Mary E Voyatzis

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Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Voyatzis, M. E., Nordquist, G. C., & Ostby, E. (2014). Tegea I: Investigations in the Temple of Athena Alea, 1991-1994. Athens: The Norwegian Institute in Athens.
• Voyatzis, M. E., Ostby, E., Luce, J., Tarditi, C., & Odegard, K. (2014). Tegea II: Investigations in the Sanctuary of Athena Alea 1990-1994 and 2004. Athens: The Norwegian Institute in Athens.

Journals/Publications

• Romano, D. G., Mentzer, S. M., Voyatzis, M. E., Romano, D. G., Mentzer, S. M., & Voyatzis, M. E. (2015). Micromorphological contributions to the study of ritual behavior at the ash altar to Zeus on Mt. Lykaion, Greece. Archaeological Anthropological Science.
• Voyatzis, M. E., & Romano, D. G. (2015). Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, Part 2: Lower Sanctuary. Preliminary Report 2004-2010. Hesperia, 207-276.
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  Accepted for publication in 11/2012.;Your Role: Co-author;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;
• Voyatzis, M. E., & Romano, D. G. (2014). Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, Part 1: Upper Sanctuary. Preliminary Report 2004-2010. Hesperia, 83(4), 569-652.
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  Article accepted for publication in 11/2012.;Your Role: co-author;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member at UA: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Appendices of article written by Starkovich, Menzter (former UA Ph.D.'s) and George Davis (Geosciences).;
• Voyatzis, M. E., Mentzer, S., & Romano, D. G. (2014). Micromorphological contributions to the study of ritual behavior at the Ash Altar to Zeus on Mt. Lykaion, Greece. Journal of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.
• Voyatzis, M. E., Starkovich, B., Romano, D. G., & Hodgins, G. (2013). “Dating Gods: Radiocarbon Dates from the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion (Arcadia, Greece)”. Radiocarbon, 55, 501-513.
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  Article describing the C14 dating of animal bones found in the excavations in the ash altar at the sanctuary of Zeus on mt. Lykaion.
• Voyatzis, M. E., & Romano, D. (2010). Excavating at the Birthplace of Zeus. The Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project,. Expedition (U Penn).
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  The article summarizing the results of the excavations at mt. lykaion from 2006-2009.;Your Role: I helped write the article;Full Citation: Excavating at the Birthplace of Zeus. The Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, Expedition 52.1 (2010) 9-21. (With David Romano);Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: David Romano, at U Penn, is co-author;

Proceedings Publications

• Voyatzis, M. E., Kordzaki, G., Kiriatzi, E., Muller, N., Forsen, J., Petrakis, S., Nordquist, G., Rodriguez-Alvarez, E., Romano, D. G., & Linn, S. (2015, Summer). “A Diachronic Investigation of ʹLocalʹ Pottery Production & Supply at the Sanctuary of Zeus, Mount Lykaion, Arcadia, Peloponnese,”. In Proceedings of the Narnia Conference in Cyprus: September 2014 in Journal of Archaeological Science Reports.

Presentations

• Voyatzis, M. E. (2015, January-February). "The Early Iron Age Pottery from Mt. Lykaion and the Western Greek Koine.". Danish Institute in Athens. International Conference on Material Koinai in the Greek Early Iron Age and Archaic Period.. Athens, Greece: Danish Institute in Athens.
• Voyatzis, M. E. (2015, September). "Enduring Rituals in the Arcadian Mountains: The Case of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion". "Beyond the Polis: Ritual practices and the construction of social identity in Early Greece (12th -6th centuries B.C.)". Brussells, Belgium: University Libre de Bruxelles and University of Oxford.
• Voyatzis, M. E., & Romano, D. G. (2015, January). “Sanctuaries of Zeus: Mt. Lykaion and Olympia in the Early Iron Age.”. Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans: Annual meeting. New Orleans: AIA.
• Voyatzis, M. E., Romano, D. G., Stapp, N., & Pantzou, N. (2014, January). “The Parrhasian Heritage Park of the Peloponnesos”. AIA Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL: AIA.
• Voyatzis, M. E., Romano, D. G., Starkovich, B., & Hodgins, G. (2013, January). “Burning for Zeus: C-14 Dates from Mt. Lykaion”. Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington: AIA.
• Voyatzis, M. E. (2012, 2012-04-01). Recent Excavations at the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion. Archaeology and Cult Seminar, organized by Professors Irene Lemos and Lisa Bendall.. Oxford, UK.
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  It was an honor to be invited to take part in this symposium at Oxford University to talk about our recent results at Mt. Lykaion. The talk was very well received, with many engaging questions afterwards.;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;
• Voyatzis, M. E., & Romano, D. G. (2011, 2011-01-01). A Mycenaean Shrine at the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion. Archaeological Institute of America. San Antonio, Texas.
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  ;Your Role: Helped write the paper and select the images to present in the power point.;Submitted: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Voyatzis, M. E. (2010, 2010-04-01). Excavating at the Birthplace of Zeus. Local chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America. Duke University.
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  Paper presented to audience of faculty and students from Duke and Chapel Hill;Submitted: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
• Voyatzis, M. E., & Romano, D. (2010, 2010-01-01). Excavation and Research at the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion, 2008-2009. Archaeological Institute of America. Anaheim, CA.
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  ;Your Role: I helped write the paper and provided some of the slides for the power point;Submitted: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: David Romano (U Penn) were co-authors of the paper;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Voyatzis, M. E., Mentzer, S., & Starkovich, B. (2010, 2010-11-01). Excavating at the Altar of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion. UA Anthro lecture series. UA, Haury Building.
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  Britt, Susan and I presented on our results from the excavations at the ash altar of Zeus. Britt talked about the nature of the burnt animal bones, and Susan spoke about the micromorphology of the site. I gave an overview of the results and their significance.;Your Role: I was one of the three presenters;Invited: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;

Poster Presentations

• Voyatzis, M. E., Kordzaki, G., Muller, N., Forsen, J., Petrakis, S., Nordquist, G., Linn, S., & Romano, D. G. (2014, September). “A Diachronic Investigation of ʹLocalʹ Pottery Production & Supply at the Sanctuary of Zeus, Mount Lykaion, Arcadia, Peloponnese,”. Narnia Conference in Cyprus. Cyprus.

Reviews

• Voyatzis, M. E. (2014. Book Review of Early Thermos: New Excavations 1992-2003 by I.A. Papapostolou (The Archaeological Society of Athens 2012)(pp on-line review). Athens.
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  I reviewed a book by Papapostoulou on Thermos for the American Journal of Archaeology, January 2014, v. 118.1 (on-line)http://www.ajaonline.org/online-review-book/1726
• Voyatzis, M. E. (2011. Book Review for AJA of Delphi and Olympia.
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  ;Your Role: Reviewer of book: Delphi and Olympia. The Spatial Politics of Panhellenism in the Archaic and Classical Periods, by Michael Scott (Cambridge 2010);Full Citation: Book Review of Delphi and Olympia The Spatial Politics of Panhellenism in the Archaic and Classical Periods by M. Scott (Cambridge 2010) in American Journal of Archaeology (October 1, 2011);Electronic: Yes;

Others

• Voyatzis, M. E. (2011). "Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project: Preliminary Report 2004-2010,".
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  This is a substantial article representing a summary of 7 years of work, with some 95 pages of text and 60 figures;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member at UA: Yes;Please specify if you select "Other collaborative" : There are appendices written by Drs. Mentzer, Starkovich, and Davis (all with UA associations) as well as others.;Full Citation: Romano, D.G. and M.E. Voyatzis, "Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project: Preliminary Report 2004-2010," Hesperia 2012;Status: Paper in Preparation;
• Voyatzis, M. E. (2012). During the summer of 2012, I co-directed the study season of the excavation and survey project at th.
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  During the summer of 2012, I co-directed the study season of the excavation and survey project at the sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion, from June 13-July 27, 2012. I am director of the finds department, and (with David Romano) responsible for overseeing the group of c. 30+ participants, including UA students and faculty.
• Voyatzis, M. E., & Romano, D. G. (2015, June-July). Study Seasons for the Mt. lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, 2011-2015.
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  During the summers of 2011-2014, I co-directed the study seasons of the excavation and survey project at the sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion, I am director of the finds department, and (with David Romano) responsible for overseeing the group of participants, including UA students and faculty. We return in June 2015 for our last study season before embarking on excavation again in 2016-2020.
• Voyatzis, M. E., & Romano, D. G. (2010, August). Co-Director of Survey and Excavation Project at the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion (since 2004), w.
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  Co-Director of Survey and Excavation Project at the Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion (since 2004), with David Gilman Romano. Project is a collaborative project with the Greek Ministry of Culture and the 39th Ephorate of Antiquities. It is carried out under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.