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.
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.
"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.