Anna Spyrou

Postdoctoral Researcher, CYPEC

Near Eastern Archaeology

E-Mail
anna.spyrou@unibe.ch
Office
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  • Hunter–gatherer subsistence strategies and social organisation
  • Human–cattle interactions in Bronze Age Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Zooarchaeological perspectives on contemporary livestock management, conservation, and genetics
  • Ethnographic approaches to zooarchaeology
  • Social and cultural zooarchaeology
  • Stable isotope applications for reconstructing ancient animal management practices
  • Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) for species identification

2025–present
The Socio-Economic Context of Animal Husbandry in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: Insights from Zooarchaeology and Stable Isotopes
Project: Understanding Socio-Economic Complexity in Eastern Mediterranean Protohistory (CYPEC)
(PI: Dr. Teresa Bürge)

Dec 2024 – Jul 2025
Disseminating the Scientific Results of the ARETI Project through a Documentary
Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC), The Cyprus Institute

Sep 2022 – Sep 2024
Animals Resilient in Time (ARETI): Exploring the Genetic, Economic, and Cultural History of Cattle on the Island of Cyprus from Prehistoric Times to the Present
A. G. Leventis Postdoctoral Fellowship
Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC), The Cyprus Institute
(PI: Dr. Anna Spyrou)

Apr – Jul 2021
Uncovering Lagomorph Introductions to Hellenistic–Roman Cyprus: A ZooMS Analysis of Leporid Remains from the House of Orpheus
Research Assistant, H2020 Promised Twinning Project
University of Cambridge (PI: Prof. Matthew Collins)

Sep 2018 – Sep 2019
Exploring Human–Cattle Interaction in PPNB, Early, and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus: Integrating Zooarchaeological and Stable Isotope Data
Eddie Peltenburg Postdoctoral Fellow in Cypriot Prehistory
Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI)

PhD in Zooarchaeology
Animal Procurement and Processing during the Pre-Natufian Epipalaeolithic of the Southern Levant: Zooarchaeological and Ethnographic Implications of Meat and Nutrient Storage and Social Organisation
Institute of Archaeology, University College London
(Supervisors: Prof. Louise Martin and Prof. Andrew Garrard)

MSc in Environmental Archaeology
Gazelle Remains from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Village of Ain Ghazal, Jordan
Institute of Archaeology, University College London
(Supervisors: Prof. Louise Martin and Prof. Dorian Fuller)

BA in History and Archaeology
Animal Dwarfism as a Biological Adaptation in the Mediterranean Islands: The Pleistocene Faunas of Cyprus and Crete
Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
(Supervisor: Prof. Lilian Karali)

30 October 2023
Workshop organiser, “Benchmarking Bone Selection for Ancient DNA Analysis in Domesticates”
Fresnel Auditorium, The Cyprus Institute

15 March 2024
Workshop co-organiser, “Insights on the Past, Present, and Future for the Conservation and Breeding of the Cyprus Cattle Breed”
Fresnel Auditorium, The Cyprus Institute

1–5 September 2024
Session co-organiser, “Zooarchaeological Research Lessons for Contemporary Livestock Management, Conservation, and Genetics”
75th European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) Annual Meeting
FLORENCE Congress and Exhibition Centre

 

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