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I. Karatasios, A. Hein, N.S. Müller, P. Triantafyllides and V. Kilikoglou (2013) Technological Insights on the Ancient Ceramic Beehive’s Production of Agathonisi Island, Greece, Applied Clay Science 82, 37-43.
A. Hein, I. Karatasios, N.S. Müller and V. Kilikoglou (2013) Heat transfer properties of pyrotechnical ceramics used in ancient metallurgy, Thermochimica Acta 537, 87-94.
Hein, A., Kilikoglou, V. (2012) ceraDAT - Prototype of a web-based relational database for archaeological ceramics, Archaeometry 54, 2, 230-243.
Evely, D., Hein, A. and Nodarou, E. (2012) Crucibles from Palaikastro, East Crete: Insights into Metallurgical Technology in the Aegean Late Bronze Age, Journal of Archaeological Science 39, 6, 1821-1836.
Triantafyllidis P., Karatasios I. (2012) Late Bronze Age Glass Production in Rhodes, Journal of Glass Studies 54, 25-32.
Sianoudis, I., Drakaki, E., Hein, A. (2010) Educational x-ray experiments and XRF measurements with a portable setup adapted for the characterization of cultural heritage objects, European Journal of Physics 30 (3), 419-431.
Michael, C.T., Zacharias, N., Hein, A. (2010) Accuracy testing using thick source alpha-particle spectroscopy for the U and Th series estimations, Applied Radiation and Isotopes 68 (4-5), 858-860.
Quinn, P., Day, P.M., Kilikoglou, V., Faber, E., Katsarou, S., Sampson, A. (2010) Keeping an Eye on Your Pots: The Provenance of Neolithic Ceramics from the Cave of the Cyclops, Youra, Greece, Journal of Archaeological Science 37, 1042-1052.
Müller, N.S., Kilikoglou, V., Day, P.M., Vekinis, G. (2010) The influence of temper shape on the mechanical properties of archaeological ceramics, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 30, 2457-2465.
Hein, A., Müller, N.S., Day, P.M., Kilikoglou, V. (2008) Thermal conductivity of archaeological ceramics: The effect of inclusions, porosity and firing temperature, Thermochimica Acta 480, 35-42.
Nodarou, E., Frederick, C., Hein, A. (2008) Another (mud)brick in the wall: scientific analysis of Bronze Age earthen construction materials from East Crete, Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 2997-3015.
Hein, A., Georgopoulou, V., Nodarou, E., Kilikoglou, V. (2008) Koan amphorae from Halasarna - investigations in a Hellenistic amphora production centre, Journal of Archaeological Science 35, 1049-1061.
Baxter, M.J., Beardah, C.C., Papageorgiou, I., Cau, M.A., Day, P.M., Kilikoglou, V. (2008) On statistical approaches to the study of ceramic artefacts using geochemical and petrographic data, Archaeometry 50, 142-157.
Michael, C.T., Hein, A., Zacharias, N., Kritidis, P. (2008) Disequilibrium estimations in the U and Th series by using thick source alpha-particle spectroscopy, Radiation Measurements 43, 1149-1153.
Zacharias, N., Schwedt, A., Buxeda i Garrigós, J., Michael, C.T., Mommsen, H., Kilikoglou, V. (2007) A contribution to the study of post-depositional alterations of pottery using TL dating analysis, Journal of Archaeological Science 34, 1804-1809.
Belfiore, C.M., Day, P.M., Hein, A., Kilikoglou, V., La Rosa, V., Mazzoleni, P., Pezzino, A. (2007) Petrographic and chemical characterization of pottery production of the Late Minoan I kiln at Haghia Triada, Crete, Archaeometry 49, 621-653.
Carter, T., Kilikoglou, V. (2007) From reactor to royalty? Aegean and Anatolian Obsidians from Quartier Mu, Malia (Crete), Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 20, 115-143.
Kilikoglou, V., Grimanis, A.P., Tsolakidou, A., Hein, A., Malamidou, D., Tsirtsoni, Z. (2007) Neutron activation patterning of archaeological materials at the National Center for Scientific Research 'Demokritos': The case of black-on-red Neolithic pottery from Macedonia, Greece, Archaeometry 49, 301-319.
Hein, A., Kilikoglou, V. (2007) Modeling of thermal behavior of ancient metallurgical ceramics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 90, 878-884.
Hein, A., Kilikoglou, V., Kassianidou, V. (2007) Chemical and mineralogical examination of metallurgical ceramics from a Late Bronze Age copper smelting site in Cyprus, Journal of Archaeological Science 34, 141-154.
Jones, R.E., Kilikoglou, V., Olive, V., Bassiakos, Y., Ellam, R., Bray, I.S.J., Sanderson, D.C.W. (2007) A new protocol for the chemical characterisation of steatite - two case studies in Europe: the Shetland Islands and Crete, Journal of Archaeological Science 34, 626-641.
Zacharias, N., Michael, C.T., Georgakopoulou, M., Kilikoglou, V., Bassiakos, Y. (2006) Quartz TL dating on selected layers from archaeometallurgical kiln fragments: A proposed procedure to overcome age dispersion, Geochronometria 25, 29-35.
Zacharias, N., Michael, C., Philaniotou-Hadjianastasiou, O., Hein, A., Bassiakos, Y. (2006) Fine-grain TL dating of archaeometallurgical furnace walls, Journal of Cultural Heritage 7, 23-29.
Zacharias, N., Buxeda i Garrigós, J., Mommsen, H., Schwedt, A., Kilikoglou, V. (2005) Implications of burial alterations on luminescence dating of archaeological ceramics, Journal of Archaeological Science 32, 49-57.
Hein, A., Day, P.M., Quinn, P.S., Kilikoglou, V. (2004) The geochemical diversity of neogene clay deposits in crete and its implications for provenance studies of minoan pottery, Archaeometry 46, 357-384.
Hein, A., Mommsen, H., Zender, G. (2004) Pliocene clays from Aegina (Greece): Reference material for chemical provenance studies on Bronze Age pottery from the island, Geoarchaeology 19, 553-564.
Hein, A., Day, P.M., Cau Ontiveros, M.A., Kilikoglou, V. (2004) Red clays from Central and Eastern Crete: Geochemical and mineralogical properties in view of provenance studies on ancient ceramics, Applied Clay Science 24, 245-255.
Tavassoli, A.-A.F., Alamo, A., Bedel, L., Forest, L., Gentzbittel, J.-M., Rensman, J.-W., Diegele, E., Lindau, R., Schirra, M., Schmitt, R., Schneider, H.C., Petersen, C., Lancha, A.-M., Fernandez, P., Filacchioni, G., Maday, M.F., Mergia, K., Boukos, N., (2004) Materials design data for reduced activation martensitic steel type EUROFER , Journal of Nuclear Materials , 329-333.
Jackson, C.M., Joyner, L., Booth, C.A., Day, P.M., Wager, E.C.W., Kilikoglou, V. (2003) Roman glass-making at Coppergate, York? Analytical evidence for the nature of production, Archaeometry 45, 435-456.
Tsolakidou, A., Buxeda I Garrigós, J., Kilikoglou, V. (2002) Assessment of dissolution techniques for the analysis of ceramic samples by plasma spectrometry, Analytica Chimica Acta 474, 177-188.
Kilikoglou, V., Vekinis, G. (2002) Failure prediction and function determination of archaeological pottery by finite element analysis, Journal of Archaeological Science 29, 1317-1325.
Tsolakidou, A., Kilikoglou, V. (2002) Comparative analysis of ancient ceramics by neutron activation analysis, inductively coupled plasma-optical-emission spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, and X-ray fluorescence, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 374, 566-572.
Mommsen, H., Beier, Th., Hein, A. (2002) A complete chemical grouping of the Berkeley neutron activation analysis data on Mycenaean pottery, Journal of Archaeological Science 29, 613-637.
Hein, A., Tsolakidou, A., Iliopoulos, I., Mommsen, H., Buxeda i Garrigós, J., Montana, G., Kilikoglou, V. (2002) Standardisation of elemental analytical techniques applied to provenance studies of archaeological ceramics: An inter laboratory calibration study, Analyst 127, 542-553.
Hein, A., Tsolakidou, A., Mommsen, H. (2002) Mycenaean pottery from the Argolid and Achaia-a mineralogical approach where chemistry leaves unanswered questions, Archaeometry 44, 177-186.
Lampropoulos, V., Nowacka, D., Karatasios, I. (2002) On the nature and corrosion morphology of excavated Roman glass from the East Mediterranean basin, Biuletyn Informacyjny Konserwatorow Dziel Sztuki (Conservators - Restorers’ Bulletin) 13, 20-25.
Buxeda I Garrigós, J., Kilikoglou, V., Day, P.M. (2001) Chemical and mineralogical alteration of ceramics from a Late Bronze Age kiln at Kommos, Crete: The effect on the formation of a reference group, Archaeometry 43, 349-371.
Tite, M.S., Kilikoglou, V., Vekinis, G. (2001) Strength, toughness and thermal shock resistance of ancient ceramics, and their influence on technological choice, Archaeometry 43, 301-324.
Day, P.M., Kiriatzi, E., Tsolakidou, A., Kilikoglou, V. (1999) Group therapy in Crete: A comparison between analyses by NAA and thin section petrography of Early Minoan pottery, Journal of Archaeological Science 26, 1025-1036.
Hein, A., Mommsen, H., Maran, J. (1999) Element concentration distributions and most discriminating elements for provenancing by neutron activation analyses of ceramics from Bronze Age Sites in Greece, Journal of Archaeological Science 26, 1053-1058.
Kilikoglou, V., Vekinis, G., Maniatis, Y., Day, P.M. (1998) Mechanical performance of quartz-tempered ceramics: Part I, strength and toughness, Archaeometry 40, 261-279.
Vekinis, G., Kilikoglou, V. (1998) Mechanical performance of quartz-tempered ceramics: Part II, Hertzian strength, wear resistance and applications to ancient ceramics, Archaeometry 40, 281-292.
V. Karageorghis, N. Kourou, V. Kilikoglou and M.D. Glascock (2009) Terracotta statues and figurines of Cypriote type found in the Aegean: provenance studies, A.G. Leventis Foundation, Nicosia.
J. Shaw, A. Van de Moortel , P.M. Day and V. Kilikoglou (2001) A LM IA Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production, American School of Classical Studies.
Hein, A. and Kilikoglou, V. (2011) Chapter 18 - Technological aspects of Bronze Age metallurgical ceramics, Metallurgy Understanding How, Learning whY: Studies in Honor of James D. Muhly (ed. P.P. Betancourt, S.C. Ferrence) INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia 181-187.
Hein, A., and Degrigny, C. (2008) The Application of non-destructive Technologies for the Damage Assessment of Metal Objects, Metals and Museums in the Mediterranean: Protecting, Preserving and Interpreting (ed. V. Argyropoulos) TEI of Athens, Athens 125-140.
Hein, A., Müller, N.S., and Kilikoglou, V. (2009) Great Pots on Fire, Vessels: Inside and outside - Proceedings of the Conference EMAC’07, 9th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics (ed. K.T. Biro, V. Szilagyi, A. Kreiter) Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 15-20.
Müller, N.S., Kilikoglou, V., Day, P.M., Hein, A. and Vekinis, G. (2009) The influence of temper on performance characteristics of cooking ware ceramics, Vessels: Inside and outside - Proceedings of the Conference EMAC’07, 9th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics (ed. K.T. Biro, V. Szilagyi and A. Kreiter) Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 145-150.
Vila, L., Buxeda i Garrigós, J., Kilikoglou, V. and Hein, A. (2009) Roman amphorae around the change of Era: production and consumption patterns in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula, Vessels: Inside and outside - Proceedings of the Conference EMAC’07, 9th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics (ed. K.T. Biro, V. Szilagyi and A. Kreiter) Hungarian National Museum, Budapest 77-82.
Kilikoglou, V., Karageorghis, V., Kourou, N., Marantidou, P., Glascock, M.D. (2009) Cypriote and Cypriote-type terracotta figurines in the Aegean: chemical characterisation and provenance investigation, Cyprus and the East Aegean: Intercultural contacts from 3000 to 500 BC (ed. V. Karageorghis and O. Kouka) Nicosia 193-205.
Sianoudis, I., Drakaki, E. and Hein, A. (2009) Educational X-ray experiments and XRF measurements with a modified, mobile system adapted for characterization of Cultural Heritage objects, Didaktik der Physik – Bochum 2009 (ed. V. Nordmeier and H. Grötzebauch) Lehmanns Media, Berlin -.
Karatasios, I., Kilikoglou, V. and Theoulakis, P. (2009) Ανάπτυξη παραδοσιακών κονιαμάτων για την αποκατάσταση μνημείων σε αστικό περιβάλλον, 3ο Εθνικό Συνέδριο «Ήπιες Επεμβάσεις για την Προστασία των Ιστορικών Κατασκευών. Νέες Τάσεις Σχεδιασμού», Θεσσαλονίκη 19-21 Μαρτίου 2009 (ed. ) Thessaloniki 511-520.
Theoulakis, P., Stefanis, N.A., Karatasios, I. and Kilikoglou, V. (2009) Μεθοδολογία για τη συντήρηση των αναπόσπαστων διακοσμητικών στοιχείων Ι.Ν. Αγίου Πέτρου Αχαρνών, 3ο Εθνικό Συνέδριο «Ήπιες Επεμβάσεις για την Προστασία των Ιστορικών Κατασκευών. Νέες Τάσεις Σχεδιασμού», Θεσσαλονίκη 19-21 Μαρτίου 2009 (ed. ) Thessaloniki 495-502.
Hein, A. and Kilikoglou, V. (2008) Finite element analysis (FEA) of metallurgical ceramics, Assessment of their thermal behaviour, Aegean Metallurgy in Bronze Age (ed. I. Tzachili) Ta Pragmata, Athens 305-314.
P. Theoulakis, G. Gerogiannis, N.A. Stefanis, I. Karatasios, K. Zachos (2008) Weathering Patterns on Excavated Marble Sculptures: Assessing the Values and Taking Conservation Decisions, 11th International Congress on the deterioration and Conservation of Stone (ed. J.W. Lukaszewicz, P. Niemcewicz) Nicolaus Copernicus Univ. Press 291-298.
P. Theoulakis, N.A. Stefanis, I. Karatasios, V. Kilikoglou, C. Pilinis (2008) Performance Evaluation of Surface Coatings Against the Degradation of Stone Monuments Caused by the Deposition of Airborne Particulate Matter, 11th International Congress on the deterioration and Conservation of Stone (ed. J.W. Lukaszewicz, P. Niemcewicz) Nicolaus Copernicus Univ. Press 1071-1076.
Hein, A. and Kilikoglou, V. (2007) Assessment of ancient vessel design with the Finite Element Method (FEM), Archaeometric and Archaeological Approaches to Ceramics (ed. S.Y. Waksman) BAR International Series 1691 9-12.
I. Karatasios, V. Kilikoglou, P. Theoulakis, B. Colston, D. Watt (2007) A new approach in conservation mortars designed for urban environment, Conservation Science 2007 Conference (ed. J.H. Townsend, F. Cappitelli, L. Toniolo) Archetype Books 289-290.
N.A. Stefanis, I. Karatasios, M. Kliafa, P. Theoulakis, V. Kilikoglou, C. Pilinis (2007) Monitoring of the deposition of airborne particulate matter on treated stone surfaces, Conservation Science 2007 Conference (ed. J.H. Townsend, F. Cappitelli, L. Toniolo) Archetype Books 295-296.
Z. Tsirtsoni, D. Malamidou, V. Kilikoglou, I. Karatasios, L. Lespez (2007) Black-on-red painted pottery production and distribution in Late Neolithic Macedonia, Archaeometric and Archaeological Approaches to Ceramics - proceedings of the 8th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics (EMAC) (ed. S.Y. Waksman) British Archaeological Reports (BAR) Ltd 57-62.
Hein, A., Tsolakidou, A., Kilikoglou, V. and Day, P.M. (2005) Chemical Variability in Minoan Ceramics from Central Crete as an Indicator of Potential Raw Materials, Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Archaeometry, 22-26 April 2002, Amsterdam (ed. H. Kars and E. Burke) Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies 3, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 199-202.
Hein, A., Kilikoglou, V. and Mommsen, H. (2005) Availability of Chemical Data of Archaeological Ceramics , Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Archaeometry, 22-26 April 2002, Amsterdam (ed. H. Kars and E. Burke) Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies 3, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 203-206.
Buxeda i Garrigόs, J., Kilikoglou, V., Martin Rodriguez, E., Rodriguez Rodriguez, A. and Madrid Fernandez, M. (2005) Preliminary Results on Obsidian from Gran Canaria,, Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Archaeometry, 22-26 April 2002, Amsterdam (ed. H. Kars and E. Burke) Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies 3, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 49-51.
Zafiropulos, V., Pouli, P., Kilikoglou, V., Maravelaki-Kalaitzaki, P., Lukyachuk, B.S. and Dogariu, A. (2005) Synchronous use of IR and UV laser pulses in the removal of encrustation: Mechanistic aspects, discoloration phenomena and benefits, LACONA V (ed. ) Amsterdam 60-68.
Tomkins, P.D., Day, P.M. and Kilikoglou, V. (2004) Knossos and the Earlier Neolithic Landscape at the Herakion Basin, Knossos: Palace, City, State (ed. G. Cadogan, E. Hatzaki, A. Vasilakis) British School at Athens Studies 12 51-59.
P. Theoulakis, I. Karatasios, A. Sotiropoulos, V. Kilikoglou (2004) The selection of stone for historic buildings repair. The use of Cypriot stone in the Medieval city of Rhodes, 6th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin, Lisbon (ed. ) 352-360.
Kilikoglou, V., Kiriatzi, E., Philippa-Touchais, A., Touchais, G. and Whithbread, I.K. (2004) Pottery Production and Supply at MH Aspis, Argos: The Evidence of Chemical and Petrographic Analyses, Aegaeum 24 (ed. ) 131-136.
Theoulakis, P., Karatasios, I., Stefanis, A. and Kilikoglou, V. (2003) Environmental Monitoring and Deterioration Phenomena of Historic Buildings: The Case of Retzep Pasha Mosque in Rhodes, Greece, Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Monitoring of our Cultural Heritage (ed. ) 1-34.
Tite, M.S. and Kilikoglou, V. (2002) Do we understand cooking pots and is there an ideal cooking pot?, Modern Trends in Scientific Analysis of Ancient Ceramics (ed. Kilikoglou, V., Hein, A. and Y. Maniatis) BAR International Series 1011, Oxford 1-8.
Tsolakidou, A., Day, P.M., Kiriatzi, E. and Kilikoglou, V. (2002) Investigating petrological and chemical groupings of Early Minoan cooking vessels, Modern Trends in Scientific Analysis of Ancient Ceramics (ed. Kilikoglou, V., Hein, A. and Y. Maniatis) BAR International Series 1011, Oxford 19-33.
Faber, E.W., Day, P.M. and Kilikoglou, V. (2002) A technological study of Middle Minoan Polychrome pottery from Knossos, Crete, Modern Trends in Scientific Analysis of Ancient Ceramics (ed. Kilikoglou, V., Hein, A. and Y. Maniatis) BAR International Series 1011, Oxford 129-141.
Hein, A., Beier, T. and Mommsen, H. (2002) A complete Chemical Grouping of the Perlman/Asaro Neutron Activation Analysis databank on Mycenean and Minoan Pottery, Modern Trends in Scientific Analysis of Ancient Ceramics (ed. Kilikoglou, V., Hein, A. and Y. Maniatis) BAR International Series 1011, Oxford 143-150.
Karatasios, I., Theoulakis, P., Kilikoglou, V., Colston, B., Watt, D. and Lampropoulos, V. (2002) Analytical and Microscopic Techniques for the Study of Mortars from the Floor Mosaics of Theva , Greece, Proceedings: VIII Conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics, Thessaloniki 29 Oct. -5 Nov. (ed. ) 209-222.
Karatasios, I., Watt, D. and Colston, B. (2002) Characterisation and Development of Mortars for the Conservation of Byzantine Floor Mosaics, Conservation Science 2002, 22-24 May, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (ed. ) 121-126.
Buxeda i Garrigos, J. and Kilikoglou, V. (2002) Total variation as a measure of variability in chemical data-sets, Patterns and Process, A festschrift in honor of Edward V. Sayre (ed. L. van Zelst) Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education 185-198.
Moraitou, G. Karatasios, I. and Kordas, G. (2001) Preventive conservation of Kenchreai glass panel, 1 st International Conference: Hyalos Vitrum Glass, History Technology and Conservation of Glass and Vitreous Materials in the Hellenic Word, Rhodes 1-4 April, Greece (ed. ) 227-332.
Fiori, C., Chrysopoulos, D., Karatasios, I. and Lampropoulos, V. (2001) Compositional and technological characteristics of glass tesserae from the vaults mosaics of Dafni monastery, Greece, 1 st International Conference: Hyalos Vitrum Glass, History Technology and Conservation of Glass and Vitreous Materials in the Hellenic Word, Rhodes 1-4 April, Greece (ed. ) 193-198.
Mommsen, H., Hein, A., Ittameier, D., Maran, J. and Dakoronia, P. (2001) New production centres of ceramics from Bronze age settlements in Central Greece obtained by neutron activation analysis, Archaeometry Issues in Greek Prehistory and Antiquity (ed. Y. Bassiakos, E. Aloupi and Y Facorellis) Hellenic Society of Archaeometry 343-254.
Michael, C.T., Zacharias, N., Hein, A., Maurokefalos, N., Kylafi, M., Dimotikali, D. and Bakandrea, P. (2001) Χρονολογικός προσδιορισμός της κατασκεύης και υστέρων οικοδομικών φάσεων εκκλησιαστικών μνημείων με την τεχνική της θερμοφωταύγειας, Proceedings of the XVII Greek Conference on Solid State Physics, Xanthi (ed. ) 261-266.
Perdikatsis, V., Kilikoglou, V., Sotiropoulou, S. and Chryssikopoulou, E (2000) Physicochemical characterisation of pigments from Theran wall paintings, First International Congress on Thera Wall Paintings, Vol I (ed. Sherratt, S.) The Thera Foundation, Athens 103-118.
Chryssikopoulou, E., Kilikoglou, V., Perdikatsis, V., Sotiropoulou, S., Birtaha, K. and Zaharioudakis, M. (2000) Making wall paintings: an attempt to reproduce painting techniques in Thera, First International Congress on Thera Wall Paintings (ed. Sherratt, S.) The Thera Foundation, Athens 119-128.
Aloupi, E., Kilikoglou, V. and Day, P.M. (2000) Provenance and Technological Characterisation of Fine Tableware, Πρωτοβυζαντινή Ελεύθερνα, Τομέας Ι (ed. P.G. Themelis) University of Crete 207-222.
Lampropoulos, V., Ghiosi, S. and Karatasios, I. (2000) A comparative study of mortars containing barium hydroxide (Ba(OH) 2). Application on monument, IX International Congress on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone. Venice 19 - 24 June , Italy , Vol . 2 (ed. ) 351-359.

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