Consortium Interim Meeting, 2023
The Consortium of project MIGRATE with the occasion of Prof. Corey Brafshaw visiting from Australia held their interim meeting on the 29th of September 2023 at the village of Mazotos, where Dr. Demesticha undertakes her underwater investigations. A full agenda and a lively discussion among the Consortium members made for an exciting day!
MARGINAL LANDSCAPES AND COASTAL ADAPTATIONS DURING PREHISTORY, Session #92, EAA 2023
Theodora Moutsiou (Cyprus) – Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus, Sergios Menelaou (Greece) – Fitch Laboratory, British School at Athens and Christian Reepmeyer (Germany) – Deutsches Archäologisches Institut organised a session at the European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting held in Belfast between August 30th – September 2nd 2023. A full programme of fascinating presentations and a lively discussion made for a very productive session!
International Obsidian Conference, Engaru, 2023
Theodora Moutsiou presented obsidian-related MIGRATE research at the International Obsidian Conference (IOC) 2023 that was held in the town of Engaru in Hokkaido, Japan, between 2 – 11th of July. Always an exciting event, IOC 2023 encompassed a long list of interesting talks from all over the world, inspiring discussions and amazing field visits to obsidian sources, archaeological sites and museum collections!
Akamas Fieldwork 2023
Project MIGRATE has a significant fieldwork component. Our efforts currently focus on the Akamas peninsula and the newly identified archaeological site of Drouseia-Sklοinikia discovered by Drs Theodora Moutsiou and Christian Reepmeyer during an earlier pedestrian archaeological survey of the region. Drone survey was undertaken in March 2023 to acquire detailed orthophotos and a digital elevation model (DEM) of the site and surrounding area.
Archaeological Research Unit Annual Meeting 2023
“To ERGON” was held on the 11th of March; an annual celebration of all archaeological research projects on land and under the sea by members of the Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus. Project MIGRATE was presented by Dr Theodora Moutsiou, the project’s coordinator and principal investigator.
Presentation at the University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Paleoecology, 2022
Drs Theodora Moutsiou and Christian Reepmeyer presented aspects of theIr ongoing research in the context of project MIGRATE at the Institute of Plant Sciences of the University of Bern, Switzerland, after an invitation by Prof. Dr. Willy Tinner (Head of section Paleoecology). Some lab time was also scheduled working on palaeonvironmental cores from Cyprus.
Researchers’ Night 2022
Project MIGRATE participated in the European Researchers’ Night, a Europe-wide public event, which aims to bring research and researchers closer to the public while displaying the diversity of science and its impact on citizens’ daily lives in fun, inspiring ways. Human evolution, island colonisation and the Mediterranean Pleistocene past were lively discussed and excited children of all ages and adults alike!
Akamas Fieldwork 2022
The research team, led by Dr. Moutsiou and Dr. Reepmeyer conducted a systematic surface survey using grid for the systematic collection of lithic artefacts in the coastal zone of the Akamas Peninsula on a plot that had been identified by the research team, as an area of high interest for the preservation of pre-Neolithic remains. In addition, they excavated a 1×1 m test trench in the richest sector of the grid. The aim of the test trench was to determine site stratigraphy and to locate material for dating (charcoal) and lithic artefacts in situ. The research recorded more than a thousand stone objects that have typological-technological characteristics of the Epipaleolithic – early Aceramic Neolithic period. The discovery of this new archaeological site in such a remote and secluded part of the island, calls into question the prevailing perception that the Akamas Peninsula was a culturally marginal area during the early prehistory of Cyprus. Upon completion, the research of the University of Cyprus in Akamas in 2022, adds new data to the study of Cypriot prehistory and, crucially, creates new questions that future research in the region will be called upon to answer.
School Visit and ” Festival of Archaeology”, Argaka, 2022
An exciting day, full of archaeology with talks, hands-on experiments of prehistoric lithic technology and human skull casts by the project’s team members took place at the primary school of Argaka with the generous support of the school’s director, Mrs Eleni Filippou, and the teachers.
Last Updated on March 8, 2024