Angelos Hadjikoumis

Angelos Hadjikoumis
The Cyprus Institute · Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC)

Ptychion, MSc, PhD
Zooarchaeologist. Environmental archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Stable isotope analysis, Dental microwear.

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Introduction
Angelos Hadjikoumis currently works at the Department of Archaeology, The University of Sheffield. Angelos does research in Zooarchaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Ethnography isotope analysis. He is also involved in setting up, maintain and expand faunal reference collections, as well as teaching and public outreach in zooarchaeology.
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January 2017 - present
The University of Sheffield
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Publications (33)
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Klimonas is the oldest Mediterranean island village. Occupied ca. 8 800 cal BC, it postpones by several centuries the Neolithic presence in Cyprus, at that time located more than 80 km offshore. The village extended over more than 5,500 m2, facing the sea, 2 km from the famous pre-pottery site of Shillourokambos and near rich flint outcrops. Excava...
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The study of the faunal assemblage from St Theodore Abbey provides an opportunity to explore human–animal interactions in the context of a Cistercian nunnery in Cyprus functioning from ca. 1230 to ca. 1550. Within the limitations of a modest sample size, the analyses provide valuable insights into animal-related economic activities, diet, and statu...
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Animal remains represent some of the most common finds at archaeological sites. Together with plant remains they constitute the most direct evidence for subsistence, as well as economic and social organisation in the past. As it is the case with the recovery of all archaeological materials discussed in this guide, the choices made in the field conc...
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The interdisciplinary approach and analytical tools applied in the last 30 years in the Amathous region (Cyprus), especially at the sites of Shillourokambos and Klimonas, generated a huge quantity of archaeological, geo- archaeological and bioarchaeological data. They significantly contributed to document the interactions between the early Neolithi...
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Digital technologies are an increasingly pervasive medium for zooarchaeological scholarship, providing a means to document and preserve fragile zooarchaeological specimens, share primary data, address methodological questions, and spread the information to the wider public. During the last decade, a broad array of digital technologies has been wide...
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Southwest Asia is at the epicenter of zooarchaeological research on pivotal changes in human history such as animal domestication and the emergence of social complexity. This volume continues the long tradition of the ASWA conference series in publishing new research results in the zooarchaeology of southwest Asia and adjacent areas. The book is or...
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Zooarchaeological, as any archaeological, interpretation relies on analogical reasoning. In many cases, the analogies employed as interpretative aids derive from ethnographic studies. Zooarchaeology in particular has been heavily reliant on ethnography to inform its interpretative framework, especially on animal husbandry practices. The majority of...
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Highlights • Sequential oxygen isotope analysis in enamel reveals caprine birth patterns in PPNB Cyprus. • PPNB caprines were breeding outside their wild ancestors’ restricted season. • Autumn/winter births in PPNB caprines echo a similar pattern in traditional Cypriot husbandry. • The distribution of births reflects adaptation to the Mediterra...
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Ethnoarchaeology in Europe has been relatively neglected over the last few decades. This trend has been partly justified by the fact that modernisation in the twentieth century has swept away any remaining traditional practices, especially those pertinent to animal and plant exploitation. This reality not only renders pressing the need to record an...
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Ethnoarchaeology in Europe has been relatively neglected over the last few decades. This trend has been partly justified by the fact that modernisation in the twentieth century has swept away any remaining traditional practices, especially those pertinent to animal and plant exploitation. This reality not only renders pressing the need to record an...
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Butchery marks have not been considered very much in Cypriot zooarchaeology. This study aims to contribute towards filling this gap through a study of butchery marks on six Pre-Pottery Neolithic sheep and goat (caprine) assemblages in Cyprus. Taking into account the preservation condition of each assemblage, the analyses of the frequency and types...
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This chapter is dedicated to Tony Legge, who worked in Cyprus and was an advocate of zooarchaeologists gaining a better understanding of animal husbandry and farming practices in the present. He has left an indelible mark in the field through the high quality of his work and the large volume of archaeological knowledge that he produced. Arguably hi...
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Butchery marks have not been considered very much in Cypriot zooarchaeology. This study aims to contribute towards filling this gap through a study of butchery marks on six Pre-Pottery Neolithic sheep and goat (caprine) assemblages in Cyprus. Taking into account the preservation condition of each assemblage, the analyses of the frequency and types...
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Animal husbandry and generally human-animal relationships in northern Iraq are poorly known to archaeological research. This paper presents and discusses the (predominantly) Ubaid faunal assemblage recovered in 2012 at the multi-period site of Tell Nader (Erbil, northern Iraq). Despite limitations in sample size, preservation and chronological reso...
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Our knowledge of societies in transition from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age in Attica is almost non-existent on issues related to human-animal interactions. This constitutes the first study of three large faunal assemblages from southeast Attica that sheds light on a variety of previously unaddressed issues revolving around the notions of i...
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This paper was published in SUBARTU, the journal of the Union of Archaeologists of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. It presents the preliminary report of the excavation seasons 2011 and 2012 in Tell Nader, as well as the preparatory work for the excavation in Tell Baqrta, which started in 2013. Most of the team members contributed to this report: the...
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From the main four domesticates (cattle, sheep, goat, and pig), the pig has only recently attracted scientific interest worthy of its archaeological importance. Synthetic works studying wild or domestic pigs in European regions such as Italy, Sardinia/Corsica and Poland have provided important insights often missed by site-focused zooarchaeological...
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From the main four domesticates (cattle, sheep, goat, and pig), the pig has only recently attracted scientific interest worthy of its archaeological importance. Synthetic works studying wild or domestic pigs in European regions such as Italy, Sardinia/Corsica and Poland have provided important insights often missed by site-focused zooarchaeological...

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