About the Book
The Hellenic Society for Archaeometry (HSA) was founded in 1982 and is the professional body representing academics and research centers in Greece and within the Greek Archaeological Service who employ physical and earth sciences in archaeology. The HSA is a vibrant group of researchers who over the years have made a substantial contribution to the understanding of Greeces Cultural Heritage.The 6th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry (HSA) took place in May 2013, at the Acropolis Museum in Athens. The HSA Symposium proceedings are aimed particularly at young researchers working on Greek materials and landscapes as a venue for presenting their work. This volume comprising thirty-two papers is divided in two parts: the first deals with materials (ceramics, glass, metal, paintings, paper) and the second with the landscape and its multifaceted aspects (dating, prospection, visualisation). Within each section issues of conservation, dating, and computer applications are interwoven together with aspects of intangible heritage.
Table of Contents:
PrefacePart I: Archaeological Materials and Artefacts1 The management of painted and monochrome pottery of Neolithic Thessaly, Central Greece: technology and provenance Vasso Rondiri and Eleni Asderaki-Tzoumerkioti2 Craftsmanship of big storage pithoi in the Early Helladic settlement of Helike, Achaea Dora Katsonopoulou, Ioannis Iliopoulos, Stella Katsarou and Vayia Xanthopoulou3 The Riace bronzes: recent work on the clay cores R. Jones, D. Brunelli, V. Cannav, S.T. Levi and M. Vidale4 Technical aspects of two Byzantine glazed relief pottery iconsGeorge Mastrotheodoros, Konstantinos Beltsios, Yannis Bassiakos and Varvara Papadopoulou5 Identification and diagnostic study of Neolithic beads from Kalyvia, Attica, applying Raman spectroscopyE. Kougemitrou, G. Moraitou, S. Raftopoulou, G. Chela and K. Polykreti6 Portable XRF analysis of glass tesserae from the House of Fourni in Delos, GreeceFrancesca Licenziati and Thomas Calligaro7 Research on the glass oinochoe in the Lambropoulos Private Collection?. Thanos, S. Vivdenko, D. Lampakis and P. Manoudis8 Spectroscopic study of a historical glass collection from Thebes, Greece, by Raman and IR E. Palamara, N. Zacharias, E.I. Kamitsos, A. Oikonomou, D. Palles and D. Mncke9 Topographic multi-scale surface analysis for the study of stone celts polishing techniquesA. Boleti, H. Procopiou, H. Zahouani, R. Vargiolu and S. Mezghani10 Did copper actually arrive in the Aeolian Islands in the fourth millennium BC? The evidence from a small but iconic fragment of vitreous material thought to be copper slagMaria Clara Martinelli, Effie Photos-Jones and Sara Tiziana Levi11 Selective use of arsenical copper during the Mycenaean period: the evidence form Pylia (Messenia, Greece) Charilaos E. Tselios, Eleni Filippaki and Georgios S. Korres12 Copper production during the Early Bronze Age at Aghios Antonios, Potos on Thasos Nerantzis Nerantzis and Stratis Papadopoulos13 A comparative study of Cypriot bronzes dated to the Late Bronze and the Early Iron Age Andreas Charalambous, Vasiliki Kassianidou and George Papasavvas14 Conservation of a silver coin hoard from the Geometric period Necropolis in SamosIoannis P. Staikopoulos15 Gold inlay decoration on the blade of an iron sword from the Tomb A at KateriniVasiliki Michalopoulou, Barbara Smit-Douna and Ioannis Karapanagiotis16 The so-called hellicoidal ore washeries of Laurion: their actual function as circular mills in the process of beneficiation of silver and lead contained in old litharge stocksGeorge D. Papadimitriou17 Technical and chemical examination of a small silver treasure dated to the 6th-7th century ADD. Kotzamani and J.F. Merkel18 Study of gold and silver finds from ancient Akanthos, Chalkidiki, N GreeceS. Vivdenko, E. Trakosopoulou-Salakidou and P. Manoudis19 Physico-chemical study of pigments from the prehistoric settlement of Ialysos, Rhodes Yorgos Facorellis, Stamatis Boyatzis, ?oula Marketou, Eleni Tziamourani and Eleni Ioakimoglou20 The grounds of portable icons: written sources and scientific examination of post-Byzantine icons from Epirus George P. Mastrotheodoros, Konstantinos G. Beltsios and Varvara Papadopoulou21 Ground layers: a promising dating factorE. Kouloumpi, A. Rousaki, A.V. Terlixi, A.P. Moutsatsou, G.S. Polymeris and K.M. Paraskevopoulos 22 Conservation methods of Edo period Japanese paper garment KamikoKyriaki Lentzi and Yorgos FacorellisPart II: Archaeological Landscapes 23 Landscape evolution in the Kifissos floodplainE.D. Chiotis24 Aiding and abetting the archaeological enquiry: geochemical work-in-progress at the site of San Vincenzo, Stromboli, Aeolian Islands, ItalyAndrea Di Renzoni, Gianna Ayala, Daniele Brunelli, Sara Tiziana Levi, Stefano Lugli, Effie Photos-Jones, Alberto Renzulli and Patrizia Santi25 New geoarchaeological and palaeoenvironmental studies in Mani Peninsula (S. Peloponnesus) by employing luminescence dating techniquesI. Christodoulakis, C. Athanassas, Y. Bassiakos and C. Varotsos26 A.Sho.Re. 2011-2015, SE Kephallenia in the Ionian Sea: investigating the geoarchaeology of the coastal zoneE.Yiannouli27 The relationship between early settlements in arid environments and sources of water supply: the case of the Bronze Age site of San Vincenzo, Stromboli, ItalyAndrea Di Renzoni, Leandro Lopes, Maria Clara Martinelli and Effie Photos-Jones28 Reconstructing archaeo-landscapes: myth versus realityA. Sarris, A. Chliaoutakis, S. Dederix and J.C. Donati29 Luminescence dating and quartz grain surface features of aeolian sediments from Agia Napa, CyprusE. Tsakalos, C. Athanassas and Y. Bassiakos30 Luminescence dating of Quaternary coastal deposits of Evoikos Gulf (Central Greece)M. Kazantzaki, C. Athanassas, Y. Bassiakos and E. Tsakalos31 Intangible Cultural Heritage and place Despoina Karavia and Andreas Georgopoulos32 The ayiasmata (holy springs) of Lemnos, NE Greece: an archaeo-hydrogeological studyE. Photos-Jones, E. Zagana and P. Roumelioti
About the Author :
Effie Photos-Jones is an archaeological scientist based at Glasgow University, where she is an honorary fellow in the Archaeology Department. An archaeometallurgist by training, she runs Analytical Services for Art and Archaeology (Ltd), working with archaeologists in Scotland and beyond. She founded Potingair Press, which currently has a series in Early Materials and Practices. Her research interests lie now in the volcanic landscapes of the Aegean (Greece) and Tyrrhenian (Italy) Seas, investigating the medicinal and other properties of their minerals, waters and muds from antiquity to the present. She is the author of two books and numerous peer-reviewed articles.
