Ariadni Kostomitsopoulou Marketou
Academic interests
The focus of my PhD project is the analytical characterization of pigments and raw materials derived from a Late Hellenistic ̶ Early Roman (1st century BC-1st AD) production site of the Agora of Kos (Dodecanese, Greece). Excavations on the site brought to light numerous pigments, raw materials, and tools, along with the remains of fire structures. The production of Egyptian blue must have been one of the workshop’s core activities, while earth pigment lumps in different stages of production were also found. The examination of the material culture of the site aims to shed light on the ancient manufacturing technology of pigment production, the provenance of the raw materials and the applications of the final products.
Background
2017 PhD Candidate at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History,
University of Oslo
2016 M.Sc. Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments,
Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Master Thesis: Characterization of late Hellenistic pigments and raw materials derived
from the excavation of the Colour Workshop of the Ancient Agora of Cos
2014 B.Sc. Degree in Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Bachelor Thesis: Identification of Tyrian Purple in archeological material
by High Performance Liquid Chromatography and
FT-IR spectroscopy