Archaeological - Archaeometrical - Environmental Research in Kastrouli
Kastrouli Mycenaean Project
Publications

Publications

Project Publications

2016

  1. Liritzis, I., Zhengyao Jin, Anchuan Fan, Α. Sideris, A. Drivaliari (2016). Late Helladic and later reuse phases of Kastrouli settlement (Greece): preliminary dating results. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16(3), pp. 245-250. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.163775

2017

  1. Sideris, A., I. Liritzis, Β. Liss, M.D. Howland, T.E. Levy (2017). At-risk cultural heritage: new excavations and finds from the Mycenaean site of Kastrouli, Phokis, Greece. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 17 (1), pp. 271-285. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.163772
  2. Chovalopoulou, M.-E., Bertsatos, A., and Manolis, S. K. (2017) Identification of skeletal remains from a My-cenaean burial in Kastrouli-Desfina. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 265-269. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.556353
  3. Liritzis, I., G.S. Polymeris, A. Vafiadou, A. Sideris, T.E. Levy (2018). Luminescence dating of stone wall, tomb and ceramics of Kastrouli (Phokis, Greece). Late Helladic settlement: case study. Journal of Cultural Heritage 35, pp.76-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2018.07.009
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2018

  1. Sideris, A. and I. Liritzis (2018). The Mycenaean site of Kastrouli, Phokis, Greece: second excavation season, July 2017. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 18(3), pp. 209-224. https://www.maajournal.com/index.php/maa/article/view/607
  2. Levy, Ε.Τ., T. Sideris, M. Howland, B. Liss, G. Tsokas, A. Stambolidis, E. Fikos, G. Vargemezis, P. Tsourlos, A. Georgopoulos, G. Papatheodorou, M. Garaga, D. Christodoulou, R. Norris, I. Rivera-Collazo, and I. Liritzis (2018). At-Risk World Heritage, Cyber, and Marine Archaeology: The Kastrouli–Antikyra Bay Land and Sea Project, Phokis, Greece, Springer International Publishing AG. In T.E. Levy, I.W.N. Jones (eds), Cyber-Archaeology and Grand Narratives, One World Archaeology, pp. 143-230 (doi-org-443.webvpn.fjmu.edu.cn/10.1007/978-3-319-65693-9_9). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65693-9_9
  3. Bratitsi M., I. Liritzis, A. Vafiadou, V. Xanthopoulou, E. Palamara, I. Iliopoulos, N. Zacharias (2018). Critical assessment of chromatic index in archaeological ceramics by Munsell and RGB: novel contribution to characterization and provenance studies. Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry 18(2), pp. 175-212 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1297163). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1297163

2019

  1. Kontopoulos, Ι., K. Penkman, I. Liritzis, M.J. Collins (2019). Bone diagenesis in a Mycenaean secondary burial (Kastrouli, Greece). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (published online, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-019-00853-0).

 2020

  1. Baziotis, I., S. Xydous, S. Manimanaki, I. Liritzis (2020). An integrated method for ceramic characterization: a case study from the newly excavated Kastrouli site (Late Helladic). Journal of Cultural Heritage 42, pp. 274–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2019.08.003
  2. Liritzis, I., V. Xanthopoulou, E. Palamara, I. Papageorgiou, I. Iliopoulos, N. Zacharias, A. Vafiadou, A.G. Karydas (2020). Characterization and provenance of ceramic artifacts and local clays from late Mycenaean Kastrouli (Greece) by means of P-XRF screening and statistical analysis. Journal of Cultural Heritage (in press). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2020.06.004
  3. Kontopoulos, I., K. Penkman, V.E. Mullin, L. Winkelbach, M. Unterländer, A. Scheu, S. Kreutzer, H.B. Hansen, A. Margaryan, M.D. Teasdale, B. Gehlen, M. Street, N. Lynnerup, I. Liritzis, C. Papageorgopoulou, M.E. Allentoft, J. Burger, D.G. Bradley, M.J. Collins (2020). Screening archaeological bone for palaeogenetic and palaeoproteomic studies. PLOS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235146
  4. Koh A.J., K.J. Birney, I.M. Roy, I. Liritzis (2020). The Mycenaean citadel and environs of Desfina-Kastrouli: a transdisciplinary approach to southern Phokis. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 20(3), pp. 47-73 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126508
  5. Liritzis I. Kastrouli Fortified Settlement (Desfina, Phokis, Greece) : A Chronicle of Research. Scientific Culture, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2021, pp. 17-32. https://www.scientific-culture.com/index.php/sc/article/view/128

2021

  1. Xanthopoulou, V, Iliopoulos, Liritzis, I (2021) Mineralogical and microstructure analysis for characterization and                            provenance of ceramic artifacts from late Helladic Kastrouli settlement, Delphi (central Greece). Geosciences, 11, 36,                   https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11010036

   2. Liritzis I., Hilioti Z., Karapiperis C., Valasiadis D., Alexandridou A. , Rihani V. (2021) Whole genome sequencing    approach           revealed species in Mycenaean period associated residual plant biomass: first results. Mediterranean   Archaeology and             Archaeometry, Vol. 21, No 3, pp. 229-247 https://www.maajournal.com/index.php/maa/article/view/626

                                                                                                             2022

  1. Howland, M.D.; Tamberino A.; Liritzis, I.; Levy, T.E. (2022) Digital Deforestation: Comparing Automated Approaches to the Production of Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) in Agisoft Metashape. Quaternary 5, 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5010005
  2. Liritzis, I, Evelpidou, N, Fikos, I, Stambolidis, A, Diamanti, N., Roussari, T, Tzouxanioti, M., Louvaris, P., Tsokas, G.N (2022) Novel Combined Approach of GIS and Electrical Tomography to Identify Marsh/Lake at Kastrouli Late Mycenaean Settlement (Desfina, Greece), QUATERNARY 5, 26, 1-17. In: Liritzis, I. (ed.), Special Issue “Advances in Geoarchaeology and Cultural Heritage” DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5020026
  3. Sideris, Α (2022) The Mycenaean site of Kastrouli Phokis: Third excavation season, July 2018, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry Vol. 22, No 2, pp. 1-21. https://www.maajournal.com/index.php/maa/article/view/681
  4. Lazaridis, et al…(202 authors) (2022) The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe, SCIENCE 377, 939 (2022) 26 August 2022 [Supplementary: Science 377, eabm4247 (2022), DOI: 10.1126/science.abm4247]
  5. Lazaridis, et al (202 authors) (2022) A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia, SCIENCE 377, 940–951 (2022) 26 August 2022 [Supplementary: Science 377, 940 (2022), DOI: 10.1126/science.abq0755
  6. Lazaridis, et al…(202 authors) (2022)Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct pre-pottery and pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia, SCIENCE 377, 982–987 (2022) 26 August 2022 [Supplementary: Science 377, 982–987 (2022) 26 August 2022] DOI: 10.1126/science.abq0762
  7. Liritzis, I (2022) The ancient DNA of the N.E. Mediterranean/Euro-Asian Cultures and the Position of the Mycenaean Greeks among the first Cultures, Proceedings of the European Academy of Sciences & Arts, Vol.1, No 1, 7-14, , https://www.peasa.eu/ancient-dna-of-the-mediterranean-euro-asian-cultures/; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7031096.
  8. Chovalopoulou, M., Lilakos I., Sideris, A., Levy, T.E., and Liritzis, I. (2022) Paleopathology of Mycenaean teeth from two robbed tombs of kastrouli Late Helladic settlement, Greece, SCIENTIFIC CULTURE, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 179-190, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6631435
  9. Liritzis, I, Evelpidou, N, Fikos, I, Stambolidis, A, Diamanti, N., Roussari, T, Tzouxanioti, M., Louvaris, P., Tsokas, G.N (2022) Novel Combined Approach of GIS and Electrical Tomography to Identify Marsh/Lake at Kastrouli Late Mycenaean Settlement (Desfina, Greece), QUATERNARY 5, 26, 1-17. In: Liritzis, I. (ed.), Special Issue “Advances in Geoarchaeology and Cultural Heritage” DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5020026

     2023

    1. Liritzis, I., Boyatzis, S., Polymeris, A., Panagopoulou, A., Sideris, A., Rapti, S., Levy, T. (2023). Remarks and caution on finds          of kastrouli mycenaean settlement (loofah, charcoal, bone, wall burnt clay coating, ceramic), Scientific Culture, Vol. 9, No.         2, pp. 1-282. https://www.sci-cult.com/remarks-and-caution-on-finds-of-kastrouli-mycenaean-settlement-loofah-charcoal bone-wall-burnt-clay-coating-ceramic

 2. Polymeris, G.S, Liritzis, I., Levy, T.E (2023) Radiocarbon dating of Kastrouli settlement: A critical assessment. Journal of Cultural Heritage 61, 32–39. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1296207423000341?via%3Dihub

                                                                                                               2024

  1. Polymeris, G. S., Geraga, M., Papatheodorou, G., Iliopoulos, I., Pluháček, T., Lemr, K., Qin, Z., Sergiou, S., Dimas, X., & Liritzis, I. (2024). Climate-driven versus anthropogenic induced erosion of the last 3000 years from an ancient lake in the Southern Phokis Plain (Desfina), Greece. The Holocene34(12), 1775-1789. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836241275024
  2.  Kontopoulos, I. , Chovalopoulou, M. E. , Sideris, A. , von Tersch, M., Alexander, M. and Liritzis, I (2024) The skeletal remains from the late mycenaean Kastrouli-Desfina (Greece): new anthropological analysis and palaeodietary reconstruction. SCIENTIFIC CULTURE, Vol. 10, No. 2, 49-68. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10621932 https://www.sci-cult.com/the-skeletal-remains-from-the-late-mycenaean-kastrouli-desfina-greece-new-anthropological-analysis-and-palaeodietary-reconstruction/

       OTHER

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