Congratulations to our colleagues Vasiliki Anevlavi and Thorsten Jakobitsch! Together with Alkiviadis Sideridis (University of Patras) they were awarded the 1st prize of the the Petros D. Goneos Memorial Award. Their research topic »Ancient Tinian serpentinite production« is part of an interdisciplinary approach based upon three pillars: archaeological, geological and lichenometric investigations of the Tinian ancient serpentinite quarry Ras. In Tinos, the ancient and abandoned quarry of Ag. Georgios Ras comprise a unique texture of dark green serpentinite intersected by a bright green serpentine network.
Extensive ancient quarry facades are visible, with traces of tool marks. Supported by the ‘Goneos Award’, the research will be further framed by a lichenometric and photogrammetric study. This unique case study will provide extraordinary new information since ancient serpentinite quarrying activity is rather rare both in Greece and globally. The research is supported and co-studied by Dr Anastasia Angelopoulou, responsible archaeologist of Tinos Island and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades.
The Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, in collaboration with the Cycladic Art Foundation in New York, support and promote scientific research on the culture of the Cyclades from the Neolithic to the Post-Byzantine period. To this end, they have announced the annual 5,000 USD Award in memory of Petros D. Goneos, former active member and Vice President of the Cycladic Art Foundation, to be given each year to one or more research proposals submitted by young scholars and judged by an Academic Advisory Committee. For the academic year 2022–2023, second year of the Award, the large number of very competitive proposals submitted by researchers from major Universities in Greece and abroad led the Award’s actors to the decision to fund a total of three research proposals with the amount of 5,000 USD each.
The aim of the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Cycladic Art Foundation is for this annual academic Award to become an institution that will essentially promote research and the production of high quality studies on the culture of the Cyclades over time, while helping young researchers in their first academic steps.
