DOCTORAL THESES
In Progress     
 
Barkouli E.Dance performances and ritual in the prehistoric Aegean during the 2nd mill. BC
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: O. Kouka
Bitsakaki A.S.Bronze Age harbour systems in Eastern Crete during the 2nd millenium BC (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
De Benedictis E.
Weighing in Cyprus: understanding the role of the island in the Eastern Mediterranean trade dynamics between Late Bronze and Early Iron Age through the study of weights, balances and other related materials
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: V. Kassianidou
Karagiorgos F.Settlement evolution on Mount Athos from the late 19th century to today (in Greek)
Interdepartmental

Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies and the Latin East"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
Köknar N. N.Maritime cultural landscapes in Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology
Supervisor: O. Kouka
Ktori M.Settlement systems and the relationship between centre and periphery: a case-study of Byzantine and Medieval Paphos
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies and the Latin East"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
Kyriakou N.
Decoding the socio-economic landscape of Late Roman Cyprus: a GIS approach
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
Loizou Ch.
Landscapes and settlement systems in Byzantine and Medieval Cyprus (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies and the Latin East"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
Mavromatidis S.Cypriot Funerary Sculpture during the Lusignan Period (1192-1474/89) (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies and the Latin East"
Supervisor: M. Olympios
Metzger Μ.Les reliques et leur environnement dans les basiliques de Chypre (IVe-Xe siècles) dans le contexte de la Méditerranée orientale
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Joint supervision with Aix-Marseilles Université. Supervisors: A. Nikolaides (AMU), M. Parani (UCY)
Moniaki K.Economies of storage in Hellenistic Crete: An interdisciplinary approach through the study of pithoi and archaeobotanical remains in ancient Dreros (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: G. Papasavvas
Barkouli E.Dance performances and ritual in the prehistoric Aegean during the 2nd mill. BC
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: O. Kouka
Μπιτσακάκη Α.Σ.Λιμενικά συστήματα της Εποχής του Χαλκού στην ανατολική Κρήτη κατά τη 2η χιλιετία π.Χ.
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Papagiannopoulos K.
Socio-economic transformations and settlement structures in Western Achaea from Late Antiquity to the 19th century AC (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
Socratous Z.Cypriot Archaeology: the colonial phase (1878-1959) - material culture interpretations and the construction of Cypriot history
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
2022 
Ioannides D.
Unravelling Technological Issues of Metallurgical Ceramics from Late Bronze Age Cyprus. The cases of Enkomi and Kition
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: V. Kassianidou
Matsarokos E.The spatial analysis of sacred space on Mount Athos: the relationship of Byzantine monasteries with the seascape (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies and the Latin East"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
Moullé Prévost C.Transmettre Un Patrimoine Disperse: Le Cas Des Vestiges Archeologiques Chypriotes Depuis 1960. Processus, enjeux actuels et nouvelles orientations
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Joint supervision with Université Rennes 2. Supervisors: A. Marangou (Rennes), M. Parani (UCY)
Rousou M. Exploitation des ressources végétales et l’impact environnementale des premiers peuplements humaines à Chypre: approches anthracologique et carpologique
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology". Joint supervision with Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Supervisors: M. Tengberg (MNHN), O. Kouka (UCY)
Stefani E. The Amathous necropoleis: Mortuary topography and tomb typology from the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
Christoforou Th.Reconstructing and interpreting the archaeological record of the wider region of Mathiatis: a landscape approach to the northeast foothills of the Troodos (Cyprus) from Prehistory to Late Antiquity (in Greek)Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
2020 
Velegraki Μ. Economic and cultural transfrormations in Palatial Crete: The city of Knossos in the Middle Minoan III based on the excavation at Gypsades (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: Ο. Kouka
Meneghetti F.Bronze Age Cypriot miniature oxhide ingots: an interdisciplinary reappraisal of their archaeological contexts and functions
Joint supervision with Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
2nd supervisor: G. Papasavvas (UCY)
2019 
Demetriou A.Ancient shipwrecks in Cyprus: itineraries in the contemporary world (στα αγγλικά)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Dimitrova Α.Trade Vs. cultural mediation: Integrating the Black Sea in the Greco-Phoenician networks of exchange (7th – 1st Century BC)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: V. Kassianidou
Panteli K.
Agro-dietary landscapes and folk ecology in the area of Kokkinochoria during the period of British rule (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Traditional Culture"
Supervisor: E. Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
2018 
Chaviara, A.A technical approach to pottery production in Attica during the historic period : use of raw materials and processing techniques over time
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: G. Papasavvas
Ragkou A.
Eastern Mediterranean economic networks in the Age of the Crusades (late 11th- mid 14th centuries): the case of the Peloponnese
Programme "Archaeology of pre-Modern Economies", Bilateral Agreement between the Universities of Cologne-Bonn and UCY
Joint supervision with the Universities of Cologne-Bonn. Supervisors: C. Sode (Cologne), S. Schrenk (Bonn), A. Vionis (UCY)
2016 
Bonnerot O.

A study of materials and techniques used in the production of early-Christian Cypriot mosaics, with a special emphasis on artificial materials
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: D. Michaelides
Van Brempt L.

Παραγωγή και εμπορία κυπριακού χαλκού κατά την Ύστερη Εποχή του Χαλκού (στα αγγλικά)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: V. Kassianidou
2014 
Lysandrou V.

Tomb architecture in Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: D. Michaelides
Christodoulou P.

Baths in Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: D. Michaelides
2012 
Vitas D.


Nea Paphos - Salamis: topography and urban evolution in Hellenistic times (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: D. Michaelides
2010 
Satraki A.


From *KOSMASSOS to NIKOKREON: the polity-organisation of ancient Cyprus from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Cypro-Classical period (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
2008 
Eliades I.

The latin chapel of the Monastery of Agios Ioannes Lambadistis at Kalopanagiotis and related monuments (in Greek)
Supervisor: D. Triantafyllopoulos
Chadjichristodoulou Ch.

Founders of churches and donors of ecclesiastical objects of the period of Ottoman rule in Cyprus (1571-1878) (in Greek)
Supervisor: D. Triantafyllopoulos
Kyriakidou M.

Wood-carved church-screens in Cyprus of the period of Ottoman rule (1571-1878) (in Greek)
Supervisor: D. Triantafyllopoulos
2007 
Georgiou G.

The topography of human settlement in Cyprus during the Early and Middle Bronze Age (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
Theodoulou Th.

Seafaring and port-networks in Classical Cyprus (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: D. Michaelides
2003 
Chrysochou N.

The architecture of the orthodox monastery of Panagia tou Sindi in Paphos: a contribution to the study of religious architecture in Venetian Cyprus (in Greek)
Supervisor: D. Triantafyllopoulos
2001 
Demesticha S.

The Cypriot amphorae of the Late Roman period (in Greek)
Supervisor: D. Michaelides
1998 
Philokyprou M.

Building materials and built structures in Cypriot architecture: from the Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age (in Greek)
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
MASTERS THESES
In Progress       
Clyne M.

Byzantine sacred architecture: spatial analysis and the use of church space in the Early Byzantine Cyprus
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
Papanikolakopoulou M.

The coastal landscape of Cyprus during the LCII period
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Christodoulou Ch.

Phoenician amphorae imported to Cyprus during the Cypro-Archaic and Cypro-Classical periods (750-310 BC): quantitative and spatial analysis
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Psilogeni P.

Pithoi and storage strategies in Early Byzantine Cyprus: the case of the Xeros River valley (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
2022
Sdralia. A-M.

Investigating two Late Roman Metallurgical Slag Heaps: An Analytical Approach
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: V. Kassianidou
2021
Evripidou A.

Visualising shipbuilding features through textual evidence: the case of the 19th century brigs
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Katsouri I.


Three-dimensional modelling and visualisation of micro-stratigraphical evidence at shipwreck sites: the sase of the Mazotos Shipwreck
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Kyriakou G.D.

The evolution of the mast-step in antiquity: 7th century BC to 7th century AD
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Stivarou V.

The Cypriot basket-handle amphorae
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Fiouri, E.

The phenomenon of donation in Cyprus: Social reflections of the Lusignan era (1192-1474)
Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme in Byzantine Studies and the Latin East
Supervisor: M. Parani
Charalambous S.

Μethodological and interpretative approaches to the Aegean Neolithic
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: O. Kouka
2020
Bitsakaki A.S.

Minoan harbour installations in eastern Crete
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
2019
Ausiayevich M.

Surveying scattered pottery assemblages in shallow waters: the case of Nissia Coves, Paralimni, Cyprus coastscape
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Karaoli A.


Roman amphorae from sites of the Cypriot coastscape
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Neophytou A.

The Coastscape of Potamos-Liopetriou, Cyprus: a seamless approach between land and sea
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Nicolaou P.

The coastal landscape of Cyprus through the portulan charts of the 16th century (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Solomou M.

La Cava, a medieval fort at a perennially strategic inland site (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Conservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings and Sites"
Supervisors: M. Olympios and M. Philokyprou
Philippou G.


Water-power and land-capacity in Ottoman Cyprus: The case of the Ottoman watermill of Alaminos, Larnaca District
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
2018
Gioti Th.

Places of adoration in Cyprus through the eyes of 18th-century travellers. A G.I.S. application in mapping and analysing monuments
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
Gkaloufa Μ

Environment and settlement patterns on Euboea from the Late Neolithic through the Middle Bronze Age
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: O. Kouka
Nikolaou K.

Wooden shipbuilding in Cyprus from the late 19th to mid-20th century
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Socratous Z.

Cypriot ports during the Classical and Hellenistic periods: the case of Kourion (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Chryssanthou I.

The settlement network and sacred topography of the Aktrotiri peninsula, Cyprus, 6th-16th c. AD (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies and the Latin East"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
[not completed]
2017
Athanasiou E.

The sanctuary of Salamis-Toumpa. Spatial identity and meaning based on the archaeological evidence (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
Eleftheriou E.

The architecture of the Mendicant Orders in the Eastern Mediterranean (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies"
Supervisor: M. Olympios
Floquet Μ.


Early Cycladic architecture (in French)
Εrasmus Programme University of Cyprus – University of Aix-Marseille, France
Supervisor: Ο. Kouka
Ktori M.

The monumental topography of Medieval Paphos (1192-1570/1): Understanding and contextualising a fragmented urban coastal landscape
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: M. Olympios
Papacosta L.

The Late Roman anchorage of Cape Petounda, Cyprus
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: S. Demesticha
Petsas Ch.


The narthex of the Early Byzantine Cypriot basilicas: archaeology, typology and ritual (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies"
Supervisor: M. Parani
Chalkia Α.

Site management for Prehistoric Heraion on Samos
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: O. Kouka
2016
Moullotou K.

When digital technology meets Cultural Heritage Management: A virtual tour of the episcopal basilica of Kourion in Cyprus
English-Taught MA Programme "Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea"
Supervisor: M. Parani
Orphanos S.

Burial customs and Christianity: church burials in Early Byzantine Cyprus (4th – 7th century) (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies"
Supervisor: M. Parani
Panagi P.

The sacred landscape of Byzantine and Medieval Solea, Cyprus (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
2015
Kapodistria A.

Early urbanisation in Minoan Crete (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: O. Kouka
2014
Christodoulidou E.

The foundation horizon of Palaipaphos on the basis of the ceramic evidence (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
2013
Markou F.

Archaeological sites and the use of the hydrological basin of the Tremithos and Pouzis rivers from the Early Bronze Age to the Roman period, Cyprus: surface survey and archival research (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
Ragkou A.


Urban architecture and the use of domestic space in Byzantine and Medieval Corinth (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
2012
Loizou Ch.

The Medieval towers of Euboea: construction, function and landscape symbolism (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies"
Supervisor: A. Vionis
Papacharalampous D.

The representation of Saint George in Cypriot churches during the period of the Latin Rule (1191-1571) (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies"
Supervisor: M. Parani
Soros I.


The migration routes of Homo sapiens from Africa to Europe during the Upper Pleistocene on the basis of DNA analyses and their origin in the Greek Mainland (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: O. Kouka
Christou A.

The production of copper in Cyprus in the Iron Age (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: V. Kassianidou
2011
Achileos M.


A comparative study of the mosaics of Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean from the 4th century BC to the 6th century AD (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: D. Michaelides
2010
Agapiou A.

The topography of archaeological sites in the region of Paphos during the 3rd ans 2nd Millennium BC, and an GIS approach to urbanisation (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
Ktori M.


A functional analysis of stone tools from the site of Agia Varvara - Asprogkremmos (in Greek)
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: O. Kouka
Michael M.


The Early Iron Age in Cyprus and its socio-economic context (12th-8th c. BC): developing a digital database for managing objects of iron
Post-graduate Programme "Mediterranean Archaeology"
Supervisor: M. Iacovou
Olympiou Ch.

The composition of the Last Judgement in Byzantine monumental painting (in Greek)
Interdepartmental Post-graduate Programme "Byzantine Studies"
Supervisor: M. Parani