- Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, Minglun Road 85, China.
- Rhodes University, Physics and Electronics, Department MemberUniversity of Edinburgh, College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Department Memberadd
- Mediterranean Studies, Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Archaeometry, Archaeoastronomy, and 141 moreAtmospheric Science, Luminescence Dating, Obsidian Hydration Dating, Ancient Greek Religion, Obsidian, OSL dating, Earth Sciences, Dating, Luminescence (OSL), Seismology, Environmental Radioactivity, Radiation Dosimetry, Geophysics, Ancient History, Delphi, Landscape Archaeology, Remote Sensing, Greek sanctuaries, Climate, Solar Terrestrial Physics, Cultural Heritage Management, Egyptology, Classical Archaeology, Greek Oracles and Divination, Climate Change, Aegean Archaeology, Physics, History of Archaeology, Geomagnetism, Geoarchaeology, Mediterranean archaeology, Byzantine Studies, Early Bronze Age (Archaeology), Meteorology, Ancient Greek History, Palaeoanthropology, Volcanology, Transport Phenomena in Porous Media, Thermoluminescence Dosimetry, Analysis of Pigments on Ancient Artifacts, Boeotia, Archaeomagnetism, Archaeology of the Levant, Geology, Neolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, Radioactivity, Byzantine Architecture, Planetary Science, Cave and Karst Studies, Climatology, Dendrochronology, Byzantine Archaeology, Virtual Archaeology, History of Astronomy, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Effects of Solar Activities and Cosmic Radiations on the Earth, Radon, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Exploration Seismology, Earthquake, Timeseries Analysis, Earthquake prediction; Principles, Earthquake Seismology, Seismic analysis and design, Historical Earthquakes, Earthquake Prediction, pacific earthquakes, Earthquake Prediction Using Data Mining, History, Organizational Culture, Cultural History, Material Culture Studies, Visual Culture, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Heritage Conservation, Painting, Digital Culture, Cross-Cultural Management, History of Art, Architectural History, Conservation- restoration mural and canvas painting, Science for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Mural painting, Cultural Tourism, Historia del Arte, Architectural Conservation, Cultural Anthropology, Mural painting conservation, Cultural Resource Management (Archaeology), Mineralogy, History of Perspective in Painting, Post-Impressionism, NMR Spectroscopy, Painting Conservation, French Impressionism, Byzantine Hagiography, Mughal painting, Impressionist and Post-impressionist art, History of lime mortar, Byzantine art, Characterisation and provenance of ancient mortars, Mortars, Comparative hagiography, Mortar and Filler, LED lighting design, LED, Blue Light, Diodes and Semiconductors, LED Lighting, Archaeometry, archaeology of measurement, Solid State Physics, Historical Archaeology, Luminescence, Light Emitting Diodes, Schottky diodes, Thermoluminescence, Symbolism, Symbolic Boundaries, Symbolism (Art History), Mysteries (Greek Religion), Cultural Astronomy, Ancient Astronomy, Astronomy, Greek ritual, religion, and mythology (especially catasterism myths), ancient astronomy, and religious timekeeping, Ancient Astronomy and Calendars, Geocentricity, History, Science, Astronomy, Ancient Chronological Systems, Calendars, Atmospheric Chemistry, Volcanic Geology, Atmospheric Physics, Atmospheric Aerosols, Time series analysis, Aerosols - clouds - climate interactions, Stratospheric Ozone, Tropospheric Ozone, Time Series Forecasting, Ozone, Volcanoes Benefits, and Ozone layer depletionedit
- Distinguished Professor at the Henan University, Kaifeng, PR China. Director of PhD Program Applied Artificial Intell... moreDistinguished Professor at the Henan University, Kaifeng, PR China. Director of PhD Program Applied Artificial Intelligence:Archaeology, AMEU University, Slovenia. Since 2021 Full professor of Archaeometry and Physical Sciences at the Aegean University, Rhodes, Greece. Specialized in Natural Sciences in Archaeology- Cultural Heritage-Geonvironment, though during his carrier he has done research on a range of multidisciplinary fields. Amongst his innovative research are surface luminescence dating, obsidian hydration dating, and contributions in interdisciplinary fields of geophysics, astronomy, archaeoastronomy, digital culture, palaeoclimatic variations, seismic periodicities, historical auroral records, Holocene climates, chronological methods in the quaternary. Academician, Honorary Professor, Honorary Fellow, Distinguished Professor at various academic establishments. Has received numerous distinctions and Archaeometry Awards. Editor in Chief/ Member of Editorial Boards of many journals.Elected as Membre Correspondance de l’ Academie de Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres de Dijon (2003), Member of the European Academy of Sciences & Dean of Class IV Natural Sciences.edit
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The study of the magnetization of artifacts discovered at archaeological sites, such as ceramics or hearth remnants, is known as archaeomagnetism. This technique is based on the idea that some materials get magnetized in the direction and... more
The study of the magnetization of artifacts discovered at archaeological sites, such as ceramics or hearth remnants, is known as archaeomagnetism. This technique is based on the idea that some materials get magnetized in the direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic field at the time when heated or exposed to extreme heat. Development in the field has been made to improve magnetometer devices and sample size, as well as measuring techniques of thermal remanent magnetization. It helped to study the variation of the complex Earth's magnetic field or geomagnetic field (GMF) for both geophysical and archaeological dating benefits. The rapid change in GMF within a few hundred or decades, as being of genuine origin or methodological and sample unsuitability has been a matter of debate. Data from about 40 years ago derived from well-dated Byzantine churches that first confirmed such geomagnetic spikes is discussed along with recent archaeomagnetic data from Mesopotamian inscribed bricks and Levantine slags.
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The current interest and frenzy discussion and attribution of all the evils in climate change, the climate crisis, has led to skepticism about its right research direction, as well as its management and priority implementation actions,... more
The current interest and frenzy discussion and attribution of all the evils in climate change, the climate crisis, has led to skepticism about its right research direction, as well as its management and priority implementation actions, extended to its impacted effects on humans, the environment, and the economy. Rather than being the result of a simple mistake, an adequate dispute is based on diversity. I argue that many aspects of the scientific and ethical debate on climate change can be usefully viewed from a different more human-environment-centered perspective. This opinion article presents the topic recalling the historical past and discussing the current opinions and policy orientations followed by scientists, and decision-making centers. Emphasis is given to the prioritized sectors for mitigating the currently undesirable effects, in parallel to reorientation and breakdown of research on the contemporary causes of climatic change from the non-human interventions.
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This new transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary field that emerges in pedagogics is developed further through an initial proposal for the formation of a specialist task committee in EASA as proposed by Ioannis Liritzis (Dean Class IV)... more
This new transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary field that emerges in pedagogics is developed further through an initial proposal for the formation of a specialist task committee in EASA as proposed by Ioannis Liritzis (Dean Class IV) and Klaus Mainzer (President of EASA) and a
first group of experts comprised of Members and non-members was formed.
The basic development of STEM in Arts+Culture is made by expert Members from the 5 Classes (I, III, IV, V, VI). Non-Members shall participate occasionally to share expertise and disseminate the
developed knowledge to other Institutions and participate in joint projects.
Experts from five Classes to cover dimensions of STEM: From Class I (archaeologists, anthropologists, historians of Art, Culturalists etc.); from Class III (music, painting, architecture, dance, intangible heritage etc); from Class IV (natural Sciences for STEM); from Class V (sustainability, economics in education); and from Class VI (engineers, environmentalists, etc.).
first group of experts comprised of Members and non-members was formed.
The basic development of STEM in Arts+Culture is made by expert Members from the 5 Classes (I, III, IV, V, VI). Non-Members shall participate occasionally to share expertise and disseminate the
developed knowledge to other Institutions and participate in joint projects.
Experts from five Classes to cover dimensions of STEM: From Class I (archaeologists, anthropologists, historians of Art, Culturalists etc.); from Class III (music, painting, architecture, dance, intangible heritage etc); from Class IV (natural Sciences for STEM); from Class V (sustainability, economics in education); and from Class VI (engineers, environmentalists, etc.).
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ABSTRACT Three rock samples and associated underlying surface (floor) soils of geoarchaeological significance from Greece, Sweden and a modern surface stone-sample from a Danish site were investigated using OSL dating. Thin slice,... more
ABSTRACT Three rock samples and associated underlying surface (floor) soils of geoarchaeological significance from Greece, Sweden and a modern surface stone-sample from a Danish site were investigated using OSL dating. Thin slice, sub-samples, from drilled core surfaces were prepared. A single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol was used on whole rock slices to estimate the laboratory equivalent dose. Laboratory tests showed that the SAR protocol successfully corrected for sensitivity changes and that a known laboratory dose could be measured accurately.The luminescence signals from quartz and feldspar stimulated by blue light and from feldspar under IR stimulation were employed in equivalent dose calculations. Only IR signals showed measurable fading on a laboratory timescale. Laboratory tests showed that daylight bleaching of the rock surfaces is rapid, and that the light-exposed region extended into the solid rock. The geoarchaeological ages obtained for the rocks and soils were in satisfactory agreement with independent age estimates.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Geology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Archaeological Science, and 15 moreOptical Dating, Luminescence Dating, Iron Age, Bronze Age, Early Bronze Age, Quartz, Holocene, Case Study, Age Estimation, Blue Light, Ice Cores, Agricultural land use change, Optically Stimulated Luminescence, Feldspar, and Laboratory Tests
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Historical texts incorporate important characteristics that need to be assessed including genre, text structure and content. Often overlooked are characteristics of handwritten manuscripts commonly divided into legibility, readability and... more
Historical texts incorporate important characteristics that need to be assessed including genre, text structure and content. Often overlooked are characteristics of handwritten manuscripts commonly divided into legibility, readability and aesthetics. To determine the scientific feasibility of classification of handwritten texts an objective approach is developed to describe twenty handwritten pages of an 1819 Greek manuscript, that refers to the initiation to the Greek secret “friendly society” (Philike Hetaereia) organization, established as part of the Greek independence against the Ottoman Turks. It is investigated through a fractal and RGB image analysis approach. Fractal Minkowski Dimension was applied on the handwritten text and the RGB color analysis on the ink and paper and both were used as a non-invasive manner and revealed interesting results. The novel RGB image analysis and the fractal analysis of the manuscript identified respectively, five iron gall inks and four scri...
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This paper presents the first preliminary isotopic data of skeletal (animal and human) remains recovered from Tomb A at the Mycenaean archaeological site of Kastrouli (Phocis) during the excavation periods from 2016 to 2021. The study... more
This paper presents the first preliminary isotopic data of skeletal (animal and human) remains recovered from Tomb A at the Mycenaean archaeological site of Kastrouli (Phocis) during the excavation periods from 2016 to 2021. The study also reports the results of the osteological analysis (minimum number of individuals, sex and age-at-death estimation) of several prenatal and adult bone fragments which were found commingled with animal remains in Tomb B, and Buildings 1 and 2.
The majority of the animal remains were identified as domesticated species, i.e. Ovis aries, Capra hircus, Bos taurus and Sus scrofa domesticus. Other animal species present were Alectoris, Lepus, and a few different species of gastropod shells (Cerithium, Tarantinaea lignaria, Patella sp.). Isotopic analysis (δ13C, δ15N) of 12 humans and four animals with good quality collagen indicates a mixed diet incorporating significant amounts of domestic animal protein, plants (some potential evidence for C4), and possibly some marine contribution, all of which are archaeologically documented
The majority of the animal remains were identified as domesticated species, i.e. Ovis aries, Capra hircus, Bos taurus and Sus scrofa domesticus. Other animal species present were Alectoris, Lepus, and a few different species of gastropod shells (Cerithium, Tarantinaea lignaria, Patella sp.). Isotopic analysis (δ13C, δ15N) of 12 humans and four animals with good quality collagen indicates a mixed diet incorporating significant amounts of domestic animal protein, plants (some potential evidence for C4), and possibly some marine contribution, all of which are archaeologically documented
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Age estimation of two carbonate rock samples, using thermoluminescence (TL) technique, and two ceramic sherds using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) was performed; all derived from School of Homer (Pelikata), on Ithaca Island,... more
Age estimation of two carbonate rock samples, using thermoluminescence (TL) technique, and two ceramic sherds using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) was performed; all derived from School of Homer (Pelikata), on Ithaca Island, Greece. The first stone sample was collected from the east façade, the lower row of the Mansion (ITH-3), while sample ITH-4 derives from the outer circular wall of well-known archaeological age. The partial bleaching methodology of surface luminescence dating method using fine powder was applied for the equivalent dose determination. The ages given by the two carbonate rock samples (stairs and wall) were in the 2 nd and 1 st millennia BC; the two ceramics dated to late Byzantine era. Various experimental features concerning bleaching of the carbonate rock samples are discussed.
Research Interests: Archaeological Science, Archaeological Method & Theory, Archaeometry, OSL dating, Bronze and Iron Ages in Eastern Mediterranean (Archaeology), and 7 moreOdyssey, Aegean Late Bronze Age, Ionian Islands, Myceneans in Italy, Archaeological Sciences, Thermoluminescence, and Archaeometric analysis of pottery
The Kastrouli Late Mycenaean/Helladic settlement in Phokis near Delphi has produced extremely significant data since its inception in 2016, that has enriched our knowledge of the peripheral Mycenaean world. New radiocarbon dating data are... more
The Kastrouli Late Mycenaean/Helladic settlement in Phokis near Delphi has produced extremely significant data since its inception in 2016, that has enriched our knowledge of the peripheral Mycenaean
world. New radiocarbon dating data are presented and critically assessed with earlier reports concerning
the span of the habitation and its later reuse. Five new dates are presented and modelled by Bayesian statistical analysis and critically discussed along with other radiocarbon (14C) and both optically stimulated
luminescence (OSL) and thermoluminescence (TL) dates (a total of 22) from the site. When considering
the 95% probability range, there are two charcoal dates from Building 1 with ranges from 1411 to 1128
(calibrated) BC. For Building 2 the dates span between 1447 and 1281 BC, also if the limits of range are
considered. The two dates on the burnt wood base of Building 2 suggest an earlier date ca.1440-1300 BC
(Phase A), and a charcoal sample in the floor of building 1 suggests a later range of ca.1290 to 1130 BC
(Phase B) same with a human femur bone from tomb A 1382-1221 BC. Phase A (part of the new ages)
falls well within the Late Helladic era LH III B/C. Phase B includes also five radiocarbon ages of the bones
from Tomb A which were about the same span of 1360-1112 BC (LH III B/C), concordant with archaeological typology. These 14C set of dates are expected as they derive from a comingled burial. The lower
95% probability boundary of 14C ages corresponds to middle LH III C interval. Long calibrated age ranges
are largely a product of wiggles in the calibration period for the period concerned, suggesting that any
desired accuracy less than at least a century is unattainable. The results of OSL/TL and radiocarbon have
wide enough uncertainties to allow that Kastrouli may have been occupied throughout the LH III B-C
eras, and it is confirmed that the tomb was reused sometime during the Sub-Mycenaean, Geometric and
later eras.
world. New radiocarbon dating data are presented and critically assessed with earlier reports concerning
the span of the habitation and its later reuse. Five new dates are presented and modelled by Bayesian statistical analysis and critically discussed along with other radiocarbon (14C) and both optically stimulated
luminescence (OSL) and thermoluminescence (TL) dates (a total of 22) from the site. When considering
the 95% probability range, there are two charcoal dates from Building 1 with ranges from 1411 to 1128
(calibrated) BC. For Building 2 the dates span between 1447 and 1281 BC, also if the limits of range are
considered. The two dates on the burnt wood base of Building 2 suggest an earlier date ca.1440-1300 BC
(Phase A), and a charcoal sample in the floor of building 1 suggests a later range of ca.1290 to 1130 BC
(Phase B) same with a human femur bone from tomb A 1382-1221 BC. Phase A (part of the new ages)
falls well within the Late Helladic era LH III B/C. Phase B includes also five radiocarbon ages of the bones
from Tomb A which were about the same span of 1360-1112 BC (LH III B/C), concordant with archaeological typology. These 14C set of dates are expected as they derive from a comingled burial. The lower
95% probability boundary of 14C ages corresponds to middle LH III C interval. Long calibrated age ranges
are largely a product of wiggles in the calibration period for the period concerned, suggesting that any
desired accuracy less than at least a century is unattainable. The results of OSL/TL and radiocarbon have
wide enough uncertainties to allow that Kastrouli may have been occupied throughout the LH III B-C
eras, and it is confirmed that the tomb was reused sometime during the Sub-Mycenaean, Geometric and
later eras.
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The Kastrouli Late Mycenaean/Helladic settlement in Phokis near Delphi has produced extremely significant data since its inception in 2016, that has enriched our knowledge of the peripheral Mycenaean world. New radiocarbon dating data are... more
The Kastrouli Late Mycenaean/Helladic settlement in Phokis near Delphi has produced extremely significant data since its inception in 2016, that has enriched our knowledge of the peripheral Mycenaean world. New radiocarbon dating data are presented and critically assessed with earlier reports concerning the span of the habitation and its later reuse. Five new dates are presented and modelled by Bayesian statistical analysis and critically discussed along with other radiocarbon (14C) and both optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and thermoluminescence (TL) dates (a total of 22) from the site. When considering the 95% probability range, there are two charcoal dates from Building 1 with ranges from 1411 to 1128 (calibrated) BC. For Building 2 the dates span between 1447 and 1281 BC, also if the limits of range are considered. The two dates on the burnt wood base of Building 2 suggest an earlier date ca.1440-1300 BC (Phase A), and a charcoal sample in the floor of building 1 suggests a later range of ca.1290 to 1130 BC (Phase B) same with a human femur bone from tomb A 1382-1221 BC. Phase A (part of the new ages falls well within the Late Helladic era LH III B/C. Phase B includes also five radiocarbon ages of the bones from Tomb A which were about the same span of 1360-1112 BC (LH III B/C), concordant with archaeological typology. These 14C set of dates are expected as they derive from a comingled burial. The lower 95% probability boundary of 14C ages corresponds to middle LH III C interval. Long calibrated age ranges are largely a product of wiggles in the calibration period for the period concerned, suggesting that any
desired accuracy less than at least a century is unattainable. The results of OSL/TL and radiocarbon have wide enough uncertainties to allow that Kastrouli may have been occupied throughout the LH III B-C eras, and it is confirmed that the tomb was reused sometime during the Sub-Mycenaean, Geometric and later eras.
desired accuracy less than at least a century is unattainable. The results of OSL/TL and radiocarbon have wide enough uncertainties to allow that Kastrouli may have been occupied throughout the LH III B-C eras, and it is confirmed that the tomb was reused sometime during the Sub-Mycenaean, Geometric and later eras.
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Research Interests: FTIR spectroscopy, Archaeometry, Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), Mycenaean era archaeology, and 14 moreLate Bronze Age archaeology, Mycenaean, Aegean Late Bronze Age, Charcoal, Mycenaean pottery, Coating, Radiocarbon Dating (Archaeology), Radiocarbon Age Calibration, Ceramic, Scientific Culture, Archaeometric analysis of pottery, Ancient Phokis, SEM EDS, and Mycenaean Tombs
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The Kastrouli Late Mycenaean/Helladic settlement in Phokis near Delphi has produced extremely significant data since its inception in 2016, that has enriched our knowledge of the peripheral Mycenaean world. New radiocarbon dating data are... more
The Kastrouli Late Mycenaean/Helladic settlement in Phokis near Delphi has produced extremely significant data since its inception in 2016, that has enriched our knowledge of the peripheral Mycenaean world. New radiocarbon dating data are presented and critically assessed with earlier reports concerning the span of the habitation and its later reuse. Five new dates are presented and modelled by Bayesian statistical analysis and critically discussed along with other radiocarbon (14 C) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and thermoluminescence (TL) dates (a total of 22) from the site. When considering the 95% probability range, there are two charcoal dates from Building 1 with ranges from 1411 to 1128 (calibrated) BC. For Building 2 the dates span between
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Research Interests: Geoarchaeology, Formation processes (Geoarchaeology), Coastal geoarchaeology, Geoarchaeology and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions, Alluvial archaeology/geoarchaeology, and 4 moreSedimentology, Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology, Quaternary Geoarchaeology, Karst Geomorphology-Hydrogeology-Geoarchaeology-Geotourism, and Geoarchaeology & Landscape Archaeology
Research Interests: Ancient History, Genetics, Prehistoric Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, and 15 moreLinguistic Anthropology, Archaeological Science, Comparative Linguistics, Neolithic Archaeology, Archaeogenetics, Archaeometry, Ancient DNA Research, Central Anatolian Neolithic, Greeks, Ancient DNA, Bioarcheology, DNA genealogy, Mediterranean Climate, Migration Anthropology, and Ancient DNA of Human Populations
The complexity in the styles of 1200 Byzantine icons painted between 13th and 16th from Greece, Russia and Romania was investigated through the Kolmogorov algorithmic information theory. The aim was to identify specific quantitative... more
The complexity in the styles of 1200 Byzantine icons painted between 13th and 16th from Greece, Russia and Romania was investigated through the Kolmogorov algorithmic information theory. The aim was to identify specific quantitative patterns which define the key characteristics of the three different painting schools. Our novel approach using the artificial surface images generated with Inverse FFT and the Midpoint Displacement (MD) algorithms, was validated by comparison of results with eight fractal and non-fractal indices. From the analyzes performed, normalized Kolmogorov compression complexity (KC) proved to be the best solution because it had the best complexity pattern differentiations, is not sensitive to the image size and the least affected by noise. We conclude that normalized KC methodology does offer capability to differentiate the icons within a School and amongst the three Schools.
Research Interests: Cultural Studies, Classical Archaeology, Computer Science, Computational Complexity Theory, Iconography, and 15 moreCultural Heritage, Archaeological Science, Applied Statistics, Complexity, Byzantine Studies, Archaeometry, Fractals, Byzantine historiography, Science for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Applied Geophysics, Geoarchaeology and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions, Byzantine art, Fractal, Kolmogorov Complexity, and Byzantine and Post Byzantine Art
In Honor of Prof. Liritzis Ioannis: Essays in Archaeology & Archaeometry and the Hellenic Contribution to Egyptology
Research Interests: Cultural Studies, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Computational Linguistics, Archaeological Science, and 14 moreEgyptian History, Coptic Studies, Archaeometry, Archaeoastronomy, Aegean Egyptian Interrelatlations, Cultural Heritage Management, Archaeological Prospection, Archaeometallurgy, Archaeological Geophysics, Archaeological Conservation, Conservation Science, Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Applied Geophysics, and Cultural Heritage and Preservation
Spectral analysis of ~180 values from V28-239 pacific ocean deep-sea core has revealed periodicities which correspond to those calculated for the eccentficity (400 and 100 Kyrs), the obliquity (41 Kyrs) and the climatic precession (23 and... more
Spectral analysis of ~180 values from V28-239 pacific ocean deep-sea core has revealed periodicities which correspond to those calculated for the eccentficity (400 and 100 Kyrs), the obliquity (41 Kyrs) and the climatic precession (23 and 19 Kyrs) as weil as secondary ones spanning between 16 Kyrs to 1 million years. The methods of spectrum analysis applied were the maximum entropy, fourier and the successive approximations, where the periodicities are located and their amplitude defined. The significance and stationarity of the detected periods was examined by various tests as weil as employing an evolutionary pseudosonogram. The dominant 100 Kyrs and 50 Kyrs periods are present throughout all the interval, the 30 Kyrs is at low variance during 1.2 to 2 million years interval, the precessional signal is not stationary and appears at about 600 Kyrs to 1820 Kyrs. This study shows the necessity of applying various spectral analysis techniques and several tests to extract the optimum o...
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An attempt is made to evaluate the effect of variation in the chemical composition of archaeological ceramics on the determination of beta particle dose. This dose is contributed by the natural radioisotopes of the clay matrix and... more
An attempt is made to evaluate the effect of variation in the chemical composition of archaeological ceramics on the determination of beta particle dose. This dose is contributed by the natural radioisotopes of the clay matrix and absorbed by the quartz inclusions in the ceramic body. The effect was estimated by calculating stopping powers and relative attenuations and was found to be insignificant for the TL age calculation.
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In archaeoastronomical orientation purposes, employing appropriate software, the star declination (D) is determined from the geographical coordinates of the site, the plate bearing of the horizon point (azimuth, Az), and the altitude of... more
In archaeoastronomical orientation purposes, employing appropriate software, the star declination (D) is determined from the geographical coordinates of the site, the plate bearing of the horizon point (azimuth, Az), and the altitude of the horizontal point (skyline), with appropriate corrections. Errors to the second of a degree in latitude have not any apparent effect on D, errors in Az and latitude of the skyline, however, transmit significant respective percentage errors in D. This note discusses the impact of such error variation on all parameters involved in archaeoastronomical orientation, and presents the case of two small sized pyramidals in Greece.
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Geology, Archaeological Science, Clustering and Classification Methods, Archaeometry, and 13 moreMegalithic Monuments, Luminescence Dating, Multidisciplinary, Clustering, Cluster Analysis, Archaeological Sciences, Marble Provenance, Limestone, Luminescence, Materials Characterization, Luminescence Materials and Their Characterisation, Ancient marble quarries, and Luminescent Materials
The annual rainfall data of Athens rain gauge stations, for the last 119 years, is compared with the occurrence of large (M ⩾ 6) earthquakes along the fault and thrust systems in the vicinity of Athens and interesting correlations have... more
The annual rainfall data of Athens rain gauge stations, for the last 119 years, is compared with the occurrence of large (M ⩾ 6) earthquakes along the fault and thrust systems in the vicinity of Athens and interesting correlations have been observed.This preliminary investigation reveals the possible occurrence of a large earthquake in the region of Athens till 1993.
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A new handwritten twenty pages' manuscript of initiation to the Greek secret "friendly society" organization which was formed beginning of 19 th century and essentially established the Greek independence against the Turks has been... more
A new handwritten twenty pages' manuscript of initiation to the Greek secret "friendly society" organization which was formed beginning of 19 th century and essentially established the Greek independence against the Turks has been investigated. Historical accounts, spectroscopy analysis using Raman, X Ray Fluorescence and Near Infrared, for paper and ink characterization, as well as radiocarbon dating, and fractal of Minkowski Dimension algorithm of 5-lines and full-page handwritten text to identify number of scribers, and a novel preprocessing RGB color analysis of ink and paper identification have been applied. The investigation and results verify the dating of this manuscript to 1819, identify five types of iron gall inks, characterize the pulpwood and identify five different paper lots and four scribes from the ink content and handwritten styles of the compact five lines text and whole text pages. The results are mutually corroborated.
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Art, Conservation, Painting, Spectroscopy, and 9 moreFTIR, Raman, Optical, Pigments, Pigment, Mural, Cathedral, Cathédrale, and Amfissa
In answer to the urgency of recording cultural heritage under imminent threat, rapid data collection is needed. Although there is a fundamental belief in archaeology that the future will provide archaeologists with knowledge, techniques... more
In answer to the urgency of recording cultural heritage under imminent threat, rapid data collection is needed. Although there is a fundamental belief in archaeology that the future will provide archaeologists with knowledge, techniques and technologies better suited than today's to reveal and preserve the past, it is sometimes impossible to leave archaeological sites untouched due to immediate threats. With the coming of the Digital Age and its technological advancements, archaeologists are now better equipped to efficiently collect, store and share archaeological/cultural heritage data within the broad interdisciplinary field of archaeometry (Liritzis et al. 2020). Developments in 3D recording technologies allow for the unparalleled documentation and conservation of archaeological and cultural heritage sites through photorealistic 3D models to scale. Rapid data collection is, however, not only greatly facilitated by but also fully dependent on an integrated workflow. When various fast or automated recording systems do not speak to each other, or use slightly different parameters, the results are incomparable and cannot be integrated.
Research Interests: Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Archaeological Science, Digital Archaeology, Digital Media & Learning, and 7 moreArchaeometry, Digital preservation (Cultural Heritage), Digital Heritage, Digital Photogrammetry applied to Archaeology, Digital Cultural Heritage, 3d Reconstructions in Archaeology, and Cyberarchaeology
Research Interests: Geography, Archaeology, History of Science, Symbolism, Symbolic Boundaries, and 15 moreHistory of Astronomy, Mysteries (Greek Religion), Archaeoastronomy, Ancient Greek Religion, Ancient Greek History, Symbolism (Art History), History of Islamic Astronomy, Cultural Astronomy, Ancient Greek, Ancient Astronomy, Astronomy, Ancient Astronomy and Calendars, Astronomia, Solar System, and Geocentricity
The dating of obsidian stone tools from the last time were in use by prehistoric man has been approached in 1960, by Friedman and Smith who observed that a freshly exposed surface of obsidian takes on ambient water at a knowable rate that... more
The dating of obsidian stone tools from the last time were in use by prehistoric man has been approached in 1960, by Friedman and Smith who observed that a freshly exposed surface of obsidian takes on ambient water at a knowable rate that can be used to calculate the time elapsed since exposure and, therefore, the date of an obsidian artifact's production. Subsequently the hydration procedure has been studied further and distinct versions of the so-called obsidian hydration dating (OHD) method has been developed proposing both empirical rate and intrinsic rate approaches. In the last 20 years, secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) has been employed to accurately define the hydration profile (water concentration versus depth) in a phenomenological manner. By modelling the hydration profile, the age determination is reached via models describing the diffusion process.
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Auroral reports from ancient Chinese records and from Greece and Italy, from historical sources (Bamboo Annals, Tai ping yu lan, Ch'unch'iu period and Aristotle, Anaxagoras, Seneca, Pliny, Livy, respectively) in the 1st millennium... more
Auroral reports from ancient Chinese records and from Greece and Italy, from historical sources (Bamboo Annals, Tai ping yu lan, Ch'unch'iu period and Aristotle, Anaxagoras, Seneca, Pliny, Livy, respectively) in the 1st millennium B.C., are discussed in relation to the geomagnetic pole (GP) coordinates through archaeomagnetic inclination and declination data. It is shown that the expected auroral oval with its extension to a maximum of radius 30o around the GP occasionally reaches the Chinese / Southern Mediterranean mid latitudes and eastern longitudes: for China 35ο-40ο and 95ο-125ο respectively, and for Greece/Central Italy, 35ο - 40ο and 10ο-25ο respectively; two distant regions where two great cultures flourished. Of the nine Chinese records those of 1000-900 B.C., 687 B.C., 193 B.C., 139 B.C., 32 B.C., 30 B.C. and 15 B.C. records are justified by a mid latitude geomagnetic pole which gives certain mid latitude aurorae. For the 166 B.C. and 154 B.C. available archaeomag...
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Chinese Studies, Archaeological Science, and 15 moreBalkan History, Chinese Language and Culture, China, Archaeometry, Ancient Chinese Texts, Ancient Greek History, Aegean Archaeology, Chinese literature, Archaeomagnetism, Archaeomagnetic Dating, Aegean Late Bronze Age, Applied Geophysics, Chinese Culture, Arcaeometry, and Aurora Borealis
Since the dawn of civilization, there have been epidemics and pandemics They are, in reality, an unintended consequence of civilization Prehistoric societies (our ancestors), surely have been affected by diseases, but they had few... more
Since the dawn of civilization, there have been epidemics and pandemics They are, in reality, an unintended consequence of civilization Prehistoric societies (our ancestors), surely have been affected by diseases, but they had few opportunities to exchange germs outside their own culture since the earliest humans lived in small isolated bands The condition shifted drastically when, about 10,000 years ago, the agricultural revolution replaced a nomadic, hunting-gathering society, with a sedentary lifestyle Here we present our views on the causes of pandemics, the human and natural causal factors, review some hallmarks of regional / global diseases from history, while in outbursts we recall the theory of complexity from the non-linear human cultural evolution [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry is the property of University of the Aegean and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright...
Research Interests: History, Ancient History, Cultural History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, and 15 moreEgyptology, Historical Anthropology, Epidemiology, Cultural Heritage, Byzantine Literature, Cultural Theory, Culture, Chaos Theory, Evolution, Archaeometry, Byzantine History, Greek Archaeology, Archaeological Geophysics, Civilization, and Download
Research Interests: Archaeology, Geology, Chemistry, Bioarchaeology, Bone Biology, and 15 moreArchaeological Science, FTIR spectroscopy, Histology, Archaeometry, Diagenesis, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Ancient DNA Research, Mycenaean, Collagen, Carbonate, Bone diagenesis and taphonomy, Bone Diagenesis, Bioapatite, FTIR SPECTROSCOPY CULTURAL HERITAGE, and Human Bone
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Transport phenomena of water to obsidian including analogue transport phenomena, eddy phenomerna, molecular transfer on an empirical, phenomenological and scientific approach. Elaboration on total flux and suggestions for obsifian... more
Transport phenomena of water to obsidian including analogue transport phenomena, eddy phenomerna, molecular transfer on an empirical, phenomenological and scientific approach. Elaboration on total flux and suggestions for obsifian hydration dating alternatives.
Europe has a particularly rich and diversified cultural heritage, the conservation of which is both urgent and challenging. For assessing the state of conservation of cultural monuments a reliable tool is needed which allows examining the... more
Europe has a particularly rich and diversified cultural heritage, the conservation of which is both urgent and challenging. For assessing the state of conservation of cultural monuments a reliable tool is needed which allows examining the surface but also the inner structure of objects. X-ray computed tomography (CT) which is widely used in medicine and industry permits to make 3D images of high quality. In order to make this technology suitable for the examination of cultural monuments advancements in different technologies are required: A lightweight linear accelerator which delivers hard X-rays, dedicated detectors, a versatile positioning and alignment system and special reconstruction algorithms which can handle limited data sets
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Abstract The age of a “pure” calcite speleothem can be determined from the ratio of the 230 Th to 234 U contents. The straightforward age determination is upset if thorium or uranium bearing detrital contaminants are present in the... more
Abstract The age of a “pure” calcite speleothem can be determined from the ratio of the 230 Th to 234 U contents. The straightforward age determination is upset if thorium or uranium bearing detrital contaminants are present in the calcite. The importance and possibility of correcting for detrital contamination is discussed and examples given of the magnitude of the corrections for particular samples from the Petralona cave in North Greece.
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This edited volume offers archaeologists and archaeometrists the latest technical information, the fundamentals of provenance studies, instrumentation used in these investigations, and strategies for the dating and interpretation of... more
This edited volume offers archaeologists and archaeometrists the latest technical information, the fundamentals of provenance studies, instrumentation used in these investigations, and strategies for the dating and interpretation of archaeological materials in glass studies. The contributors discuss recent advances in obsidian hydration dating, secondary ion mass spectrometry, and infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy, focusing on the application of these technologies to a variety of glass forms and incorporating studies that look at the social and economic strategies of past cultures. With examples from Greece, the Middle East, Italy, Peru, Bolivia, Russia, Africa, and the Pacific region, provenance studies look at regional patterns of glass acquisition, production, and exchange, providing examples that use one or more instrumental methods to characterize materials from ancient societies. Extensive figures and tables included.
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Research Interests: Oceanography, Sedimentology, Climate Change, Climatology, Quaternary Geology, and 15 moreArchaeometry, Geochronology, Coastal and Island Archaeology, Marine Science, Physical Oceanography, OSL dating, Sedimentary geology and stratigraphy, Quaternary geochronology, Environmental Radioactivity, Marine geology and geophysics, Lake Sediments, Luminescence, Geology and Geophysics, Marine Sedimentology, and Effects of Solar Activities and Cosmic Radiations on the Earth
... ESR spectra for calcites similar to the ones in this work have been observed by others, eq ... In their YCP-26 dark sample of the Arago cave, Tantavel, France, HENNIG, and GRUN 4 ... the AD from ~is peak alone that yielded a generally... more
... ESR spectra for calcites similar to the ones in this work have been observed by others, eq ... In their YCP-26 dark sample of the Arago cave, Tantavel, France, HENNIG, and GRUN 4 ... the AD from ~is peak alone that yielded a generally good a~reement with U-series dating results. ...
Research Interests: Geology, Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, OSL dating, and 11 morePalaeoanthropology, Sample Preparation, Quaternary, Quaternary geochronology, Chronology, Cave and Karst Studies, Dose rate, Quaternary Geoarchaeology, Room Temperature, Low Temperature, and Radioanalytical and Nuclear chemistry
... of - 85 Gy the quartz saturates). 100o500 "1 ~ I I I t . EO too .2OO 300 ,~ =, Beto ir~cliotJon,s Fig, 5. OSL signal of archaeological quartz versus I]-dose irradiation time in seconds (100 s 26.6 Gy). Curve A is the... more
... of - 85 Gy the quartz saturates). 100o500 "1 ~ I I I t . EO too .2OO 300 ,~ =, Beto ir~cliotJon,s Fig, 5. OSL signal of archaeological quartz versus I]-dose irradiation time in seconds (100 s 26.6 Gy). Curve A is the corrected (stable ...
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Environmental Science, Geoarchaeology, Cultural Heritage, Culture, and 12 moreAmazonian Archaeology, Environmental Sustainability, Cultural Heritage Management, Fluvial Geomorphology, River Ecology, Chinese archaeology, Geoarchaeology and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions, Fluvial Sedimentology, Nile River Basin, Lower Danube Archaeology, Nile Delta archaeology, and Indus River Valley Civilization
Dear Colleagues. We are pleased to announce our Session on RIVER CULTURES: COLLAPSE & GROWTH in the WAC-9 Prague conference (see below). Theme 21. World Archaeologies: the past, the present and the future Title: RIVER CULTURES: COLLAPSE... more
Dear Colleagues.
We are pleased to announce our Session on RIVER CULTURES: COLLAPSE & GROWTH in the WAC-9 Prague conference (see below).
Theme
21. World Archaeologies: the past, the present and the future
Title:
RIVER CULTURES: COLLAPSE AND GROWTH
(deadline of Abstracts: 15 Nov 2019)
Organisers:
Prof.Ioannis LIRITZIS (University of the Aegean, Lab. of Archaeometry; Lab of Environmental Archaeology & Preventive Conservation, Rhodes, Greece & Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development & College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, Kaifeng, China) [email protected]; www.liritzis.eu
Prof.Changhong MIAO (Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development & College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, 475001Kaifeng, China)
Abstract
The evolution of human societies and in general of human history, do not follow a liner trend but rests mainly on mutual interactions amongst different components. The interacted multifactorial issues derive from three concentric circles or dynamical systems, a) the internal (issues derived from within a given society), b) the external (issues derived from interaction with neighbor societies) and c) the environmental (issues related to the context and other environmental phenomena). Thus, cultures experience cycles of birth, life, decline and death, often supplanted by a potent new culture, formed around a compelling new cultural symbol. In the 4th millennium BC, at around the same time, communities in the valleys of a few large river of Asia and Africa, widely separated from each other, took to growing crops systematically. Rivers provided ancient societies with access to trade; not only of products, but ideas, including language, writing, and technology. River-based irrigation permitted communities to specialize and develop, even in areas lacking adequate rainfall. For those cultures that depended on them, rivers were the lifeblood. The earliest forms of civilizations were said to be located on the four river valleys: the Tigris-Euphrates River in ancient Mesopotamia, the Nile River in ancient Egypt, the Huang He (Yellow River) and Yangtze River in China, and the Indus River in ancient India. These four river valley civilizations had many differences yet still lived common life-modes. Also, along river valleys in other parts of the World nuclei of settlements have developed that helped societies to grow and trade. What are the advantages and drawbacks for an ancient river valley societal culture to grow and collapse? What is the evidence for small and grand scale river valleys that accommodated great cultures? How the cultural heritage of these ancient river valley civilizations can be sustained?
Keywords: disaster archaeology, river valleys, ancient cultures, human evolution, civilization.
We look forward to receiving your ABSTRACT!
Deadline of Abstracts 15 Nov 2019!
Kind Regards,
Ioannis & Changhong
PREPARE your ABSTRACT maximum 250 Words and you may add a few references and submit to us:
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
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We are pleased to announce our Session on RIVER CULTURES: COLLAPSE & GROWTH in the WAC-9 Prague conference (see below).
Theme
21. World Archaeologies: the past, the present and the future
Title:
RIVER CULTURES: COLLAPSE AND GROWTH
(deadline of Abstracts: 15 Nov 2019)
Organisers:
Prof.Ioannis LIRITZIS (University of the Aegean, Lab. of Archaeometry; Lab of Environmental Archaeology & Preventive Conservation, Rhodes, Greece & Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development & College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, Kaifeng, China) [email protected]; www.liritzis.eu
Prof.Changhong MIAO (Key Research Institute of Yellow River Civilization and Sustainable Development & College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, 475001Kaifeng, China)
Abstract
The evolution of human societies and in general of human history, do not follow a liner trend but rests mainly on mutual interactions amongst different components. The interacted multifactorial issues derive from three concentric circles or dynamical systems, a) the internal (issues derived from within a given society), b) the external (issues derived from interaction with neighbor societies) and c) the environmental (issues related to the context and other environmental phenomena). Thus, cultures experience cycles of birth, life, decline and death, often supplanted by a potent new culture, formed around a compelling new cultural symbol. In the 4th millennium BC, at around the same time, communities in the valleys of a few large river of Asia and Africa, widely separated from each other, took to growing crops systematically. Rivers provided ancient societies with access to trade; not only of products, but ideas, including language, writing, and technology. River-based irrigation permitted communities to specialize and develop, even in areas lacking adequate rainfall. For those cultures that depended on them, rivers were the lifeblood. The earliest forms of civilizations were said to be located on the four river valleys: the Tigris-Euphrates River in ancient Mesopotamia, the Nile River in ancient Egypt, the Huang He (Yellow River) and Yangtze River in China, and the Indus River in ancient India. These four river valley civilizations had many differences yet still lived common life-modes. Also, along river valleys in other parts of the World nuclei of settlements have developed that helped societies to grow and trade. What are the advantages and drawbacks for an ancient river valley societal culture to grow and collapse? What is the evidence for small and grand scale river valleys that accommodated great cultures? How the cultural heritage of these ancient river valley civilizations can be sustained?
Keywords: disaster archaeology, river valleys, ancient cultures, human evolution, civilization.
We look forward to receiving your ABSTRACT!
Deadline of Abstracts 15 Nov 2019!
Kind Regards,
Ioannis & Changhong
PREPARE your ABSTRACT maximum 250 Words and you may add a few references and submit to us:
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
***
Research Interests: Ancient Egyptian Religion, Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Material Culture Studies, and 15 moreEgyptian Archaeology, Egyptian History, Amazonia, Amazonian Archaeology, World Cultural Heritage, Chinese archaeology, Digital Cultural Heritage, Indus Valley Civilization, Cultural history of the Ancient world, Chinese Culture, Mississippi River Valley, Danube River, Ancient Indian History and Culture, Water/river and culture, and Indus valley and Sumerian civilizations
The 4th Luminescence in Archaeology International Symposium will be hosted by the Sedimentary Geology and Quaternary Research Group at the University of Freiburg (Germany) 3-6 April 2019. LAIS 2019 continues the series of symposia... more
The 4th Luminescence in Archaeology International Symposium will be hosted by the Sedimentary Geology and Quaternary Research Group at the University of Freiburg (Germany) 3-6 April 2019.
LAIS 2019 continues the series of symposia initiated in Delphi 2009, Lisbon 2012 and Paris 2015. It is an international initiative focussing on the use of luminescence for the dating and analysis of materials in archaeological and geoarchaeological context. In addition it supports archaeological and archaeometrical communities to further develop and expose luminescence methodology.
LAIS 2019 continues the series of symposia initiated in Delphi 2009, Lisbon 2012 and Paris 2015. It is an international initiative focussing on the use of luminescence for the dating and analysis of materials in archaeological and geoarchaeological context. In addition it supports archaeological and archaeometrical communities to further develop and expose luminescence methodology.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and 47 moreGeoArcheology, Archaeological Science, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Rock Art (Archaeology), Cultural Heritage Conservation, Heritage Conservation, Radiation Dosimetry, Neolithic Archaeology, Archaeometry, Medieval ceramics (Archaeology), Radiation dosimetry (Physics), Cultural Heritage Management, Last Interglacial, OSL dating, EPR, ESR, Architectural Heritage, Luminescence Dating, Ceramics (Archaeology), Paleolithic Europe, Glacial Geomorphology, Holocene sea level change, Formation processes (Geoarchaeology), Climate Change and Environmental Archaeology, Luminescence (OSL), Prehistoric Rock Art, Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene, Chronology, Holocene, Thermoluminescence Dosimetry, Geoarchaeology and Lithic Studies, Paleolithic Archaeology, Age determination base on Thermoluminescence, Geoarchaeology and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions, Alluvial archaeology/geoarchaeology, Luminescence, Coastal Geoarcheology, Dose rate, Ancient chronology, Thermoluminescence, Thermoluminescence dating, Luminescence Materials and Their Characterisation, Quaternary Geoarchaeology, single-grain OSL, Dosimetry, Holocene Evolution of Deltas, Geoarchéologie, and ESR dating
CONTENT OF SPECIAL ISSUE IN MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY & ARCHAEOMETRY ON VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY, MUSEUMS & CULTURAL TOURISM, 1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP DELPHI 2013
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Brief and helpful elucidations for comprehension The so called pyramidals i.e. megalithic like stone (mainly limestone) structures in Greece has been an attractive subject for the amateurs, imaginary specialists, naturalists, romantics,... more
Brief and helpful elucidations for comprehension The so called pyramidals i.e. megalithic like stone (mainly limestone) structures in Greece has been an attractive subject for the amateurs, imaginary specialists, naturalists, romantics, wrong or predetermined or (mis)-understood specialists, yet also a few skeptical, open minded and seriously considering any scientific result produced. Retired ones but active and updated with strong memory and innovative concepts are a few, most should retreat and enjoy but not intervening to scientific affairs. Each is free to expression, but I recommend those hobbyists first to be conscientious and have the sense of moderation before they write while tired. In a recent academia summary pdf file entitled: The So-Called Pyramids of the Peloponnese. A Compilation and Reconsideration of the Evidence, by D. J. Windell and R. Webb (2019), this hot subject appears again. These authors give an account of travelers' drawings and engravings as well as nice photos. Although they tried to present a subject out of their adoration of Greek archaeology gathering as much as possible references, the reading of some the papers and published scientific work has been jeopardized: misunderstood, preoccupied as it seems and biased. Regarding my own work I should like to clarify the following:
Research Interests: Geoarchaeology, Archaeological Science, Archaeometry, Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Archaeoastronomy, and 9 moreAegean Prehistory (Archaeology), Archaeological Prospection, Aegean Archaeology, Greek mythology, Ancient Greek Mythology, Ancient Astronomy and Calendars, Bosnian Pyramids, ancient Egypytian pyramids, and History of Aegean Prehistoric Archaeology
A ceramic assemblage selected from a recently excavated Late Helladic settlement at Kastrouli (Central Greece) has been chemically analyzed and statistically elaborated, to add new information and contribution to the Mycenaean culture in... more
A ceramic assemblage selected from a recently excavated Late Helladic settlement at Kastrouli (Central Greece) has been chemically analyzed and statistically elaborated, to add new information and contribution to the Mycenaean culture in the wider studied area. The chemical composition of 142 ceramic sherds represented by wide range of household typologies was measured by using a calibrated non-destructive portable X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) setup. Fired briquettes prepared from 8 local clay sources and several mixtures of them were similarly analyzed. A robust statistical analysis is applied based on 15 major and minor/trace elements employing hierarchical cluster analysis with several linkages, descriptive statistics, biplots and boxplots, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), as well as, Euclidean and Mahalanobis distances on standardized ratio transformed data. Τhe chemical characterization and the statistical evaluation were coupled by petrographic analysis. The results obtained revealed that some local clay sources and their mixtures are placed within the archaeologically identified broad ceramics group, providing, thus, evidence for a local production of the studied pottery, and artisan's skills employed a variety of manufacture technologies.
Research Interests: Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Archaeological Science, Mesolithic Archaeology, Neolithic Archaeology, Archaeometry, and 14 moreAegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectroscopy, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Ceramics (Archaeology), Aegean Archaeology, Bronze and Iron Ages in Eastern Mediterranean (Archaeology), Provenance studies of archaeological material, Ceramic Petrography, portable XRF (PXRF) in Archaeology and Museum Science, Science for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Late Bronze Age, and Cluster Analysis
Prof. Ioannis Liritzis (b. 2-11-1953, Delphi, Greece) (PORTAL: www.liritzis.gr; e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]; tel mob.: 00306932275757; Office at Rhodes: 00302241099386;... more
Prof. Ioannis Liritzis (b. 2-11-1953, Delphi, Greece) (PORTAL: www.liritzis.gr; e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]; tel mob.: 00306932275757; Office at Rhodes: 00302241099386; http://dms.aegean.gr/en/faculty-members/ioannis-liritzis). https://aegean.academia.edu/IOANNISLIRITZIS; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ioannis_Liritzis
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Archaeological excavation at Chieming-Stöttham in the Chiemgau region of Southeast Germany revealed a diamictic (breccia) layer sandwiched between a Neolithic and a Roman occupation layer. This exotic layer bears evidence of its... more
Archaeological excavation at Chieming-Stöttham in the Chiemgau region of Southeast Germany revealed a diamictic (breccia) layer sandwiched between a Neolithic and a Roman occupation layer. This exotic layer bears evidence of its deposition in a catastrophic event that is attributed to the Chiemgau meteorite impact. In the extended crater strewn field produced by the impact, geological excavations have uncovered comparable horizons with an anomalous geological inventory intermixed with archaeological material. Evidences of extreme destruction, temperatures and pressures including impact shock effects suggest that the current views on its being an undisturbed colluvial depositional sequence as postulated by archaeologists and pedologists/geomorphologists is untenable.
Archaeomagnetic (Greek and Balkan) and Limnomagnetic (British Lake sediments) data analysis over the past 10,000 years. Time series analysis, periodicities, and compatibility of these two data sets.
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In Honor of Prof. Liritzis Ioannis: Essays in Archaeology & Archaeometry and the Hellenic Contribution to Egyptology