Publications

Iacovou, M., & Markou, E. (2023). Integrating Numismatic Evidence into the Study of the Urban Landscape of Paphos. From Palaepaphos to Nea Paphos with the Last King. Tekmeria, 18, 67–96. https://doi.org/10.12681/tekmeria.36215

Iacovou, M. (2023), "The first urban landscape of southwest Cyprus: Paphos in the ΄Age of Transformations΄" in T. Bürge and P. M. Fischer (eds), The decline of Bronze Age civilisations in the Mediterranean Cyprus and beyond.

Vasiliki Kassianidou, Maria Iacovou, Andreas Charalambous, Demetrios Ioannides, Patrick Degryse, Athos Agapiou, Zomenia Zomeni, Maria Ntinou, Artemis Georgiou (2023). A contribution to the study of copper production in the Iron Age polity of Paphos in Cyprus.  Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 48. doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103855

Maria Iacovou (2022). Laona, the mystery mound and the Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project – Short Report. The European Archaeologist – Issue 74 Autumn 2022, pp. 44-53.

Reiter, S. S. & Walsh, J. M. (ed.), The European Archaeologist: The newsletter of EAA members for EAA member Issue 74 - Autumn 2022.

Gkouma, M., Karkanas, P., Iacovou, M., (2021), ''A geoarchaeological study of the construction of the Laona tumulus at Palaepaphos, Cyprus''. Geoarchaeology. 2021;1–16.Geoarchaeology. 2021;1–16.

Georgiou, A. (2019), "Tracing the foundation horizon of Palaepaphos. New research on the early history of the Paphos region" in S.W. Manning, C.M. Kearns and J.F. Leon (eds), New Directions in Cypriot Archaeology.

Iacovou, M. & Karnava, A. (2019). An administrative ostrakon from Kouklia-Hadjiabdoulla. Cahier du Centre d’Études Chypriotes, 49, 37-52.

Iacovou, M. (2019). Palaepaphos: Unlocking the landscape context of the sanctuary of the Cypriot goddess. In G. Papantoniou and A. Vionis (Ed.), Digital Humanities and Ritual Space (pp. 204–234). Open Archaeology: De Gruyter.

Iacovou, M. & Mylona, D. (2019). Purple dye production under royal management Evidence from the Cypro-Classical citadel of Ancient Paphos. Cahier du Centre d’Études Chypriotes, 49, 167-178.

Lorenzon, M. & Iacovou, M. (2019). The Palaepaphos-Laona rampart. A pilot study on earthen architecture and construction technology in Cyprus. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 23, 348-361.

Sherratt, S. (2018). The ‘Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project’: Bronze Age pottery from Marchello 2006–2008 in Report of Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, p.p. 19-58.

Georgiou, A. (2017), "Flourishing amidst a "Crisis": the regional history of the Paphos polity during the transition from the 13th to the 12th centuries BCE" in P.M. Fischer (ed.) The Sea Peoples Up to Date. New Research on the Migration of Peoples in the 12th century BCE, Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean (CChEM). 

Iacovou, M. (2017). Αποτυπώματα μιας χαμένης μνήμης: νέα δεδομένα για την πολιτεία της Αρχαίας Πάφου. In Παπαδημητρίου, Ν. and Τόλη, Μ. (Ed.), ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΚΥΠΡΟΣ Πρόσφατες εξελίξεις στην αρχαιολογία της ανατολικής Μεσογείου (pp. 189-214). Athens: Ίδρυμα Νικολάου & Ντόλλης Γουλανδρή - Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης. 

Ιακώβου, Μ. (2017), “Ο τύμβος της Λαόνας στην Παλαίπαφο. Από την αναγνώριση στη μέθοδο διερεύνησης”, in V. Vlachou and  Α. Gadolou (eds.), TΕΡΨΙΣ. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology in Honour of Nota Kourou [CReA-Patrimoine Etudes d’archeologie 10], Brussels, 307-319. 

Georgiou, A. (2016), "The White Painted Wheelmade III ware from Palaepaphos-Evreti" in C. von Ruden (ed.) The Evreti wells (TE III and TE VIII) at Palaepaphos.

Georgiou, A. (2016), "The imported Late Helladic and Late Minoan wares from Palaepaphos-Evreti" in C. von Ruden (ed.) The Evreti wells (TE III and TE VIII) at Palaepaphos.

Georgiou, A. (2016), "The Splash-Painted ware from Palaepaphos-Evreti" in C. von Ruden (ed.) The Evreti wells (TE III and TE VIII) at Palaepaphos.

Iacovou, M. (2014), "Political economies and landscape transformations. The case of ancient Paphos" in J. Webb (ed.), Structure, Measurement and Meaning. Studies on Prehistoric Cyprus in Honour of David Frankel, Uppsala, 161-174.

Agapiou A., Iacovou M., Sarris A. (2013), "Spatial analysis of the archaeological sites of the Palaepaphos region (northwest Cyprus), during the 3rd and 2nd millennium B.C. using GIS" in F. Contreras, M. Farjas and F.J. Melero (eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology,CAA 2010, Granada, Spain, 6-9 April 2010.

Iacovou, M. (2013), "Paphos before Palaepaphos. New approaches to the history of the Paphian kingdom" in D. Michaelides (ed.), Epigraphy, Numismatics, Prosopography and History of Ancient Cyprus. Papers in Honour of Ino Nicolaou, Uppsala, 275-292.

Iacovou, M. (2012), "From regional gateway to Cypriot kingdom. Copper deposits and copper routes in the chora of Paphos" in V. Kassianidou and G. Papasavvas (eds), Eastern Mediterranean Metallurgy in the Second Millennium BC, Oxford, 56-67.

Iacovou M., Satraki A., Agapiou A. (2010), "Έρευνες Πεδίου του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου στην Παλαίπαφο" in Chroniko, Politis newspaper, Issue, 118.

Iacovou, M., E. Stylianides, A. Sarris and A. Agapiou (2009), "A long-term response to the need to make modern development and the preservation of the archaeo-cultural record mutually compatible operations: the GIS contribution" in 22nd CIPA Symposium, October 11-15, Kyoto, Japan.

Iacovou, M. (2008), "'The Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project': Theoretical Background and Preliminary Report 2006-2007" in Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 1-17.

Iacovou, M. 2007, Site Size Estimates and the Diversity Factor in Late Cypriot Settlement Histories. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 348, 1–23.

Sarris, A., Stamatis, G., N. Papadopoulos, E. Kokkinou, S. Topouzi, E. Kokkinaki, E. Moissi, M., Iacovou, V. Kassianidou, G. Papassavas, G. Papantoniou, M. Dikomitou & St. Stylianidis, "Palaepaphos, Cyprus: The contribution of Geographical Information Systems and Geophysical Prospection in the study of the archaeological topography and settlement patterns". Presented at the International Conference Computer Applications in Archaeology "The World in your Eyes", March 21-24, 2005, Tomar, Portugal.