiments established the ability of the sediments to acquire the direction of the geomagnetic field. Magnetic properties and Mössbauer spectra of sediments and magnetic concentrates show that magnetite, which is slightly non‐stoichiometric, and haematite are present in the sediments from the cave. …
The Effect of Purification and Firing of Clays on Trace Element Provenance Studies
The effect of purifying, mixing and firing of clays on trace element concentration was systematically investigated using instrumental neutron activation analysis. Eight different clays from two sites in Crete were used together with sherds found around several kilns near the sites. Trace element analysis showed that the extent to which the concentration changes after purification and firing depends on the initial particle size and chemistry of th…
Assessment of In‐site Variability of Pottery From Sesklo, Thessaly
Results of X‐ray fluorescence, X‐ray diffraction, thin section analysis and scanning electron microscopy applied to the neolithic pottery of Sesklo indicated the existence of quality variation in pottery, which seems to be the result of using different raw materials and different technological procedures. This differentiation has been observed temporally and spatially in the two excavated areas of the site. Application of physicochemical techniqu…
Identification de marbres antiques à Delphes
Déroche Vincent, Mandi V, Maniatis Yannis, Nikolaou A. Identification de marbres antiques à Delphes. In: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 113, livraison 1, 1989. pp. 403-416
Radiocarbon Dating of the Neolithic Early Bronze Age Site of Mandalo, W Macedonia
The following list of dates was obtained in a joint German-Greek project to establish a radiocarbon dating laboratory in the National Research Centre for Physical Sciences “Demokritos,” Athens, Greece. 1 Although our initial aim in selecting these samples was to study laboratory procedures, we found that when the dates were arranged in stratigraphic order they provided a chronological framework for Thessalian and northern Macedonian site of the L…
New Evidence for the Nature of the Attic Black Gloss
New evidence is reported here using transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and laser reflectance for the nature of the black glossy decoration layer present on the Attic black or red figure vases of the sixth to fourth century BC. The black layer, of total thickness about 20 μm, consists mainly of poly crystalline magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 ) particles of dimensions from 0.2 μm down to extremely fine sizes embodied in an amorpho…
Locating Archaeological Horizons with 14 C Sediment Dating: The Case of the Lost City of Helike
In 373 bc a catastrophic earthquake and seismic sea wave destroyed Helike, a Greek city near Aigion on the southern shore of the Gulf of Corinth. The ruins were buried by sediments of unknown depth, leaving no trace of the city. We here discuss the radiocarbon dating of organic sediment samples recovered from seven boreholes drilled on the coastal plain in the area where ancient sources located Helike. Most of the samples apparently acquired a su…
The canal of Xerxes: Investigations in 1993–1994
The paper describes the continuation in 1993–4 of the investigation into the Canal of Xerxes in the Chalkidiki, N. Greece. Effort was concentrated in the central sector of the isthmus, where geophysical survey using seismic methods revealed a channel-like structure some 14–15 m below the present ground level. Encouraging support for the hypothesis that this structure is a canal came from the analysis of cores from two boreholes in the central sec…
Study of the Parameters Affecting the Correlation of Background Versus Cosmic Radiation in Co 2 Counters: Reliability of Dating Results
Systematic treatment of the data recorded by our guard counters and corrections introduced for meteorological factors has allowed observations on solar events clearly manifested in the readings. Examples are the solar flares of March 1989 and especially of June 1991, which caused a ca. 10% decrease in the cosmic radiation flux reaching the counters. A sinusoidal variation in the cosmic-ray flux with a period of one year is also clearly manifested…
Apparent 14 C Ages of Marine Mollusk Shells from a Greek Island: Calculation of the Marine Reservoir Effect in the Aegean Sea
The excavation of the Cyclope cave, situated on the deserted island of Youra in the Northern Sporades (39°22'N, 24°10'E), revealed material of marine and terrestrial origin in undisturbed layers, suitable for radiocarbon dating. In some cases, material from different reservoirs was found together in the same archaeological layer. This research had two aims. The first was the dating of charcoal-seashell pairs in order to determine the marine reser…
Parian lychnites and the Prima Porta statue: New scientific tests and the symbolic value of the marble
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Mechanical Performance of Quartz‐tempered Ceramics: Part I, Strength and Toughness
The effect of quartz temper on the physical and mechanical properties of clay ceramics and the elucidation of the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for these effects are presented here. Characteristics studied included bulk density, open and closed porosity, density of impervious portion and fracture morphology. Mechanical behaviour was studied by measuring energy dissipation during fracture, Young's modulus, initial fracture toughness a…
Exploration of the Canal of Xerxes, Northern Greece: The role of geophysical and other techniques
The Canal reputedly built on the orders of the Persian King Xerxes across a narrow isthmus in northern Greece to allow his fleet access into the Aegean in advance of the Persian invasion of Greece in the early fifth century BC must have been a remarkable engineering operation for its time. Yet apart from a depression in the central sector of the isthmus, almost nothing of this canal is visible today, nor are there visible remains of building stru…
Exploration of the Canal of Xerxes, Northern Greece: The role of geophysical and other techniques
The Canal reputedly built on the orders of the Persian King Xerxes across a narrow isthmus in northern Greece to allow his fleet access into the Aegean in advance of the Persian invasion of Greece in the early fifth century BC must have been a remarkable engineering operation for its time. Yet apart from a depression in the central sector of the isthmus, almost nothing of this canal is visible today, nor are there visible remains of building stru…
Dikili Tash
Maniatis Yannis, Treuil René, Tsirtsonis Zoï. Dikili Tash. In: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 125, livraison 2, 2001. pp. 590-591
The Cave of Theopetra, Kalambaka: Radiocarbon Evidence for 50,000 Years of Human Presence
The cave of Theopetra is located on the northeast side of a limestone rock formation, 3 km south of Kalambaka (21°40′46′′E, 39°40′51′′N), in Thessaly, central Greece. It is a unique prehistoric site for Greece, as the Middle and Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods are present here, bridging the Pleistocene with the Holocene. Several alternations of the climate during the Pleistocene are recognized in its stratigraphy. Among the m…
Characterization of a black residue in a decorated Neolithic pot from Dikili Tash, Greece: An unexpected result
A black depositional layer on the inner surface of a Neolithic carinated vessel from the archaeological site of Dikili Tash in Eastern Macedonia was examined scientifically. The layer was initially considered as decomposed organic matter and interest was focused on identifying the original organic contents. The scientific investigation, which included FTIR spectroscopy, analytical SEM examination and optical microscopy, revealed that the black su…
A New Methodology for the Provenance of Marble Based on EPR Spectroscopy
Fifteen years of research in investigating the characteristics of the EPR spectra of different types of white marble from several quarries in the Eastern Mediterranean has produced an accumulation of a large number of data, and much experience. Statistical treatment of these EPR data (statistical distributions and parameter correlations), has led to the selection of 10 parameters that are useful for quarry discrimination. Apart from the EPR param…
Technology Transfer at the Periphery of the Mycenaean World: The Cases of Mycenaean Pottery Found in Central Macedonia (Greece) and the Plain of Sybaris (Italy)
The study of technology transfer in pottery production to the periphery of the Mycenaean world has been addressed by considering two different areas, southern Italy and central Macedonia. Technological features such as ceramic paste, decoration and firing have been determined for different ceramic groups established according to provenance criteria. The studies of technology and provenance have been performed following an archaeometric approach, …
Provenance of archaeological limestone with EPR spectroscopy: The case of the Cypriote-type statuettes
The composition of the soda-rich and mixed alkali plant ashes used in the production of glass
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