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Scientific dating is one of the major contributions of science in the field of Cultural Heritage since it provides an absolute measure of time for objects and events in the past, in terms of actual calendar years. Age determination of cultural events, human and animal remains, objects, and landscape changes using science-based methods has traditionally been and still is a key aspect in the study of Cultural Heritage, being at the same time the cornerstone application of the field of Archaeometry. The mission of this research group is to practice both fundamental research and routine dating applications in Archaeology and Paleoenvironment. The main techniques used for absolute dating by the laboratory are those of Radiocarbon and Stimulated Luminescence. NCSR “Demokritos” is the only academic institution in the country that has established since the 1980s, a pioneer laboratory of Radiocarbon Dating unique in Greece and one among very few in Southeast Europe. The aim is two-fold: 

1) To improve the precision and applicability of the techniques to diverse materials and integrate information technologies and computer methods in the archaeological science. 

2) to provide series of reliable dates for monitoring the human evolution and cultural developments and to reconstruct the environment within which these changes happened. 

Additionally, the determination of the origin of marble and its movement for sculpturing and architecture in Antiquity is also an important research and application activity of the group.

Radiocarbon Dating

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Provenance and movement of marble in antiquity

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Age limit extension in Stimulated Luminescence

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Application of new computational technologies to age calculation

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Prof. George Kitis

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Prof. Euripides Hatzikraniotis

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Assoc. Prof. Elina Aidona

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Emeritus Prof. Despina Kontopoulou

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Dr. Asimina Vadiadou

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Prof. Ioannis Liritzis

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Prof. Nikos Zacharias

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Prof. Theodoros Karakasidis

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Assist. Prof. Constantin Athanassas

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Assist. Prof. Nikolaos Laskaris

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Dr. Nestor C. Tsirliganis

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Prof. Marco Martini

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Assoc. Prof. Anna Galli

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Assoc. Prof. Mauro Fasoli

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Assoc. Prof. Eren Şahiner

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Assoc. Prof. Gaye Özgür Çakal

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Prof. Ahmet Evren Erginal

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Prof. Zehra Yeğingil

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Prof. Dr. Kadir Hızıroğlu

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Prof. Grzegorz Adamiec

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Prof. Alicja Chruścińska

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Emeritus Prof. Vasilis Pagonis

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Prof. David Sanderson

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Dr. Mayank Jain

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Assoc. Prof. Jorge Sanjurjo Sánchez

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Prof. Sonia Hatsue Tatumi

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Assist. Prof. Jitumani Kalita

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Prof. Theodora Kyratsi

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