Specialized in Natural Sciences in Archaeology—Cultural Heritage-Geonvironment—Digital Archaeology, though during his carrier he has done research in a range of multidisciplinary fields. Since 1999 he is full professor of Archaeometry and Physical Sciences at the Aegean University, Rhodes, Greece. Amongst his innovative research are surface luminescence dating, obsidian hydration dating, and contributions in interdisciplinary fields of geophysics, astronomy, archaeoastronomy, digital culture, palaeoclimatic variations, seismic periodicities, historical auroral records, Holocene climates, and chronological methods in the quaternary (U-Th etc). (www.liritzis.eu) liritzis@rhodes.aegean.gr; ioliritzis@gmail.com).
Research Keywords & Expertise
Geoarchaeology
digital archaeology
Palaeoclimatology
archaeoastronomy
Archaeological science...
Environmental archaeol...
New technologies in cu...
Conservation of monume...
Fingerprints
14%
Geoarchaeology
5%
archaeoastronomy
5%
New technologies in cultural heritage
5%
digital archaeology
5%
Environmental archaeology and archaeometry
Short Biography
Specialized in Natural Sciences in Archaeology—Cultural Heritage-Geonvironment—Digital Archaeology, though during his carrier he has done research in a range of multidisciplinary fields. Since 1999 he is full professor of Archaeometry and Physical Sciences at the Aegean University, Rhodes, Greece. Amongst his innovative research are surface luminescence dating, obsidian hydration dating, and contributions in interdisciplinary fields of geophysics, astronomy, archaeoastronomy, digital culture, palaeoclimatic variations, seismic periodicities, historical auroral records, Holocene climates, and chronological methods in the quaternary (U-Th etc). (www.liritzis.eu) liritzis@rhodes.aegean.gr; ioliritzis@gmail.com).
Honors and Awards
HONORARY FELLOW
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Dept of Archaeology (for the international contribution in the archaeological sciences)
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
HONORARY PROFESSOR
Grahamstown, South Africa , Dept of Physics & Electreonics, for the international contribution of Physical Sciences in basic and applied research in material culture (archaeometry), environment.
Rhodes University
VISITING DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
Teaching courses in Undergraduate & PostGraduate students on Environmental Archaeometry, leading research projects and writing papers in scientific journals, coordinating the establishment of Joint Research Centers in Kaifeng and Rhodes, coordinating joint International Conferences.