Lilian Karali (Giannakopoulou) was born in Athens and studied Archaeology and History (1968-1972), and Byzantine and Modern Greek Literature (1972-1974) in the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. She continued her studies with a scholarship from the Greek State and later worked at the University of Sorbonne (Paris I) in France (1974-1980), where she obtained her M.A., D.E.A., Ph.D. and several certificates in excavating methods and techniques. Since 1980 she has been teaching Prehistoric and Environmental Archaeology in the University of Athens, where she was the first to introduce the academic field of Environmental Archaeology; she also founded the Laboratory of Environmental Archaeology, the Research Team for Environmental Archaeology, she has organised several seminars, excavation & research projects, and she has a plethora of publications and conference communications. She currently holds the post of Professor in Prehistoric and Environmental Archaeology at the University of Athens and she is a Member of the Central Archaeological Committee (ΚΑΣ), of the Board of the Temporary Directing Committee of the University of Peloponnese and of ‘The Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and the Cultural Heritage’. Her research interests include: Environmental Archaeology, Greek Prehistory (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze age), and Bioarchaeology (human and animal remains, shells).
Address: Department of Archaeology and History of Art, Faculty of Philosophy, 4th floor, University Campus, 157 84, Athens.
Telephone: +30-210-7277421
Fax: +30-210-7248979, +30-210-8646343
E-mail: ikarali@arch.uoa.gr
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Anastasia Tsaliki was born in Greece. Her education includes an excellent First Degree (BA Hons) in History, Archaeology and History of Art from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece; MSc courses in Palaeopathology, Funerary Archaeology and Bone Chemistry and short courses in Forensic Anthropology and Radiology attended at the University of Bradford, UK; seminars in Teaching & Learning in Archaeology & Classics, Continuing Medical Education, and Anthropology Statistics at various institutions. She has received several international scholarships and was awarded her PhD in Biological and Funerary Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Durham, UK, entitled: ‘An Investigation of Extraordinary Human Body Disposals, With Special Reference to Necrophobia: A Multi-Disciplinary Analysis with Case Studies from Greece and Cross-Cultural Comparisons’. She fluently speaks three languages and has a good working knowledge of an additional two, has various practical & teaching experience and participation in seminars and conferences. Research interests also involve Environmental Archaeology, Osteology and Palaeopathology, Medical Anthropology, and Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology. In particular: studies on stigma, disability and marginality in the past, ritual crime, the mythology and folklore of the occult, the political exploitation of history and archaeology, and the digital resources in Archaeology, Biological Anthropology and Pathology. She is a member of several professional bodies, academic email lists, and Editor of the web links at the Paleopathology Asociation (PPA) website (http://www.paleopathology.org/links.html).
E-mail: anastasia@connectfree.co.uk
Website: http://bioarchaeology-palaeopathology.blogspot.com/
