Professor of the Archaeology of Anatolia and of the Near East: from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age
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Konstantinos Kopanias holds a BA from the Department of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1996). He received his M.A. from the Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg (1997) and continued with his Ph.D. studies at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (as a member of the Graduiertenkolleg “Anatolien und seine Nachbarn” and with a scholarship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), as well as the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he submitted his Thesis (2003). After the completion of the obligatory military service (2002-03) he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the research project Κ.Α. 70/3/7313 of PYTHAGORAS Ι (2004-07), as adjunct faculty at the University of Crete (2006-08) and as a researcher (Allgemeiner Referent, Archivbeauftragter) at the German Archaeological Institute in Athens (2007-09). He worked as a Lecturer (2009-15) and continued teaching as an Associate Professor (2019 ff) at the Department of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the field of the Archaeology of Anatolia and the Near East.
Current research
Excavation at the site of Martselos, Palaepaphos, Cyprus.
Selected recent publications
Kopanias, K. 2021. Ahhiyawa. Το Μυκηναϊκό Αιγαίο μέσα από τα Χεττιτικά Κείμενα [Ahhiyawa. The Mycenaean Aegean through the Hittite Texts]. Athens: Kardamitsa. Publisher's Versionbook_2019_ahhiyawa2.pdf. ISBN: 978-960-354-533-0.
Kopanias, K, and G Doulfis, eds. 2020. Τέχνης ἐμπειρία. Nέα Αρχαιολογικά Ευρήματα και Πορίσματα. Τιμητικός Τόμός για την Καθηγήτρια Γεωργία Κοκκορού-Αλευρά. Athens: Kardamitsa. Publisher's Versionfs_alevra.pdf. ISBN: 978-960-3545-19-4.
Vavouranakis, G, K Kopanias, and Chr. Kanellopoulos, eds. 2018. Popular religion and ritual in the east Mediterranean from the 3rd millennium BC to the 5th century AD. Proceedings of the International Conference by the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Athens, December 2013. Oxford: Archaeopress. Publisher's Versiong_vavouranakis_k_kopanias_chr_kanellopou.pdf, ISBN: 978-178-9690-46-0.
Kopanias, K, and J MacGinnis, eds. 2016. Archaeological Research in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the adjacent areas. Conference Proceedings, Athens, November 1st-3rd 2013. Oxford: Archaeopress. Publisher's Versionthe_archaeology_of_the_kurdistan_region.pdf
Kopanias, Konstantinos. 2015. Εισαγωγή στην Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία της Εγγύς Ανατολής [Introduction in the History and Archaeology of the Near East]. Athens: HEAL-Link. Publisher's Version
ISBN: 978-960-603-037-6.
Kopanias, K, J MacGinnis, and J Ur, eds. 2015. Archaeological Projects in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. Α Gazeteer. Erbil: General Directorate of Antiquities in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. Publisher's Versionvaria_2015_archaeological_projects_in_kurdistan.pdf ISBN: 978-178-4913-93-9.
Stampolides, N, C Maner, and K Kopanias, eds. 2015. NOSTOI. Indigenous Culture, Migration and Integration in the Aegean Islands and Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. Proceedings of the International Conference held in Istanbul 31/3/11-3/4/11. Istanbul: Koç University Press. Publisher's Versionstampolidis_c_maner_k_kopanias_eds.pdf ISBN: 978-605-5250-49-2.
Kopanias, K. 2013. Die Datierung der anatolisch/späthethitischen Plastik und ihre Beziehung zu der archaischen griechischen Kunst. Berlin: Logos. Publisher's Versionbook_2013_dissertation.pdf ISBN: 978-3-8325-3734-0.
Kopanias, K. 2013. Προϊστορική Μεσοποταμία [=Prehistoric Mesopotamia]. Athens: Kardamitsa. Publisher's Version2013.pdf ISBN: 978-960-354-330-5.
Kokkorou-Alevras, G, and K Kopanias, eds. 2007. Methods of approach and research in ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. Proceedings of an International Conference organized by the Programm of Postgraduate Studies of the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Athens, Athens April 1st. Archaiognosia. Athens: Kardamitsa. Publisher's Versiong_kokkorou_alevras_k_kopanias_eds_2007_m.pdf. ISBN: 978-960-6608-77-3.
Kopanias, K. 2023. Hittites, Mycenaeans and “Sea People” in Cyprus at the end of the 13th century BC. In METIOESSA. Studies in Honor of E. Mantzourani, G Vavouranakis and Voskos, I, 399-416. Αθήνα: AURA και Εκδόσεις Καρδαμίτσα. paper_2022_fs_mantzrourani.pdf
Kopanias, K. 2023. Dowry, Kingship and the Assembly in Homer’s Odyssey: a View from the Near East. In Τιμητικός Τόμος για τον Καθηγητή Νικόλαο Σταμπολίδη, MI Stephanakis, Giannopoulou, M, and Achiola, M, 1:441-448. Ρέθυμνο: Μεσογειακή Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία. paper_2023_dowry.pdf
Kopanias, K. 2022. Iron for Copper: A Note on Metal Trade at the End of the Late Bronze Age. In Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Aram Kosyan, Y Grekyan, 165-170. Leuven: Peeters. Publisher's Versionpaper_2022_iron_for_copper.pdf
Kopanias, K. 2015. From the Mythical Atreus to the Ruler Attarissiya. Aegean Kingship in the Late Bronze Age through the Prism of Near Eastern Texts. In Ein Minoer im Exil. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, I Kaiser, Kouka, Ou., and Panagiotopoulos, D, 211-222. Bonn: Habelt. Publisher's Versionpaper_2015_fs_niemeier.pdf
Mantzourani, E, K Kopanias, and I Voskos. 2019. A Great King on Alashia? The Archaeological and Textual Evidence. JM Kelder and Waal, WJI. From LUGAL.GAL to Wanax? Kingship and State Formation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. Leiden: Sidestone Press. Publisher's Versionpaper_2019_alashia.pdf
Beuger, C, and K Kopanias. 2018. Neolithic Pottery from Tell Nader (Erbil). A Gómez-Bach, Becker, J, and Molist, M. II Workshop on Late Neolithic Ceramics in Ancient Mesopotamia: Pottery in Contect. Barcelona: Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya-Barcelona. Publisher's Versionpaper_2018_neolithic_pottery_from_tell_nader.pdf
Kopanias, K. 2017. Ubaid ‘islands’ in a non-Ubaid ‘sea’: An Attempt to Define the Ubaid and its Cultural Boundaries in Northeastern Mesopotamia. E Baysal and Karakatsanis, L. Bordered Places - Bounded Times. Cross-disciplinary perspectives on Turkey. London: The British Institute at Ankara. Publisher's Versionpaper_2017_ubaid_islands.pdf
Kopanias, K, and S Fox. 2016. Headshaping at Tell Nader. M Mina, Papadatos, Y, and Triantaphyllou, S. Embodied Identities In The Prehistoric Eastern Mediterranean: Convergence Of Theory And Practices. Conference hosted by the University of Cyprus, 10-12 April 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus. Oxford: Oxbow Books. Publisher's Versionpaper_2016_headshaping_at_tell_nader.pdf
Kopanias, K, C Beuger, J MacGinnis, and J Ur. 2016. The Tell Baqrta Project in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. J MacGinnis. Proceedings of the Conference Provincial Archaeology of the Assyrian Empire, December 13-Saturday December 15 2012, organized by the MacDonald Institute for Archaeological Research of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge: McDonald Institute Monographs Series. Publisher's Versionpaper_2016_tell_baqrta_project.pdf
