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Papers by Evgenia Tsafou
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Social Science Research Network, 2022
Aegis 25, 2023
This volume represents a tribute by friends and colleagues to Jan Driessen. [...] The final chapt... more This volume represents a tribute by friends and colleagues to Jan Driessen. [...] The final chapter, written by several members of the Sissi team, is intended as a tribute to the innumerable opportunities Jan gave so generously to members of the Sissi Archaeological Project, fostering new research agendas and paving the way for the future of Minoan archaeology.
Anastasiadou (M.), Caloi (I.), Claeys (T.), Dautais (L.), Dubois (R.), Gaignerot-Driessen (F.), Joris (H.), Jusseret (S.), Kress (N.), Langohr (C.), Letesson (Q.), Mathioudaki (I.), Mouthuy (O.), Regnier (K.), Sager (T.), Saridaki (P.), Tsafou (E.), Tsoraki (C.) and Wolf (D.), 2023. « The Sissi Archaeological Project: A mosaic of histories », in C. Langohr & Q. Letesson (éd.), Πολυμήχανος, Man of Many Ways: Papers in Honour of Professor Jan Driessen, AEGIS 25, Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 303-330.
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021
Systematic archaeobotanical research in the Bronze Age Aegean has greatly expanded our knowledge ... more Systematic archaeobotanical research in the Bronze Age Aegean has greatly expanded our knowledge regarding staple crops and aspects such as palaeoecology, human diet and food production. However, some plant foodstuffs remain ‘invisible’ to conventional archaeobotanical methods. This study explores the use of plant ingredients in Minoan cuisine through the analysis of starch grains from cooking or cooking related vessels from two Minoan sites, Sissi and Malia. By combining available macrobotanical, textual and ethnobotanical data with newly acquired microbotanical evidence from cooking vessels, this study expands the list of plant species cooked and consumed in Minoan cuisine and enables a further exploration of food-related practices. In particular, we were able to document starch grains from staple crops (Triticeae), underground storage organs, tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus) and cumin (Cuminum cyminum). The identification of previously unattested plant ingredients of Minoan cuisine...
Excavations at Sissi V, 2022
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
The analysis of microbotanical remains (starch grains and phytoliths) from food-related domestic ... more The analysis of microbotanical remains (starch grains and phytoliths) from food-related domestic contexts and artefacts has the potential to provide insights into daily plant preparation and consumption activities. In particular, pottery vessels offer an unparalleled comparative framework for the study of food preparation and consumption, since pottery is used for a variety of domestic food-related activities, including storage, processing and serving. This study illustrates the potential of microbotanical remains to provide a holistic approach to the plant food preparation and consumption cycle—from storage to disposal—through the analysis of starch grains and phytoliths from Late Minoan storage, cooking and serving vessels recently uncovered at the Knossian ‘neighbourhood’ of Lower Gypsades. The results show that starch grains and phytoliths are more abundant and diverse in cooking vessels, presumably reflecting a higher deposition of microbotanical remains as a result of the dist...
Revue archéologique, vol. 67, no. 1, 2019
Archaeological Method and Theory 28: 307–331 , 2020
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 13:128 , 2021
This Master thesis presents the results of the incised pottery study of Late Bronze Age from Cent... more This Master thesis presents the results of the incised pottery study of Late Bronze Age from Central Macedonia. Particularly the analysis was based on macroscopic observation of incised pottery from: settlement Toumba Thessalonikis, settlements Kalindria, Axiochori, Tsaouzitsa, Perivolaki, Limnotopos (Heurtley's excavations) and settlements from French's surface survey. The analysis focused on the recording and classification of morphological and technological characteristics of vessels with the view to examine the elements that deal with the production, the use as well as the geographical and chronological distribution of incised vessels in Macedonia.
Drafts by Evgenia Tsafou
No (e)scape from bits and pieces. Towards an archaeology of fragmentation in the Aegean Bronze Age
Submissions can be made via the website of ScapeCon 2022: https://scapecon.minoan-aegis.net/
In the fifth installment of the international ScapeCon conference held at Louvain-la-Neuve, we in... more In the fifth installment of the international ScapeCon conference held at Louvain-la-Neuve, we invite MA students, PhD candidates and early career researchers to explore the concept of fragmentation in the Aegean Bronze Age and its application to the following topics: people, material culture, and archaeological data.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Social Science Research Network, 2022
Aegis 25, 2023
This volume represents a tribute by friends and colleagues to Jan Driessen. [...] The final chapt... more This volume represents a tribute by friends and colleagues to Jan Driessen. [...] The final chapter, written by several members of the Sissi team, is intended as a tribute to the innumerable opportunities Jan gave so generously to members of the Sissi Archaeological Project, fostering new research agendas and paving the way for the future of Minoan archaeology.
Anastasiadou (M.), Caloi (I.), Claeys (T.), Dautais (L.), Dubois (R.), Gaignerot-Driessen (F.), Joris (H.), Jusseret (S.), Kress (N.), Langohr (C.), Letesson (Q.), Mathioudaki (I.), Mouthuy (O.), Regnier (K.), Sager (T.), Saridaki (P.), Tsafou (E.), Tsoraki (C.) and Wolf (D.), 2023. « The Sissi Archaeological Project: A mosaic of histories », in C. Langohr & Q. Letesson (éd.), Πολυμήχανος, Man of Many Ways: Papers in Honour of Professor Jan Driessen, AEGIS 25, Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 303-330.
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021
Systematic archaeobotanical research in the Bronze Age Aegean has greatly expanded our knowledge ... more Systematic archaeobotanical research in the Bronze Age Aegean has greatly expanded our knowledge regarding staple crops and aspects such as palaeoecology, human diet and food production. However, some plant foodstuffs remain ‘invisible’ to conventional archaeobotanical methods. This study explores the use of plant ingredients in Minoan cuisine through the analysis of starch grains from cooking or cooking related vessels from two Minoan sites, Sissi and Malia. By combining available macrobotanical, textual and ethnobotanical data with newly acquired microbotanical evidence from cooking vessels, this study expands the list of plant species cooked and consumed in Minoan cuisine and enables a further exploration of food-related practices. In particular, we were able to document starch grains from staple crops (Triticeae), underground storage organs, tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus) and cumin (Cuminum cyminum). The identification of previously unattested plant ingredients of Minoan cuisine...
Excavations at Sissi V, 2022
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
The analysis of microbotanical remains (starch grains and phytoliths) from food-related domestic ... more The analysis of microbotanical remains (starch grains and phytoliths) from food-related domestic contexts and artefacts has the potential to provide insights into daily plant preparation and consumption activities. In particular, pottery vessels offer an unparalleled comparative framework for the study of food preparation and consumption, since pottery is used for a variety of domestic food-related activities, including storage, processing and serving. This study illustrates the potential of microbotanical remains to provide a holistic approach to the plant food preparation and consumption cycle—from storage to disposal—through the analysis of starch grains and phytoliths from Late Minoan storage, cooking and serving vessels recently uncovered at the Knossian ‘neighbourhood’ of Lower Gypsades. The results show that starch grains and phytoliths are more abundant and diverse in cooking vessels, presumably reflecting a higher deposition of microbotanical remains as a result of the dist...
Revue archéologique, vol. 67, no. 1, 2019
Archaeological Method and Theory 28: 307–331 , 2020
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 13:128 , 2021
This Master thesis presents the results of the incised pottery study of Late Bronze Age from Cent... more This Master thesis presents the results of the incised pottery study of Late Bronze Age from Central Macedonia. Particularly the analysis was based on macroscopic observation of incised pottery from: settlement Toumba Thessalonikis, settlements Kalindria, Axiochori, Tsaouzitsa, Perivolaki, Limnotopos (Heurtley's excavations) and settlements from French's surface survey. The analysis focused on the recording and classification of morphological and technological characteristics of vessels with the view to examine the elements that deal with the production, the use as well as the geographical and chronological distribution of incised vessels in Macedonia.
No (e)scape from bits and pieces. Towards an archaeology of fragmentation in the Aegean Bronze Age
Submissions can be made via the website of ScapeCon 2022: https://scapecon.minoan-aegis.net/
In the fifth installment of the international ScapeCon conference held at Louvain-la-Neuve, we in... more In the fifth installment of the international ScapeCon conference held at Louvain-la-Neuve, we invite MA students, PhD candidates and early career researchers to explore the concept of fragmentation in the Aegean Bronze Age and its application to the following topics: people, material culture, and archaeological data.
Aegis 29, 2024
The present volume brings together 15 papers presented at the occasion of the 5th edition of the ... more The present volume brings together 15 papers presented at the occasion of the 5th edition of the ScapeCon conference held at UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, 24-27 November 2022) from among the 31 presentations, posters, and keynote lectures delivered on the theme of fragmentation in the Aegean Bronze Age. Both aspects of material and immaterial fragmentation are discussed within three main themes focused on (1) people, (2) material culture, and (3) archaeological data and through interdisciplinary approaches. Consequently, this volume encompasses studies of diverse archaeological data, such as bones, vases and sherds, seals, jewellery, and architecture but also digital data. In terms of methodological approaches, it focuses on artistic, textual, cross-disciplinary, iconographic, statistical, computational, experimental, theoretical, and lab analytical approaches. The papers cover a wide geographical scope of the Mediterranean, from Crete to Attica, the Peloponnese, Macedonia, Cyprus, and even Egypt.