Curriculum Vitae

Soultana-Maria Valamoti

Professor, School of History and Archaeology

Personal Information

sval@hist.auth.gr
Scopus ID7801644738
Google Scholar IDhttps://scholar.google.nl/citations?hl=en&user=Bp8ePFwAAAAJ
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5157-8062
Γνωστικό Αντικείμενο:
Προϊστορική Αρχαιολογία με έμφαση στη Νεολιθική
Επιστημονική Ειδίκευση:
- Ανθρωπιστικά
- Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία
- Archaeobotany

Education

Προπτυχιακές Σπουδές

1987	Πτυχίο, ΒΑ Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας ΑΠΘ ΑΠΘ Greece Αρχαιολογία

Μεταπτυχιακές Σπουδές

1989	MSc Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Great Britain Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy

Διδακτορικό Δίπλωμα

2001	PhD Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Great Britain

Course Work

Courses of Winter semester of 2025–26 academic year

	SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
ΑΠΡ101	INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORIC CIVILIZATION
ΑΠΡ151	INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORIC CULTURE
ΑΠΡ501	PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY: NEOLITHIC PERIOD
ΑΠΡ602	PREHISTORIC SOCIETIES OF THE AEGEAN AND THE BALKANS
ΑΠΡ652	PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY: SOCIETIES OF THE AEGEAN AND THE BALKANS UNTIL THE END OF THE NEOLITHIC

	ΜΑ IN ARCHAEOLOGY, ART AND CULTURE
ΑΠΡ 714	The archaeology of food – theoretical and methodological approaches
ΑΠΡ Δ1	Thesis writing methodology
ΑΠΡ Δ1α	Preraration of Master thesis I

Courses of Spring semester of 2025–26 academic year

	SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
ΑΠΡ268	BIOARCHAEOLOGY – PALAEOENVIRONMENT
ΑΠΡ308	BIOARCHAEOLOGY - PALAEOENVIRONMENT
ΑΠΡ501	PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY: NEOLITHIC PERIOD
ΑΠΡ602	PREHISTORIC SOCIETIES OF THE AEGEAN AND THE BALKANS
ΑΠΡ606	SEMINAR ON PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
ΑΠΡ652	PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY: SOCIETIES OF THE AEGEAN AND THE BALKANS UNTIL THE END OF THE NEOLITHIC
ΑΠΡ901	SEMINAR IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART SPECIALIZATION: PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY

	ΜΑ IN ARCHAEOLOGY, ART AND CULTURE
ΑΠΡ Δ2	Specialized and individualized teaching
ΑΠΡ Δ2α	Preparation of Master thesis

	Master Course in Archaeological Materials Science (ARCHMAT)/School of Cemistry
ARCH01	Greek Archaeology

	History of Medicine and Biological Anthropology: Health, Disease and Natural Selection
ΙΜΙΒ011	Evolution of human nutrition: theoretical framework and methodological approaches

Theses Supervised

Student Theses within AUTh

In progress

Doctoral

Plant food remains from Prehistoric southeastern Europe: An interdisciplinary approach
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Prehistoric societies and natural environment in the four lake region at Amyndaion, Florina: an archaeobotanical investigation

Postgraduate

Plant remains from Pylos: integrating archaeobotany and Linear B texts
Reconstructing the human-nature relationship:An archaeobotanical study from the prehistoric settlement of Paradimi
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The lithics from trench 28 og the neolithic settlement at the International Fair of Thessaloniki
A zooarchaeological study of faunal remains from "Antartes Cave Site" at Loutra Loutrakiou (Almopia Municipality)
THE SYMBOLIC DIMENSION OF VEGETATION IN THE EARLY FARMING COMMUNITIES OF GREECE: ARCHAEOBOTANICAL DATA FROM THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD

2025–2026

Postgraduate

Plants and people at Dikili Tash during the Bronze Age: Archaeobotanical evidence from the recent investigations at the settlement

2023–2024

Postgraduate

Experimental approaches to the taphonomy of archaeobotanical micro-remains from ancient foods

Doctoral

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2022–2023

Postgraduate

Plant-based foods during the late bronze age in northern Greece and its wider region.

2021–2022

Doctoral

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2020–2021

Postdoctoral

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Postgraduate

Human activity and natural environment in Macedonia during the Bronze Age: an archaeobotanical investigation.

2019–2020

Postdoctoral

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2017–2018

Doctoral

Ground stone tools from the prehistoric settlements Kleitos I and Kleitos II, Kitrini Limni Basin, Kozani

Postgraduate

Psychoactive substances and medicinal plants in prehistoric Greece: speculation and evidence
The ground stone tools of the Neolithic settlement by lake Koroneia

2016–2017

Postgraduate

Archaeobotanical Evidence from Dikili Tash, French Sector

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Postgraduate

Petrographic analysis of Early Neolithic pots from the site of Mavropigi -Phyllotsairi.
Archaeobotanical Remains from the Neolithic Site of Kiparissi
Archaeobotanical remains from the neolithic settlement at lake Koroneia
Plant processing in prehistoric Greece through the study of ancient plant micro-remains: experimental and archaeological evidence

Doctoral

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Theses outside AUTh

Doctoral Level

Clemence Pagnoux. L'arboriculture en Grece du Neolithique a l'epoque romaine, Pantheon-Sorbonne 1.

Research Projects

Coordinator
2025–2025	5th Meeting of the Association of Ground Stone Tools Research
2025–2025	Preparation of texts on ancient Greek foods
2025–2026	The 5th Meeting of the Association for Ground Stone Tools Research, 15-18 SEPT 2025
2025–2025	Archaeobotanical collaboration of the PlantCult team-CIRI AUTH with Rob Spenglers team and the FEDD project, Max Planck, Jena, Germany
2023–2024	Convention: ""
2023–2026	Development and dissemination of research results in the field of Prehistoric and Ancient Diet
2023–2023	Convention: "2nd Meeting of the Archaeobotany in Greece Group"
2022–2022	Zooarchaeology: a different glimpse at the past
2016–2022	Identifying the food cultures of ancient Europe: an interdisciplinary investigation of plant ingredients, culinary transformation and evolution through time
2016–2022	Identifying the food cultures of ancient Europe: an interdisciplinary investigation of plant ingredients, culinary transformation and evolution through time
2016–2017	Viticulture in Prehistoric Messenia.
2014–2015	The seeds of Demetra: cereals from the depths of time in modern Greek cuisine
2013–2015	Conference:"16th conference of the international work group for palaeoethnobotany (16th IWGP)
2012–2013	Convention:"16th Conference of the international work group for palaeoethnobotany (16th IWGP Conference)"
2008–2009	Cereal food in European culinary culture: its prehistoric past and future perspectives

Participant
2024–2024	Intensive Training Course on Tour-Guiding
2022–2028	European Master in ARCHaeological MATerials science
2018–2027	History of Medicine and Biological Anthropology: Health, Disease and Natural selection
2018–2022	Development of innovative grain flours, sourdough preparations and baked products for preventing chronic diseases and improving quality of life.
2007–2026	DEP
2005–2009	Dispilio excavations
1997–2010	Excavation and publication at prehistoric sites of Arhontiko, Pella
1992–2018	Vergina excavations
1991–	Προστασία, ανάδειξη και αξιοποίηση του προϊστορικού λιμνιαίου οικισμού της κοινότητας Δισπηλίου.
1991–2004	Mandalo excavation.

Work Acknowledgement

Αναφορές στα ΜΜΕ

2012-11 Άρης Πορτοσάλτε Γνωρίζοντας την ιστορία μας Η ελληνική διατροφή από την προϊστορία μέχρι σήμερα.. ΣΚΑΪ 100.3.
2012-07-30 http://www.ert.gr/webtv/net/item/6346-Krasi-6000-etwn-30-07-2012 ΝΕΤ πρωινή ενημέρωση. ΝΕΤ.
2012-05 ΝΕΤ-ειδήσεις, Από το Στερεοσκόπιο στην Προϊστορική Κουζίνα στο πλαίσιο της δράσης « ΑΠΘ την Κυριακή. http://www.ert.gr/webtv/index.php/component/k2/item/5065-Deltio-Eidhsewn-10-06-2012.html Στο 37:09.
2012-05 Έλσα Ποιμενίδου «5+ Μαγκαζίνο». ΕΡΤ 3. http://www.ert.gr/webtv/et3/item/5084-11-06-2012.
2011-05 Κατερίνα Πατρώνη ΚΙΒΩΤΟΣ-σειρά ντοκυμαντέρ. ΝΕΤ. http://www.ert.gr/webtv/et3/item/5084-11-06-2012.
2010-04-29 Νίκος Ασλανίδης Αληθινά Σενάρια-Κοινότητα ΠΕΛΙΤΙ. ΕΡΤ 3.
2008-10-26 Nike Heinen Steinzeitfruestueck. Frankfurtee Algemeine. 65.
2008 Jenifer Viegas World's Oldest Cooked Cereal Was Instant. Discovery Channel News. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/24/cereal-neolithic.html.
2007-03-16 Jennifer Viegas Ancient Mashed Grapes Found in Greece. Discovery Channel News. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/03/16/oldgrapes_arc.html.

Βιβλιοκρισίες Δημοσιεύσεων ‘Soultana-Maria Valamoti’

Διεθνή Περιοδικά

2009. Sarpaki, Anaya An Archaeobotanical Investigation of Prehistoric Diet in Greece. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry. 9.
Susan E. Allen, Plants and People in Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Northern Greece: An Archaeobotanical Investigation by Soultana Valamoti. Journal of Field Archaeology. 31. 2. 209-212.

Publications

(2025)

Journal Article

Ntinou Maria, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2025) . From wild stands to orchards: an archaeobotanical investigation of the olive tree in prehistoric Aegean vegetation . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . Vol.34 p.595–618

(2023)

Book - Textbook

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2023) . Plant Foods of Greece: A Culinary Journey to the Neolithic and Bronze Ages . Alabama . University of Alabama Press

(2022)

(2021)

Journal Article

Chondrou Danai, Bofill Maria, Procopiou Haris, Vargiolu Roberto, Zahouani Hassan, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2021) . How do you like your cereal?: A qualitative and quantitative use-wear analysis on archaeological grinding tools from prehistoric Greek sites . WEAR . vol.476
Clémence Pagnoux, Laurent Bouby, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Vincent Bonhomme, Sarah Ivorra, Eugenia Gkatzogia, Angeliki Karathanou, Dimitra Kotsachristou, Helmut Kroll, Jean-Frédéric Terral . (2021) . Local domestication or diffusion?: Insights into viticulture in Greece from Neolithic to Archaic times, using geometric morphometric analyses of archaeological grape seeds . Journal of Archaeological Science . vol.125
Sereti Vasileia, Lazaridou Athina, Biliaderis Costas, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2021) . Reinvigorating Modern Breadmaking Based on Ancient Practices and Plant Ingredients, with Implementation of a Physicochemical Approach . Foods . vol.10 no.4 p.789
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Petridou Chryssa, Berihuete-Azorín M., Stika H.-P., Papadopoulou Lamprini, Mimi Ioanna . (2021) . Deciphering ancient ‘recipes’ from charred cereal fragments: An integrated methodological approach using experimental, ethnographic and archaeological evidence . Journal of Archaeological Science . vol.128

Conference Proceedings Article

Bekiaris Tasos, Papadopoulou Lamprini, Stergiou Christos, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2021) . Grinding technologies in the Bronze Age of Northern Greece: New data from the sites of Archontiko and Angelochori . Proceedings of the 3rd Meeting of the Association of Ground Stone Tools Research . 3rd Meeting of the Association of Ground Stone Tools Research . Copenhagen - Δανία . Archaeopress Publishing Ltd . p.157-174
Chondrou Danai, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2021) . Mapping Life-Cycles: Exploring Grinding Technologies And The Use Of Space At Late/Final Neolithic Kleitos, Northern Greece . Proceedings of the 3rd Meeting of the Association of Ground Stone Tools Research . 3rd Meeting of the Association of Ground Stone Tools Research . Επιμέλεια:Patrick Pedersen, Anne Jörgensen-Lindahl, Mikkel Sørensen, Tobias Richter . Copenhagen - Δανία . Archaeopress Publishing Ltd . p.63-81

(2020)

Journal Article

Alonso Natàlia, Prats Georgina, Roustanis Themis, Tokmakides Panos, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2020) . Ethnogrinding Database: A tool to collect and connect worldwide information on ethnological and ethnoarchaeological hand-milling systems . Journal of Lithic Studies . vol.27 no.3
Bekiaris T., Chondrou D., Ninou I., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2020) . Food-processing ground stone tools in the Greek Neolithic and Bronze Age.: A synthesis of the published data . Journal of Greek Archaeology . vol.5 p.135-195
Berihuete-Azorín M., Stika H.-P, Hallama M., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2020) . Distinguishing ripe spelt from processed green spelt (Grünkern) grains: Methodological aspects and the case of early La Tène Hochdorf (Vaihingen a.d. Enz, Germany) . Journal of Archaeological Science . vol.118 p.105-143
Bofill M., Chondrou D., Palomo A., Procopiou H., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2020) . Processing plants for food: Experimental grinding within the ERC-project PLANTCULT. . Journal of Lithic Studies . vol.7 no.3 p.1-26
Dimoula Anastasia, Tsirtsoni Zoe, Yiouni Paraskevi, Stagkidis Ioannis, Ντίνου Μαρία, Sandra Prevost-Dermarkar, Papadopoulou Evanthia, Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2020) . Experimental investigation of ceramic technology and plant food cooking in Neolithic northern Greece . STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research . vol.5 no.2 p.269-286
Heiss Andreas G., Azorin Marian Berihuete, Antolin Ferran, Kubiak-Martens Lucy, Marinova Elena, Arendt Elke K., Biliaderis Costas, Kretschmer Hermann, Lazaridou Athina, Stika Hans-Peter, Zarnkow Martin, Baba Masahiro, Bleicher Niels, Cialowicz Krzysztof M., Chlodnicki Marek, Matuschik Irenaeus, Schlichtherle Helmut, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2020) . Mashes to Mashes, Crust to Crust: Presenting a novel microstructural marker for malting in the archaeological record . PLOS ONE . vol.15 no.5 p.1-40
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Chondrou Danai, Bekiaris Tasos, Ninou Ismini, Alonso N., Bofill M., Ivanova M., Laparidou Sofia, McNamee C., Palomo A., Papadopoulou Lamprini, Prats G., Procopiou Hara, Tsartsidou Georgia . (2020) . Plant foods, stone tools and food preparation in prehistoric Europe: an integrative approach in the context of ERC funded project PLANTCULT . Journal of Lithic Studies . vol.7 no.3 p.1-21

(2019)

Journal Article

Berihuete Azorin M., Stika H-P, Bourliva A., Papadopoulou Lamprini, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Fresh from the Oven: experiments on Triticum spelta and a protocol for carbonising specimens for archaeobotanical comparison collections . Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports . vol.26
Heiss A G, Antolin F, Berihuete Azorín M, Biederer B, Erlach R, Gail N, Griebl M, Linke R, Lochner M, Marinova E, Oberndorfer D, Stika H-P, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . The Hoard of the Rings.: “Odd” annular bread-like objects as a case study for cereal-product diversity at the Late Bronze Age hillfort site of Stillfried (Lower Austria) . PLoS ONE . vol.14 no.6
Hristova Ivanka, Marinova Elena, Heiss Andreas G., Papadopoulou Lamprini, Nikolov Vassil, Popov Hristo, Iliev Stanislav, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Recognising archaeological food remains: archaeobotanical case studies from Bulgaria . Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology . vol.9 p.181-211
Hristova Ivanka, Marinova Elena, Heiss Andreas G., Papadopoulou Lamprini, Nikolov Vassil, Popov Hristo, Iliev Stanislav, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Recognising archaeological food remains: archaeobotanical case studies from Bulgaria . Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology . no.9 p.181–211
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Pagnoux C., Ntinou Maria, Bouby L., Bonhomme V., Terral J-F. . (2019) . More than meets the eye: new archaeobotanical evidence on Bronze Age viticulture and wine making in the Peloponnese, Greece . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . vol.29 p.35–50
Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία, Marinova E., Heiss Andreas G., Hristova I, Petridou Ch., Popova Tz., Michou S., Παπαδοπούλου Λαμπρινή, Chrysostomou P., Darcque P., Grammenos D., Iliev S., Kotsos S., Koukouli-Chrysanthaki Ch., Leshtakov K., Malamidou D., Merousis N., Nikolov V., Nikov K., Panayotova K., Papanthimou A., Popov H., Stefani L., Tsirtsoni Z., Kanceva Ruseva T. . (2019) . Prehistoric cereal foods of southeastern Europe: An archaeobotanical exploration . Journal of Archaeological Science . vol.104 p.97-113

Conference Proceedings Article

Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Stika H.-P. . (2019) . Alcoholic drinks of prehistoric Europe: Exploring the archaeobotanical evidence from the Aegean to Central Europe in the context of ERC project PLANTCULT . What did the early Celts drink? . What did the early Celts drink? Meanings and functions of imported Mediterranean vessels in Early Iron Age Central Europe . Επιμέλεια:Ph. Stockhammer, J. Fries-Knoblach . Weltenbourg - Γερμανία . Sidestone Press

Conference Announcement

Bekiaris T., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Grinding technologies in the Bronze Age of Northern Greece : new data from the sites of Archontiko and Angelochori . “Ground Stone Tools and Past Foodways” The 3rd Meeting of the Association for Ground Stone Research . Copenhagen - Denmark
Berihuete-Azorín M., Stika H.-P., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Distinguishing ripe spelt from processed green spelt (Grünkern): Methodological aspects and the case of Hochdorf (Vaihingen a.d. Enz, Germany) . 18th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany . Lecce - Italy
Chondrou D., Bofill M., Procopiou H., Vargiolu R., Zahouani H., Bekiaris T., Ninou I., Kasapidou G., McNamee C., Tsartsidou G, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Grinding practices in prehistoric Northern Greece: Integrating archaeological and experimental data . “Ground Stone Tools and Past Foodways”, The 3rd Meeting of the Association for Ground Stone Research . Copenhagen - Denmark
Dimoula A., Koulidou Sophia, Tsirtsoni Zoi, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Fusion cooking pots: an integrated cooking pottery study at the northern edge of the Mycenaean world . EMAC 2019 - 15th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics, University of Barcelona . Barcelona - Spain
Eugenia Gkatzogia, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Archaeobotanical investigations of dietary habits and subsistence strategies in Northern Greece during the Iron Age . 18th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany . Lecce - Italy
Heiss A.G., Antolín F., Berihuete-Azorín M., Stika H.-P., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Fifty Shapes of Grain: New insights on archaeological cereal products from central Europe . International Workshop FarmFood "Current Approaches to Farming and Food Practices during Late Prehistory" / "Aproximacions actuals a les pra pràctiques agroalimentàries durant la Prehistòria recent . Lleida - Spain
Karathanou Angeliki, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Agricultural practices in late 2nd millenium mainland Greece ”Poster presentation" . 18th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany . Lecce - Italy
Michou S., Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Chrysostomou P. . (2019) . Charred plant remains from the neolithic lakeside settlements of Amyntaio basin, northwestern Greece . 18th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany . Lecce - Italy
Ninou I., Chondrou D., Kasapidou G., Karamitrou-Mentesidi G., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Does “mortar make a house?”: Early Neolithic grinding and pounding stone tools from Greece: Mavropigi-Fillotsairi Kozani”. . Early Neolithic in Europe , . Museu Maritim, Barcelona - Spain
Ntinou Maria, Karathanou Angeliki, Pagnoux Clémence, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Woodlands and farmlands in Bronze Age central Greece: Insights from archaeobotanical assemblages from the sites of Agia Paraskevi, Kynos and Mitrou (Phthiotida) . Anthraco2019 - 7th International Anthracology Meeting, Charcoal Science in Archaeology and Palaeoecology, University of Liverpool, UK . Liverpool - UK
Pagnoux Clémence, Bouby Laurent, Bonhomme Vincent, Ivorra Sarah, Gkatzogia Eugenia, Karathanoua Aggeliki, Kotsachristou Dimitra, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Terral Jean-Frédéric . (2019) . Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) domestication and viticulture history in Greece from Neolithic to the Archaic period: insights from geometric morphometric analyses of archaeological grape seeds . 18th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany . Lecce - Italy
Paraskevopoulou Pelagia, Lathiras Pavlos, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Exploring Neolithic subsistence and agriculture in Central Macedonia, northern Greece: Recent evidence from the sites of Kyparissi and Koroneia (Middle- Final Neolithic) . 18th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany . Lecce - Italy
Petridou Chryssa, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Berihuete-Azorín M., Papadopoulou Lamprini, Stika H.-P. . (2019) . A Bronze Age brewery at Archondiko?: Recent archaeobotanical and experimental evidence . 18th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany . Lecce - Italy
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Ntinou Maria, Clémence Pagnoux, Petridou Chryssa . (2019) . The origins of viticulture and wine making in prehistoric Greece . Beyond subsistence: Human-nature interactions . Tübingen - Germany
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, A. Dimoula . (2019) . Cooking with Plants in Prehistoric Europe . Food, the human diet - Round-table and Science café . Cluj-Napoca - Romania
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Petridou Chryssa, Heiss A.G., Berihuete-Azorín M., Stika H.-P., Fiorentino G., Primavera M., Biliaderis Costas, Lazaridou Athina, Sereti V., Fyntikoglou Vasileios, Symponis K., Papadopoulou Lamprini . (2019) . Sitos: an interdisciplinary investigation of 'cereal food' in the ancient Greek world integrating literary sources, experimentation, food science, archaeobotany and scanning electron microscopy . 18th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany . Lecce - Italy
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2019) . Alcohol and rituals in ancient Greece : an integrative exploration from prehistoric villages to the first cities . Alcohol, rituals and spiritual world in ancient China and beyond: An interdisciplinary perspective, Stanford International Symposium . Stanford - USA
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Petridou Chryssai Stika Hans-Peter «, Berihuete-Azorín M., Papadopoulou Lamprini, Stika H.-P. . (2019) . Detecting steps in ancient beer making in the archaeobotanical record with the aid of experimentation and Scanning Electron Microscopy: the case of Archondiko Giannitson . Beer workshop: multidisciplinary approaches for its identification in the archaeological record . University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart - Germany

(2018)

Journal Article

Chondrou Danai, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Procopiou Haris, Papadopoulou Lamprini . (2018) . Grinding cereals and pulses in the Neolithic site of Kleitos: an experimental investigation of microconglomerate grinding equipment, final products and use wear . Journal of Greek Archaeology . vol.3 p.23-45
Primavera M., Heiss A.G., Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Quarta G., Masieri M., Girolamo F . (2018) . Inside sacrificial cakes Plant components and production processes of food offerings at the Demeter and Persephone Sanctuary of Monte Papalucio: Plant components and production processes of food offerings at the Demeter and Persephone Sanctuary of Monte Papalucio . Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences . vol.11 p.1273-1287
Vaiglova P., Halstead P., Pappa M., Triantafyllou Sevasti, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Evans J., Fraser R., Karkanas P., Kay A., Lee-Thorp J., Bogaard A. . (2018) . Of cattle and feasts: Multi-isotope investigation of animal husbandry and communal feasting at Neolithic Makriyalos, northern Greece . PLoS ONE . vol.13 no.6
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . Brewing beer in wine country?: First archaeobotanical indications for beer making in Early and Middle Bronze Age Greece . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . vol.27 p.611–625

Conference Proceedings Article

Bofill M., Palomo A., Chondrou D., Procopiou- Abbès H., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . Molienda experimental en el Marco Del proyecto ERC Plantcult . Experimental Archaeology: From research to society: Proceedings of the Vth International Congress of Experimental Archaeology . Vth InternationalCongress of Experimental Archaeology . Tarragona - Ισπανία . Butlletí Arqueològic . vol.V no.40 p.73-79
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Eugenia Gkatzogia, Marinova E., Hristova I. . (2018) . Iron Age Cultural Interactions, Plant Subsistence and Land Use in Southeastern Europe Inferred from Archaeobotanical Evidence of Greece and Bulgaria . Archaeology across Frontiers and Borderlands: Fragmentation and Connectivity in the North Aegean and the Central Balkans from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age . 20th Conference of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), . Επιμέλεια:Gimatzidis, S. et al. . Istanbul - Turkey . Vienna . Austrian Academy of Sciences Verlag . p.269-290
Ευκλείδου Κ., Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία, Βλιώρα Ε., Καραθάνου Α., Παπαδιάς Ι., Τριανταφύλλου Σεβαστή, Ανδρέου Στυλιανός, Κυριλλίδου Σ. . (2018) . Η πανεπιστημιακή ανασκαφή στην Τούμπα Θεσσαλονίκης κατά το 2013 . Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και Θράκη 27, 2013 . Θεσσαλονίκη - Ελλάδα . no.307-315

Conference Announcement

Antolín F., Berihuete-Azorín M., Heiss A.G., Jacomet S., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . Wie oft findet man Speisereste in den AOV Schachteln?: Eine systematische Untersuchung von sechs prähistorischen Fundstellen in der Schweiz . Jahrestreffen der Arbeitsgruppe Archäobotanik der RTG . Xanten - Germany
Berihuete Azorín M., Stika H.-P., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . The use of current ethnobotany for interpreting archaeobotanical remains: The case of “Grünkern” (triticum spelta) . SIEF 22nd International Ethnological Food Research Conference . Kalamata - Ελλάδα
Berihuete-Azorín M., Stika H.-P., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . Current ethnobotany for interpreting archaeobotanical remains: The case of "GrüNnkern” (Triticum Spelta) . 24th EAA Annual Meeting . Barcelona - Spain
Berihuete-Azorín M., Stika H.-P, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . Morphologische Unterschiede beim Verkohlen von reifen und unreifen Dinkelkörnern und ihre Bedeutung für die Interpretation von archäologischen Getreidefunden. . Jahrestreffen der Arbeitsgruppe Archäobotanik der RTG . Xanten - Germany
Chondrou D., Bofill M., Palomo A., Procopiou H., Vargiolu R., Zahouani H., Ninou I., Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2018) . Grinding plant foods in prehistory: an integration of experimental and archaeological evidence on use-wear analysis . Beyond use-wear traces: about tools and people”, AWRANA - Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts . Nice - France
Dimoula Anastasia, Tsirtsoni Zoi, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . Prehistoric cooking fabrics: an exploration of their variability and uses . The 2018 Annual Meeting of the Ceramic Petrology Group (CPG) . Competence Center Archaeometry - Baden-Wuerttemberg (CCA-BW), University of Tübingen - Germany
Dimoula Anastasia, Tsirtsoni Z., Youni P., Ntinou Maria, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . Experimental investigation of ceramic technology and plant food cooking in the context of the ERC project PLANTCULT . 42nd Conference of the International Society for Archaeometry . Merida - Mexico
McNamee C., Laparidou S., Tsartsidou G, Bofill M., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . Experimental Archaeology as a Tool for Understanding Microbotanical Taphonomy . 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Archaeological Science Meets the Classics: Emerging Knowledge in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean World . Washington, D.C. - USA
Ntinou Maria, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . Trees and Tree Cultivation in the Prehistoric Aegean : A Synthesis of Archaeobotanical Data . 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, within the Symposium Archaeological Science Meets the Classics: Emerging Knowledge in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean World . Washington, D.C. - USA
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . PlantCult: Investigating the Plant Food Cultures of Ancient Europe . "Interactive Atlas of Cultural Interactions along the Silk Roads” International Conference on “Silk Road and Nomads” . Bayan-Gobi & Tsetserleg - Mongolia
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Stika H.-P., Heiss A.G., Berihuete-Azorín M., Mimi Ioanna . (2018) . Ancient plant foods, ethnography and modern consumers: case studies from the Aegean to Central Europe . SIEF 22nd International Ethnological Food Research Conference . Kalamata - Greece
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2018) . Eating the past: from prehistoric cuisines to modern food trends . Key-note lecture, 24th EAA Annual Meeting . Barcelona - Spain
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Heiss A.G., Jacomet S., Stika H.-P . (2018) . Plant foods of Ancient Europe: an interdisciplinary exploration of prehistoric cuisine in the context of project PLANTCULT . 42nd Conference of the International Society for Archaeometry Merida, Mexico . Merida - Mexico

(2017)

Journal Article

Heiss A.G., Antolín F., Bleicher N., Harb C., Jacomet S., Kühn M., Marinova E., Stika H.-P., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2017) . State of the (t)art: Analytical approaches in the investigation of components and production traits of archaeological bread-like objects, applied to two finds from the Neolithic lakeshore settlement Parkhaus Opéra (Zürich, Switzerland . PLoS ONE . vol.12 no.8
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Jacomet Stefanie, Stika Hans-Peter, Heiss Andreas G. . (2017) . The PLANTCULT Project: identifying the plant food cultures of ancient Europe . Antiquity . vol.358 no.91
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Gkatzogia Eugenia, Ntinou Maria . (2017) . Did Greek colonisation bring olive growing to the north?: An integrated archaeobotanical investigation of the spread of Olea europaea in Greece from the 7th to the 1st millennium bc . Vegetation History & Archaeobotany . vol.27 no.1 p.177-195

Conference Proceedings Article

Tokmakidis P., Roustanis Th., Nenova D., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2017) . Exploring culinary changes of plant foods in Prehistoric Europe: a preliminary presentation of ERC funded project PLANTCULT database design and GIS applications . The second CAA-GR conference . Αθήνα - Ελλάδα

Conference Announcement

Alonso N., Tokmakidis P., Roustanis Th., Prats G., Bofill M., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2017) . Ethnogrinding Database: a tool to collect and connect ethnological and ethnoarchaeological information about hand milling systems in the world . Ground Stone Artifacts and Society - An international conference on quarrying, production, function and exchange of ground stone artifacts . Mainz - Γερμανία
Berihuete-Azorín M., Stika H.-P, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2017) . Grünkern: From famine food to delicatessen . 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for economic Botany . Bragança - Πορτογαλλία
Dimoula A., Tsirtsoni Z., Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2017) . Cooking with plants: the role of ceramic ‘baking dishes’ or ‘plateaux’ in prehistoric southeastern Europe . European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics . Bordeaux - France
M. Bofill, D. Chondrou, A. Palomo, H. Procopiou, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2017) . Processing plants for food: Experimental grinding within the ERC-project PLANTCULT . Ground Stone Artifacts and Society An international conference on quarrying, production, function and exchange of ground stone artifacts . Mainz - Γερμανία
Palomo A., Bofill M., Chondrou D., Procopiou- Abbès H., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2017) . Experimental Grinding stone tools in the PlantCult ERC project. . V International Congress of Experimental Archaeology . Tarragona - Spain
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Ntinou Maria, Pagnoux C. . (2017) . Fruit Growing in Greece from the Neolithic to Hellenistic times:: integrating archaeobotanical and textual evidence in the context of ERC project PLANTCULT . La segunda revolución agrícola. Origen y expansión de la arboricultura (The second agrarian revolution. Origin and spread of tree cultivation) Museo de la Cultura del Vino. Fundación Vivanco. Briones (La Rioja). [Conference program] . La segunda revolución agrícola. Origen y expansión de la arboricultura (The second agrarian revolution. Origin and spread of tree cultivation)Museo de la Cultura del Vino. Fundación Vivanco, Briones (La Rioja) - Spain
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Alonso N., Bekiaris T., Bofill M., Chondrou D., Ivanova M., Laparidou S., McNamee C., Ninou I., Procopiou H., Palomo A., Prats G., Tsartsidou G. . (2017) . Plant foods, stone tools and food preparation in prehistoric Europe: an integrative approach in the context of ERC funded project PLANTCULT . Ground Stone Artifacts and Society - An international conference on quarrying, production, function and exchange of ground stone artifacts . Mainz - Germany
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2017) . An archaeobotanical investigation of culinary landscape formation and the role of contact networks in southeast Europe: First results from project PLANTCULT . Searching for gold resources and networks in the Bronze Age of the Eastern Balkans . Βιέννη - Αυστρία
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2017) . Bronze Age beer making in a wine territory? ,: Archaeobotanical evidence from Greece . What did the early Celts drink? Meanings and functions of imported Mediterranean vessels in Early Iron Age Central Europe. . Weltenburg Monastery - Germany
Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία, Ντίνου Μαρία, Μαλαπάνη Ε., Stocker Sh. . (2017) . Οινοποίηση στη Μεσσηνία κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Χαλκού;: Πρόσφατα αρχαιοβοτανικά ευρήματα από τη θέση Π.Ο.Τ.Α. Ρωμανού. . Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στην Πελοπόννησο, Β΄ Επιστημονική Συνάντηση, . Καλαμάτα - Ελλάδα
Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2017) . Η προϊστορία των φυτικών συστατικών της διατροφής στη σύγχρονη Ελλάδα: Η πρόσληψη της Αρχαιοβοτανικής από το ευρύ κοινό . Δημόσια Αρχαιολογία . Ρέθυμνο - Ελλάδα
Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2017) . Αρχαιοβοτανικά δεδομένα από τη Μακεδονία η συμβολή τους στη διερεύνηση των πολιτισμών της διατροφής στην προϊστορική Ευρώπη στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος PLANTCULT (ERC Consolidator Grant, GA 682529) Θεσσαλονίκη 9-11 Μαρτίου 2017.: η συμβολή τους στη διερεύνηση των πολιτισμών της διατροφής στην προϊστορική Ευρώπη στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος PLANTCULT (ERC Consolidator Grant, GA 682529) . Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και Θράκη, 30η Επιστημονική Συνάντηση . Θεσσαλονίκη - Ελλάδα
Ντίνου Μαρία, Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2017) . Δέντρα, θάμνοι και δενδροκαλλιέργεια στην Κρήτη από τους προϊστορικούς ως τους ελληνιστικούς χρόνους: μια σύνθεση των αρχαιοβοτανικών δεδομένων . Διατροφικές Συνήθειες στην Κρήτη διαχρονικά . Κέντρο Ερευνών του Μουσείου Κρητικής Εθνολογίας, Βώροι Δήμου Φαιστού - Ελλάδα

(2016)

Journal Article

Garnier N., Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2016) . Prehistoric wine-making at Dikili Tash (Northern Greece): Integrating residue analysis and archaeobotany . Journal of Archaeological Science . vol.74 p.195-206
Nitsch E., Andreou Stylianos, Creuzieux A., Gardeisen A., Halstead P., IsaakidouV., Karathanou A., Kotsachristou D., Nikolaidou D., Papaefthymiou-Papanthimou Aikaterini, Petridou C., Triantafyllou Sevasti, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Vasileiadou A., Bogaard A . (2016) . A bottom-up view of food surplus: using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to investigate agricultural strategies and diet at Bronze Age Archontiko and Thessaloniki Toumba, northern Greece . World Archaeology . vol.49 no.1 p.105-137

Book Review

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2016) . Stefani, E., Merousis, N., Dimoula, A. 2014. A Century of Research in Prehistoric Macedonia 1912-2012, International Conference Proceedings, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, 22-24 November 2012. Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Publications, Thessaloniki. pp. 718. ISBN 978-960-9621-14-4. €40. Journal of Greek Archaeology 1, 4-21. . Journal of Greek Archaeology

Conference Announcement

Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Tokmakidis P., Roustanis Th., Nenova D., Fyntikoglou Vasileios, Nigdelis Pantelis, Anagnostoudis P., Symponis K., Tzelepidou A., Vouronikou N. . (2016) . Data base design for project PLANTCULT and GIS applications: a first attempt towards the integration of archaeobotanical and textual evidence . The second CAA-GR conference . Αθήνα - Ελλάδα
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2016) . PLANTCULT: An investigation of plant foods among prehistoric cuisines of Europe . 22nd Annual Meeting of the EAA . Vilnius - Λιθουανία
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2016) . Alcoholic drinks of prehistoric Greece: revisiting the archaeobotanical evidence, 2100-1900 B.C. . 16th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany . Παρίσι - Γαλλία
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Ntinou Maria, Eugenia Gkatzogia . (2016) . The dynamics of olive cultivation in the context of Greek colonisation: an archaeobotanical investigation integrating old and new archaeobotanical evidence . 16th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany . Παρίσι - Γαλλία
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Mimi Ioanna . (2016) . Preserving Pyrus amygdaliformis for later consumption: archaeobotanical and ethnographic observations . 16th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany . Παρίσι - Γαλλία
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2016) . Lathyrus and fava in the cuisine of the prehistoric Aegean: an exploration of culinary identities, resilience and change through the archaeobotanical record . 3rd International Cycladological Conference "Society for Cycladic studies" . Σύρος - Ελλάδα

(2015)

Journal Article

Styring A.K., Fraser R. A., Arbogast R-M., Halstead P., IsaakidouV., Pearson J. A., Schaefer M., Triantafyllou Sevasti, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Wallace M., Bogaard A., Evershed R. P . (2015) . Refining human palaeodietary reconstruction using amino acid δ15N values of plants, animals and humans . Journal of Archaeological Science . vol.53 p.504-515
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2015) . Harvesting the wild?: Exploring the context of fruit and nut exploitation at neolithic Dikili Tash, northern Greece, with special reference to wine . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . vol.24 p.35-46

Book Chapter

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2015) . Legumes and Pulses . Archaeology of Food . Επιμέλεια:K. Bescherer Metheny και M.C. Beaudry . New York . Rowman & Littlefield . p.291-293
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2015) . Oil plants . Archaeology of Food . Επιμέλεια:K. Bescherer Metheny και M.C. Beaudry . New York . Rowman & Littlefield . p., 349-350
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2015) . Oil-bearing seed plants . Archaeology of Food . Επιμέλεια:Kare Besherer Metheny, Mary C. Beaudry . τομ.2 p.349-350

Conference Proceedings Article

Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Darcque P., Koukouli-Chryssanthaki H., Malamidou D., Tsirtsoni Z. . (2015) . An archaeobotanical investigation of prehistoric grape vine exploitation and wine making in northern Greece: recent finds from Dikili Tash . Olive Oil and wine production in Eastern Mediterranean during Antiquity, Proceedings of the International Symposium . Olive Oil and wine production in Eastern Mediterranean during Antiquity . Izmir - Turkey . p.125-139

Conference Announcement

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2015) . From Central Asia to the north Aegean? An achaeobotanical investigation of Bronze Age crop introductions to northern Greece . The Introduction and Intensification of Agriculture in Central Eurasia: The Exception to the Rule or the Exception That Proves the Rule? . Berlin - Germany

Video Recording

Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2015) . ΙΣΤΟΡΙΕΣ ΓΗΣ . ΑΘΗΝΑ . ΣΚΥ

(2014)

Book Chapter

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2014) . Legumes and Pulses . The Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia . Επιμέλεια:Mary C. Beaudry, Karen Metheny

Conference Proceedings Article

Pappa M., Halstead P, Kotsakis Konstantinos, Bogaard A, Fraser A., Isaakidou V, Mainland I., Mylona D., Skourtopoulou K, Triantafyllou Sevasti, Tsoraki C., Urem-Kotsou D., Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Veropoulidou . (2014) . The Neolithic site of Makriyalos, Northern Greeve: reconstruction of social and economic structure of the settlement through comparative study of the finds . Diet, economy and society in the ancient Greek world: towards a better integration of archaeology and science . Subsistence, Economy and Society in the Greek World: improving the integration of archaeology and science . Athens - Greece

Conference Announcement

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2014) . Settlement space and agricultural practices in Neolithic and Bronze Age northern Greece: an archaeobotanical investigation . ‘Country in the city: Forms and functions of agro-pastoral activities in Mediterranean pre-Classical cities . Marseille - France
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2014) . Culinary identities of prehistoric Greece: an archaeobotanical exploration . Balkan Dialogues. Spatial Boundaries and Cultural Identities in the Prehistoric Balkans . Heidelberg - Germany

(2013)

Journal Article

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2013) . Towards a distinction between digested and undigested glume bases in the archaeobotanical record from Neolithic northern Greece: A preliminary experimental investigation . Journal 42 of Environmental Archaeology . vol.18 no.1 p.32-42
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2013) . Millet, the late comer: on the tracks of Panicum miliaceum in prehistoric Greece . Archaeol Anthropol Sci
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2013) . Healing with Plants in Prehistoric Northern Greece: A Contribution from Archaeobotany . Offa . no.69/70 p.479-494

Book Review

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2013) . John Bintliff. The complete archaeology of Greece: from hunter-gatherers to the 20th century A.D. xxvi+518 pages. 157 illustrations, 5 tables, 43 colour plates. 2012. [ISBN: 9781405154185, 9781405154192] . Antiquity

Conference Proceedings Article

Andreou S., Heron C., Jones G., Kiriatzi E., Psaraki K., Roumbou M., Valamoti S. M. . (2013) . Smelly barbarians or perfumed natives? An investigation of oil and ointment in use in Late Bronze Age Northern Greece . επιμ. Voutsaki S., Valamoti S. M. . Diet, Economy and Society in the Ancient Greek World: Towards a Better Integration of Archaeology and Science
Papaefthymiou-Papanthimou Aikaterini, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Papadopoulou Evanthia, Tsagkaraki Evangelia, Voulgari Evangelia . (2013) . Food storage in the context of an Early Bronze Age household economy: new evidence from Archontiko Giannitson . Diet, Economy and Society in the Ancient Greek World: Towards a Better Integration of Archaeology and Science . Diet, Economy and Society in the Ancient Greek World: Towards a Better Integration of Archaeology and Science . Επιμέλεια:Voutsaki, S., Valamoti, SM-M. . Athens - Greece . Leuven . Peeters . p.103-111
Tiverios Michail, Manakidou Eleni, Tsiafaki Despoina, Theodoropoulou Tatiana, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Gatzogia Eugenia . (2013) . Cooking in an Iron Age pit in northern Greece: an interdisciplinary approach . Diet, Economy and Society in the Ancient Greek World. Towards a better integration of archaeology and science . Subsistence, Economy and Society in the Greek World. Improving the integration of archaeology and science / Διατροφή, Οικονομία και Κοινωνία στον Ελληνικό Χώρο. Προς μια καλύτερη σύζευξη αρχαιολογίας και αρχαιομετρίας . (eds) Voutsaki S. and Valamoti S. . Athens - Greece . p.205-214
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Chondrou Danai, Papadopoulou Lamprini . (2013) . Plant food processing and ground stone equipment in prehistoric Greece: An experimental investigation using seeds of einkorn and grass-pea . Regards croisés sur les outils liés au travail des végétaux. An interdisciplinary focus on plant-working tools. . Regards croisés sur les outils liés au travail des végétaux. An interdisciplinary focus on plant-working tools. XXXIIIe rencontres internationales d’archéologie et d’histoire d’Antibes . Antibes - France . p.205-223

Conference Announcement

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2013) . Harvests from beyond the fields: on acorns, wild pears and neolithic wine from Dikili Tash, northern Greece . 16th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany . Thessaloniki - Greece

Video Recording

Perron Julie, Perron Julie, Perron Julie, Αδάμης Ηλίας, Leblanc Alexandre, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2013) . Vivre avec la Terre . Quebec, Καναδάς . Les Productions des Filmes de l' Autre

Book - Textbook

Valamoti Soultana-Maria (editor) . (2013) . 16th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany: Abstract Book . Thessaloniki
Voutsaki S. (editor), Valamoti Soultana-Maria (editor) . (2013) . Diet, Economy and Society in the Anciet Greek World . Leuven . Peeters
Voutsaki Sophia (editor), Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2013) . Diet, Economy and Society in the Ancient Greek World: Towards a Better Integration of Archaeology and Science . Peeters

(2012)

Conference Announcement

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2012) . Plants and People in Prehistoric Northern Greece: the archaeobotanical evidence . 6th EuroGard (European Botanic Gardens Congress . Chios - Greece
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2012) . Space through time in Neolithic Northern Greece: an archaeobotanical approach . 14ème Rencontre Egéenne Internationale. PHYSIS . Paris - France

Video Recording

Ποιμενίδου Έλσα, Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2012) . 5+ Μαγκαζίνο . ERT 3

(2011)

Journal Article

Capparelli Aylen, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Wollstonecroft Michele M. . (2011) . After the Harvest: investigating the role of food processing in past human societies . Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences . vol.3 p.1-5
Marinova Elena, Jan van der Valk, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Joachim Bretschneider . (2011) . Experimental approach for tracing olive processing residues in the archaeobotanical record with preliminary examples from Tell Tweini, Syria . Vegetation History & Archaeobotany
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Moniaki Aikaterini, Karathanou Angeliki . (2011) . An investigation of processing and consumption of pulses among prehistoric societies: archaeobotanical, experimental and ethnographic evidence from Greece . Vegetation History & Archaeobotany . vol.20 no.5 p.381-396
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2011) . Flax in Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece: archaeobotanical evidence . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . vol.20 no.6 p.549-560
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2011) . Ground cereal food preparations from Greece: the prehistory and modern survival of traditional Mediterranean ‘fast foods’ . Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences . vol.3 p.19-39

Conference Announcement

Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Darcque Pascal, Koukouli-Chrysanthaki Chaido, Malamidou Dimitra, Tsirtsoni Zoi . (2011) . An archaeobotanical investigation of prehistoric grape vine exploitation and wine making in northern Greece: recent finds from Dikili Tash . Olive Oil and Wine Production in Eastern Mediterranean during Antiquity . Urla - Turkey

Video Recording

Πατρώνη Κατερίνα, Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2011) . Σειρά ντοκιμαντέρ της ΝΕΤ Κιβωτός: Ντοκιμαντέρ της Κ. Πατρώνη για το Πελίτι, Μάιος 2011 . ΝΕΤ

Book - Textbook

Capparelli A. (editor), Valamoti Soultana-Maria (editor), Wollstonecroft M. (editor) . (2011) . After the Harvest: investigating the role of food processing in past human societies. . Springer

(2010)

Journal Article

Valamoti S. M., Jones G. . (2010) . Bronze and oil: a possible link between the introduction of tin and Lallemantia to northern Greece . The annual of the British School at Athens . vol.105 p.83-96

Book Chapter

Valamoti S. M. . (2010) . Αρχαιοβοτανική: Ερευνώντας την ανθρώπινη δραστηριότητα κατά το παρελθόν μέσα από τα φυτά . επιμ. Λυριτζής Ι., Ζαχαριάς Ν. . Αρχαιο-υλικά (ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΕΣ, ΑΡΧΑΙΟΜΕΤΡΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΙΚΕΣ ΠΡΟΣΕΓΓΙΣΕΙΣ) . Αθήνα . Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση . p.573-609
Βαλαμώτη Σ. Μ. . (2010) . Τρόφιμα φυτικής προέλευσης στην προϊστορική βόρεια Ελλάδα . επιμ. Γκατζόλης Χ. . Ο Πολιτισμός στο Τραπέζι, . Θεσσαλονίκη . Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης . p.25-38
Βαλαμώτη Σ. Μ. . (2010) . Μαγειρεύοντας τα δημητριακά στην προϊστορική Μακεδονία . επιμ. Μερούσης Ν., Στεφανή Ε., Νικολαΐδου Μ. . ΙΡΙΣ. Μελέτες στη μνήμη της Καθηγήτριας Αγγελικής Πιλάλη-Παπαστερίου από τους μαθητές της στο Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης . Θεσσαλονίκη . εκδ. Κορνηλία-Σφακιανάκη . p.35-58
Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2010) . Καλλιέργειες και τρόφιμα στην προϊστορική βόρεια Ελλάδα: Τα αρχαιοβοτανικά δεδομένα . Πού Βαδίζει η Γεωργία; . (επιμ.) Ευθυμιόπουλος Ηλίας, Μοδινός Μιχάλης . Αθήνα . Εκδόσεις Λιβάνη
Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2010) . Η ανθρώπινη δραστηριότητα στο Αγγελοχώρι μέσα από τα φυτά και τις χρήσεις τους: η συμβολή των αρχαιοβοτανικών δεδομένων . Αγγελοχώρι Ημαθίας: Οικισμός της Ύστερης Εποχής τους Χαλκού, Τόμος 1 . (επιμ.) Στεφανή, Λ. . Θεσσαλονίκη . Εκδόσεις Κυριακίδη

Conference Proceedings Article

Papaefthymiou-Papanthimou Aikaterini, Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Papadopoulou E. . (2010) . Food storing within the context of an Early Bronze Age household economy: the new evidence from Archontiko Giannitson . Subsistence, Economy and Society in the Greek World: Improving the Integration of Archaeology and Science . Subsistence, Economy and Society in the Greek World: Improving the Integration of Archaeology and Science . (ed.) Voutsaki, S. . Athens, Greece

Conference Announcement

Andreou Stylianos, Jones Glynis, Heron Carl, Kiriatzi Evangelia, Psaraki Kiki, Roumpou Maria, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2010) . Smelly barbarians or perfumed natives?: An investigation of oil and ointment use in Late Bronze Age northern Greece . Substistence, Economy and Society in the Greek World: Improving the Ιntegration of Αrchaeology and Science . Athens - Greece
Marinova Elena, Van der Valk Jan, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2010) . Inferring the taphonomy of charred olive stones by comparing the anatomy of fracture surfaces under different burning regimes . 15th International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP) . Wilhelmshaven - Germany
Papathanasiou Anastasia, Theodoropoulou Tatiana, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2010) . The quest for prehistoric meals: integrating physical anthropology, archaeobotany and zooarchaeology towards an understanding of past diets in the Aegean . Substistence, Economy and Society in the Greek World: Improving the Ιntegration of Αrchaeology and Science . Athens - Greece
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2010) . Towards a distinction between digested and undigested glume bases in the archaeobotanical record: An experimental approach . Bioarchaeological research on animal dung: possibilities and limitations . Brussels - Belgium
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2010) . Archaeobotanical evidence for the cultivation and use of flax in Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece . Second Flax Workshop . Copenhagen - Denmark
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Gkatzogia Evgenia . (2010) . Plant remains from an Iron Age cooking installation at Karabournaki, northern Greece . 15th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP) . Wilhelmshaven - Germany
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Moniaki Aikaterini, Karathanou Angeliki . (2010) . Processing and consumption of pulses in prehistoric Greece: archaeobotanical, experimental and ethnographic evidence . 15th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP) . Wilhelmshaven - Germany
Valamoti Soultana-Maria, Capparelli Aylen, Wollestonecroft Michele M. . (2010) . Plant Processing around the Globe: Archaeobotanical, experimental and ethnobotanical approaches . 15th International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP) . Wilhelmshaven - Germany
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2010) . Archaeobotanical evidence for Panicum miliaceum in prehistoric Greece . Roles of Millets in the History of Human Society . Tokyo - Japan
Κωτσάκης Κ., Παππά Μ., Halstead P., Bogaard Α., Ισαακίδου Β., Mainland Ι., Μυλωνά Δ., Σκουρτοπούλου Κ., Triantafyllou Sevasti, Τσοράκι Χ., Βαλαμώτη Σ., Βεροπουλίδου Ρ., Ούρεμ-Κώτσου Ντ, Ούρεμ-Κώτσου Ντ . (2010) . ‘The Neolithic site of Makriyalos, northern Greece: reconstruction of social and economic structure of the settlement through comparative study of the finds (invited participant) . International Conference «Food, Subsistence and Society in Greece», Athens 22-24.03.2010

Video Recording

Ασλανίδης Νικόλαος, Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2010) . Αληθινά Σενάρια: Δράσεις της κοινότητας Πελίτι . ΕΡΤ 3

(2009)

Book Chapter

Valamoti S. M. . (2009) . Plant Food Ingredients and ‘Recipes’ from Prehistoric Greece: the archaeobotanical evidence . επιμ. Morel J. P., Mercuri A. M. . Plants and Culture. Seeds of the Cultural Heritage of Europe . Bari . Centro Europeo per i Beni Culturali Ravello;Edipuglia . p.25-38

Book Review

Valamoti S. M. . (2009) . Terra and Silva in the Pannonian Plain. Opovo agro-gathering in the Late Neolithic (Archaeopress 2006), by Borojević,K.

Conference Proceedings Article

Valamoti S. M. . (2009) . The prehistory and modern survival of bulk processing cereals for piecemeal consumption: case studies from Greece . επιμ. Pochettino M. L., Ladio A. H., Arenas P. M. . TradicionesetransformacionesenEthnobotanica . ICEB . p.129-132

Conference Announcement

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2009) . The prehistory and modern survival of bulk processing cereals for piecemeal consumption: case studies from Greece . 5th ICEB (International Conference of Ethnobotany) . San Carlos de Bariloche - Argentina

Artistic Exhibition

Mercuri Anna Maria, Veleni Polyxeni Adam, Stefani Liana, Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2009) . PACE: Plants and Culture: Seeds of the cultural heritage of Europe . Anna Maria Mercuri

Book - Textbook

Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2009) . Η Αρχαιοβοτανική Έρευνα της Διατροφής στην Προϊστορική Ελλάδα . Θεσσαλονίκη . University Studio Press

(2008)

Journal Article

Valamoti S. M., Samuel D., Bayram M., Marinova E. . (2008) . Prehistoric cereal foods from Greece and Bulgaria: Investigation of starch microstructure in experimental and archaeological charred remains. . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . vol.17 suppl.1 p.265-276

Book Chapter

Kotsakis K., Βαλαμώτη Σ. . (2008) . Transition to Agriculture in the Aegean . επιμ. Colledge Sue, Conolly James . The origin and spread of domestic plants in SW Asia and Europe . London . University College Institute of Archaeology Publications . p.75-92

Conference Proceedings Article

Valamoti S. M., Papanthimou A., Pilali A. . (2008) . Cooking ingredients from Bronze Age Archondiko: the archaeobotanical evidence στο: Y . επιμ. Facorellis Y., Zacharias N., Polikreti K. . Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry . National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens . Oxford . Archaeopress . p.187-194

Conference Announcement

Andreou S., Roumpou M., Heron C. P., Jones G., Kiriatzi E., Valamoti S. M. . (2008) . Detection and identification of organic residues in ceramic vessels from Late Bronze Age Northern Greece: a preliminary investigation of consumption and exchange of plant oils - Poster presentation . 37th International Symposium on Archaeometry . Siena

(2007)

Journal Article

Valamoti S. M., Mangafa M., Koukouli-Chrysanthaki Ch, Malamidou D. . (2007) . Grape-pressings from northern Greece: the earliest wine in the Aegean? . Antiquity . vol.81 p.54-61
Valamoti S. M. . (2007) . Detecting seasonal movement from animal dung. An investigation in Neolithic northern Greece . Antiquity . vol.81 p.1053-1064

Conference Proceedings Article

Valamoti S. M., Kotsakis K. . (2007) . Transitions to agriculture in the Aegean: the archaeobotanical evidence . επιμ. Colledge S., Conolly J. . The Origin and Spread of Domestic Plants in SW Asia and Europe . London . Institute of Archaeology
Valamoti S. M. . (2007) . Traditional foods and culinary novelties in Neolithic and Bronze Age northern Greece: an overview of the archaeobotanical evidence . επιμ. Mee C., Renard J. . Cooking up the Past: Food and Culinary Practices in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Aegean . Oxford . Oxbow Books . p.89-107
Valamoti S. M. . (2007) . Food across borders: a consideration of the Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeobotanical evidence from northern Greece . επιμ. Galanaki I., Tomas H., Galanakis Y., Laffineur R. . Aegeum . vol.30 p.281-293
Valamoti S. M. . (2007) . Agriculture and use of space at Promachon/Topolnitsa: preliminary observations on the archaeobotanical material . επιμ. Stefanovich M., Todorova H., Ivanov G. . In the Steps of James Harvey Gaul . Blagoevgrad . Sofia . The James Harvey Gaul Foundation . vol.2 p.523-529

(2006)

Book Chapter

Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2006) . Η συμβολή των αρχαιοβοτανικών καταλοίπων στη διερεύνηση των εκτεταμένων οικισμών: τα δεδομένα από το νεολιθικό οικισμό Άψαλος-Γραμμή . Εγνατία :Επιστημονική Επετηρίδα της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής, τεύχος Τμήματος Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας . Θεσσαλονίκη . vol.10 p.9-130

Conference Proceedings Article

Βαλαμώτη Σ. Μ., Στεφανή Λ., Κωνσταντινίδου Α. . (2006) . Το ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα του προϊστορικού οικισμού Αγγελοχωρίου.Οι γεωργοκτηνοτροφικές δραστηριότητες και οι διατροφικές συνήθειες στο Αγγελοχώρι της ΥΕΧ . Το αρχαιολογικό έργο στη Μακεδονία και Θράκη . Θεσσαλονίκη . Θεσσαλονίκη . vol.18 p.433-438
Βαλαμώτη Σ. Μ. . (2006) . Η διατροφή στη βόρεια Ελλάδα κατά την προϊστορική περίοδο, με έμφαση στα φυτικά συστατικά της διατροφής . Το αρχαιολογικό έργο στη Μακεδονία και Θράκη . Θεσσαλονίκη . Θεσσαλονίκη . vol.18 p.417-430

Monograph

Βαλαμώτη Σουλτάνα-Μαρία . (2006) . Η συμβολή των αρχαιοβοτανικών καταλοίπων στη διερεύνηση των εκτεταμένων οικισμών: τα δεδομένα από το νεολιθικό οικισμό Άψαλος-Γραμμή . Θεσσαλονίκη . University Studio Press

(2005)

Journal Article

Valamoti S. M., Jones G. . (2005) . Lallemantia, an imported or introduced oil plant in Bronze Age northern Greece . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . vol.14 p.571-577
Valamoti S. M., Charles M. . (2005) . Distinguishing food from fodder through the study of charred plant remains: an experimental approach to dung-derived chaff . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . vol.14 p.528-533
Valamoti S. M. . (2005) . Grain versus chaff: identifying a contrast between grain-rich and chaff-rich sites in the Neolithic of northern Greece . Vegetation History and Archaeobotany . vol.14 p.259-267

(2004)

Book - Textbook

Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2004) . Plants and People in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Northern Greece Plants and People in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Northern Greece . Oxford . B.A.R. I.S.
Valamoti Soultana-Maria . (2004) . Plants and People in Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Northern Greece: Anarchaeobotanical investigation . Oxford . Archaeopress

(2003)

Journal Article

Valamoti S. M. . (2003) . Plant diversity and storage at Mandalo Macedonia Greece: archaeobotanical evidence from the Final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age . Annual of the British School at Athens . vol.98 p.1-35

Book Chapter

Valamoti S. M. . (2003) . Neolithic and early Bronze Age ‘food’ from northern Greece: the archaeobotanical evidence . επιμ. Parker-Pearson M. . Food, Identity and Culture in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Europe. B. A. R. I. S . Oxford . Archaeopress

Conference Proceedings Article

Valamoti S. M., Mangafa M., Koukouli Ch, Malamidou D. . (2003) . Νεολιθικόςοίνος: αρχαιολογικέςμαρτυρίεςαπότονπροϊστορικόοικισμόΦιλίππωνΝτικιλίΤας (Neolithic wine: archaeological evidence from the prehistoric site of Philippoi, Dikili Tash) . Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the ETBA Foundation on the subject of Art and Technique of Wine-Making in Northern Greece . Athens . ETBA Publications . p.21-35
Valamoti S. M. . (2003) . Preliminary observations on the archaeolobotanical material from Grammi Apsalos, excavation season 2001. . Το αρχαιολογικό έργο στη Μακεδονία και Θράκη . Θεσσαλονίκη . vol.15 p.521-522

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External evaluator or research proposals for the European Research Council (ERC), Starting Grants

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Associate Editor, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, International Peer Review Journal, Springer

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ERC Consolidator Grant 2016-2021, Horizon 2020 PLANTCULT-Identifying the plant food cultures of ancient Europe: an interdisciplinary investigation of plant ingredients, culinary transformation and evolution through time

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