Curriculum vitae of Iris Tzachili
Address: Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete, Rethymnon
74100, Greece tzachili@phl.uoc.gr Tel.: ++30 28310 25699 Pass. No.: M 477727
Since 1994: Department of History and Archaeology, University of Crete CoDirector of the excavation on the Minoan Peak Sanctuary of Vrysinas, Rethymnon
Director of the Centre of the Study of Ancient Textiles (ARTEX) and editor of the
journal Arachne specialising in Greek textiles
Co-director of the project “Islands in a Diachronic perspective. The case of Thirassia”
Project manager of the European Programme DressId (Dressing and Identities, New
Pespectives on Textiles New perspectives on textiles in the Roman empire.
Areas of interest: Textiles, history of archaeology, Aegean Metallurgy
Main and recent publications
1 1990 "All important yet elusive: Looking for evidence of Cloth-Making at
Akrotiri" in D.A. Hardy, C.G. Doumas, J.A. Sakellarakis, P.M. Warren eds, Thera
and the Aegean World III, vol. 1, London 380-389
2 1997 Weaving and Weavers in Prehistoric Aegaeum (in greek) Univeristy Press of
Crete
3 2000 "A 17th century eruption of the Santorini volcano" in E. Zachariadou, ed.
Natural disasters in Ottoman Empire : 193-205
4 2003 "Anthodokoi talaroi: The baskets of the crocus-gatherers from Xeste 3,
Akrotiri, Thera" in L. Morgan ed. Studies in Memory of Mark Cameron Supplement
in the Annual of the British School in Athens 2 2005 Excavations on Thera and
Therasia in the 19th century: A Chronicle. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology
18.2 ( 2005) 231-257
5 2005 The clay cylinders of Akrotiri, Thera. A non Literate, alternative way of
Accounting? Minos, 2003-2004, 1-67
6 2005 «Ferdinand Fouqué á Santorin» in P. Darcque, M. Fotiadis, O.
Polychronopoulou (eds.) Mythos La préhistoire égéenne du XIX siècle au XXI siècle
après J.C. Actes de la table ronde internationale d’Athènes (21-22 novembre 2002)
Βulletin de Correspondence Héllénique. Supplément 46, 199-207
7 2005 “Excavations on Thera and Therasia in the 19th century: A Chronicle”
Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 18, no 2(2005), 231-257
8 2007 “Weaving at Akrotiri, Thera. Defining Cloth-making Activities as a Social
Process in a Late Bronze Age Aegean Town” στο C. Gillis και M.-L. Nosch (eds)
Ancient Textiles. Production Craft and Society Oxford, Oxbow books, 190-196.
9 Arachne (ed. Tzachili) Occasional Publications for the History of costume and
Textiles in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean (1,2,3) 2001-2009
10 2005 Weaving Workshops in Crete in Hellenistic Times” in C. Alfaro ed. Τextiles
and dyes in the ancient Mediterranean World (2) Valencia 2011
11. with Joanna Smith (Columbia University) “Cloth in Crete and Cyprus” στο
Parallel Lives. Ancient Island Societies in Crete and Cyprus υπό δημοσίευση ως
BSA Supplement