Vana Orfanou, MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich, Schellingstrasse 12, 80799 Munich, +49 (0)89-2180-5360; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Vana’s research focuses on studying past technologies through the analytical examination of archaeomaterials, with a particular emphasis on archaeometallurgy. She has worked with materials spanning a wide chronological and geographical scope, from the Bronze Age to Medieval times, across northern and southeastern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean, and western Asia. Much of Vana’s work has dealt with materials from Greece, which has led to a close association with the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry (HSA). Since its founding in 1982, the HSA has been the largest professional association of archaeological scientists in Greece, with members both within and outside Greece. The HSA has also actively supported the journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences since its foundation in 2009.