MSc in Archaeological Science

Archaeologist, Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology, Hellenic Ministry of Culture

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Georgia Tsartsidou is a phytolith specialist with a Ph.D. in phytolith analysis (2009) from the University of Thessaloniki (Greece) in collaboration with the Weizmann Institute (Israel). Her doctoral research was funded by the Wiener Laboratory of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (2003), the British School of Archaeology at Athens (2004), and the Leventis Foundation (2004–2007). As part of this work she conducted ethnoarchaeological research in traditional Greek villages to test whether phytoliths could serve as a useful tool for understanding the use of space and agropastoral activities performed by Neolithic farmers. Her research later expanded to additional sites, archaeological periods, and countries again with funding from the Wiener Laboratory (2010, 2012). She is currently working as an archaeologist focusing on phytolith analysis from sediments at several archaeological sites in Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Hungary, and Turkey. The sites span from the Lower Palaeolithic and first villages of the 9th millennium in Anatolia and early Neolithic of Greece to Minoan and Mycenaean settlements and cities of historical dates. She is also involved in phytolith analysis at several projects supported by the Study Center on Crete (e.g., Chryssi, Mesorachi, Knossos, and Pelekita).