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Efthymia Nikita Business Email: [email protected] Business Phone: +357 22 208 669

The Cyprus Institute STARC 20 Konstantinou Kavafi St. 2121 Aglantzia, P.O.BOX 27456 Nicosia Cyprus

Academic and Professional details: Education: 2011

PhD in Biological Anthropology / Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge

2007

MPhil in Biological Anthropology / Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge

2006

BA Honors in Archaeology / Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Professional Experience: 03/2016today

Assistant Professor, Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center, The Cyprus Institute

10/2015 – 10/2018

Honorary Research Associate, Department of Archaeology/BioArCh, University of York

09/2014 – 09/2015

Post-doctoral Fellow (MacMillan-Rodewald Studentship), Fitch laboratory, The British School at Athens

09/2013 – 06/2014

Wiener Laboratory Research Fellow (J. Lawrence Angel Fellowship), The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

10/2012 – 12/2012

Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Research Experience: Principal Current Projects 1. ‘Humanizing’ Antiquity: Biocultural Approaches to Identity Formation in Ancient Boeotia, central Greece; PI: Dr. Efthymia Nikita (University of Sheffield, The Cyprus Institute) 2. ‘Invasions’, mate exchange networks and indigenous processes revisited: Study of human mobility patterns in the Aegean from the Neolithic until the Early Iron Age using an isolation-bydistance model; PI: Dr. Efthymia Nikita (British School at Athens) 3. The challenge of the “invisible environment”: micro-debris in human dental calculus as a new line of evidence for Medieval urban Leicester (UK); PI: Dr. Anita Radini (University of York) Past Projects 1. Exploitation of resources in the Neolithic Period of Northern Greece: Material Culture and Environment; PI: Prof. Kostas Kotsakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) 2. The “International spirit” in the Aegean: migration of Cycladic populations in Crete or adoption of Cycladic cultural traits by Cretan populations?; PI: Dr. Sevasti Triantaphyllou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) 3. Trans-SAHARA: State Formation, Migration and Trade in the Central Sahara (1000 BC - AD 1500); PI: Prof. David Mattingly (University of Leicester) Fieldwork & Research Experience Study of demographic parameters (age, sex), activity markers (entheseal changes, cross- sectional geometric properties, dental wear), palaeopathology, biodistance data (metric and non metric cranial and post-cranial traits, geometric morphometric analysis) in skeletons from Saxon and Medieval Leicestershire (University of Leicester Archaeological Service, 2014-2015), Classical, Hellenistic and Roman period material from Boeotia, Greece (Archaeological Museum of Thebes, 2013-2014), Late Holocene Algerian, Tunisian, Egyptian and Sudanese skeletal material (Musée de l’Homme, Paris, 2009), Roman era Garamantian skeletal remains from the Sahara Desert (Museum of Jarma, Libya, 2007-2010), Late Holocene Egyptian and Sudanese skeletal remains (Duckworth Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 2006-2010), Byzantine skeletal remains (Dion, Pieria 20062007). Recording of dental non-metric traits for the assessment of biodistances in prehistoric assemblages from Koumasa (Facilities of the Archaeological Service at Herakleion, 2014), Petras – Livari - Mochos – Pseira (Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete, 2014-2015), Nea Nikomedeia (Archaeological Museum, Veroia, 2014), Pella (Archaeological site of Pella, 2014), Thebes (Facilities of the Archaeological Service at Thebes, 2013-2014), Kephala (Facilities of the Archaeological Service at Kea, 2013-2014), Moni Odigitria (Facilities of the Archaeological Service at Herakleion, 2013-14), Xeropigado (Facilities of the Archaeological Service at Kozani, 2013-2014), Tharrounia – Manika (Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University at Athens, 2013-2014), Revenia (Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology, archaeological site of Toumba, Thessaloniki, 2012-2013), Kleitos (Facilities of the Archaeological Service at Kozani, 2012-2013), Makrygialos (Facilities of the Archaeological Service at Pieria, 2012-2013).

Digitization of crania and sternal rib ends with the aim of exploring age and sex-related methodological issues in human skeletal remains from the Spitalfields Collection (Natural History Museum, London, 2010) and the St Bride’s Fleet Street Church (Museum of London, 2010). Ancient DNA analysis on Roman era Garamantian tooth samples (Ancient DNA laboratory, LCHES, University of Cambridge, 2009). Modern DNA analysis of saliva samples from pygmy populations from Papua New Guinea (Modern DNA laboratory, LCHES, University of Cambridge, 2009). Excavation of Roman era Garamantian skeletal remains (Desert Migrations Project, Libyan Sahara, 2007-2011), Roman thermae (Dion, Pieria, 2004-2005), Neolithic settlement (Paliambela, Kolindros, 2001-2003). Cataloguing small finds of the excavation at Paliambela (Kolindros, Greece), digitization of excavation diaries, organization of photographic material (Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2005-2006).

Teaching Experience: 2014-2015 • Supervision of Ms. Efrossyni Michopoulou’s undergraduate dissertation titled “Evaluating the efficiency of different recording protocols for entheseal changes in regards to expressing activity patterns using archival data and cross-sectional geometric properties”, Department of Biology, National University at Athens. • Three-hour seminar on the principles and applications of osteoarchaeology titled ‘Putting flesh back on the bones’ to the undergraduate students of the Department of Biology, National University at Athens. • Organization and presentation of a 4-day seminar titled ‘Applied statistics using SPSS’ to the graduate students of the Department of Archaeology, University of York. • Organization and presentation of a 5-day seminar titled ‘Applied statistics for the humanities using PAST’ to the members of the British School at Athens. 2013-2014 • Organization and presentation of a series of seminars titled ‘Applied statistics using PAST’ to the members of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. • Organization and presentation of a three-hour workshop on human osteology to the members of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 2012-2013 • Teaching the module ‘Statistics for Archaeologists using SPSS’ to graduate students at the Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 2007-2010 • Supervision of first year undergraduate students at the Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, in the module ‘Humans in Biological Perspective’. 2009 • Organization and presentation of a two-hour seminar on ‘Human Osteology’ to second year undergraduate students at the Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

Honours and Achievements: 2016-2018

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (University of Sheffield): €185,000

2014-2015

British School at Athens (MacMillan-Rodewald Studentship): £15,600

2013-2014

Wiener Laboratory Research Fellowship (Lawrence J. Angel Fellowship): $18,000

2012

Hellenic Ministry of Education (‘Thalis project’): €3,000 Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: €700

2007-2010

Cambridge European Trusts: £15,000 British Academy (Society for the Libyan Studies): £4,000 Sidney Sussex College travel grant: £1,000 Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation: £23,000 A.G. Leventis Foundation: €5,000

2006-2007

Allen Meek and Read Bursary (University of Cambridge): £5,000 Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation: €7,000 Lilian Voudouri Foundation: €9,000 Friends of the Melina Merkouri Foundation: €3,000

2003-2004

State Scholarships Foundation (Greece): €3,000

2001-2002

State Scholarships Foundation (Greece): €3,000

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General: Microsoft Οffice Statistical Software: SPSS/PASW , PAST Statistics/Programming software: R language Visualization Software: ImageJ, Photoshop Three-Dimensional Morphometrics: Morpheus, Morphologika Digitizing: Microscribe G2X digitizer Cross-Sectional Bone Molding: Silicone Mold Method Mapping, Spatial Data & GIS Languages: Greek (native language) - English (C3 level) - French (B2 level)

Professional Service and Memberships: Reviewer • American Journal of Physical Anthropology • International Journal of Osteoarchaeology • HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology • Journal of Cranio-Maxillary Diseases • Journal of Spine • Book chapter in edited volume published by Springer • Book chapters in edited volume published by Elsevier

Statistical software developer (All macros can be downloaded from https://cyi.academia.edu/EfthymiaNikita/Teaching) • Anthropology Statistics software in Excel VBA that performs univariate and multivariate analyses • Software for non-parametric MANOVA using the algorithms proposed by Xu & Cui (2008) and Srivastava & Fujikoshi (2006) • Software in C for the calculation of Mahalanobis distances, p-values and standard deviations • Software in C for the calculation of the number of individuals from commingled remains

Presentations and Outreach: Conference Presentations 1. Nikita, E., Radini, A. Mahalanobis distances as a means of exploring inter-population differences in entheseal changes. Presentation submitted to the Working Your Fingers to the Bone Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, 6th – 8th July 2016. 2. Radini, A., Nikita, E. Multilevel approaches to dietary reconstruction in Anglo-Saxon to Medieval UK. Presentation submitted to the European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting, Vilnius, Lithuania, 31st August - 3rd September 2016. 3. Michopoulou, E., Nikita, E., Valakos, E. Evaluating the efficiency of different recording protocols for entheseal changes in regards to expressing activity patterns using archival data and crosssectional geometric properties. Podium presentation, 37th Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Society of Biological Sciences, Volos, 21st-23rd May 2015. 4. Nikita, E. Dust to dust and what is left? The impact of partial preservation in the calculation of the number of individuals from commingled assemblages. Podium presentation, 116th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, New Orleans, Louisiana, 8th-11th January 2015. 5. Nikita, E., Triantaphyllou, S., Papadatos, Y., Tsipopoulou, M., Panagiotopoulos, D., Platon, L. Mobility patterns and cultural identities in Pre-palatial central and eastern Crete. Podium presentation, 2nd International Petras Symposium. The Pre- and Proto-palatial cemetery in context. Danish Institute at Athens, 14th-15th February 2015. 6. Nikita, E., Triantaphyllou, S. Prospects and limitations in the study of population mobility in prehistoric Macedonia. Podium presentation, Thalis Workshop: Exploitation of resources in the Neolithic Period in Northern Greece. Material culture and environment. Thessaloniki: Aristotle University, 13th March 2015. 7. Nikita, E. Mobility patterns in the prehistoric Aegean. Podium presentation, Facing Death: Symposium on the management of death and the deceased. Thessaloniki, Aristotle University, 28th March 2015. 8. Nikita, E. A critical review of the Mean Measure of Divergence and Mahalanobis Distances using artificial data and new approaches to the estimation of biodistances employing nonmetric traits. Podium presentation, 4th Archaeological Research and New Technologies Symposium, Kalamata, University of the Peloponnese, 1st-3rd October 2014.

9. Nikita, E., Triantaphyllou, S., Papadatos, Y. Gene flow and the formation of cultural identities in Prepalatial central and eastern Crete. Podium presentation, European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 10th-14th September 2014. 10. Power, R.K., Nikita, E., Mattingly, D., Lahr, M.M., O’Connell, T.C. Human mobility and identity: Variation, diet and migration in relation to the Garamantes of Fazzan. Podium presentation, TransSaharan Burials, Migration and Identity Conference, Leicester, 30th April-2nd May 2014. 11. Nikita, E. Application of generalized linear models and generalized estimating equations in multifactorial conditions: the case of entheseal changes. Poster presentation, 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Calgary, Alberta Canada, 8th-12th April 2014. 12. Nikita, E. The statistical implications of recording continuous variables using ordinal scales – A bioarchaeological case study. Poster presentation, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology conference, Rethymno, Greece, 7th-8th March 2014. 13. Radini, A., Hankock, Y., Nikita, E., Hall, A., Hardy, K. The challenge of the ‘invisible environment’: micro-debris in human dental calculus as a new line of evidence for Medieval urban Leicester (UK). Podium presentation, Society for American Archaeology Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 3rd-7th April 2013. 14. Nikita, E., Mattingly, D., Lahr, M.M. Three-Dimensional cranial shape analyses and gene flow in North Africa during the Late Holocene. Poster presentation, 8th African Archaeology Research Day, University College London, 26th November 2011. 15. Nikita, E., Lahr, M.M., Mattingly, D. Sahara: Barrier or corridor? Non-metric cranial traits and biological affinities of North African Late Holocene populations. Podium presentation, 18th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, Edinburg, 4th September 2011. 14. Nikita, E., Lahr, M.M. Crivellaro, F., Stock, J., Mattingly, D. How stressful is the desert? Paleopathological conditions as indicators of human adaptation in the Sahara 2000 years ago. Podium presentation, 6th World Archaeological Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 29th June - 4th July 2008. Invited Talks 1. Integrated osteoarchaeological approaches: From mobility patterns in the prehistoric Aegean to daily activities in Medieval England. College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University, January 2015. 2. ‘Invasions’, mate exchange networks and indigenous processes revisited: Study of human mobility patterns in the Aegean from the Early Neolithic until the Early Iron Age using an isolation by distance model. Upper House Seminar, British School at Athens, October 2014. 3. Deducing human mobility in the prehistoric southern Aegean – a new dimension to the ‘International Spirit’. Department of Archaeology, National and Kapodestrian University at Athens, January 2015. 4. Assessing mobility in the prehistoric Aegean and refining current osteological methods for exploring activity patterns. Department of Archaeology, University of York, November 2014.

5. Who went where? Mobility patterns in the Southern Aegean during the Early Bronze Age. University of Oxford, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, May 2014. 6. Mobility patterns in the southern Aegean: demic vs. cultural diffusion and methodological considerations. Fitch - Wiener seminar, British School at Athens, February 2014. 7. Bioarchaeology in North Africa and the Aegean: Addressing outstanding questions. SUNY Buffalo, November 2013. 8. Biological distance among populations: How is it calculated and how useful is it really? Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, March 2011. 9. Methodology and applications of bioarchaeology. Jarma Museum, Libyan Sahara, January 2010. 10. The Garamantes of Fazzān: Bioarchaeological evaluation of desert-induced stress and Late Holocene human migrations through the Sahara. Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge, October 2009. 11. Osteology: Usefulness, methodology and limitations. Excavation site at Dion, Pieria, July 2007. Publications: Books 1. Nikita, E. (due in June 2016 - under contract with Elsevier). Osteoarchaeology and Forensic Osteology: A step-by-step guide to the macroscopic analysis of human skeletal remains. [~800 pp.] 2. Nikita, E. (in preparation). Statistical Analysis for Archaeologists using R and SPSS [~600 pp.] 3. Valakos, E., Nikita, E., Papavasileiou, S. (2015). Biological Anthropology in Practice. Athens: Academic Press. (in Greek)

Peer-reviewed journal articles 4. Radini, A., Buckley, S, Nikita, E., Copeland, L, Hardy, K. (In preparation, invited contribution). Investigating plants in ancient diet using micro-debris entrapped in dental calculus: the role of pathways to inclusion. Journal of Human Evolution. 5. Nikita, E., Chovalopoulou, M.-E. (in press). An attempt to predict crown height using cementoenamel junction diameters and implications in the quantitative study of dental wear. Anthropologischer Anzeiger – Journal of Biological and Clinical Anthropology. 6. Henderson, C., Nikita, E. (in press). Accounting for multiple effects and the problem of small sample sizes in osteology: a case study focusing on entheseal changes. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-015-0256-1 7. Nikita, E. (2015). A critical review of the Mean Measure of Divergence and Mahalanobis Distances using artificial data and new approaches to estimate biodistances from non-metric traits. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 157: 284-294.

8. Triantaphyllou, S., Kador, T., Nikita, E. (2015). In search of population mobility in the southern Aegean: a pilot study in eastern Crete, Greece. The Annual of the British School at Athens 110: 3-25. 9. Michopoulou, E., Nikita, E., Valakos, E. (2015). Evaluating the efficiency of different recording protocols for entheseal changes in regards to expressing activity patterns using archival data and cross-sectional geometric properties. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158: 557-568. 10. Nikita, E. (2014). The use of generalized linear models and generalized estimating equations in bioarchaeological studies. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 153: 473-483. 11. Nikita, E. (2014). Estimation of the Original Number of Individuals using multiple skeletal elements. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 24: 660-664. 12. Nikita, E., Mattingly, D., Lahr, M.M. (2014). Dental indicators of adaptation in the Sahara Desert during the Late Holocene. HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology 65: 381-399. 13. Nikita, E. (2014). Age-associated variation and sexual dimorphism in adult cranial morphology: Implications in anthropological studies. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 24: 557-569. 14. Nikita, E. (2013). Quantitative assessment of the sternal rib end morphology and implications for its application in ageing human remains. Journal of Forensic Sciences 58: 324-329. 15. Nikita, E., Mattingly, D., Lahr, M.M. (2013a). Methodological considerations in the statistical analysis of degenerative joint and disc disease. International Journal of Paleopathology 3: 105-112. 16. Nikita, E., Lahr, M.M., Mattingly, D. (2013b). Evidence of trephinations among the Garamantes, a Late Holocene Saharan population. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 23: 370-377. 17. Nikita, E., Mattingly, D., Lahr, M.M. (2012a). Sahara: barrier or corridor? Nonmetric cranial traits and biological affinities of North African late Holocene populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147: 280-292. 18. Nikita, E., Mattingly, D., Lahr, M.M. (2012b). Three-dimensional cranial shape analyses and gene flow in North Africa during the Middle to Late Holocene. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 31: 564-572. 19. Nikita, E., Siew, Y.Y., Stock, J., Mattingly, D., Lahr, M.M. (2011). Activity patterns in the Sahara Desert: An interpretation based on cross-sectional geometric properties. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 146: 423-434. 20. Nikita, E., Lahr, M. (2011). Simple algorithms for the estimation of the initial number of individuals from commingled skeletal remains. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 146: 629636. 21. Mattingly, D., Abduli, H., Ahmed, M., Cole, F., Fenwick, C.M., Fothergill, B.T., González Rodriguez, M., Hobson, M.S., Khalaf, N., Lahr, M., Moussa, F.K., Nikita, E., Nikolaus, J., Radini, A., Ray, N., Savage, T., Sterry, M., Wilson, A. (2011). DMP XII: Excavations and Survey of the so-called Garamantian Royal Cemetery (GSC030-031). Libyan Studies 42: 89-102. 22. Mattingly, D., Abduli, H., Aburgheba, H., Ahmed, M., Ali Ahmed Esmaia, M., Baker, S., Cole, F., Fenwick, C., Gonzalez Rodriguez, M., Hobson, M., Khalaf, N., Lahr, M., Leitch, V., Moussa, F., Nikita,

E., Parker, D., Radini, A., Ray, N., Savage, T., Sterry, M., Schörle, K. (2010). DMP IX: Summary report on the fourth season of excavations of the Burials and Identity team. Libyan Studies 41: 89-104. 23. Mentzos, A., Nikita, E. (2010). The tomb in the North loft of the atrium in the cemetery basilica at Dion and the skeletal remains from the same complex. Egnatia 14: 91-101. (In Greek) 24. Mattingly, D., Lahr, M., Wilson, A., Abduli, H., Ahmed, M., Baker, S., Cole, F., González Rodriguez, M., Hobson, M., Leitch, V., Moussa, F., Nikita, E., Radini, A., Reeds, I., Savage, T., Sterry, M. (2009). DMP V: Investigations in 2009 of cemeteries and related sites on the west side of the Tāqallit promontory. Libyan Studies 40: 95-131. 25. Mattingly, D., Dore, J., Lahr, M., Ahmed, M., Cole, F., Crisp, J., González Rodriguez, M., Hobson, M., Ismayer, M., Leitch, V., Moussa, F., Nikita, E., Reeds, I., Savage, T., Sterry, M. (2008). DMP II: 2008 fieldwork on burials and identity in the Wadi al-Ajal. Libyan Studies 39: 223-262. 26. Nikitas, P., Nikita, E. (2005). A study of hominin dispersal out of Africa using computer simulations. Journal of Human Evolution 49: 602-617.

Book Chapters 27. Nikita, E., Triantaphyllou, S., Tsipopoulou, M., Panagiotopoulos, D., Platon, L. (in preparation invited contribution). Mobility patterns and cultural identities in the Prepalatial and early Protopalatial central and eastern Crete. In: Tsipopoulou, M. (ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd Petras Symposium. The Pre- and Proto-palatial cemetery in context. Athens: Monographs of the Danish Institute. 28. Nikita, E., Lagia, A., Triantaphyllou, S. (in press). Epidemiology and Pathology. In: Irby G. (ed.) A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. New York: WileyBlackwell. 29. Power, R., Nikita, E., Mattingly, D., Lahr, M.M., O’Connell, T.C. (in press). Human Mobility and Identity: Variation, diet and migration in relation to the Garamates of Fazzan. In: Mattingly, D. (ed.) Trans-Saharan volume I: Burials, Migrations and Identity. London: Society for Libyan Studies. 30. Radini, A. Nikita, E., Barton, H., Shillito, L.M., Darras, D., Tasker, A., Buckley, S., Collins, M. (2016). Dirty teeth in a Medieval Environment. p. 297-313. In: Jervis, B., Broderick, L., and Grau Sologestoa, I. (eds.) Objects, Environment, and Everyday Life in Medieval Europe. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. 31. Nikita, E. (2016). Population microevolution: Metric and non-metric traits. In: Papageorgopoulou Ch. (ed.) Special topics on biological anthropology, taphonomy and bioarchaeology. Athens: Academic Press. (In Greek) 32. Nikita, E., Papageorgopoulou Ch. (2016). Excavation techniques, recording methods and database creation for the study of human skeletal remains. In: Papageorgopoulou Ch. (ed.) Special topics on biological anthropology, taphonomy and bioarchaeology. Athens: Academic Press. (In Greek) 33. Nikita, E. (2015). The statistical implications of recording continuous variables using ordinal scales in bioarchaeological studies. p. 140-145. In: Papadopoulos, C., Paliou, E., Chrysanthi, A.,

Kotoula, E., and Sarris, A. (eds.) Archaeological Research in the Digital Age. Proceedings of the 1st Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA-GR). Rethymno: Institute for Mediterranean Studies - Foundation of Research and Technology. 34. Nikita, E., Mattingly, D., Lahr, M.M. (2013). Late Holocene desert-induced stress and human migrations through the Sahara: the case of the Garamantes. p. 219-260. In: Kotlia, B. (ed.) Holocene: Perspectives, Environmental Dynamics and Impact Events. New York: Nova Science Publishers. 35. Nikita, E., Stock, J., Foley, R., Lahr, M. (2010). Human Skeletal Remains. p. 375-408. In: Mattingly, D.J., Daniels, C.M., Dore, J.N., Edwards, D., and Hawthorne, J. (eds.) The Archaeology of Fazzan. Volume 3, Excavations carried out by C.M. Daniels. London: Society for Libyan Studies.