Education

PhD, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 2011
MAC, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Areas of Interest

Archaeological objects conservation. Care of archaeological collections, preventive conservation of artifacts, monitoring soil conditions on site, monitoring pre-excavation and post-excavation conditions for objects, screening of archaeological objects for stability post-excavation, screening of metal artifacts for corrosion potential. Consolidation of clay, adobe, and ceramic materials.

Selected Publications

MacLeod, Ian D. and A. B. Paterakis. 2023. “Integration of Laboratory and Field Measurements on Soil and Bronze Artifacts: Facilitating Conservation Treatment and Management of Archaeological Collections.” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01971360.2022.2143165

Paterakis, A.B. 2018. “The Conservation of Metals”, in The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences, ed. Sandra L. López Varela, London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2018, DOI:10.1002/9781119188230.saseas0120

Paterakis, A.B. and T. Roby. 2017. Archaeology and Conservation Education Roundtable, Feb. 13-14, 2017, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles. https://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/roundtable_report.pdf

Paterakis, A.B. and S. Omura. 2017. “The Influence of East and West on Bronze Objects found in Central Anatolia: Small Bronze Finds from Kaman-Kalehöyük”, Artistry in Bronze: The Greeks and Their Legacy, Acta of the XIXth International Congress on Ancient Bronzes. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, 175-182.

Paterakis, A.B. Volatile Organic Compounds and the Conservation of Inorganic Materials, London: Archetype Publications, 2016.

Paterakis, A.B. and M. Mariano. 2016. “Oxygen Absorption for the Protection of Archaeological Iron: Improving Maintenance”, in Metal 2016: Proceedings of the Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Metals Working Group, New Delhi, India, 2016, 203-210.

Paterakis, A.B. and M. Steiger. 2015. “Salt Efflorescence on Pottery in the Athenian Agora – A Closer Look”, Studies in Conservation, 60 (3), 172-184.

Paterakis, A.B. and M. Mariano. 2013. “Oxygen Absorbers and Desiccants in the Protection of Archaeological Iron: Maintaining Some Control”, in Metal 2013: Proceedings of the ICOM Committee for Conservation Metals Working Group, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2013, 185-191.

Paterakis, A.B. and L. Hickey-Friedman. 2011. “Stabilization of Iron Artifacts from Kaman-Kalehöyük: A Comparison of Chemical and Environmental Methods”, Studies in Conservation, 56, 3, 2011, 179-190.

Paterakis, A.B. 2003. “The Influence of Conservation Treatments and Environmental Storage Factors on Corrosion of Copper Alloys in the Ancient Athenian Agora”, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 42, 2003, 313-339.

Awards

American Academy in Rome. 1999-2000. Rome Prize awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Historic Preservation and Conservation

Getty Conservation Institute. Conservation Guest Scholar Grant, Problems of Bronze Storage in Museums project, November 2004 – July 2005

Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowship in the History of Art, awarded for travel related to PhD, 2007

FAIC/Samuel H. Kress Conservation Publication Fellowship for book entitled Volatile Organic Compounds and the Conservation of Inorganic Materials, 2012