Archaeological Research Unit, UCY - Ερευνητική Μονάδα Αρχαιολογίας, ΠΚ

04/06/2026

09/05/2026

Joins us next Thursday 14th May, 7pm (Cyprus time) for a lecture by Dr Stella Demesticha, "The Nissia shipwreck Cyprus: investigating an anonymous 18th century ship".
For live attendance please email [email protected] and for online Zoom registration click link below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zHLytdMTQQeKPwA0nXpL7g

05/05/2026

Last chance to apply!
The deadline for PoCA 2026 applications has been extended for 1 week. You got that? One week! So if you were debating about applying, or spaced and forgot to send that abstract, now is your chance!
Tuesday, May 12th, the window closes.
You don’t want to miss it!


Archaeological Research Unit, UCY - Ερευνητική Μονάδα Αρχαιολογίας, ΠΚ

25/04/2026

23/04/2026

The 2026 PoCA committee is incredibly excited to welcome Dr. Artemis Georgiou as this year’s keynote speaker. Dr. Georgiou is a renowned Cypriot archaeologist currently working as an Assistant Research Professor with the Archaeological Research Unit at the University of Cyprus (UCY).

At the moment, Dr. Georgiou is leading an incredibly exciting project: “Commercial Patterns Across the Sea: The interdisciplinary study of Maritime Transport Containers from Cyprus and the elucidation of Mediterranean connectivity during the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age” (or ComPAS for short).

This project explores the commercial and cultural networks which connected the eastern Mediterranean in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages (roughly 1650-750 BC), focusing specifically on Maritime Transport Containers (MTC) to do so. The pioneering work of ComPAS combines interdisciplinary methods to approach MTCs in a holistic manner, examining morphology, provenance, marking strategies, secondary deposition practices, and many other elements of these artifacts. Check out the link in our bio for more information about ComPAS and its principal researcher!

Want to know what Dr. Georgiou will be talking about at PoCA this year? Well, stay tuned for that big announcement in May. In the meantime, please use your own cultural (ie. personal, professional, academic) networks to share all things PoCA. And don’t forget the deadline for abstract submissions is coming up!