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PROF ANTONIO SAGONA



Contact Details

Organization: Historical Studies
Position: PROFESSOR.
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Homepage: http://www.cca.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/A-Sagona/index.html
Work: 8344 4160
Fax: 8344 4161
Room: G15
Level: Ground
Building: Old Quadrangle Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
The archaeology of the ancient Near East, especially Turkey and the Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
Historical and Archaeological Study of the ANZAC Battlefield, Gallipoli Turkey

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Georgia The Georgian National Museum Research
Turkey Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training
Turkey Trakya Universitesi Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne 30-Dec-1977
Graduate Diploma in Education University of Melbourne 30-Dec-1983
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 10-Mar-1984

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Studi di Prehistoria Orientale, Dipartimento di Scienze Antiche, Universita di Roma (Editorial Board, monograph series) Scientific Board 01-Jan-2009
Member Journal of Archaeology of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (Editorial Board) Editorial Board 01-Jan-2009
Member Arkeoloji ve Sanat, Istanbul (Editorial Board, journal) Editorial Board 01-Jan-2007
Member Ian Potter Museum of Art Board, The University of Melbourne Board 01-Jan-2004
Member Colloquia Pontica, Louvain: Peeters Press (Advisory Board, monograph series) Editorial Advisory Board 01-Jan-2003
Member Ancient West & East, Louvain: Peeters Press (Advisory Board, journal) Editorial Advisory Board 01-Jan-2002
Member Ancient Near Eastern Studies (journal) and Monograph Series, Louvain: Peeters Press (Editor of both) Editor 01-Jan-1999
Member Mediterranean Archaeology, Journal of the Australian Institute at Athens (Editorial Advisory Board) Advisory and Managerial Board 01-Jan-1990

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) 30-Dec-2005
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) 02-Aug-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Beyond the Land of the Golden Fleece: Archaeological Investigations at Mtskheta (Caucasian Iberia) Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007
Archaeological conservation: the development of analysis and assessment protocols for adhesives used on archaeological pottery Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE GALLIPOLI BATTLEFIELD Chief Investigator DEPT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS 30/09/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Books

  • Archaeology in Southern Caucasus: Perspectives for Georgia
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Peeters(Leuven)
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  • Ceramics in Transitions Chalcolithic Through Iron Age in the Highlands of the Southern Caucasus and Anatolia
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Peeters(Leuven)
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Book Chapters

  • Introduction: A Question of Nomenclature
    Year: 2008
    Book: Ceramics in Transitions Chalcolithic Through Iron Age in the Highlands of the Southern Caucasus and Anatolia
    Publisher: Peeters(Leuven)
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Journal Articles

  • Preface
    Year: 2008
    Journal: A Catalogue of Cypriot Antiquities
    Volume: 2
    Issue: Series 1
    Page numbers: 5
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  • Review: A Companion to the Near East
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ancient West & East
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 432-434
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  • Review: Ancient Caucasian and Related Material in The British Museum
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ancient West & East
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 373-374
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  • Review: Ancient Europe
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ancient West & East
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 362-364
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  • Review: Ancient Europe (8000 BC - AD 1000): Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ancient West & East
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 360-362
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  • Review: Inhabiting Catalhoyuk: Reports from the 1995-1999 Seasons by Members of the Catalhoyuk Team
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ancient West & East
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 406-408
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  • Review: On the Margins of the Euphrates
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ancient West & East
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 338-340
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  • Review: Yeki bud, yeki nabud: Essays on the Archaeology of Iran in Honour of William M. Sumner
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ancient West & East
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 422-424
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  • Review:  The Iron Age in Luristan
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ancient West & East
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 338-340
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Survey of Obsidian Sources in the Provinces of Erzurum, Erzincan, Rize and Bitlis, 2006
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi Kultur Varliklarli ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu
    Conference Publication: Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi Kultur Varliklarli ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 185-196
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Anatolian Iron Ages
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Peeters(Leuven)
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Book Chapters

  • Environment and Society in the Late Prehistory of Southern Georgia, Caucasus
    Year: 2007
    Book: Les cultures du Caucase (VI-IIIème millénaires av. notre ère). Leurs relations avec le Proche-Orient
    Publisher: CNRS Editions(Paris)
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • The Heritage of Eastern Turkey: from the earliest settlements to Islam
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Macmillan Publishers(Melbourne)
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Book Chapters

  • Ortaçag'dan Önce Kars (Kars before the Middle Ages)
    Year: 2006
    Book: Kars: Beyaz Uykusuz Uzakta
    Publisher: Yapi Kredi Press(Istanbul)
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • (ed.) A View from the Highlands: Archaeological Essays in Honour of Charles Burney. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 12.
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Peeters(Leuven)
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  • Archaeology at the North-East Anatolian Frontier, I: an historical geography and a field survey of the Bayburt plain.
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Peeters(Leuven)
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Book Chapters

  • Charles Burney in the Near Eastern Highlands
    Year: 2004
    Book: A View from the Highlands: Archaeological Studies in Honour of Charles Burney
    Publisher: Peeters(Leuven)
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  • Frontiers and mountains: fifteen years of archaeology in north-east Anatolia.
    Year: 2004
    Book: Archaeology from Australia
    Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing(Melbourne)
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  • Social Boundaries and Ritual Landscapes in late prehistoric Trans-Caucasus and highland Anatolia
    Year: 2004
    Book: A View from the Highlands: Archaeological Studies in Honour of Charles Burney
    Publisher: Peeters(Herendt)
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Journal Articles

  • A survey of modern pollen and vegetation along an altitudinal transect in southern Georgia, Caucasus region
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
    Volume: 129
    Page numbers: 229-250
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Book review: E. Haerinck and B. Overlaet, Chamahzi Mumah: An Iron Age III Graveyard. Luristan Excavation Documents, Vol. II, Peeters Press, Louvain, 1998
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Ancient West & East
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 428-9
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • On the Origins of the Kura-Araxes Cultural Complex
    Year: 2003
    Book: Archaeology in the Borderlands: Investigations in Caucasia and Beyond
    Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology(California)
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Journal Articles

  • 'Comment' on E. Hovers, S. Ilani, O. Bar-Yosef and B. Vandermeersch, 'An Early Case of Color Symbolism: Ochre Use by Modern Humans in Qafzeh Cave'
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Current Anthropology
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 4 (August-October)
    Page numbers: 512
    Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Journals Division(Chicago)
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  • East Anatolia During the Time of Xenophon, Bulletin of the Australian Institute of Archaeology at Athens
    Year: 2003
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 23-32
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  • Leben und Tod im Schatten der Palandöken-Berge (Erzurum, Ostanatolien)
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Georgica
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 1-17
    Publisher: UVK Universitatsverlag(Konstanz)
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  • Preface
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Ancient Near Eastern Studies
    Volume: Supplement 11
    Page numbers: vii-ix
    Publisher: Peeters
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  • Sos Höyük
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Arkeoatlas
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 48
    Publisher: YAYSAT(Istanbul)
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  • The Upper Levels at Sos Hõyük, Erzurum: A Reinterpretation of the 1987 Campaign
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Anatolia Antiqua
    Volume: 11
    Page numbers: 101-110
    Publisher: Institut Francais d'Etudes Anatoliennes a Istanbul(Istanbul)
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Major Reference Works

  • Punic Urn;Cypriote 'Tulip' Bowl;Tetradrachm of Lysimachus of Thrace;Cypriote horse and rider figurine;Phoenician ivory plaque;Iranian decorated bronze belt.:Treasures: Highlights of the Cultural Collections of the University of Melbourne
    Year: 2003
    Reference Work Title: Punic Urn;Cypriote 'Tulip' Bowl;Tetradrachm of Lysimachus of Thrace;Cypriote horse and rider figurine;Phoenician ivory plaque;Iranian decorated bronze belt.
    Publisher: Miegunyah Press (Melbourne UP)(Carlton)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Archaeology at the Headwaters of the Aras
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Ancient West & East
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 46-50
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Excavations at Sos Höyük, 2000
    Year: 2002
    Event name: 23 Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the XXIIIrd International Symposium of Anatolian Excavation
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 265-8
    Publisher: T. C. Kultur Bakanligi Anitlar ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu(Ankara)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Book review: Towards a reflexive method in archaeology: the example of Satal Hoyuk (McDonald Institute Monograph) by L. Hodder (ed.)
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Archaeological Review From Cambridge
    Publisher: Department of Archaeology, Cambridge University(Cambridge)
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Major Reference Works

  • :History of Archaeology in Turkey
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: ABC-CLIO(Oxford)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • An archaeological survey of the Erzurum Plain, 1999
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 18th International Symposium of Anatolian Surveys
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium of Anatolian Surveys
    Page numbers: 67-69
    Publisher: T. C. Kultur Bakanligi Anitlar ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu(Ankara)
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  • Excavations at Sos Hoyuk, 1999
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 22nd International Symposium of Anatolian Excavation
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium of Anatolian Excavation
    Page numbers: 129-131
    Publisher: T. C. Kultur Bakanligi Anitlar ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu(Ankara)
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  • The interpretation of archaeological dates from an AMS perspective
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Australasian Archaeometry
    Conference Publication: Research in Anthropology and Linguistics
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 465-74
    Publisher: University of Auckland(Auckland)
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