• 2007 – present. Lecturer of Prehistoric Archaeology, Dept of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace (Greece).

• 1999-2006: PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Thesis title: “Neolithic pottery from Makriyalos: inhabitants’ dietary habits and the social aspects of pottery”.

• 2002-03 (October-January) Research Associateship, Wiener Laboratory, American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Research topic: “Organic residues in pottery as evidence for the palaeodiet of the Late Neolithic settlement at Makriyalos, Northern Greece”. Research carried out at University of Bristol, Department of Organic Geochemistry with Prof R. P. Evershed

• 2000 (October-December) BSA Bursary holder. Research topic: “Residue analysis of the Neolithic pottery from Makriyalos, Northern Greece”. Research carried out at University of Bradford, Department of Archaeological Sciences with Prof C. Heron. Also, attended a course on residue analysis of archaeological ceramics by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS).

• 1998 September: MA, Department of Archaeology, University of Thessaloniki Dissertation title: “Pottery from the Neolithic site of Thermi B: social aspects of ceramic technology”.

• 1988 June: BA with specialization in Prehistoric archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Belgrade, (Former) Yugoslavia. Dissertation title: “The site of Limska Gradina and its place in the Bronze Age Kastelieri culture”.

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1. Urem-Kotsou, D. 2012. The Limska Gradina hillfort:pottery from the cemetery area. Pula (Croatia): Archaeological Museum of Istria and Ministry of Culture
   
   
2. Urem-Kotsou, D. Kotsakis, K., Chrisostomou, A. Vouzara, G., Saridaki, N., Papadaki, T., Papaioannou, A., and Ch. Poloukidou 2012. First farmers in Almopia: Middle Neolithic settlement at Apsalos. In M. Tiverios and A. Chrisostomou (eds.) Edessa and its region. History, Archaeology and Culture through time. Edessa (in greek)
   
   
3. Dimitrakoudi, E., Mitkidou, S., Urem-Kotsou, D., Kotsakis, K., Stephanidou-Stefanatou, I., Stratis, J. 2011. Characterization of diterpenoid resinous materials in Roman-age amphorae from north Greece, European Journal of Mass Spectrometry 17: 581-591
   
   
4. D. Urem-Kotsou 2011. “Recent approaches in ceramic research. Vessel use and food residue analysis in late Neolithic pottery from northern Greece” (in Croatian with extensive summary in English). In Panonski prapovijesni osviti - Zbornik radova posvećen Korneliji Minichreiter, Zagreb: Institut za arheologiju, pp. 247-265
   
   
5. Evershed, R.P., S. Payne, A.G. Sherratt, M.S. Copley, J. Coolidge, D. Urem-Kotsou, K. Kotsakis, M. Ozdogan, A. Ozdogan, O. Nieuwenhuyse, P.M.M.G. Akkermans, D. Bailey, R.-R. Andeescu, S. Campbell, Sh. Farid, I. Hodder, N. Yalman, M. Ozbarasan, E. Bicakci, Y. Garfinkel, T. Levy, M.M. Burton 2008. “Earliest date of milk use in the Near East and southeastern Europe, linked to cattle herding”  Nature, 455 (25.9.2008): 528-531.
   
   
6. Kotsakis, K., Urem-Kotsou, D., Evershed, R.P., Sherratt, A. and Copley, M. 2008. ‘Did early farmers and pastoralist drink milk? The earliest evidence of the consumption of milk in Greece». Proceedings of the Conference on the History milk and dairy products in Greece. PIOP, Athens. (in Greek), 83-88
   
   
7. S. Mitkidou, E. Dimitrakoudi, D. Urem-Kotsou, D. Papadopoulou , K. Kotsakis , J. A. Stratis, I. Stephanidou-Stephanatou, 2008, Organic Residue Analysis of Neolithic Pottery from North Greece, Microchemica Acta, 160 (4): 493-498
   
   
8. Urem-Kotsou, D., Kotsakis, K., Beck, C. and Stout, E. C. 2008. Organic residues from the Late Neolithic Makriyalos cooking pots. BAR International Series1746: 619-629  
   
   
9. Urem-Kotsou, D. and A. Dimoula 2007. Western, Central, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. In J. Whitley et al. (eds) Archaeological Reports for 2006-2007. Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and British School at Athens, 48-76
   
   
10. Urem-Kotsou, D. and Kotsakis, K. 2007. “Pottery, cuisine and community in the Neolithic of North Greece”. In J. Renard and Ch. Mee (eds), Cooking up the Past: Food and Culinary Practices in the Neolithic and Bronze Aegean, 225-246, Oxbow Books
    
    
11. Urem-Kotsou, D. and A. Dimoula 2006. Western, Central, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. In J. Whitley et al. Archaeological Reports 2005-2006. Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and British School at Athens, 86-96
    
    
12. Kotsos, S. and D. Urem-Kotsou, 2006. Filling in the Neolithic landscape of central Macedonia, Greece. In N. Tasic and C. Grozdanov (eds.) Homage to Milutin Garasanin, 193-207. Belgrade: Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
    
    
13. Stern, B., Clelland, S. J., Nordby, C. C. and Urem-Kotsou, D. 2006. “Bulk stable light isotopic ratios in archaeological birch bark tars”, Applied Geochemistry 21: 1668-1673
    
    
14. Efstratiou, N. and Urem-Kotsou, D. 2006. The Neolithic Site of Makri in Thrace-Greece. In B. Brukner (ed) From Starcevo to Vinca, Zrenjanin: Narodni Muzej, 7-31.
    
    
15. D. Urem-Kotsou και A. Dimoula 2005. Western, Central, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. In J. Whitley et al. Archaeological Reports 2004-2005. Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and British School at Athens, 68-88
    
    
16. Urem-Kotsou, D. and Gioura, E. 2004. The pottery from new excavations. In D. Gammenos and S. Kotsos (eds), Rescue Excavations at Neolithic Settlement of Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, Part II (1998-2003): 219-303, Thessaloniki: Altintzis (in Greek)
    
    
17. Urem-Kotsou, D., Copley, M. S. and Evershed, R. P.  2004.  The use of birch bark tar on the Late Neolithic pottery from Stavroupoli, North Greece. In D. Grammenos and S. Kotsos (eds), Rescue Excavations at Neolithic Settlement of Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, Part II (1998-2003), Pp: 339-347, Thessaloniki: Altintzis
    
    
18. Urem-Kotsou, D. and Dimitriadis, S. 2004.  Technology of pottery from Neolithic settlements of Stavroupoli: new evidence. In D. Grammenos and S. Kotsos (eds), Rescue Excavations at Neolithic Settlement of Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, Part II (1998-2003): 305-337 Thessaloniki: Altintzis (in Greek)
    
    
19. Pappa, M., Halstead, P., Kotsakis, K. and Urem-Kotsou, D. 2004. Evidence for large-scale feasting at Late Neolithic Makriyalos, North Greece. In: P. Halstead and J. Barrett (ed.), Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece. Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 16-44
    
    
20. Urem-Kotsou, D. 2003   Pottery as indication for food habits: an example from the Neolithic settlement Thermi B. In Proceedings to International Conference on Theory and Methods in Prehistoric Archaeology, Thessaloniki: Studio University Press (in Greek)
    
    
21. Urem-Kotsou, D. and Dimitriadis, S. 2002. Pottery technology. In D. Grammenos and S. Kotsos (eds), Rescue Excavations at Neolithic Settlement of Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki: Eteria Makedonikon   Spoudon (in Greek), 627-682
    
    
22. Urem-Kotsou, D., Kotsakis, K. and Stern, B. 2002. Defining function in Neolithic ceramics: The example of Makriyalos, Greece. Documenta Praehistorica, 29: 109-119
    
    
23. Urem-Kotsou, D., Stern, B., Heron, C. and Kotsakis, K. 2002. Birch-bark tar at Neolithic Makriyalos, Greece. Antiquity 76: 962-7.
    
    
24. Urem-Kotsou, D. 1998 "The pottery and the Ceramic Sequence". In N. Eustratiou at al. "Excavation of the Neolithic Settlement of Makri, Trace, Greece (1988-1996). A Preliminary report."  Saguntum 31: 29-36. Universitat de Valencia, Valencia
    
    
25. Urem-Kotsou, D., Efstratiou, N and Kalintsi, D. 1995  "Makri '95, excavation research and archaeological pursuit", AEMTH 9 (Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Trace), 463-469. (in Greek)
    
26. Urem-Kotsou, D. and Efstratiou, N. 1993 The contribution of the pottery typology of Makri to the study of prehistoric course in Trace. AEMTH 7 (Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Trace), 617-624 (in Greek)
    
    
27. Urem-Kotsou, D. 1992  The pottery. In D. Grammenos Excavations of the Neolithic settlement Thermi B and Byzantine installation in the vicinity of the prehistoric settlement Thermi A: excavation period 1989, Makedonika KH: 394-407 (in Greek)
    
    
28. Urem-Kotsou, D. 1990 Ceramic categories and their study. In D. Grammenos Excavations of the Neolithic settlement of Thermi: excavations period 1987, Makedonika KZ: 244-254 (in Greek)

29. Urem-Kotsou. D. (in preparation). Stories from Vessels: pottery and Neolithic communities in northern Greece. In R. Doonan, S. Sherratt and C. Tsoraki (eds.) Material Worlds of the Aegean
    
    
30. Deliopoulos, G., Urem-Kotsou, D. and Ai. Papanthimou-Papaeuthimiou (in press). Cuisine at Archontiko: Early and Late Bronze Age cooking pots, AEMTH (Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Trace) (in Greek)
    
    
31. Urem-Kotsou, D., Papaioannou, A., Silva, T., Adaktylou, F. and Μ. Besios (in press). Early and Middle Neolithic settlement at Revenia Korinou. First results of the study of pottery, AEMTH (Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Trace) (in Greek)
    
    
32. Papadakou, T., Urem-Kotsou, D. and K. Kotsakis (in press). Early Neolithic pottery from Paliambela Kolindrou AEMTH (Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Trace) (in Greek)
    
    
33. Urem-Kotsou. D (in press). Changing pottery technology in the later Neolithic in North Greece. In C. Knappett & E. Kiriatzi (eds)  Mobile technologies across dynamic landscapes: perspectives from Mediterranean prehistory
    
    
34. Saridaki, N., Kotsakis, K., Urem-Kotsou, D. and A. Chrisostomou (in press). Apsalos-Grammi: First results of the analysis of the Middle Neolithic pottery, AEMTH (Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Trace) (in Greek)
    
    
35. Pappa, M., Halstead, P., Kotsakis, K., Bogaard, A., Fraser, R., Isaakidou, V., Mainland, I., Mylona, D., Skourtopoulou, K., Triantaphyllou, S., Tsoraki, Ch., Urem-Kotsou, D., Valamoti, S. M., Veropoulidou, R. (in press). The Neolithic site of Makriyalos, northern Greece: reconstruction of social and economic structure of the settlement through comparative study of the finds. In Voutsaki, S. and Valamoti, S.-M. (eds) Diet, economy and society in the ancient Greek world: towards a better integration of archaeology and science. Peeters, Leuven.
    
    
36. Urem-Kotsou, D. (submitted 2009). The study of pottery use in archaeology and its relation to the Environmental Archaeology. In K. Kotsakis and S. Andreou (eds) Environmental Archaeology. Thessaloniki: Studio University Press
    
    
37. D. Urem-Kotsou and K. Kotsakis, (submitted 2008). Cups of conversion: Drinking sets in social context in Late Neolithic Northern Greece. In Margaritis, E, Renfrew, J. & Jones, M. (eds.) Wine confessions: production, trade and social significance of wine in ancient Greece and Cyprus. Hesperia (Occasional Wiener Laboratory Series)
    
    
38. Kotsakis, K., Valamoti, S. and Urem-Kotsou, D., (submitted 2006). Olive and olive oil in Prehistory.  In I. Anagnostaki and E. Balta (eds) Olive and Olive oil in E. Mediterranean from Prehistory to Industrial era. Athens: PIOP
    
    
39. Kalogirou, A. and D. Urem-Kotsou, (submitted 2004). Neolithic pottery in Macedonia. In D. Grammenos (ed.) Prehistory in Macedonia,University Studio Press

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• Workshop “Recent Approaches to the Study of Pottery in the Aegean” (with K. Kotsaki, E. Hatzaki and E. Kiriatzi), Thessaloniki, 11-12. December 2009

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1. Conference on "Embodied Identities in the Prehistoric Eastern Mediterranean: Convergence of Theory and Practice", Lemessos (Cyprus) 10-12.4.2012. D. Urem-Kotsou: Embodied Vessels
2. Conference on Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace, Thessaloniki (Greece), 2012, Ντ. Ούρεμ-Κώτσου, Α. Παπαϊωάννου, T. Silva, Φ. Αδακτύλου and Μ. Βέσιος: Οικισμός αρχαιότερης και μέσης νεολιθικής στα Ρεβένια Κορινού. Πρώτα αποτελέσματα της μελέτης της κεραμικής 
3. Conference on Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace, Thessaloniki (Greece), 2012, Γ. Δελιόπουλος, Ντ. Ούρεμ-Κώτσου and Κ. Παπανθίμου-Παπαευθυμίου: Μαγειρική στο Αρχοντικό: τα μαγειρικά σκεύη της πρώιμης και της ύστερης εποχής του χαλκού.
4. Conference on Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace, Thessaloniki (Greece), 2012, Τ. Παπαδάκου, Ντ. Ούρεμ-Κώτσου and Κ. Κωτσάκης: Κεραμική της αρχαιότερης νεολιθικής από τα Παλιάμπελα Κολινδρού
5. Conference on Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace, Thessaloniki (Greece), 2011, Νίκη Σαριδάκη, Κ. Κωτσάκης, Ντ. Ούρεμ-Κώτσου, Α. Χρισοστόμου: Άψαλος-Γραμμή: τα πρώτα αποτελέσματα της ανάλυσης της κεραμικής της Μέσης Νεολιθικής περιόδου
6. Round Table on «Material Worlds of the Aegean», Sheffield (Αγγλία), 4-6.02.2011. D. Urem-Kotsou: Stories from vessels: pottery and Neolithic communities in northern Greece (με πρόσκληση).  
7. Conference on «Η Έδεσσα και η περιοχή της. Ιστορία – Αρχαιολογία – Πολιτισμός. Μια διαχρονική παρουσίαση», Έδεσσα 11-12.12.2010. Ντ. Ούρεμ-Κώτσου, Κ. Κωτσάκης, Α. Χρυσοστόμου, Χ. Πολουκίδου, Γ. Βουζαρά, Ν. Σαριδάκη: Πρώτοι γεωργοί και κτηνοτρόφοι στην Αλμωπία: ένας οικισμός της Μέσης Νεολιθικής στην Άψαλο (invited participant).
8. Workshop «Mobile technologies across dynamic landscapes: perspectives from Mediterranean prehistory», Athens 4-6.05.2010. Title: Changing food and pottery technologies in the course of the Neolithic in North Greece (invited participant).
9. International Conference «Food, Subsistence and Society in Greece», Athens 22-24.03.2010. M. Pappa, P. Halstead, K. Kotsakis, A. Bogaard, V. Isaakidou, I. Mainland, D. Mylona, K. Skourtopoulou, S. Triantaphylou, Ch. Tsoraki, S. Valamoti, R. Veropoulidou and D. Urem. Kotsou: The Neolithic site of Makriyalos, northern Greece: reconstruction of social and economic structure of the settlement through comparative study of the finds (invited participant).
10. Archaeometry Workshop, Thessaloniki 26.02.2010. D. Urem-Kotsou, K. Kotsakis, S. Mitkidou, E. Dimitrakoudi, Ι. Stratis: The use of natural products on pottery from Prehistory to Roman times (invited participant).
11. Workshop «Recent approaches to the study of pottery from the Aegean », Thessaloniki, 11-12. December 2009. Title: Neolithic societies through vessels: Central Macedonia from Early to Late Neolithic (organizer)
12. University of Zagreb (Croatia), April 2009, Lecture at Dept of Archaeology, Title: New methods in study of pottery: analysis of food and other organic residues (invited speaker).
13. Thessaloniki, Greece, 2008, Workshop, Environmental Archaeology, Aristotle University, Title: Chemical analysis of organic residues on pottery (invited participant).
14. Thessaloniki, Greece 2008, Conference on Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace, Urem-Kotsou, D. and Kotsakis, K: Diet in the Neolithic of N. Greece: evidence from organic residues on pottery.  
15. Sheffield 2007, Neolithization Research Forum, University of Sheffield. Title: Eating, drinking and the shaping identity in the LN Northern Greece (invited participant).
16. Ikaria, Greece 2007, International Conference, Archaeology of Wine in Ancient Greece and Cyprus. D. Urem-Kotsou and K. Kotsakis: Cups of conversion: Drinking sets in their social context in Late Neolithic N. Greece (invited participants).
17. Udine, Italy 2007, Pottery workshop, D. Urem-Kotsou & K. Kotsakis: Organic residue analysis of Neolithic pottery in Greece (invited participants).
18. Pula, Croatia 2006, International Conference, Viticulture and Olive Growing from Prehistory to the Middle Ages, D. Urem-Kotsou, K. Kotsakis and M. Pappa: Drinking sets from the LN Makriyalos (North Greece) and the role of the consumption of drinks in the Late Neolithic societies in North Greece (invited participants).
19. Thessaloniki, Greece 2006, 5^ο International Conference of Analytical Chemistry, Ε. Dimitrakoudi, S. Mitkidou, D. Papadopoulou, D. Urem-Kotsou, K. Kotsakis, I. Stephanidou-Stephanatou, J. A. Stratis: Analysis of resins from the Roman Age Greek Pottery by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (invited participants).
20. Thessaloniki, Greece 2006, 5^ο International Conference of Analytical Chemistry, Ε. Dimitrakoudi, S. Mitkidou, D. Papadopoulou, D. Urem-Kotsou, K. Kotsakis, I. Stephanidou-Stephanatou, J. A. Stratis: Organic residue analysis of Neolithic pottery from North Greece, (invited participants).
21. Mexico 2006, 10^th Conference of International Council for Archaeozoology, R.P. Evershed, M.S. Copley, J. Coolidge, D. Urem-Kotsou, A.G. Sherratt and S. Payne: The Emergence and Spread of Dairying in Southeast Europe and the Near East.
22. Quebec City, Canada 2006, 36^th International Symposium on Archaeometry, Richard P. Evershed, M. S. Copley, J. Coolidge, D. Urem-Kotsou, A. Sherratt and S. Payne: The Emergence and Spread of Dairying in Southeast Europe and the Near East.
23. Exeter 2006, Association for Environmental Archaeology Spring Conference, "Bones, Seeds and Biomolecules: integrating old and new lines of Evidence". R.P. Evershed, M.S. Copley, J. Coolidge, D. Urem-Kotsou, A. Sherratt and S. Payne: The Emergence and Spread of Dairying in Southeast Europe and the Near East.
24. Ksanthi, Greece 2005, Conference on the "History of milk and dairy products in Greece", K. Kotsakis, D. Urem-Kotsou, R. P. Evershed, A. Sherratt, M. Copley: Did early farmers and pastoralist drink milk? The earliest evidence of the consumption of milk in Greece, (invited participants)
25. Bradford 2005, Conference on "People and Geo-Landscapes", Mark Copley, Jennifer Coolidge, Rob Berstan, Dushka Urem-Kotsou, Andrew Sherratt and Richard P. Evershed: Searching for the energence and spread of dairying in southeast Europe and the Near East (poster presentation)
26. Berijing, China 2005, 35^th International Symposium on Archaeometry, M.S. Copley, R.P. Evershed, J. Coolidge, D. Urem-Kotsou , A. Sherratt: The Emergence and Spread of Dairying in Southeast Europe and the Near East.
27. Vienna, Austria 2005, Conference of European Union of Geochemists, Meeting on archaeological geochemistry,. Stern, B., Clelland, S. J., Nordby, C. C. and Urem-Kotsou, D: Bulk stable light isotopic ratios in archaeological birch bark tars

28. Paracin, Srbia 2004, Annual Archaeological Summer School, Lecture with title Biomolecular archaeology: chemical analysis of organic residues on pottery, (invited speaker).

29. Clermont-Ferrand, France 2004, International Conference, Autour de la cuisine: les pratiques alimentaires au Néolithique et à l’ Âge du Bronze dans le monde égéen”, D. Urem-Kotsou and K. Kotsakis: Pottery, cuisine and community in the Neolithic of North Greece, (invited participants).
30. Montreal, Canada 2004, 69^th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Session on Feasting Research, The Ontology of Feasting, K. Kotsakis, D. Urem-Kotsou and P. Halstead: Pottery and Feasting in Late Neolithic Makriyalos, Greece, (invited participants).
31. Thessaloniki, Greece 2004, 7th Conference on Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace, D. Urem-Kotsou, K. Kotsakis and M. Pappa: Analysis of organic residues of Neolithic pottery from Makriyalos
32. Ljubljana, Slovenia 2003, 10^th Neolithic Seminar, The Neolithization of Euroasia – Paradigms, Models and Concepts Involved, K. Kotsakis and D. Urem-Kotsou: The Social Context of Food Consumption in Neolithic Greece, (invited participants).
33. Thessaloniki, Greece 2003, International Conference, Instrumental Methods of Analysis: Modern Trends and Applications, D. Urem-Kotsou and K. Kotsakis: Chemical analysis of organic residues in Archaeology. Recent Developments, (invited participants).
34. Athens, Greece 2003, 4^th Symposium on Archaeometry of the Hellenic Society of Archaeomentry, D. Urem-Kotsou, K. Kotsakis, C. Beck, E. Stout: Organic residues in Makriyalos cooking pots.

35. Athens, Greece 2002, Meeting on the Study of Organic Materials in Archaeology and Art, Title: The problems in defining pottery use and the chemical analysis of organic remains

36. Ljubljana, Slovenia 2001, 8^th Neolithic Seminar, The Neolithisation of  Euroasia – Perspectives from Pottery, D. Urem-Kotsou, K. Kotsakis and B. Stern: Defining function in Neolithic  ceramics: the example of Makriyalos, Greece, (invited participants).
37. Sheffield, UK 2001, University of Sheffield, Round Table on Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece, D. Urem-Kotsou, K. Kotsakis and M. Pappa: Ceramics, cooking and consumption at LN Makriyalos, North Greece, (invited participants).
38. Athens, Greece, 1999, 5th Meeting on Ancient Ceramics -EMAC 99, D. Urem-Kotsou and S. Dimitriadis: Interpreting the function of Neolithic  pottery from Thermi B on the basis of its petrographic, technological and morphological characteristics.
39. Thessaloniki-Kastoria, Greece, 1998, International Conference, Theory and Methods in Prehistoric Archaeology, Title: Pottery as indication of food habits: an example from the Neolithic site of Thermi B.
40. Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia 1996, International Round Table on Current Problems of the Transition period from the Starcevo to the Vinca Culture, N. Eustratiou and D. Urem-Kotsou: The Neolithic site of Makri in Trace-Greece, its contribution to the issue of the Neolithic sequence of the 6th millennium in the Balkans, (invited participants).
41. Thessaloniki, Greece 1995, Conference, Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace, N. Eustratiou, D. Urem-Kotsou and D. Kalintzi: “Makri ‘95”  
42. Thessaloniki, Greece 1993, Conference, Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace, D. Urem-Kotsou and N. Eustratiou: Contribution of Makri pottery typology to the study of prehistory in Thrace. 

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1. EXPLORE project (Exploitation of resources in the Neolithic Period in Northern Greece. Material culture and environment). Head of the project: Prof K. Kotsakis. Project Coordinators: Prof K. Kotsakis, Dr D. Urem-Kotsou, Prof S. Mitkidou. 2012-2015.
2. “Arheologija Srbije: kulturni identitet, integracioni faktori, tehnoloski procesi i uloga centralnog Balkana u razvoju evropske praistorije”. Head of the project: Prof. Slavisa Peric. Financed by Ministarstvo nauke Republike Srbije.
3. ‘Cooking Around the Pond: culinary practices in the prehistoric Aegean’, combining ceramic and faunal evidence for culinary practices (in collaboration with Dr. E. Hatzaki, University of Cincinnati, USA and V. Isaakidou, University of Sheffield, UK)
4. Archontiko, north Greece (Early and Late Bronze Age), 2012
5. Myrtos Pyrgos, Greece (Bronze Age), 2010-present. Study of cooking vessels from LBA phase of the settlement and tomb 
6. Toumba Kremasti Kozanis, Greece (Late Neolithic), 2010-present. Pottery study
7. Revenia-Korinou, Greece (Early and Middle Neolithic), 2008-present. Pottery study.
8. Ritini, Greece (Middle Neolithic), 2008-present. Pottery study.
9. Apsalos, Greece (Early and Middle Neolithic), 2002-2012. Pottery study.
10. Paliampela-Kolindoru, Greece (Early, Middle and Late Neolithic), 2000-present. Pottery study.
11. “The Emergence of Dairying in Early Farming Practices of the Fertile Crescent and the Balkans”.  Head of the Project: Richard P. Evershed (Bristol University) and Andrew Sherratt (University of Sheffield), 2002-2005
12. “Archimed Ι” (Application of analytical methods in the study of organic remains related to ancient pottery). Head of the project S. Mitkidou (University of Kavala), 2002-2004
13. Stavroupoli - Thessaloniki, Greece (Middle and Late Neolithic), 2001-2004. Study of pottery.
14. Makriyalos, Greece (Late Neolithic), 1998-2006. Pottery study.
15. Thermi - Thesssaloniki, Greece (Late Neolithic), 1989-1992. Study of pottery from the settlement.
16. Makri (Thrace), Greece (Late Neolithic) 1992-1997. Pottery study. In addition, in September 1995 conducted an experimental approach on the questions of the manufacture and use of Neolithic pottery from the Makri settlement.

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1. Palatiano, Greece (Iron Age, Hellenistic and Roman period), 1993-98. Participated in the excavation of the settlement and conducted pottery study.
2. Arnissa, Macedonia, Greece. 1992-1997, Anthropological research on daily diet of the people from the village with emphasis on the production and consumption of food and drink.
3. Sarakini, Thrace, Greece. 1996. Participation in the Anthropological Research on the Pomaks. Specifically in collecting data on their dietary customs and habits.
4. Site 10, Thrace, Greece, (Paleolithic period), 1995. Participated in excavation.
5. Sarakini, Thrace, Greece, 1994. Participated in the project on experimental archaeology, specifically on the issues of the architectural remains.
6. Trace, Greece. 1993 Participated in survey of Rodopi area (director: Prof N. Eustratiou)
7. Europos, Greece (Hellenistic and Roman period), 1992. Participated in excavation of the settlement and cemeteries of both periods.
8. Drosia, Greece (Neolithic period), 1992. Participated in the excavation of the settlement.
9. Goumenissa, Macedonia, Greece 1992. Anthropological research on the feasting and daily diet of one of the four ethnic groups that live in the village.
10. Gynaikokastro, Greece (Iron Age) 1990. Participated in the excavation of the settlement.
11. Limska Gradina, Croatia (Bronze Age), 1987-1988. Study of pottery from the cemetery.
12. Castrum on Brioni island, Croatia (Roman period), 1986. Participated in excavation of the Roman fortification.
13. Cehotina, Yugoslavia (Iron Age), 1986. Participated in the excavation of the cemetery.
14. Cehotina, Yugoslavia (Mesolithic period), 1985. Participated in excavation of the rock shelter.
15. Vinca, Yugoslavia (Neolithic period), 1983-1984. Took part in excavation of the settlement, as well as in studying the pottery.
16. Ancient Pella, Greece (Hellenistic period), 1983. Participated in the excavation of the ancient market (Agora).