Aegis - Katerina Famprikatzi

Katerina Famprikatzi

PhD Student, UCLouvain (CEMA-INCAL)

Minoan Archaeology, Coastal Archaeology

Email : aikaterini.famprikatzi@uclouvain.be Academia profile

PhD Project

Life at Sea in Minoan Neopalatial Crete (1700-1450 BCE): Exploring activities, status, and organization of sea-oriented groups

Supervisor : Dr. Prof. Charlotte Langohr (F.R.S.-FNRS - UCLouvain, AegIS)

Education

Since 2025: PhD Candidate in Minoan Archaeology (Funded for the 2025-2026 academic year by the A.G. Leventis Foundation and the Foundation for Education and European Culture) – UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).
2023: Master Degree in Prehistoric Archaeology- Master's Program: "Archaeology and History of the Ancient World: from the Early Prehistory to Late Antiquity" (Grande Distinction), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens- Department of History and Archaeology (Athens, Greece)
2020: Bachelor Degree in History and Archaeology, specializing in Archaeology and History of Art (Grande Distinction)- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens- Department of History and Archaeology (Athens, Greece)

Research topics

Aegean Bronze Age
Coastal Archaeology
Maritime Economy
Marine resources procurement and processing

Field projects

2024: Sissi Archaeological Project (Sissi, Crete). UCLouvain and EBSA (dir. Prof. Jan Driessen).
2021: Trench Supervisor in the Excavation of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Plasi (Marathon, Greece). Heads of the excavation: Prof. Y. Papadatos and G. Vavouranakis.
2020-2021: Conservation and Publication Program for the Finds of Zakros (Crete, Greece)- Study program of the pottery material of the palace of Zakros. Head of the program: Prof. E. Platon.
2019-2021: Ierapetra Plain Surface Survey (Crete, Greece). Head of the survey: Prof. Y. Papadatos.
2019: Excavation of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Plasi (Marathon, Greece). Heads of the excavation: Prof. Y. Papadatos and G. Vavouranakis.
2017-2018: Excavation of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Kardamaina (Kos, Greece). Head of the excavation: G. Kokkorou- Alevra.
2016: Excavation of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Rafina (Attica, Greece). Head of the excavation: S. Katakis.

Choice of publications/conferences (5 max.)

Famprikatzi, K., 2025. “Small but gold: the flourishing mariners of Chryssi Island”, in Pešić M., L. Bratović, D. (eds) SOMA 2024: Proceedings of the 25th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Mediterranean – History as it once has been (Zadar, 25-27 April 2024). Archaeopress Publishing LTD, p.114-127

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