Ariadne Kostomitsopoulou Marketoureceived her PhD in Archaeology and Conservation from the University of Oslo. She has a BSc in Chemistry and an MA in Conservation from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her broader research interests include materials analysis, the materiality of colourants, pigment manufacturing technology, and the organization of craft production in the ancient Mediterranean world. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the project “The Early History of the Codex: A New Methodology and Ethics for Manuscript Studies (EthiCodex)” at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (PI: prof. Brent Nongbri). Her research within EthiCodex revolves around the materiality of the codex, viewing it as a medium to approach provenance and dating.

Alexandra S. Rodlerreceived her PhD in Geology – Geoscience with a focus on (isotope) geochemistry from the University of Copenhagen, which was followed by a postdoc position as part of the Tracking Colour Team at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, Denmark. The provenance, trade and production of ancient pigments and colourants have since been part of her research. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and senior research fellow at the Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna.

George Karellakis is the web developer behind this webpage, who found the way to tackle the problem of Colourant Mapping as part of the course CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science (HarvardX). He has been constantly finding solutions to our problems, improving the webpage and the database.

If you have any questions concerning the project, data availability or about the new entries,contact us at: colourmapro@gmail.com