Papers and Presentations
Most of my papers and conference presentations are focused on my personal, primary research on Neolithic pottery, while others are collaborative on various excavation projects. Links are provided to the articles, when available.
PhD Dissertation
2013
"Late Neolithic Pottery from Mainland Greece, ca. 5,300–4,300 B.C.", Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
2020
"Pioneering Potters: Early Neolithic Ceramics from Mavropigi-Fillotsairi, Western Macedonia", Athens University Review of Archaeology, pp. 9–62.
2019
"Early Ceramic Styles and Technologies in the Aegean and the Balkans. Retrospect and Prospects", Documenta Praehistorica 46, pp. 158–172.
Peer-reviewed Book chapters & Conference proceedings
2023
A. Reingruber, L. Bonga, and L. Thissen, “The Impressed Pottery of the Aegean Neolithic, in M. Marić, J. Bulatović, and N. Marković, eds., Relatively Absolute. Relative and Absolute Chronologies in the Neolithic of Southeast Europe, Institute for Balkans Studies, Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, (Special Editions 156), pp. 81–84.
2020
Kanta, A. Ferrence, S., and Bonga, L. 2021. "Σπήλαιο Πελεκητών Ζάκρου 2014, 2015. Προκαταρκτική Έκθεση των εργασιών", Αρχαιολογικό "Εργο στην Κρήτη Rethymno, Fourth Meeting, vol. B, November 24–27, 2016, Rethymno, pp. 765–776.
2019
"Νεολιθική Κεραμική από το Σπήλαιο Πελεκητά, Κάτω Ζάκρος, Κρήτη. Προκαταρκτικά Συμπεράσματα", Proceedings of 12th International Congress of Cretan Studies, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, September 21–25, 2016, pp. 1–11.
2019
V. Apostolakou, T.M. Brogan, E. Nodarou, F. Sheng-Chieh Hsu, A. Gluckman, S. Sarasin, L. Bonga, and P.P. Betancourt. 2019. "Evidence for the Settlement of Bramiana," in C. Chalikias and E. Oddo, eds., Proceedings of the Colloquium Exploring a Terra Incognita: Recent Research on Bronze Age Habitation in the Southern Ierapetra Isthmus, INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia, pp. 69–78.
2017
"Thoughts on the Preliminary Study of Early Neolithic Decorated Pottery from the Central Origma at Mavropigi-Filotsairi", in A. Sarris, E. Kalogiropoulou, T. Kalayci, and L. Karimali, (eds.), Landscapes and Interaction in Neolithic Greece, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Rethymno, Crete, 29–30 May 2015 Proceedings from the International Conference, Communities, International Monographs in Prehistory, (Archaeological Series 20), Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp. 371–384.
Book Reviews
2023
Eva Alram-Stern, Kostas Gallis, Giorgos Toufexis, Platia Magoula Zarkou. The Neolithic period. Environment, stratigraphy and architecture, chronology, tools, figurines and ornaments. OREA 23. Wien: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2022," BMCR 2023.06.14.
2016
"Review of Elizabeth C. Banks, ‘Lerna, VII: The Neolithic Settlement’", Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.11.
Invited Talks
2021
"Early Potters in Greece: The Case of Mavropigi-Fillotsairi", 27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Widening Horizons, Material Culture Studies and Societies, Session 394: Who Were the First Potters? Current Research in Early Pottery Production in Western Eurasia, Kiel, Germany, September 8–11
2021
"Technology of Pottery Finishes in Neolithic Greece", 27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Widening Horizons, Material Culture Studies and Societies, Session 351: Between Style and Function: The Technology of Neolithic Pottery Finishes in SE Europe, Kiel, Germany, September 8–11
2018
"A Preliminary Interpretation of Pits, Pots, and People from the Early Neolithic Site of Mavropigi-Filotsairi", Meeting on Ceramics, The Plaster Cast Museum, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, February 12
2017
"An Overview of Early Neolithic Pottery from Mavropigi-Filotsairi"m Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Colloquia Series, The Plaster Cast Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 1
Conference Papers
2022
"Μια Επανεξέταση της Νεολιθικής Κρήτης," 13th International Congress of Cretan Studies, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece, 5–9 October
2022
"A New View on Neolithic Crete in the Context of the Aegean," Session 4G: New Light on European and Mediterranean Prehistory, 123rd Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Francisco, CA, January 5–8
2021
A. Mavromati, A. Dimoula, L. Bonga, S-M. Valamoti, "Petrographic analysis of some Early Neolithic Pots from Mavropigi-Fillotsairi", Young Researches in Archaeometry 4, University of Évora, Portugal, August 24–27
2016
"New Information on the Early Neolithic of Western Macedonia", 117th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Francisco, CA, January 6–9
2015
"Early Neolithic Pottery in Greece: Interactions and Reconsiderations", Communities, Landscapes and Interaction in Neolithic Greece, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Rethymno, Crete, Greece, May 29–30
2014
"Mother Goddess Misconceptions", New Antiquities: Transformations of the Past into the New Age and Beyond, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, June 26–27
Campus & Departmental Talks
2019
"Observations on Pottery Characteristics and Chronology of Southern Greece", INSTAP SCEC Summer Lecture Series, Mochlos, Crete, Greece, June 28
2014
"Mavropigi-Filotsairi. An Early Neolithic Site in Western Macedonia", INSTAP SCEC Summer Talk Series at Tholos Beach Hotel, Kavousi, Crete, Greece
2009
"From Rocks to Riches: Ground Stone Tools from Gournia, Crete", A Symposium on the Museum’s Aegean Bronze Age Collection, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, December 9
2008
"How the Pittsburgh Steelers Can Save the (Art) World", Roundtable on Channel Surfing—Collapsing Boundaries in Contemporary Art and Culture, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, February 14
I would like to thank the scholars who gave me permission to use images that I made for their projects on this website, friends and colleagues who took pictures of me in action, and all those who encouraged and helped me over the years.
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