Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA

01/08/2025

We had a very productive meeting today at the Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA headquarters in Nicosia! ✨
Exciting developments are on the horizon, so stay tuned for upcoming innovations from SIMA!! 📚🔍

09/07/2025

📢We are delighted to announce that another volume in the Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA series is on its way to publication
👉 Cathy Carigiet (2025). Prehistoric Bronze Age Cypriot Flasks: A Study of Regionalism and Individual Variation (SIMA PB 195).

This richly illustrated study focuses on ceramic flasks from Early and Middle Bronze Age Cyprus, small vessels often found in domestic and, especially, funerary contexts. Made from fine fabrics and decorated with incised geometric patterns, these flasks likely held precious liquids such as oils, perfumes, or medicinal substances for ceremonial use.

With a catalogue of 560 known examples, the volume offers an in-depth analysis of form, fabric, and decoration, exploring regional patterns, workshop practices, and even the hand of individual potters.

📚 Another important contribution to Cypriot archaeology and prehistoric ceramic studies!
https://sima.astromeditions.com/book/?book_id=PB195

11/06/2025

A new review of Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA Pocket book 192, "Knapp 2023: Late Bronze Age Cyprus. A Reassessment of Settlement Structure and Society" has just been published by Georgia Andreou in the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 13.1–2 (2005), 194–197.
👉 Visit https://doi.org/10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.13.1-2.0194

15/05/2025

🎉🎉 Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA is pleased to announce the publication of a second volume for 2025, entitled "From Corinth to Campania. Studies on Greek Vase-Painting in Honour of Ian McPhee" (SIMA PB 194)
✨✨ The volume, edited by Gillian Shepherd, honours Ian McPhee's significant contribution to the study of ancient Greek pottery and vase-painting in Greece and South Italy! Contributions by 20 leading international scholars explore interrelated issues of style, attribution and interpretation, focusing variously on painters, specific vessel types and images.
For more information 👉👉 https://sima.astromeditions.com/book/?book_id=PB194

10/05/2025

📢📢 Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA is pleased to announce that the volume by Giorgos Bourogiannis entitled The Sanctuary of Ayia Irini Reconsidered. A Quest for Gods and Territories (SIMA 158) has been printed and is now available with an Abstract and List of contents on the SIMA website!
🙌 The volume re-examines the sanctuary of Ayia Irini, one of the most exceptional archaeological discoveries made by the 1927–1931 Swedish Cyprus Expedition, known for its corpus of terracotta votive sculpture! This new publication reconsiders the special symbolism, ideological connotations and political affiliation of Ayia Irini during the Archaic period, and attempts a more precise definition of the deity worshipped at Ayia Irini.
ℹ️ https://sima.astromeditions.com/book/?book_id=M158

03/05/2025

Information about volumes published by Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA over the years can be found on our website:

23/04/2025

📢 Stop press 📢
SIMA is delighted to announce that the third SIMA volume for 2025 has just been sent to the printer!
It is the much-anticipated "Prehistoric Anatolia and Cyprus. Studies in Honour of Ian A. Todd" (SIMA 159), edited by Douglas Baird and Joanne Clarke ✨✨
🙌 We will let you know as soon as it is printed and bound!

01/04/2025

📢 Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA is excited to announce that the second SIMA volume for 2025 is now with the printer! 🎉✨
It is "From Corinth to Campania. Studies on Greek Vase-Painting in Honour of Ian McPhee", edited by Gillian Shepherd (SIMA PB 194). It will be available soon.

26/03/2025

❗Stop press❗
📢 We are pleased to announce that the first SIMA volume for 2025 is with the printer. It is by Giorgos Bourogiannis and is entitled "The Sanctuary of Ayia Irini Reconsidered. A Quest for Gods and Territories (SIMA 158)".
👉 The volume will be available soon 📖

04/03/2025

✨✨ Meet the members of Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA Editorial Board!
With expertise ranging from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity, they provide strong, committed and much appreciated support and guidance to both the Editors-in-Chief and authors of SIMA volumes.
👉 https://sima.astromeditions.com/ #:~:text=Trobe%20University%2C%20Melbourne-,Editorial%20Board
- Dr Teresa Bürge, Associate Professor, Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Universität Bern
- Professor Peter M. Fischer, Senior Professor, Cypriot and Near Eastern Archaeology Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg
- Dr Artemis Georgiou, Assistant Research Professor, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus
- Professor Maria Iacovou, Professor Emerita, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus
- Dr Robert Merrillees, Independent Researcher
- Professor Demetrios Michaelides, Professor Emeritus, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus
- Dr Giorgos Papantoniou, Assistant Professor, Ancient Visual and Material Culture Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
- Dr Despina Pilides, Former Curator of Antiquities, Department of Antiquities, Cyprus
- Professor Jacopo Tabolli, Professore associato di Civiltà dell’Italia preromana ed etruscologia, Università per Stranieri di Siena
- Dr Athanasios K. Vionis, Associate Professor, Byzantine Archaeology and Art, Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus

Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology

18/02/2025

Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology - SIMA considers the publication of excavation reports one of its most important missions! ✨✨
👉 If you are looking for a publisher for the results of your excavation project, you can find options and guidelines for authors here:

The submission process Prospective authors are advised to contact the Editors-in-chief prior to submission of a manuscript to ascertain its suitability for publication by SIMA. The Editors-in-chief will evaluate all incoming manuscripts. In the case of conference proceedings and festschrift volumes,...

29/01/2025

🙌✨ Did you know that the first ever issue of SIMA on Cypriot archaeology was by SIMA’s founder, Paul Åström, on his excavations at Kalopsidha and Ayios Iakovos (SIMA II 1966). It was the first of over 40 volumes which Paul authored, co-authored or edited for SIMA. With contributions from over 12 specialists, it is an early example of a multidisciplinary site report and a testament to Paul’s great generosity and collaborative spirit.