Anna Karligkioti

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

This document is the first in a series of guides aimed at promoting best practice in different aspects of archaeological science, produced by members of the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Centre (STARC) of The Cyprus Institute. The current document was largely developed in the context of two projects: People in Motion an...

The current paper presents one of the first bioarchaeological studies on living conditions in Venetian and Ottoman Cyprus, focusing on two largely contemporary and geographically proximal assemblages: Ayia Napa Monastery and Panagia Panagiotissa chapel. Both assemblages exhibited high infant mortality and small life span; however, the Panagia Panag...

Even though Classical Antiquity in Greece has been extensively studied in relation to its history and archaeology, bioarchaeological studies for this period are extremely few, focusing mostly on urban populations of major cities, such as Athens and Corinth. Little is known for the people in the periphery of the polis of Athens. Humans are physical...

This paper introduces an open access resource for recording and sharing macroscopic data on archaeological human skeletal remains: STARC OSTEOARCH. The resource was developed using a cloud collaboration service, Airtable, and it accommodates data collection on individual skeletons as well as disassociated commingled remains. The attributes covered...

Call for papers EAA 2024. Session 74: Establishing a Socio-Political Bioarchaeology in Historical Times: Impacts of status-quo transitions on lifeways and deathways in the Mediterranean southern Europe Human history is characterized by repetitive cycles of socio-political transitions. The establishment and collapse of major political and economic...

Κατά την Κλασική αρχαιότητα ο ηπειρωτικός ελλαδικός χώρος χαρακτηρίστηκε από σημαντικά ιστορικά γεγονότα που διαμόρφωσαν τον ελληνορωμαϊκό κόσμο. Συγκεκριμένα, η πολυτάραχη ιστορία της περιοχής σημαδεύτηκε από μια σειρά μεγάλων πολέμων, τη δημιουργία συμμαχιών, καθώς και από οικονομική και πολιτιστική ευημερία αλλά και παρακμή. Η Βοιωτία έπαιξε ενε...

Abstract submission and registration is now open at https://yrarch.github.io/current.html. Extended deadline for abstract submission is June, 15. This year's edition is supported by the Society for Archaeological Sciences with a travel award for students and early career researchers.

The 2nd International Congress on Roman Bioarchaeology will take place at the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC), The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus, from the 26th to 28th of October 2023, in a hybrid format. Its aim is to provide an international forum for scholars working on sites across the Roman Empire...

Even though Classical Antiquity in Greece has been thoroughly studied in relation to its history and archaeology, bioarchaeological studies of historical-era assemblages are extremely few and in their majority focused on case studies, often influenced by a positivist application of physical sciences in archaeology (reviews in Buikstra and Lagia 200...

Funerary analysis can provide diverse information regarding attributes of past societies coming from different lines of evidence, such as material culture, architecture and burial customs (Pearson 1999). In addition, the contextualised study of skeletal remains can offer significant insights into demography, health, activity, dietary patterns and o...

Από τον συγκεντρωτικό τόμο Νεολιθικός Πολιτισμός στην Ελλάδα, όπου πραγματοποιήθηκε μια πρώτη προσπάθεια κατανόησης των ταφικών πρακτικών στη Νεολιθική περίοδο, μέχρι και σήμερα, έχουν έρθει στο φως νέα δεδομένα που αλλάζουν σημαντικά τον ταφικό χάρτη της Νεολιθικής. Το παρόν άρθρο εξετάζει τη μεταχείριση των νεκρών στη Νεολιθική Θεσσαλία με ιδιαίτ...

Active human bioarchaeological research started early in Cyprus (during the 1920s), and while a significant number of bioarchaeological articles (>191) can be found in published literature when compared to other neighbouring countries in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME), there is little to no bioarchaeological knowledge about Post-...

The Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East region, as a cultural melting pot, has enticed archaeological and scientific interest since the early 19th century, when Archaeology first developed as a discipline. Archaeological Sciences emerged later in the 20th century, bringing together a multitude of methodologies and approaches from both the humanit...

Even though Classical Antiquity in Greece is thoroughly studied both in relation to its history and archaeology, bioarchaeological studies of historical-era assemblages are extremely few. Existing research has focused only on specific case studies and has been influenced by a positivist application of physical sciences in archaeology, rather superf...

A bioarchaeological approach gives significant insights into the health status, dietary patterns, demography, activity and other aspects of life in past societies. In addition, burials and their funerary context reflect past social attitudes and cultural beliefs about death, and offer important information regarding identity and social complexity (...

The Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East region, as a cultural melting pot, has enticed archaeological and scientific interest since the early 19th century, when Archaeology first developed as a discipline. Archaeological Sciences emerged later in the 20th century, bringing together a multitude of methodologies and approaches from both the humanit...

The current paper presents Bi(bli)oArch, a free online bibliographic database for human bioarchaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME); a geographic region at the crossroads of three continents and a melting pot of diverse civilizations throughout human evolution. The aim of Bi(bli)oArch is to promote human bioarchaeological stu...

The recent EAA meeting in Maastricht selected as a general theme the “Third Scientific Revolution” in archaeology. As stated by Kristian Kristiansen in 2014, this revolution embraces new developments in archaeological sciences (genetic and stable isotopes analysis) and new methodological trends in relation to statistical quantification and modellin...

The lived experiences of humans constitute the embodied accumulation of cultural and historical forces. In this direction, the relatively young field of historical bioarchaeology, integrates biological data with their cultural and historical context in order to generate a more comprehensive understanding of past life (Novak and Warner-Smith 2020)....

Byzantine-era literature in Cypriot history and archaeology is large and continues growing. However, little has been done in respect to bioarchaeology. From the beginning of the new millennium, bioarchaeological studies do not approach skeletal remains as markers of biological information but focus on their cultural context (Buikstra 1977, Larsen 2...

This presentation briefly outlines ongoing bioarchaeological research conducted at The Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Centre (STARC) of The Cyprus Institute, focused on Eastern Mediterranean/ Near Eastern assemblages dating between 300-800 CE. Our research interests generally span prehistory to 18th century CE population...

Archaeological Sciences are continuously extending our knowledge of the past by bringing together different disciplines and methodologies coming from STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Contrary to earlier positivist approaches, contemporary Archaeological Sciences are becoming more interested in integrating all data within the...

Historical documentation for Post-Medieval Cyprus is rich, still the archaeology is lessknown and understood. In this context, the lack of bioarchaeological studies for this period precludes establishing a biocultural framework. Recent rescue excavations by the Department of Antiquities at the Ayia Napa Monastery revealed a burial site with primary...

While bioarchaeological work is more evident in Cyprus, forensic studies associated with ancient Cypriot skeletal material are extremely rare. Recent rescue excavations by the Department of Antiquities at the Ayia Napa Monastery revealed a burial site dating to the 17th-19th c. AD. Numerous cases of trauma have been identified in this assemblage bu...

Recent excavations by the Department of Antiquities as part of mitigation efforts related to the waste water and sewer modification project in Larnaka have brought to light the cemetery of ancient Kition. This cemetery extends across the modern city of Larnaka and has a temporal span from the prehistoric to the early Byzantine era. The skeletal ana...

This document is the second in a series of guides aimed at promoting best practice in different aspects of archaeological science, produced principally by members of the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC) of The Cyprus Institute. The current document was largely developed in the context of two projects: People...

The present master thesis examines the treatment of the dead in Neolithic Thessaly, emphasizing specifically in the study of skeletal material from the sites of Makrychori, Profitis Ilias Mandra and Palioskala from the Larissa province. A key factor in addressing this issue is the enrichment of the previously incomplete image with the latest data t...

The present paper examines the treatment of the dead in Neolithic Thessaly, emphasizing specifically in the study of skeletal material from the sites of Makrychori, Profitis Ilias - Mandra and Palioskala, from the wider region of Larissa. A key factor in addressing this issue is the enrichment of the previously incomplete image with the latest data...