Springe direkt zu Inhalt

Andreas Leventis M.A.

Profil picture_AL (photographer Stella Boutselaki)_web
Image Credit: Stella Boutselaki

Ancient Objects and Visual Studies (AOViS)

Classical Archaeology

Address
Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für Klassische Archäologie
Fabeckstraße 23-25
14195 Berlin

10/2022 – 10/2024
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Postgraduate Program "Archaeology and Hostory of the Ancient World: From Early Prehistory to the Late Antiquity" 
Disciplinary orientation option "Classical Archaeology"
Master thesis: "Pottery from Hypogeum A of Shatby Cemetery in Alexandria of Egypt" (supervisor: N. Dimakis)  

10/2023 – 02/2024
Freie Universität Berlin
Erasmus + Masters Program Studies 
Subject: Classical Archaeology

12/2019 – 09/2022
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Bachelor: Archaeology & History of Art

07/2025 – 07/2025
Employment: Rescue Excavation of Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and Islands
Field Archaeologist
Plot: Athinaidos 25 Street, Voula, Attica

12/2024 – 01/2025
Employment: Rescue Excavation of Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and Islands 
Field Archaeologist
Plot: Achilleus 6 & Alexandras 5 Street, Voula, Attica

12/2024 – 12/2024
Employment: Rescue Excavation of Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and Islands 
Field Archaeologist
Plot: Demokratias 25 Street, Voula, Attica

12/2022 – 04/2023
Employment: Rescue Excavation of Ephorate of East Attica
Field Archaeologist
Plot: Levidou 30 Street, Kifisia, Attica 

07/2022 – 08/2022
Employment: Ministry of Culture and Sports Directorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Athens
Practical Training
Director: Gadolou Anastasia (now: General Director of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki)

09/2024 – 01/2025
Employment: "Educational Archexplore"
Tour Guide
Guided Tours in Historical  Center of Athens

09/2019 – 06/2024
Employment: "Friends of Byzantine Monuments Association"
Tour Guide
Guided Tours in Historical Center of Athens

Memory, Identity and Space: The Grave Assemblages of Two Tumuli in Greek Thrace from Roman Imperial Times and Beyond

This research delivers a comprehensive archaeological analysis of two unpublished Roman-period tumuli at Spilaio in Greek Thrace, drawing on extensive excavation archives to reconstruct local burial practices and long-term ritual sequences. Although located within the same micro-region, the two monuments reveal strikingly different internal organizations and histories. Tumulus A centers on a well-preserved, in situ adult male cremation featuring a prestige sella castrensis (iron folding stool) - a find that challenges established military and administrative interpretations, suggesting instead a wider circulation within rural elite communities. In contrast, Tumulus B reflects a complex, multi-phased biography, preserving thirty-five individual burials and secondary ritual installations (enagismoi) that span several centuries. The enduring significance of this mound is highlighted by the discovery of a late 9th-century Roman lead seal (μολυβδόβουλο), which demonstrates how the monument was reused and integrated into much later historical phases. By integrating systematic artifact cataloging and high-resolution photogrammetry for 3D modeling with extensive comparative data from Bulgarian and Turkish Thrace, this study utilizes GIS mapping and visibility assessments to contextualize the mounds within their broader landscape and regional networks. Grounded in theoretical frameworks of object biography and cultural memory, the project examines how these funerary monuments were continuously used, revisited, and reinterpreted over time, ultimately filling a major gap in the rural mortuary archaeology of the provincial Balkans.

Die Dissertation wird gefördert durch ein Stipendium des DAAD-GSSP.