NATALIA POULOU Associate Professor of Byzantine Archaeology

Personal information: Born in Piraeus. Married, two children Contact: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of History and Archaeology, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece Tel (0030) 2320-997273, Fax: (00 30) 2310 997280 e-mail: [email protected]

Nationality: Greek

Professional history 2015: Visiting Professor, Université Aix - Marseille, France 2013 - : Associate Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 2013: Visiting Professor, Università di Bologna, Italy 2012: Visiting Professor, Université Paris Ι, Panthéon Sorbonne, France (salaried) 2011 - : Member of the Conseil scientifique de l’École française d’Athènes 2007-2013: Assistant Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 2003-2007: Lecturer in Byzantine Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1999-2000 and 1994-1997: Lecturer in Byzantine Archaeology, University of Crete, Rethymnon, Crete 1994-1997: Research at the Institute of Byzantine Research/ National Foundation of Research 1993-1994: Post-doctoral research at the Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, Collège de France, Paris 1989: Research at the Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Köln 1979: Rescue archaeologist in the Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of Cyclades

Education and qualifications 1985 : Université de Paris I – Panthéon – Sorbonne, Paris, France. PhD (Doctorat Nouveau Régime) in Byzantine Archaeology and Civilization. Dissertation title: “Samos paléochrétienne: l’apport du matériel archéologique ». 1981: Université de Paris I – Panthéon – Sorbonne, Paris, France. Master’s degree (DEA) in Byzantine Archaeology. 1979: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Degree in History and Archaeology.

Fellowships 1980-1984 Alexander S. Onassis Fellowship 1984-1985 French Government Fellowship 1989 DAAD Fellowship - Research at the Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Köln 1993-1994 French Government Post-doctoral Fellowship - Research at the Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance Collège de France, Paris

Committees Member of the Christian Archaeological Society Member of the Association Internationale pour l’Étude des Céramiques Médiévales en Méditerranée (AIECM3) Member of the International Standing Committee Late Roman Coarse Ware, Cooking Ware and Amphorae in the Mediterranean : Archaeology and Archaeometry Member of the ICOM Member of the Association Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores Member of the Editorial Committee of the Late Roman Fine Wares : Solving Problems of Typology and Chronology (BAR International Series) Member of the Editorial Committee Limina/Limites. Archeologie, storie e frontiere nel Mediterraneo (365-1556) (BAR International Series) Associate member of Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance (UMR 8167 – Orient et Méditerranée) Collège de France — CNRS, Paris Peer reviewer of LRCW, Archaiologikon Deltion, DeltChAE, Symmeikta

Research interests - Teaching courses Early byzantine and byzantine archaeology Byzantine architecture Urban planning and transformations during the transitional period of Byzantium Trade, production and distribution during the transitional period of Byzantium (7th-9th cent.) Maritime routes and communications in Byzantium Byzantine and post-byzantine pottery (production and distribution mechanisms, archaeometry) Venetian pottery – ottoman pottery

Excavations -Director of the University of Thessaloniki excavations at the byzantine site of Loutres, Mochlos/Crete, 2014 - . http://www.sitiapress.gr/νέα/video/σημαντική-αρχαιολογική-ανακάλυψη- στ.html -Member of the team of the University of Thessaloniki excavations at Philippi, 2012 - . -Member of the team of the excavations at the medieval fortification of Dreros/Crete, 2010. -Member of the team of the excavations at the early byzantine settlement at the island of Pseira/Crete, 1987-1995

Research projects (directed or participation) - Associate partner: European project BSUDRA: Black Sea – Unity and Diversity in the Roman Antiquity, Responsible country Romania, 2013-2015, http://www.bsudra.ro/en/

-Project coordinator: Project EPEAEK Pythagoras ΙΙ: «Transport vessels and maritime routes in the Aegean 5th-9th c A.D. / Τα αγγεία μεταφοράς προϊόντων και οι θαλάσσιοι εμπορικοί δρόμοι στο Αιγαίο από τον 5ο μέχρι τον 9ο αι. μ.Χ.», 2005-2007

- Project coordinator: Interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with E. Nodarou for the study of byzantine pottery from Crete, Archaeology and Archaeometry (funded by INSTAP) 2004-2006

- Project coordinator: Study of early byzantine and byzantine lamps from the Ancient Agora of Thessaloniki (in collaboration with Professor Emeritus G. Velenis, funded by the Centre for Byzantine Research) 2004-2005

- Contributor: European project Culture 2000, “Foreigners in Early Medieval Europe. Migration – Integration – Acculturation”. Greek participant: Institute of Historical Research (IHR/NHRF), 2002-2005

Research projects in progress Byzantine Pseira: the pottery (under publication) Late Roman terra sigillata from Egypt: the Museum Benaki collection (under publication) Crete during the transitional period of Byzantium Cythera during the Byzantine period Early byzantine pottery from the excavation of Lechaion basilica Maritime trade routes in the Aegean during the Early and the Middle Byzantine period: coastal installations, material culture, pottery production and distribution (archaeology and archaeometry) Post-byzantine pottery from Greece

Invited participation in conferences (since 2006) -Philippi, from colonia augusta to communitas Christiana: Religion and Society in Transition, Philippi, Greece 2015 -Colloque “Philippes 1914-2014. Cents ans de recherches de l’Ecole française d’Athènes” Thessalonique et Kavala, Grèce 2014 -35th Symposium of the Christian Archaeological Society, Athens, Greece 2014 -“Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean” The Norwegian Institute at Athens, Chora Naxos, Greece 2014 -“Byzantine Greece: Microcosm of Empire?” 46th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, 2013 - British School at Athens, Upper House Seminar, Athens, Greece 2012 - 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Sofia, 22-27 August 2011, Round table “Fragile Ambassadors – Byzantine Relics and Reliquaries inside the Empire and beyond”, (in collaboration with Jeremy Ott and Elli Tzavella). - Colloque International, Tourner autour du pot…Les ateliers de potiers médiévaux du Ve au XIIe siècle dans l’espace européen. Douais 2010 - 1st International Conference in the Archaeology of Wine in Ancient Greece and Cyprus. Icaria, Greece 2007 - 10th International Cretological Congress, Chania, Crete, Greece 2006

Main publications Books

-“Samos paléochrétienne : l’apport du matériel archéologique”, Paris 1985 (PhD thesis)

- LRCW4. Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean. Archaeology and archaeometry. The Mediterranean : a market without frontiers, N. Poulou- Papadimitriou, E. Nodarou, V. Kilikoglou (eds.), BAR Int. Series (I-II), Oxford Archaeopress 2014, pp. 1071

- “Agios Georgios sto Vouno, Kythera: The Byzantine and the early Venetian period”, in Y. Sakellarakis (ed.), Κύθηρα. Το Μινωικό ιερό κορυφής στον Άγιο Γεώργιο στο Βουνό, 3: Τα ευρήματα, The Archaeological Society at Athens, nr 282, Athens 2013, 26 – 266 (in Greek)

-“Byzantine pottery from Eleutherna: the cistern of Agia Anna” in Th. Kalpaxis, N. Poulou et al. (eds) , Eleutherna, Section II. Vol. 3. The Byzantine house at Agia Anna, Crete University Press, Rethymnon 2008, 25-187 (in Greek)

-“Moments from the history of Herakleion. From the Early Byzantine to the Ottoman period (7th – 19th c)”, in A. Karetsou, N. Poulou et al., (eds), Herakleion. The unknown history of the ancient city, Herakleion 2008, 149-201 (in Greek)

Articles

-“Two Pottery Workshops of the Early Byzantine Period in the Island of Cos (Greece)”, in Freddy Thuillier, Étienne Louis (eds.), Tourner autour du pot… Les ateliers de potiers médiévaux du Ve au XIIe siècle dans l'espace européen, Presses universitaires de Caen 2015, 401-418 (co-author S. Didioumi)

- “Maritime routes in the Aegean during the Early Byzantine period: the ceramic evidence” in Ν. Zarras – E. Stefanakis (eds.), Archaeology and Art in Dodecanese during the Late Antiquity, Eulimeni 2, Mesogeiaki Arxaiologiki Etaireia, Rethymnon 2014, 127-152 (in Greek)

- "Transport vessels and maritime routes in the Aegean (5th - 9th c. AD). Preliminary results of the EU funded "Pythagoras II" Project: the Cretan case study" in N. Poulou, E. Nodarou, V. Kilikoglou (eds), LRCW4, Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean. Archaeology and archaeometry. The Mediterranean : a market without frontiers, BAR S2616 (II), Oxford 2014, 873-883 (co-author E. Nodarou)

-“Material culture in Byzantine Crete: from 7th to late 12th c.”, in E. Kapsomenos, M. Andreadaki-Vlazaki, M. Andrianakis (eds), 10th International Cretological Congress, Chania, 2006, vol. A, Round Table: Middle byzantine Crete, Chania 2013, 381-447 (in Greek)

- “The Late Roman and Early Byzantine lamps from the Ancient Agora at Thessaloniki”, Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη, 23, 2009, Thessaloniki 2013, 273-283 (co- authors: G. Velenis, St. Zachariadis) (in Greek) -“Pottery of the middle Byzantine period and the first centuries of the Venetian occupation from Petras, Siteia” in M. Tsipopoulou (ed.), Petras, Siteia, 25 years of Excavation and Studies, Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens, vol. 16, Athens 2012, 315-323

-“Τείχη/The Walls» στο Αποτυπώματα: Η βυζαντινή Θεσσαλονίκη σε φωτογραφίες και σχέδια της Βρετανικής Σχολής Αθηνών (1888-1910),/ Impressions: Byzantine Thessalonike through the photographs and drawings of the British School at Athens (1888-1910)”, Thessaloniki 2012, 207-217

-“Burial practices in Early and Middle Byzantine Greece: Archaeological evidence and methodological problems for its interpretation”, in M. Salamon, M. Woloszyn A. Musin, P. Špehar, M. Hardt, M.P. Kruk, A. Sulikowska-Gąska, (eds.) Rome, Constantinople and Newly- Converted Europe: Archaeological and Historical Evidence. Frühzeit Ostmitteleuropas, vol. I, Krakow-Leipzig-Rzeszów-Warszawa 2012, 377-428 (co-authors: E. Tzavella, J. Ott)

-“Imported pottery from north and central Italy in Greece during the Venetian rule”, in Chryssa Maltezou (dir. scient.), La Grecia durante la Venetocrazia. Approccio alla sua storia, vol. I. Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini, Biblioteca no 30, Atene – Venezia 2010, 621- 636 (in Greek)

-“Nouvelles données sur la production de l’atelier céramique protobyzantin à Kardamaina (Cos-Grèce) ” in S. Menchelli, S. Santoro, M. Pasquinucci, G. Guiducci (eds.) LRCW 3. Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean. Archaeology and Archaeometry, Comparison between western and eastern Mediterranean, BAR Int. Series 2185 (II), Archaeopress, Oxford 2010, 741-749 (co-author: S. Didioumi)

-“La céramique protobyzantine de Pseira: la production locale et les importations” in M. Bonifay, J.-C. Treglia (eds.) LRCW 2. Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean. Archaeology and Archaeometry, BAR Int. Ser. 1662 (II), Archaeopress, Oxford 2007, 755-766 (co-author E. Nodarou)

-“Middle Byzantine Pottery from Eleutherna: the Local Wares” in E. Gavrilaki, G. Tzifopoulos (eds.), Ο Μυλοπόταμος από την αρχαιότητα ως σήμερα, V: Βυζαντινοί Χρόνοι, Ιστορική και Rethymnon 2006, 77-92

-“The Byzantine to Ottoman Pottery from the Survey”, Appendix J, The Chrysokamino Metallurgy Workshop and its Territory, Hesperia Suppl. 36, 2006, 393-394

-“Les plaques-boucles byzantines de l’île de Crète (fin VIe – IXe siècle)”, Mélanges Jean-Pierre Sodini, Travaux et Mémoires 15, Paris 2005, 687-704

- “The Site Data and Pottery”, in Ph. P. Betancourt, C. Davaras and R. H. Simpson (eds.), The Archaeological Survey of Pseira Island, Part 2. The Intensive Surface Survey, INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2005, 7-244

-“The Cove of Megali Ammos” dans Ph. P. Betancourt, C. Davaras and R. H. Simpson (eds.), The Archaeological Survey of Pseira Island, Part 2. The Intensive Surface Survey, INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2005, 267-268 (co-authors: S. German, Ph. P. Betancourt, R. H. Simpson)

-“The bonze belt-buckles” in P. Themelis (ed.), Early Byzantine Eleutherna – Section I, vol. I, Athens 2004, 231-252 (in Greek)

-“The glazed pottery from Eleutherna. New evidence for the appearance of glazing in Byzantinum”, in P. Themelis (ed.), Early Byzantine Eleutherna – Section I, vol. I, Athens 2004, 209-221 (in Greek)

-“Middle byzantine pottery from Crete: 9th-12th c.” In Ch. Bakirtzis (ed.), Actes du VIIe Congrès International sur la Céramique Médiévale en Méditerranée, Thessaloniki 11-16 Octobre 1999, Athenes 2003, 211-226 (in Greek)

-“Byzantine pottery from the Greek islands and the Peloponnese (7th - 9th c.): a preliminary approach” in E. Kountoura-Galaki (ed.), The Dark Ages of Byzantium (7th – 9th c.), International Conferences 9, Institute of Byzantine Research/ National Foundation of Research, Athens 2001, 231-266 (in Greek)

-“La céramique montée à la main est-elle forcement barbare?”, Dossiers d’Archéologie, Septembre 2000, 35

-“The Lamps” in P. P. Betancourt – N. Marinatos, The cove of Amnissos: the 1992 research, ΑΕ 2000, 214-227 (in Greek)

-“Remarks on the type of the templon and the ambon of the early byzantine basilica at the Kastro” Πρακτικά Συνεδρίου « Η Σάμος από τα βυζαντινά χρόνια μέχρι σήμερα», Σάμος 1995, Athens 1998, 53-80 (in Greek)

-“Early and middle byzantine architectural sculptures from Anaia” Πρακτικά του Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου “Η Βυζαντινή Μικρά Ασία (6ος – 12ος αι.) Αθήνα, 8-11 Μαϊου 1997, Athens 1998, 339-383 (in Greek)

-“Early byzantine Messene (5th-7th c.) and the problems of the handmade pottery in the Peloponnese / H πρωτοβυζαντινή Μεσσήνη (5ος -7ος αιώνας) και προβλήματα της χειροποίητης κεραμικής στην Πελοπόννησο”, Symmeikta 11, 1997, 230-322 (co-author: Il. Anagnostakis)

-“Le monastère byzantin à Pseira (Crète): la céramique”, in Akten des Internationalen Kongresses für christliche Archäologie, Bonn, 22- 28 September 1991, v. 2, Münster 1995, 1119-1131

-“The cycle of Achilles life in the Late Roman clay trays: the fragments of the Benaki Museum collection”, Θυμίαμα στη μνήμη της Λασκαρίνας Μπούρα, Athens 1994, 273-281 (in Greek)

-“Les lampes paléochrétiennes de l’île de Samos: Examen Statistique”, Les Cahiers de l’Analyse des Données 19, 1994, 305-322 (co-author: I. Athanassiadis)

-“Church Complex at Pseira. Excavations at Pseira, 1987 and 1988” Cretan Studies 2, 1990, 1-9

-“An Early Christian capital with “butterfly acanthus” from Samos” DeltChAE, vol. 14, 1989, 250-257 (in Greek)

-“Lampes paléochrétiennes de Samos”, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (BCH) 110, 1986, 584-610

-“Byzantine amphorae for olive oil transportation, 7th-14th c” in Il. Anagnostakis – Ev. Balta (eds), Ελιά και λάδι στην Α. Μεσόγειο από την προϊστορία στη βιομηχανική εποχή (under publication)

-“Transport amphorae and trade in the Aegean from the 7th to the 9th century AD: containers for wine or olive oil?” in E. Margaritis, J. Renfrew and M. K. Jones (eds.) ‘Wine confessions: production, trade and social significance of wine in ancient Greece and Cyprus’, Occasional Wiener Laboratory Series, Hesperia (under publication)

Exhibitions’ Catalogues - Greece and the Sea, Amsterdam Cultural Capital of Europe 1987, A. Delivorrias (ed.), Αθήνα 1987, 247, 249-251.

- Ελεύθερνα. Πόλη. Ακρόπολη. Νεκρόπολη, N. Stambolidis (ed.) Athens 2004, no 108-110, 115, 128, 229 – 233, 412-416, pp. 193-194, 196, 199, 226-227, 301.

-Byzantium 330-1453, Royal Academy of Arts, R. Cormack and M. Vassilaki (eds.), London 2008, no 178, “Tray with representation of the Apostles Peter and Paul flanking a cross”, 211, 423-424.

Book reviews Lyudmil Ferdinandov Vagalinski, “Burnished pottery from the first century to the beginning of the seventh century AD from the region south of the lower Danube (Bulgaria)”, Sofia, NOUS Publishers Ltd., 2002, pp. 200, 1 map, 49 fig., Μακεδονικά, 2006, 306-308.