A new semi-permanent exhibition (until 31 January 2023) is opening at the MUCEM museum (Marseille) about the Mediterranean diet. It includes contents provided by the POMEDOR program.
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... of Shadi Shabo. Shadi was part of the POMEDOR team, in charge of 3D acquisitions of representative examples of pottery studied during the project. He scanned amphorae, of types Günsenin I to IV, in the reference collection of the American excavations in the Athenian Agora, and in storerooms of the Byzantine Ephorate in Chalkida (Greece).
PhD announcement and link to attend the defense by zoom on 7th January 2021 at 14h30
don't forget to switch your micro and camera off!
Congratulations Dr Shabo!
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.... to Alessandra Pecci!
Alessandra is an archaeologist who specializes in organic residues analysis of ceramics and floors, focusing on the understanding of ceramics contents and function, dietary habits, and the use of space. She is a very active member of the POMEDOR network.
She became "Profesora Agregada" at the University of Barcelona, History and Archaeology Department, in the ERAAUB team (Equip de Recerca Arqueològica i Arqueomètrica).
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... talks about Byzantine food and gastronomy in the Greek newspaper "TO VIMA".
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The volume "Multidisciplinary approaches to food and foodways in the medieval Eastern Mediterranean" will come out this winter.
It contains papers presented at the final conference of the POMEDOR project, as well as the making of and the recipes of the "Byzantine" dinner which was created on the occasion at the Bocuse Institute.
We will keep you posted!
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Many of us, all around the world, are confined. To help us continue our research, the librarians of the "Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée" in Lyon regularly informs us about online resources made more accessible. The following link gathers many of them on the Couperin website:
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Francine Blondé passed away, on Valentine's day.
Archaeologist and ceramologist specializing in the Greek world, she had been a Belgian member of the French School at Athens, and co-directed several archaeological excavations in Greece, especially in Thasos.
She became a CNRS researcher at the "Maison de l'Orient" in Lyon in 1991, in what was then the "Laboratoire de Céramologie" directed by Maurice Picon, before joining her thasian colleagues Dominique Mulliez and Arthur Muller in Lille in 2005.
She had special interest in craftmanship, especially pottery, and directed several programs on this topic.
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POMEDOR members Yana Morozova, Sergyi Zelenko, and Yona Waksman will give lectures at the National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia:
on November 6th
"Archaeometric Approaches to Ceramics in Lyon Laboratory, using Chemical Analysis"
on November 12th
"Две публични лекции на д-р Сергей Зеленко и г-жа Яна Морозова от Центъра по подводна археология към Киевския университет „Тарас Шевченко”
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Yona Waksman is glad to invite you to her Habilitation defense
From types to productions: an archaeometric contribution to the study of Byzantine pottery
April 1rst at 2 PM
Bordeaux Montaigne University
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