Publications

Books

2025 Archaeometric Studies at Iklaina: Excavations 2006-2022 (In planning stage with contributors).

2006 Recent Advances in Ageing and Sexing Animal Bone (Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Council of Archaeozoology, Durham, August 2002), editor. London: Oxbow Books.

2000 A Morphometric Exploration of Sexual Dimorphism in Mammalian Skeletons for Applicability in Archaeology, PhD Dissertation, University of London.

Chapters in peer-reviewed volumes

2022 The Marine and Terrestrial Molluscs from the Sanctuary at Bonjakët: a Taphonomic Study, in J. L. Davis, S. R. Stocker, I. Pojani, and V. Dimo (eds.) A Sanctuary in the Hora of Illyrian Apollonia: Excavations at the Bonjaket Site (2004-2006). Lockwood Press, pp. 121-130.

2018 The Faunal Remains: Daily Life and Environment in Medieval Zaraka, in S. Campbell (ed.) The Cistercian Monstery of Zaraka, Greece, Corinthia. Western Michigan Mediaeval Institute Publications, pp. 175-192.

2017 Animal Remains from the Tombs, in J. K. Papadopoulos and E. L. Smithson, Agora XXXVI:The Early Iron Age: The Cemeteries. Hesperia Supplement, American School of Classical Studies at Athens. pp. 320-373.

2014 Zooarchaeology: Methods of Collecting Age and Sex Data, in Claire Smith (ed.) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. London: Springer. pp. 8000-8010.

2014 Environment and Ritual in the Stymphalos Valley, in G. Schaus (ed.) Stymphalos: The Acropolis Sanctuary, Vol. I.. Toronto: Unversity of Toronto Press, pp. 248-267.

2012 The Faunal Remains from House X, in J.W. Shaw and M.C. Shaw (eds.) House X at Kommos: A Minoan Mansion by the Sea, Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, pp. 93-116.

2006 The Table Test: a Simple Method for Sexing Canid Humeri, in D. Ruscillo (ed.) Recent Advances in Ageing and Sexing Animal Bones (Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Council of Archaeozoology, Durham, August 2002), Oxbow Books, pp. 62-67.

2005 Reconstructing Murex Royal Purple and Biblical Blue in the Aegean, in D. Bar-Yosef (ed.), Archaeomalacology (Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Council of Archaeozoology, Durham, August 2002), Oxbow Books, pp. 99-106.

2005 Faunal Remains and Murex Dye Production, in J. W. Shaw and M. C. Shaw (eds.), Kommos V: The Monumental Minoan Buildings at Kommos. Princeton University Press, pp. 776-840.

2005 The Animal Remains Found in Tombs (with S. Bökönyi), in J. K. Papadopoulos, Early Iron Age Cemetery at Torone, (Monumenta Archaeologica 24). Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, pp. 317-320.

2005 Marine Remains and Land Molluscs from Terrace V, in J. K. Papadopoulos, Early Iron Age Cemetery at Torone, (Monumenta Archaeologica 24).Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, pp. 321-338.

2003 Alternative Methods for Identifying Sex from Archaeological Animal Bone, in E. Kotjabopoulou, Y. Hamilakis, P. Halstead, C. Gamble, and P. Elefanti (eds.), Zooarchaeology in Greece: Recent Advances, British School at Athens, Monographs in Archaeology, pp. 37-44.

2003 Animal and marine remains from the new excavations at Eleusis: an interim report (with M. Cosmopoulos and H. Greenfield), in E. Kotjabopoulou, Y. Hamilakis, P. Halstead, C. Gamble, and P. Elefanti (eds.), Zooarchaeology in Greece: Recent Advances, British School at Athens, Monographs in Archaeology, pp. 145-152.

2000 The Mammal Remains (with D.S. Reese), in J.W. and M.C. Shaw (eds.), Kommos IV: The Greek Temples. Princeton University Press, pp. 416-495.

Refereed journal articles

2019 The Chronology of Mycenaean States: New Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 14C Dates from Iklaina, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports with M. Cosmopoulos, S. Allen, D. Riebe, M. Liston, C. Shelton. 24:888-899.

2014 Mycenaean Burnt Animal Sacrifice at Eleusis (with M. Cosmopoulos), Oxford Journal of Archaeology 33(3):257-273.

2013 Thesmophoriazusai: Mytilenean Women and their Secret Rites. in G. Ekroth and J. Wallensten (eds.) Bones, Behaviour, and Belief: the Zooarchaeological Evidence as a source for ritual practice in ancient Greece and Beyond. Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae, Stockholm (ActaAth-4°, 55), p. 181-195

2002 A Ketos from Early Athens: an Archaeology of Whales and Sea Monsters in the Greek World (with John Papadopoulos), American Journal of Archaeology, 106:2, 187-227.

1999 Faunal Remains from Iklaina in Messenia (written in Greek), Proceedings of the Athens Archaeological Society (Praktika) 154, 127-129.

1996 Archaeological Institute of America 97th annual meeting (Conference review), Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 7, 88-90.

1996 Colloquium on Post-Minoan Crete (Conference review with M. Stefanakis), Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 7, 85-87.

1995 Marine Remains from Eleusis (written in Greek), Proceedings of the Athens Archaeological Society (Praktika) 150, 20-24.

1993 Faunal Remains from the Acropolis Site, Mytilene, Echos du Monde Classique/Classical Views 12, 201-210.

Book Reviews

2014 Russell, Nerissa (2012) Social Zooarchaeology: Humans and Animals in Prehistory. Cambridge University Press. Invited book review, American Journal of Archaeology AJA 118.2.

2007 Cleland, L., Stears, K. and G. Davies (2004) Colour in the Ancient Mediterranean World. BAR International Series 1267. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports. Invited book review, AJA 111, 371-373.

2003 Mayor, A. (2000) The First Fossils Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times. Princeton University Press. Invited book review, AJA 107, 293-295.

2001 Claassen, A. C. (1998) Shells. Cambridge University Press. Invited book review, AJA 105, 106-107.

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