MA (Cambridge University), PhD (Cambridge University)

Director

British School at Athens
Administration
52 Souedias Street
Athens, 10676
Email: director@bsa.ac.uk

My research focuses on the history and archaeology of Early Iron Age and Archaic Greece, and notably the Corinthian Gulf and the Ionian Islands. I have a particular interest in Greek religion and ritual, and especially the spatial development of early Greek sanctuaries. I have also written on ethnicity, landscape studies, and pottery production, technology and use. I am currently working on a monograph on the settlement history of Ithaca which combines the results of BSA campaigns before World War II with new research conducted in collaboration with the ΛΕ' ΕΠΚΑ.
As Director, I co-edit the BSA Annual and compile the annual Archaeology in Greece bulletin for Archaeological Reports. I co-direct the School's excavations in the ancient theatre of Sparta in collaboration with the Ε' ΕΠΚΑ and 5e ΕΒΑ. I am available to advise current and prospective postgraduate students.

The Director is also Professor of Classical Archaeology at King's College London

2007: 'Pindar's Poetry, Patrons and Festivals: from Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire' Ed(s). Catherine Morgan, OBE, Simon Hornblower, Oxford: Oxford University Press

2004: 'Phanagoria Studies 1. Attic Fine Pottery of the Archaic to Hellenistic Periods in Phanagoria' Leiden: Brill

2003: 'Early Greek States Beyond the Polis' London: Routledge

1999: 'Isthmia VIII. The Mycenaean Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary' Princeton: American School of Classical Studies

1990: 'Athletes and Oracles: the Transformation of Olympia and Delphi in the 8th century BC' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

In Press: 'Patterns of local pottery production on Late Roman Ithaca: preliminary remarks on the coarse and cooking ware fabrics.'
with Areti Pentedeka, Andreas Soteriou,
in LRCW4. Late Rroman Coarse Ware, Cooking Ware and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: a market without frontiers. British Archaeological Reports (BAR) series.
Ed(s). Natalia Poulou, E Nodarou, Vassilis Kilikoglou