Dr. Danai Theodoraki
Emmy Noether Nachwuchsgruppe: Research assistant
Forschungsprofil
- Palaeoclimate
- Shells
- Aegean archaeology
- Ethnoarchaeology
Werdegang
Current position
- 2021
Research Assistant at LEIZA (Emmy-Noether-Group SEAFRONT)/PhD candidate (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
Education
- 2018
Masters in Prehistoric Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - 2015
Degree in History and Archaeology, Specialization in Archaeology and History of Art, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Internships
- 2016
Erasmus+ Traineeship at Université Catholique de Louvain & Aegis Research Group, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium - 2015
Internship at the British School at Athens, Archaeometric Laboratory Marc and Ismene Fitch
Excavations
- Ouriakos Lemnou (2017), Paliambela Kolindrou (2016), Knossos-Gypsades (2014), Toumba Thessalonikis (2013), Vryokastro Kythnou (2012), Agora of Pella (2012)
Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Greek
Scholarships
- Merit Scholarship for distinction, academic year 2010-2011, Greek State
- Institute for Scholarships (IKY), 2013
- Merit Scholarship for distinction in academic studies in the Aristotle
- University of Thessaloniki, academic year 2011-2012, Greek State Institute for Scholarships (IKY), 2012

Kontakt
Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie
Ludwig-Lindenschmit-Forum 1
55116 Mainz
Ludwig-Lindenschmit-Forum 1
55116 Mainz
- Telefon:+49 6131 8885-334
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Forschungsprojekte
Publikationen
- Theodoraki D. & Hausmann N., (2026), "Seasonality at prehistoric Franchthi: the use of large sample sets". Archaeological Anthropological Sciences 18: 147. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-026-02509-2
- Theodoraki, Danai: High-Resolution Climatic Changes at Early Neolithic Franchthi, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2026 (LEIZA Publications, Band 13). https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1770
- Theodoraki D., Mannino M.A., Prendergast A., Schöne B.R., and Hausmann N., (2025), "Multi-regional calibration of Patella caerulea as a palaeothermometer using oxygen isotope values and Mg/Ca ratios." The Holocene: 14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836251378034.
- Mirapeix J., Theodoraki D., Arniz-Mateos R., García-Escárzaga A., Piñon V., Gutierrez-Zugasti I., Hausmann N., and Cobo A., (2025), "A comparative analysis of elemental imaging of marine mollusc shells using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy." Microchemical Journal (113756): 15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2025.113756.
- Hausmann N., Theodoraki D., Piñon V., Siozos P., Lemonis A. and Anglos D., (2023), "Applying laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and elemental imaging on marine shells for archaeological and environmental research." Scientific Reports 13 (1): 12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46453-w.
- T. Andreovits, A. Kita & D. Theodoraki (alphabetical authorship), (2019),“Take a Walk on the Wild Side in Bronze Age Macedonia (Greece)”, N. Ayash, F. Fritzsce & D. Wolf (eds.), No (e)scape? A Relational Archaeology of Man, Nature, and Thing, Heidelberg 23-25 March 2018, Conference Paper. https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeumdok.00004423
- Theodoraki, D., (2018), Marine resources in the Neolithic settlements of Northern Greece: Ethnoarchaeological research in the region of the Thermaic Gulf and the archaeomalacological assemblage of Paliambela (in Greek), MA thesis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. http://ikee.lib.auth.gr/record/301567/?ln=el
