Elpida Hadjidaki Marten

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Elpida Hadjidaki-Marder ( Greek Ελπίδα Χατζηδάκη - Elpida Chatzidaki ; * 1948 ) is a Greek underwater archaeologist . She is considered one of the pioneers of marine archeology in the Mediterranean . Your two most important discoveries are the ancient port and pirate town of Phalasarna on the western tip of Crete and the largest ancient shipwreck ever discovered near Alonnisos off the coast of northern Greece.

Life

Elpida Hadjidaki-Marder was born in 1948 and grew up near Chania . As a child, she was particularly interested in the sea, diving and Greek history. At the end of the 1960s she discovered underwater archeology for herself. She graduated from high school and studied archeology at Manchester University in England. As part of her dissertation , she dealt with the ports of antiquity. She was influenced by the diver Honor Frost and her tutor Barri Jones . She then did her PhD at the University of California, Santa Barbara , under Frank J. Frost . Hadjidaki-Marder's attention was focused primarily on the hidden port of Phalasarna. The possible location was determined by two British amateur archaeologists in the 19th century, but the actual existence of the place and the assumed location were considered dubious by experts and scholars. Hadjidaki-Marder was not deterred by this and in 1986 her efforts and research were successful. She found that the city, built in the 4th century BC, had fallen into disrepair as a result of earthquakes and seaquakes and sank in alluvial sand. Similar to Pompeii , Phalasarna was naturally preserved by the layers of the earth and provides impressive evidence of the technical and architectural skills of the Greeks.

The largest known ancient ship at Alonnisos off the coast of northern Greece was first discovered by a fisherman. Hadjidaki-Marder found out about this when she became the head of the Department of Underwater Antiquities of the Greek Ministry of Culture. She made dives to the 30 × 10 meter shipwreck. This could be dated to the 5th century BC. On board she discovered amphorae with wine and olive oil as well as black glazed pottery from Athens, such as plates and bowls. Presumably the ship came from Macedonia . Hadjidaki-Marder's discoveries again demonstrated the highly developed skills and knowledge of the ancient Greeks.

Elpida Hadjidaki is married.

Works (selection)

  • Elpida Hadjidaki: A shipwreck from classical times off the island of Alonnisos, Greece . In: ANTIKE WELT magazine for archeology and cultural history. Special issue In Poseidons Reich - Archeology under water, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1995 ISBN 3-8053-1643-7
  • Elpida Hadjidaki: The Hellenistic Harbor of Phalasarna in Western Crete . In: Avner Raban, Kenneth G. Holum: Caesarea Maritima. Brill Academic Pub, 1996
  • Elpida Hadjidaki Marten: In Search of the Seafarers of Antiquity . In: Women explore the world , 3rd edition from 2008, Frederking u. Thaler ISBN 3894052201

literature

  • Polk M., Tiegreen, M .: In search of the ancient seafarers . In: Women explore the world. 2nd edition, Frederking & Thaler, 2006, pp. 213-217

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ancient Greek Shipwreck Found; Cargo Was Fine Wine, New York Times , April 13, 1993 [1] , English
  2. ↑ Shipwreck of the late fifth century BC at Alonnesos, Prefecture of Manisia Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , English @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.magnesia-tourism.gr
personal data
SURNAME Hadjidaki martens, Elpida
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek underwater archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1948