PostDoc Researcher, ERC DiverseNile Project

P.Kratimenos@lmu.de

Biography

Panos Kratimenos is an archaeologist whose research has focused on a range of topics including mortuary practices and bioarchaeology; maps, map-making and cartographic practice; archaeological theory and the contemporary relevance of archaeological research; and photogrammetry and 3D modelling techniques. He was awarded a Ph.D. from the University College London Institute of Archaeology for a study focusing on the emergence and spread of atypical mortuary pathways in the eastern Maya lowlands around the time of the so-called Classic Maya ‘Collapse’, particularly at the site of Marco Gonzalez in Belize where he serves as field director. As part of the DiverseNile project, he will be working primarily on Work Package 4, exploring the complex social and cultural interactions which emerged in the research area through the prism of drone imagery, settlement patterns, landscape approaches and theoretical perspectives.

Research interests

Archaeological Theory; History of Archaeology; Legacies of Colonialism; Maps, Map-Making and Cartographic Practice; Mortuary Practice and Bioarchaeology; Photogrammetry and 3D Modelling; Precolumbian Maya Archaeology; Storytelling and Narrative Construction in Archaeology.

Education

2017–2025       Ph.D. Archaeology, University College London (UCL) Institute of Archaeology
2014–2015       M.Sc. Palaeolithic Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, UCL Institute of Archaeology
2011–2014      B.A. in History, School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, UCL.

Select Publications

Kratimenos, Panos. Forthcoming. “Everyday Reorientation: Critical Cartographic Praxis in Non-Specialist Archaeological Maps”, Open Archaeology.

Kratimenos, Panos, Gabriel Wrobel & Elizabeth Graham. Forthcoming. “Merchants and Their Wares: Lessons in Resilience from Marco Gonzalez”, Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 19.

Kratimenos, Panos. 2025. “The Maya Enlightenment: Towards a Post-Postclassic”. Cambridge Archaeology Journal First View, pp. 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774324000374

Kratimenos, Panos & Lucy Sladen. 2024. “Plague and Prejudice: Archaeology, COVID-19 and the Resurgence of Social Justice Movements”, Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 35(1), pp. 1–23. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.2041-9015.1753

Kratimenos, Panos, Elizabeth Graham, James J. Aimers, Gabriel Wrobel & Aubree Marshall. 2023. “Catbirds and Crabholes: The 2023 Field Season at Marco Gonzalez, Belize”, Archaeology International 26(1), pp. 104–23. https://doi.org/10.14324/AI.26.1.08

Kratimenos, Panos. 2022. “North Isn’t Necessarily Up: Map Projections, The Politics of Cartography and Their Relevance to Archaeology”, Archaeology International 25(1), pp. 78–88. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ai.2022.06