Membership
Membership in the Coroplastic Studies Interest Group (CSIG) is open to anyone with an interest in the study of terracotta figurines from legally-excavated contexts. Although formed by classical archaeologists working at ancient sites around the Mediterranean and Black Sea areas, the CSIG welcomes those scholars conducting research on terracotta figurines from other areas of the world, such as Central and South America, Africa, south-east Asia, and the Pacific rim. We also extend membership to colleagues in anthropology, history, and religious studies, among other disciplines.
To become a member please contact:
Professor Jaimee Uhlenbrock, uhlenbrj@newpaltz.edu
and provide a brief sentence on your areas of interest.
Current Membership
Marina Albertocchi,
Ca' Foscari University, Venice (m.albertocchi@alice.it), terracottas of Sicily
Alexandros Andreou,
University of Athens (satyriskos@gmail.com), Hellenistic and Roman terracotta figurines from the deposits around the Sanctuary of the Nymph at the South Slope of the Acropolis (Greece)
Silvia Alfayé,
University of the Basque Country, Spain (silvia.alfaye@ehu.es), Celtic-Iberian terracottas, northern Spain
Rebecca Ammerman,
Colgate University (Rammerman@mail.colgate.edu), terracottas of South Italy
Virginia Anderson-Stojanovic,
Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA(vstojanovic@wilson.edu), Greek terracottas
Erin Walcek Averett,
Creighton University, Omaha (erinwalcek@yahoo.com), Greek Geometric terracottas, Cypriote terracottas
Christina Avronidaki,
Athens National Archaeological Museum (gianavro@otenet.gr) Greek terracottas
Margherita Bonanno Aravantinos,
Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" (margherita.bonanno@uniroma2.it), terracottas from Tanagra (Greece)
Caitlin Barrett,
Columbia University, (ceb2165@columbia.edu) Egyptianizing terracottas
Malcolm Bell,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville (mb2s@virginia.edu), terracottas from Morgantina, Sicily
Angela Bellia,
Università di Palermo (angelabellia1@virgilio.it), terracottas of Sicily; terracottas with musical representations
David Ben-Shlomo,
Hebrew University, Jerusalem (davben187@yahoo.com), iconography of the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages
Silvia Martina Bertesago,
Scuola di Specializzazione in Archeologia, Matera. Università degli Studi della Basilicata (silvia.bertesago@libero.it), Archaic, East Greek terracottas, terracottas from south Italy and Sicily
Bob Bianchi,
(thedrbob@verizon.net), terracotta figures from Egypt of the Ptolemiac, Roman, and Coptic Periods
Clarissa Blume,
University of Heidelberg; University of Bochum (blume@uni-heidelberg.de), polychromy of Hellenistic terracottas and the function of Hellenistic terracottas
Stephanie Budin,
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ (sbudin@camden.rutgers.edu), kourotrophic terracottas
Jennifer Butterworth,
University of Memphis (jennybutterworth@yahoo.com), terracottas and gender in the Old World and New World
Jean-Sylvain Caillou,
Mission archéologique Française en Libye (jscaillou@voila.fr) terracottas from Cyrenaica (Libya)
Annie Caubet,
Conservateur général honoraire du Patrimoine, (annie.caubet@free.fr) terracottas from Cyprus, Syria, and Lebanon, Bronze to Iron Age.
Murat Çekilmez,
Adnan Menderes University, Aydin (mcekilmez@adu.edu.tr), Hellenistic and Roman terracotta figurines from Tralleis (Turkey)
Maria Chidiroglou,
Department of Archaeological Sites, Hellenic Ministry of Culture (mchidiroglou@yahoo.gr) terracottas from Euboea (Greece)
Vanessa Chillemi
Scuola di Specializzazione in Archeologia, Università degli Studi di Messina (vanessa_ki@yahoo.it), terracottas of Sicily
Sharri R. Clark
Harvard University (sharri.clark@gmail.com), terracotta figurines from the Indus civilization of the Bronze Age in South Asia (Pakistan and India)
Anita Cook,
The Catholic University of America (Cook@cua.edu), terracotta figurines from the central Andes (Peru)
Izak Cornelius,
University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Afrika (sakkie@sun.ac.za), terracottas of Israel
Güner Coskunsu,
Harvard University (coskunsu@fas.harvard.edu), prehistoric figurines of the Near East
Mario Cottonaro,
Universita' degli Studi di Messina (ellenos@alice.it), terracottas of Sicily
Andrea Creel,
University of California-Berkeley (acreel@berkeley.edu), Bronze and Iron Age Levantine terracottas
Ghada Daher,
University of Sydney (ghada.daher@usyd.edu.au), terracottas from Lebanon
Erin Darby,
Duke University (erin.kuhns@duke.edu), terracottas from Israel
Max Dashu,
Suppressed Histories Archives, Oakland (maxdashu@lmi.net), terracotta figurines worldwide
Michèle Daviau,
Wilfrid Laurier University (micheledaviaudion@yahoo.ca), terracottas from Jordan
Emel Dereboylu,
Université d'EGE, Izmir (emeldereboylu@yahoo.com), the terracottas of Aigai in Aeolis (Turkey)
Martine Dewailly,
École Française de Rome (martine.dewailly@efrome.it), terracottas from South Italy (Basilicata, Puglia) and from Ionia (Claros, Ephesos)
Sheila Dillon,
Duke University (sheila.dillon@duke.edu), terracotta figurines from the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace; hydriaphoroi
Lynn Dodd,
University of Southern California (swartz@usc.edu), terracottas of northern Mesopotamia and the northern Levant
Elcin Dogan,
Ege University, Izmir (doganelcin@hotmain.com), terracottas from the Claros sanctuary (Turkey) and the cult
Shawna Dolansky,
North Eastern University (s.dolansky@neu.edu), terracottas from Israel
Adi Erlich,
University of Haifa (adie10@bezeqint.net), terracottas from Israel and the Levant
Firoozeh Forouzan,
Georgia State University (fforouzan1@student.gsu.edu, firoozeh@gmail.com), late Neolithic terracottas from Chogha Ghavaneh, Iran
Sabine Fourrier,
Université Lyon 2 (sabine.fourrier@mom.fr), Cypriote terracottas from the Iron Age
David Frankfurter,
University of New Hampshire, Durham (davidtf@cisunix.unh.edu), terracotta figurines in Roman and Christian Egypt
Laura Gasparri,
Università degli studi
di Torino (lauragasparri@infinito.it), East Greek terracottas of the Archaic period; Sicilian terracottas of the Archaic period
Geraldine Gesell,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (ggesell@utk.edu), terracottas of Minoan Crete
Iván Ghezzi,
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Yale University (ighezzi@idarq.org), terracottas from the Central Andes, South America
Marcie Handler,
University of Cincinnati (marcie(at)agathe.gr), terracottas from Athens
Kim J. Hartswick
City University of New York (KHartswick@gc.cuny.edu), terracottas from Corinth
Rick Hauser,
International Institute for Mesopotamian Area Studies (beyond.broadcast@mindspring.com), representations in terra cotta from ancient Urkesh and coeval sites
Sarah Hawley
University of Southern California (shawley@usc.edu), Persian and Hellenistic terracottas from Tell al-Judaidah (Turkey
Erell Hubert
Cambridge University (eh385@cam.ac.uk), Moche terracottas from the north coast of Peru
Christopher Holland,
Digmaster (chris@concepthouse.com), digital archives and data research for terracotta figurines
Stéphanie Huysecom-Haxhi,
Université Charles-de-Gaulle-Lille 3 (stephanie.huysecom-haxhi@univ-lille3.fr), terracottas from Thasos (Greece), from Dürres (Albania)
Gül Işın,
Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Antalya (gulisin@akdeniz.edu.tr), Hellenistic and Roman terracottas from Turkey
Heather Jackson,
The University of Melbourne, Victoria (hmjackson@bigpond.co), terracottas from Jebel Khalid (Syria); terracottas from Torone (Greece)
Paul Jacobs,
University of Missisippi (pfj1@ra.msstate.edu), terracottas from Cyprus and the Levant
Kristine Bøggild Johannsen
Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen (kristine.johannsen@thorvaldsensmuseum.dk), Roman architectural terracottas; the reception of terracottas in the 18th and 19th centuries
Kostas Kalogeropoulos,
Archaeological
Society, Athens (kalokk@otenet.gr) early Archaic figurines from Attica (Greece)
Deborah Brown Kazazis,
(dbkazazi@gmail.com), Macedonian terracottas/ Classical-Hellenistic Greek terracottas
Fiona Kidd,
University of Sydney (fiona.kidd@usyd.edu.au), terracottas from central Asia
Kathrin Kleibl,
Universität Hamburg (kkleibl@googlemail.com), Cypriote and Greek terracottas
Raz Kletter
(kletterr@gmail.com), Bronze and Iron Age terracottas of the Near East
Sonia Klinger,
University of Haifa (klinger@research.haifa.ac.il), terracottas of Corinth (Greece), Roman terracottas of Israel
Daisy Knox,
University of Manchester (daisy.k.knox@btinternet.com), figurines and identity in Bronze Age Cyprus
Theo Kopestonsky,
State University of New York, Buffalo (tbk2@buffalo.edu), Corinthian terracottas
Mechthild Ladurner,
University of Vienna (mechthild.ladurner@univie.ac.at), the terracottas of southern Italy and Sicily
Ergün Lafli,
Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir (elafli@yahoo.ca), Greek and Roman terracottas from Asia Minor
Susan Langdon,
University of Missouri, Columbia (langdons@missouri.edu), Greek terracottas, religion, Demeter and Kore
Stephanie Langin-Hooper,
University of California, Berkeley (stephanie_langinhooper@berkeley.edu),Babylonian terracottas of
the Hellenistic period
Stephanie Larson,
Bucknell University (slarson@bucknell.edu) terracottas from Boeotia (Greece)
George Lau,
University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK), terracottas from the central Andes (Peru)
Christos Liagouras
7th Ephorate of Prehistorical and Classical Antiquities, Olympia (christosliagour@gmail.com), terracotta figurines from Elis (Greece)
Martin Maischberger,
Antikensammlung Berlin (m.maischberger@smb.spk-berlin.de), Greek and Roman terracottas
Christina Marangou,
(chrmarangou@yahoo.gr), terracottas from Greece
S. Rebecca Martin,
Southeast Missouri State University (srmartin@semo.edu),, Phoenician terracottas
Natacha Massar,
Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels (n.massar@kmkg-mrah.be), terracottas from Greece and south Italy
Neguine Mathieux,
Musée du Louvre (Neguine.Mathieux@louvre.fr), terracottas from Myrina (Turkey)
Roberta Menegazzi,
Centro Ricerche e Scavi di Torino per il Medio Oriente e l'Asia (robertamenegazzi@yahoo.it),
Terracottas from Seleucia on the Tigris (Iraq)
Gloria Merker
Rutgers University (gmerker@rci.rutgers.edu), Corinthian terracottas; Cypriote terracottas
Nathalie Martin,
Université de Provence
(n.nathalie.martin@free.fr) late Classical and Hellenistic veiled dancers
Laura McGeoch,
University of Glasgow (laura.mcgeoch@googlemail.com), terracottas of Israel
Mehdi Mortazavi,
University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran (mmor_2002@yahoo.com), Bronze Age figurines from southeast Iran
Joseph Mountjoy,
(
jbmountj@hotmail.com), west Mexican terracottas
Belisa Muka,
Institute of Archaeology, Butrint, Albania (b_muka@yahoo.com), terracottas from Illyria and Epirus (Albania)
Arthur Muller,
Université Charles-de-Gaulle-Lille 3, (arthur.muller@univ-lille3), Greek terracottas
Maya Muratov,
Adelphi University (maya.muratov@nyu.edu), terracottas from the Bosporan Kingdom (Black Sea)
Joannis Mylonopoulos,
Columbia University (jm3193@columbia.edu), terracottas from Ithaka (Greece)
Alex Nagel,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (nagela@si.edu), terracottas from Akarnania (Greece)
Helen Nagy
University of Puget Sound (inagy@ups.edu), Etruscan terracottas
Beth Alpert Nakhai,
The University of Arizona, Tucson (bnakhai@email.arizona.edu), terracottas in Canaan in the Middle and Late
Bronze Ages, and Israel in the Iron Age
Stratos Nanoglou,
University of Thessaly, Volos (stratos.nanoglou@gmail.com) Neolithic figurines from Greece and the Balkans
Lolita Nikolova,
International Institute of Anthropology (http://www.iianthropology.org), Balkan prehistoric figurines in Eurasian contexts
D'arne O'Neill
University of Sydney (done6778@uni.sydney.edu.au), South Arabian terracottas
Giorgos Papantoniou
Trinity College, Dublin,
(papantog@tcd.ie), Archaic to Roman terracottas from Cyprus
Antonella Pautasso,
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali, Catania (Pautasso@unict.it), terracottas of Sicily
Jane Hjarl Petersen
University of Aarhus (klajhp@hum.au.dk), Hellenistic terracottas from Taranto and the Apulian area, Italy
Sophie Picaud,
(sophie.picaud@club-internet.fr), terracottas of Turkey and Lebanon
Oliver Pilz
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz (opilz@uni-mainz.de), Geometric and Archaic terracottas from Crete
Marcella Pisani,
Università degli Studi di Roma 2, "Tor Vergata" (samidalimaro@hotmail.com), terracottas of Sicily
Michael Press,
Ashkelon Excavations (mdpress52@gmail.com) Bronze and Iron Age terracottas of the Levant and Cyprus
Serena Raffiotta,
(serenaraff@tiscali.it), terracottas of Sicily
Matthias Recke,
University of Giessen (Matthias.Recke@archaeologie.uni-giessen.de) Etruscan terracottas
Maja Rzeplińska
University of Warsaw (maja.rzeplinska@gmail.com) Hellenistic terracottas from Mesopotamia and Parthian - Sasanian Central Asia.
Mark Rose
Archaeology Magazine, Archaeological Institute of America (mark@archaeology.org) AIA laison to the CSIG
Marco Rossi,
University of Ravenna/Bologna (mr.siria@tiscali.it), terracottas of Syria
Frank Rumscheid,
Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel (f.rumscheid@klassarch.uni-kiel.de), Hellenistic terracottas of Priene, terracottas from domestic contexts and from sanctuaries of Demeter and Persephone
Ferhan Sakal,
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (ferhan.sakal@uni-tuebingen.de)Bronze age figurines from Syria
Gina Salapata,
Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand (G.Salapata@massey.ac.nz), terracotta plaques from Laconia (Greece)
Anna Santucci.
University of Urbino (anna.santucci@uniurb.it), Greek architectural terracottas of Italy
Philip Sapirstein,
University of Pennsylvania (saph@sas.upenn.edu), Archaic Greek and Etruscan
architectural terracottas and manufacturing techniques
Nancy Serwint,
Arizone State University, Tempe (Nancy.Serwint@asu.edu), terracottas of Marion (Cyprus)
Heather Sharpe,
West Chester University, Pennsylvania (hssharpe@wcupa.edu), terracottas of Oynthus and northern Greece
Kathleen Sherwood,
John Abbott University (kdsherwood@hotmail.com), terracottas of Stymphalos and Mytelene (Greece)
Rouhollah Shirazi,
University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Zahedan, Iran (rouhollah.shirazi@yahoo.fr), terracotta figurines from central Asia and eastern Iran from the Chalcolithic period to the end of the Bronze age
Elena A. Solovieva,
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Novosibirsk (solovieva@archaeology.nsc.ru), Jomon anthropomorphic figurines of ca. 9,000-3,000 BC (Japan)
Elaine Sullivan,
University of California at Los Angeles (elainesullivan@ucla.edu), Roman period terracottas from the Egyptian Fayum
David T. Sugimoto,
Keio University, Tokyo (dt-cedar@mua.biglobe.ne.jp), figurines from the Southern Levant from the Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age
Andrei Tabarev,
Institute of Archaeology & Ethnology, Novosibirsk (olmec@yandex.ru), terracotta figurines from Siberia and the Pacific basin of ca. 9,000-7,000 B.C.
Dominique Kassab Tezgör,
Bilkent University, Ankara (tezgor@bilkent.edu.tr), Greek
Hellenistic and Roman figurines, typology and technique
Christopher A. Tuttle,
American Center of Oriental Research (tuttle@acorjordan.org) figurines from Nabatea
Loeta Tyree,
American School of Classical Studies (eltyree@hol.gr) Cretan Bronze Age figurines and religion with a specific interest in Minoan sacred caves
Jaimee Uhlenbrock, (Chair)
State Unversity of New York, New Paltz (uhlenbrj@newpaltz.edu), Greek terracottas of Libya and Sicily
Anja Ulbrich,
Universität Heidelberg (anya_ulbrich@gmx.de), the iconography of Cypriot, Greek, and Near Eastern terracottas
Veit Vaelske,
Philipps-Universität Marburg (vaelske@staff.uni-marburg.de) Greco-Roman figurines of Tell Basta, ancient Bubastis, Egypt
Maria Alexandrescu Vianu,
Institute of'Archaeology "Vasile Parvan," Bucarest (malexandrescu@gmail.com), terracottas of Histria and of Callatis (Black Sea)
Vangelis Vivliodetis,
Athens National Archaeological Museum (gianavro@otenet.gr), Greek terracottas
Elizabeth Waraksa,
University California at Los Angeles (ewaraksa@library.ucla.edu) Egyptian figurines of the Pharaonic period
Mary Weismantel,
Northwestern University (mjweis@gmail.com) Moche ceramics (figured vases) of Peru
Elizabeth Weistra
University of Groningen, the Netherlands (E.Weistra@rug.nl), Archaic terracottas from Southern Italy
Hector Williams,
University of British Columbia
(hectorw@interchange.ubc.ca), terracottas from Kenchreai (Greece); terracottas in the worship of Demeter and Persephone
Barbara Wolff,
Catholic University of America (barbarancha@yahoo.com) Middle Horizon ceramic figurines from Peru
Kook-Young Yoon
Hebrew University, Jerusalem (msyoon@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il), terracottas and other cultic objects from the Levant during the Iron/ Persian period
Katarzyna Zeman-Wisniewska,
Trinity College Dublin (zemanwik@tcd.ie) Greek and Cypriot Late Bronze Age and Geometric terracottas
