Kavos and the Special Deposits: The sanctuary on Keros and the origins of Aegean ritual

About

Colin Renfrew (Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn born 25th July 1937) was formerly Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in the University of Cambridge and Master of Jesus College Cambridge from 1986 to 1997. He has excavated at a number of sites in prehistoric Greece and in the Orkney Islands and is the author of many publications including Prehistory: the making of the human mind. He is Fellow of the British Academy Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA and was the recipient of the Balzan Prize in 2004. Neil Brodie has held positions at the British School at Athens the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge Stanford Universitys Archaeology Center and the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Glasgow. He has worked on archaeological projects in the United Kingdom Greece and Jordan and continues to work in Greece. Giorgos Gavalas (born 30 September 1968) is an independent scholar (PhD in Archaeology University of Ioannina Greece). Fellow of the Archaeological Society of Athens and currently Secretary of the Cycladic Studies Society. Formerly archaeologist with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture (Athens 2014-2015 central departments 2006-2009 Amorgos and Rhodes 1992-2005) and former research associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research (2001-2006). His main research interests lie in the archaeology of the Cyclades both prehistoric and classical and he is a specialist in textile tools and stone vessels. Michael Boyd (born 8th January 1970) is a Senior Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. His main research interests lie in the archaeology of death and in the prehistoric Aegean where he has worked in the Peloponnese and Cyclades. He is co-director of current excavations on Keros and co-editor of the Keros publications series. He has published a book on Mycenaean funerary practices and is co-editing a volume on funerary archaeology Staging Death and another on the origins of play and ritual. He has worked widely in Greece and Bulgaria.