Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Excavator · Archaeologist · Scholar

Stella Demesticha

fl. 2000–2024 · Cyprus

Cypriot excavator and archaeologist, active 2000–2024. Excavated at Mazotos shipwreck. Wrote with Corey J. A. Bradshaw and Phaedon Kyriakidis.

Life and work

  1. 2000
    With S. W. Manning, S. Monks and D. Sewell published Late Roman type 1A amphora production at Zygi-Petrini (RDAC 2000, 233-257).

    Given 2025

  2. November 2007
    Underwater excavation of the 4th-century BC Mazotos shipwreck (off the south coast, mainly Chian wine amphorae) began; Demesticha published it as an ongoing excavation since November 2007.

    MazotosDemesticha 2009, p. 1

  3. 2011
    Published 'The 4th-Century-BC Mazotos Shipwreck, Cyprus: a preliminary report' (IJNA 40.1, 39-59).

    Secci et al. 2020, p. 10

  4. 2018
    Published 'Cutting a long story short: underwater and maritime archaeology in Cyprus', JEMAHS 6(1-2), 62-78.

    Given 2025

Connections

5 people
Sturt W. ManningPhaedon KyriakidisCorey J. A. BradshawDavid A. SewellSarah J. MonksStella Demesticha
Scholarship

Scholarship

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.S. Demesticha (2009). “Questions on trade: the case of the Mazotos shipwreck”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 39, 387-402.
  2. 2.S. Demesticha (2011). “The 4th-Century-BC Mazotos Shipwreck, Cyprus: a preliminary report”. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 40, 39-59.
  3. 3.S. Demesticha (2000). “The Paphos Kiln: Manufacturing Techniques of LR1 Amphoras”. Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautorum Acta 36, 549-554.
  4. 4.S. Demesticha (2018). “Cutting a long story short: underwater and maritime archaeology in Cyprus”. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 6, 62-78.
  5. 5.Michael Given (2025). “Over the landscape, in the landscape? Knowledge and agency in Cypriot archaeology, 1870-1910”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960. Leiden, Sidestone Press.
  6. 6.M. Secci, S. Demesticha, C. Jimenez, C. Papadopoulou et al. (2020). “A living shipwreck: an integrated three-dimensional analysis for the understanding of site formation processes in archaeological shipwreck sites”. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Online
  7. 7.A. Kleiman, A. Fantalkin, H. Mommsen, I. Finkelstein (2019). “The Date and Origin of Black-on-Red Ware: The View from Megiddo”. American Journal of Archaeology 123, 531-555.