Sevasti

Triantafyllou

Associate Professor
Short CV Presentation

Sevi Triantaphyllou obtained her first degree in Archaeology (1990) and Mphil in Prehistoric Archaeology (1992) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She then completed her MSc in Osteology, Paleaopathology and Funerary Archaeology (1993) and PhD (2000) at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her doctoral thesis which consists a pioneering bioarchaeological work on prehistoric skeletal populations from Central and Western Greek Macedonia was published in 2001 by the British Archaeological Reports. She has a rich experience in excavating, documenting and studying skeletal material in the Greek mainland, Peloponnese, Crete and the Cyclades. She has been employed as contract osteoarchaeologist for the Greek Archaeological Service and as freelance researcher in various projects in the prehistoric Aegean. Sevi Triantaphyllou held the 1994-1995 J. L. Angel fellowship at the Wiener Laboratory, ASCSA, an IKY (Greek State Foundation) post-doc fellowship studying the skeletal material of a 4th c. BC mass burial in Pydna while she was also awarded a post-doc fellowship by the Institute of Prehistoric Aegean (INSTAP) in order to examine the dental micro-wear of prehistoric skeletal populations from Northern Greece, Peloponnese and Crete. In 2011 she was appointed as Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology and Osteoarchaeology at the School of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki promoted to Assistant Professor in 2014 and to Associate Professor in 2020. She is member of several national and international research teams. Since 2013 she is participating in the coordination and excavation of the University Thessaloniki Toumba excavation and in 2020 she was appointed to the Directorship of the excavation. She is also principal collaborator in the excavation, documentation and publication of the cemeteries at Kephala Petras in eastern Crete and at Koumasa in central Crete.  She constantly updates her knowledge and methods in state-of-the art analytical tools and participates in the discussion of contemporary themes which concern social bioarchaeology and funerary archaeology in the prehistoric Aegean such as the manipulation of the deceased, palaeodiet, population mobility etc. Recent publications include various articles and chapters in peer reviewed journals and international  volumes while recently she was awarded with A. Smith, M. Dabney, J. Wright and E.Pappi by the American Institute of Archaeology (AIA) the 2021 Anna Marguerite McCann Award for Fieldwork Reports for the volume Ayia Sotira: A Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Cemetery in the Nemea Valley, Greece. INSTAP Academic Press (2017).

School of History and Archaeology

Studies
1986 - 1990

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

History and Archaeology

BA in Archaeology

1990 - 1990

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

History and Archaeology

M.Phil. in Prehistoric Archaeology

1992 - 1992

University of Sheffield

Department of Archaeology

MSc. in Osteology, Palaeopathology and Funerary Archaeology

1996 - 2000

University of Sheffield

Department of Archaeology

PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology and Osteoarchaeology

Skills
Research Interests
Prehistoric archaeology Aegean archaeology Funerary archaeology Manipulation of the dead Burned human remains Bioarchaeology Human bone studies Palaeodiet Palaeodemography Human mobility Excavation methods Public archaeology

Sevasti

Triantafyllou

Associate Professor
Short CV Presentation

Sevi Triantaphyllou obtained her first degree in Archaeology (1990) and Mphil in Prehistoric Archaeology (1992) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She then completed her MSc in Osteology, Paleaopathology and Funerary Archaeology (1993) and PhD (2000) at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her doctoral thesis which consists a pioneering bioarchaeological work on prehistoric skeletal populations from Central and Western Greek Macedonia was published in 2001 by the British Archaeological Reports. She has a rich experience in excavating, documenting and studying skeletal material in the Greek mainland, Peloponnese, Crete and the Cyclades. She has been employed as contract osteoarchaeologist for the Greek Archaeological Service and as freelance researcher in various projects in the prehistoric Aegean. Sevi Triantaphyllou held the 1994-1995 J. L. Angel fellowship at the Wiener Laboratory, ASCSA, an IKY (Greek State Foundation) post-doc fellowship studying the skeletal material of a 4th c. BC mass burial in Pydna while she was also awarded a post-doc fellowship by the Institute of Prehistoric Aegean (INSTAP) in order to examine the dental micro-wear of prehistoric skeletal populations from Northern Greece, Peloponnese and Crete. In 2011 she was appointed as Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology and Osteoarchaeology at the School of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki promoted to Assistant Professor in 2014 and to Associate Professor in 2020. She is member of several national and international research teams. Since 2013 she is participating in the coordination and excavation of the University Thessaloniki Toumba excavation and in 2020 she was appointed to the Directorship of the excavation. She is also principal collaborator in the excavation, documentation and publication of the cemeteries at Kephala Petras in eastern Crete and at Koumasa in central Crete.  She constantly updates her knowledge and methods in state-of-the art analytical tools and participates in the discussion of contemporary themes which concern social bioarchaeology and funerary archaeology in the prehistoric Aegean such as the manipulation of the deceased, palaeodiet, population mobility etc. Recent publications include various articles and chapters in peer reviewed journals and international  volumes while recently she was awarded with A. Smith, M. Dabney, J. Wright and E.Pappi by the American Institute of Archaeology (AIA) the 2021 Anna Marguerite McCann Award for Fieldwork Reports for the volume Ayia Sotira: A Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Cemetery in the Nemea Valley, Greece. INSTAP Academic Press (2017).

Professional Experience
Courses
2011 - 2022

Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Aegean; (Undergraduate)

2011 - 2024

Osteoarchaeology (Undergraduate)

2011 - 2024

Bronze Age Societies in the eastern Mediterranean (Undergraduate)

2013 - 2023

Early Bronze Societies in the Aegean (Undergraduate)

2014 - 2020

Mycenaean Palatial Societies in the Greek Mainland (Postgraduate)

2018 - 20222

Middle Bronze Age and Early Mycenean societies in the Aegean (Undergraduate)

2013 - 2024

Funerary Archaeology and Osteoarchaeology (Postgraduate)

2018 - 2024

Prehistoric Macedonia (Postgraduate)

Publications
Projects