{"id":775,"date":"2021-04-07T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newdev.ucy.ac.cy\/hisarch\/research\/research-projects\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T10:09:36","slug":"research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/hisarch\/research\/research-projects\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I. EU-FUNDED PROJECTS<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Use of Glazing Traditions to Examine the Dynamics of Interaction Between Cultures in Contact: A Case Study of Cypriot Glazed Wares from the 11th to the 17th Centuries AD (GLAZE)<\/strong>
\n2017 \u2013 2019
\nFunded by the Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual Fellowship under the call H2020-MSCA-IF-2016
\nV. Kassianidou (Project Coordinator), C. Ting (Post-Doctoral Researcher)<\/div>\n
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Archaeological Investigations of the Extra-Urban and Urban Landscape in Eastern Mediterranean Centres: A Case-Study at Palaepaphos, Cyprus (ARIEL)<\/strong>
\n2013 \u2013 2017
\nFunded by the Marie Curie Actions under the call FP7\/PEOPLE\/2007-2013
\nM. Iacovou (Project Coordinator), A. Georgiou (Post-Doctoral Researcher)<\/div>\n
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New Archaeological Research Network for Integrating Approaches to Ancient Material Studies (NARNIA)<\/strong>
\n2010 \u2013 2014
\nFunded by the Marie Curie Initial Training Network Programs under the call FP7-PEOPLE-2010
\nV. Kassianidou (Project Coordinator)<\/div>\n
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Science and Technology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean (STACHEM)<\/strong>
\n2008 \u2013 2010
\nFP7-INFRASTRUCTURES 2008-1
\nV. Kassianidou and D. Michaelides (Scientists in charge, UCY), M. Dikomitou-Eliadou (Special Scientist, UCY), Franco Nicolucci (Project Coordinator, Cyprus Institute)<\/div>\n
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II. NATIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOUNDATION PROJECTS<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Borderlands as Areas of Mobility and Connectivity during the Third Millennium BC: Examining Regional Ceramic Technologies between the East Aegean Islands, Western Anatolia and Cyprus – BORDER (RESTART 2016-2020, 2nd Opportunity)<\/strong>
\n2020 \u2013 2022
\nO. Kouka (Project Coordinator), S. Menelaou (Post-Doctoral Researcher)<\/div>\n
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Delineating Probable Sea Routes Between Cyprus and its Surrounding Coastal Areas at the Start of the Holocene: A Simulation Approach – SAROCY (RESTART 2016-2020, EXCELLENCE HUBS, EXCELLENCE\/0918\/0143)<\/strong>
\n2019 \u2013 2021
\nV. Kassianidou (Scientist in change, UCY), Ph. Kyriakidis (Project Coordinator, CUT)<\/div>\n
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Revisiting Museum Collections – MuseCo (RESTART 2016-2020, EXCELLENCE HUBS, EXCELLENCE\/1216\/0093)<\/strong>
\n2018 \u2013 2021
\nG. Papasavvas (Project Coordinator), A. Georgiadou (Principal Researcher)<\/div>\n
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PLACe: Prehistoric Landscapes of Cyprus. National Award ‘Young Researcher of the Year’ (CULTURE\/AWARD-YR\/0418\/0005)<\/strong>
\n2018
\nTh. Moutsiou (Coordinator\/Scientist in charge)<\/div>\n
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Water Routes in Human Island Dispersals: Modeling the Pleistocene Exploitation of Cyprus – PLEICY (RESTART 2016-2020, POST-DOC\/0916\/0185)<\/strong>
\n2018 \u2013 2020
\nV. Kassianidou (Project Coordinator), Th. Moutsiou (Post-Doctoral Fellow)<\/div>\n
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MOBILE ARCHAEOLOGICAL LAB – STAR LAB (\u039d\u0395\u0391 \u03a5\u03a0\u039f\u0394\u039f\u039c\u0397\/\u03a3\u03a4\u03a1\u0391\u03a4\u0397\u0399\u0399\/0308\/30)<\/strong>
\n2010 \u2013 2014
\nThe Project was coordinated by STARC (Cyprus Institute) with the collaboration of the Archaeological Research Unit
\nV. Kassianidou and G. Papasavvas (Scientists in charge, UCY), A. Charalambous (Special Scientist, UCY), Sorin Hermon (Coordinator, Cyprus Institute)<\/div>\n
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Reconstruction of Forest Vegetation and Its Exploitation by Ancient Societies, on the Basis of Charcoal Analyses (\u03a0\u0395\u039d\u0395\u039a\/\u0395\u039d\u0399\u03a3\u03a7\/0308\/35)<\/strong>
\n2008 \u2013 2011
\nV. Kassianidou (Project Coordinator), \u039c. Socratous (Researcher)<\/div>\n
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Production and Distribution of Pottery and Social Interraction: An Analytical Study of Cypriot Pottery of the Early and Middle Bronze Age (\u039a\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\/0506\/09)<\/strong>
\n2006 \u2013 2009
\nV. Kassianidou (Project Coordinator), \u039c. Dikomitou-Eliadou (Researcher)<\/div>\n
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Skouriotissa: Interdisciplinary Study of the Archaeology and Environment of Cyprus\u2019 Last Operating Copper Mine<\/strong>
\n2017 \u2013 2019
\nV. Kassianidou (Project Coordinator)<\/div>\n
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Articulating Greek Visual Identity in the \u2018Long\u2019 Middle Ages: An Ecclesiastical, Social and Architectural History of the Bedestan in Nicosia<\/strong>
\n2017 \u2013 2019
\nM. Olympios (Project Coordinator)<\/div>\n
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A Humble Adobe: Building Cypriote Society in a Globalizing World of 3000 BC<\/strong>
\n2020 \u2013 2022
\nV. Kassianidou (Project Coordinator), V. Klinkenberg (Post-Doctoral Researcher)<\/div>\n
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Excavations at Tamassos 1970\u20131980. The Inner-City Sanctuaries and a Metallurgical Workshop<\/strong>
\n2020 \u2013 2022
\nG. Papasavvas (Project Coordinator), F. Schimpf (Post-Doctoral Researcher)<\/div>\n
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Reconstructing the Palaeoenvironment of the Xeros River Valley in Cyprus: A Geoarchaeological Approach (GeoArchX)<\/strong>
\n2020 \u2013 2022
\nA. Vionis (Project Coordinator), P. Mylona (Post-Doctoral Researcher)<\/div>\n
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V. INTERNAL RESEARCH PROGRAMMES<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rural Life in Cyprus: Digitising and Reconstructing Material Culture Through Monastic Property Lists (18th-19th Centuries) – RURAL CY<\/strong>
\n2019 \u2013 2021
\nA. Vionis (Project Coordinator), E. Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou (Collaborator), P. Hadjittofi (Special Research Scientist)<\/div>\n
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Enkomi: A Site at the Forefront of Technological Innovation in Metallurgy and Artistic Excellence in Metalwork<\/strong>
\n2017 \u2013 2019
\nG. Papasavvas (Project Coordinator)<\/div>\n
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A Long-Term Response to the Need to Make Modern Development and the Preservation of the Archaeo-Cultural Record Mutually Compatible Operations: Pilot Application at Kouklia Palaipaphos<\/strong>
\n2007 \u2013 2010
\n\u039c. Iacovou (Project Coordinator)<\/div>\n
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TYPIKA: Artefacts and Raw Materials in Byzantine Archival Documents<\/strong>
\n2012 \u2013 today
\nM. Parani (in collaboration with Freiburg University)<\/div>\n
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The Architecture and Ornament of the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame at Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France)<\/strong>
\n2010 \u2013 today
\nM. Olympios (Project Researcher)<\/div>\n
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Kastri Group Pottery: The Transmission of Style and Technology in the Early Bronze Aegean II<\/strong>
\n2003 \u2013 present
\nO. Kouka (from UCY as coordinator), in collaboration with Prof. Emer. Ch.G. Doumas of the Archaeological Society at Athens, with the National Research Center of Natural Sciences ‘Demokritos’\u2013Laboratory for Archaeometry (Dr. V. Kilikoglou), Ankara University \u2013 Department of Prehistory and Near Eastern Archaeology (Prof. H. Erkanal, Assoc. Prof. V. \u015eahoglu), Sheffield University-Department of Archaeology and Prehistory (Dr. P. Day) and the University of Western Ontario\u2013Department of Archaeology and Prehistory (Dr. D.E. Wilson)<\/div>\n
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Deneia: A Study of Regionalism, Population and Society in Bronze Age Cyprus<\/strong>
\n2003 \u2013 2007
\nFunded by an Australian Research Council Discovery-Project Grant
\nD. Frankel, J. Webb, \u039c. Iacovou (Project Directors)<\/div>\n
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Excavations at Liman Tepe, Izmir<\/strong>
\n2000 \u2013 present
\nO. Kouka (collaborator of the Izmir Region Excavations and Reseasch Project, conducted by the University of Ankara under the direction of Prof. H. Erkanal)
\nExcavation and publication of material from the settlement of the \u0395arly Bronze Age at Liman Tepe<\/div>\n
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