Christos Theodorou (Hunter College)

Christos Theodorou is finishing the senior year of his B.A. in Classical Archaeology at Hunter College, where he has been awarded the Claireve Grandjouan Prize in Archaeology and is a member of the Solomon Bluhm Scholars Program for high-achieving students within the college’s Classics department. His interests focus on the archaeology of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Cyprus, and he participated in his first excavation there in 2022 at the Bronze Age site of Kissonerga-Skalia under the direction of Dr. Lindy Crewe of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute. Most recently, Christos was accepted into the 2022–2023 AIA-NYS Scholars Program, through which he received their 2023 Research Scholarship. With this generous grant, he was able to return to Cyprus and join the excavation team at the Late Bronze Age site of Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios under the direction of Dr. Kevin Fisher of the University of British Columbia. Christos hopes to continue to broaden the foundation of his undergraduate studies at Hunter College through academic research and archaeological fieldwork—and better prepare for post-graduate education.

Wanda Harris (Queens College)

Christos Theodorou (Hunter College)

Leopoldo Zampiccoli (NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World)

☞ Read about our Scholars and their studies in the January 2023 issue of the AIA-New York Society Newsletter.

• THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER: A Centennial and a Bicentennial for Egyptology (Antonis Kotsonas)
• Chroma Symposium Announcement
• AIA-NY Society Scholars, 2022–23 Announced

In Case Of Emergency, Break Pots: Use And Function Of Marine Style Pottery In Minoan Crete

Recent Research at the Site of Lagash (Tell al-Hiba) in Southern Iraq

The Painted Forest: The Rock Art of the Serrania de la Lindosa, Colombian Amazon

Archaeological Adventures in Rome

Reconceiving the Nomad: Tropes, Archaeological Reality, and Why It Matters

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The AIA-NY Society is pleased to announce the fourth cohort of awardees of its AIA-NY Society Scholars Program. The Program seeks to promote young scholars in their study of archaeology by engaging them in the AIA and the activities of the AIA-New York Society and by supporting their participation in fieldwork projects. Designed specifically for the benefit of college students in New York City, the program is wholly administered and overseen by the New York Society.

Migration runs through my family, and my desire to know more about long-lost or deceased family members expanded into learning about our cultural heritage and history. I’ve done research on the history of human and animal migration in the Andes, specifically the Qhapaq Ñan (Inca road) and the tambos lined alongside it. With NYU in December of 2021, I completed my Bachelors cum laude in Anthropology with a concentration in Native American Studies, and I am currently attending University of Florida for a Masters in Latin American Studies with a concentration in Indigenous studies. As an archaeologist, I have worked on various sites in Ecuador and Peru, focusing on human and animal remains, cistas, as well as ceramics and pigments. This past summer I worked on two sites around Huari, Peru, one called Ampas with Bebel Ibarra and the other Reparin with Dr. Jason Nesbitt, both in connection to Tulane University.

☞ Read about Illyamani’s work in the September 2022 issue of the AIA-New York Society Newsletter.