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The book The NARNIA Project: Integrating approaches to ancient material studies <\/strong><\/em>introduces the research work conducted in the four-year lifespan of the European Marie Curie Actions Initial Training Network (FP7 \u2013 PEOPLE \u2013 Marie Curie Actions \u2013 ITN \u2013 Project no. 265010) New Archaeological Research Network for Integrating Approaches to ancient material studies, with the acronym NARNIA. This is currently the largest project to receive funding from the European Commission in the fields of archaeology and archaeological sciences, with a budget over 4.5 million Euros and 20 recruited research fellows.<\/p>\n \u03a4\u03bf \u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03bf \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ad\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b1\u03af\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03c1\u03b5\u03c5\u03bd\u03b7\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03bc\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 New Archaeological Research Network for Integrating Approaches to ancient material studies (Marie Curie Actions Initial Training Network), \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03cd\u03bc\u03b9\u03bf NARNIA.<\/p>\n Edited by: Vasiliki Kassianidou<\/strong><\/em> & Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The book contains the following articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n The NARNIA Project: Integrating approaches to ancient material studies WORK PACKAGE 2: The study of ceramic artefacts from the eastern Mediterranean<\/strong> The Final Neolithic – Early Minoan transition in Phaistos, Crete: Continuity and change in pottery manufacture Indirect evidence for pottery production on the island of Aegina during the transitional LH IIIB-LH IIIC Early Period Geochemical proxies for provenancing Cypriot pottery classes from Early to Late Bronze Age contexts A technical approach to Attic-pottery production during the historic period: Raw materials and the black glaze Mechanical and thermal behaviour of functional ceramics: The influence of firing and temper on the impact resistance of archaeological ceramics WORK PACKAGE 3: Glass production and trade in the Eastern Mediterranean<\/strong> Shedding light on the glass industry of ancient Cyprus: Archaeological questions, methodology and preliminary results Networks of distribution at the margins of the empire: Late Antique glass vessels from the Lower Danube region WORK PACKAGE 4: Copper metallurgy in the eastern Mediterranean<\/strong> The production and trade of Cypriot copper in the Late Bronze Age Unravelling technological issues of metallurgical ceramics from Cyprus: The case of Kition pXRF analysis of Cypriot copper alloy artefacts dating to the Late Bronze and the Iron Age Into the crucible. Methodological approaches to reconstructing ancient crucible metallurgy, from New Kingdom Egypt to Late Roman Bulgaria Copper alloy production and consumption in the Tuscia region during the Middle Ages WORK PACKAGE 5: The study and conservation of architectural decoration from the Eastern Mediterranean. Issues of material properties and cultural heritage<\/strong> The techniques and materials of Hellenistic mosaics with a special focus on the vitreous materials of the mosaics from Delos (Greece) Techniques and materials used in wall paintings from the Classical to the Roman period in the eastern Mediterranean Artificial materials used in the production of Cypriot wall mosaics The state of conservation of the architectural structures and mortar characterisation at the castle of Azraq, Jordan Application and development of computational intelligence methods in the analysis of archaeological data WORK PACKAGE 6: Dating Techniques and the Palaeoenvironment <\/strong> Luminescence dating and the palaeo-environment in SW Peloponnesus Luminescence dating and the palaeo-environment in SE Cyprus
\nVasiliki Kassianidou and Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nIntroduction
\nPeter M. Day<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nRoberta Mentesana<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nWilliam Gilstrap<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nChristina Makarona<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nArtemi Chaviara<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nNo\u00e9mi S. M\u00fcller<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nIntroduction
\nKarin Nys<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nAndrea Ceglia<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nAnastasia Cholakova<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nIntroduction
\nVasiliki Kassianidou<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nLente Van Brempt<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nDemetrios Ioannides<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nAndreas Charalambous<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nFrederik Rademakers<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nMainardo Gaudenzi Asinelli<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nIntroduction
\nAnne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nFrancesca Licenziati<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nLydia Avlonitou<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nOlivier Bonnerot<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nMarta Tenconi<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nElisavet Charalambous<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nIntroduction
\nYannis Bassiakos<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nJohn Christodoulakis<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nEvangelos Tsakalos<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n