Publications

This is a selected list of recent publications, for a complete list of publications, please visit the University of Helsinki tuhat database.

Peer-Reviewed scientific articles

Lorenzon, M., Cutillas Victoria, B., Holmqvist E., Gkouma M., Vrydaghs L., Lichtenberger A., Schreiber T., and M. Zardaryan 2023. Exploring mudbrick architecture and its re-use in Artaxata, Armenia, during the 1st millennium BC. A multidisciplinary study of earthen architecture in the Armenian Highlands. PLoS ONE 18(10):e0292361. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292361

Lorenzon, M., Cutillas Victoria, B., Fantalkin, A. & Itkin, E. (2023) Masters of mudbrick: Geoarchaeological analysis of Iron Age earthen public buildings at Ashdod-Yam (Israel). In: Geoarchaeology (accepted- in press).

Cutillas-Victoria B., Lorenzon M. and Brotons Yagüe F. Earthen architecture and craft practices of Early Iron Age ramparts: geoarchaeological analysis of Los Villares de la Encarnación, south-eastern Iberia. Open Archaeology, vol. 9, no. 1, pp.20220304 https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2022-0304

Lorenzon M., Pylkännen, C and Artto, AV. 2023. Architecture Reality and Perception: The Multicultural Nature of Egyptian Domestic Architecture in the Roman Period. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 6(1): 51–61.
https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.95

Lorenzon M. 2023. “Earthen architecture as a community of practices: the case study of Neolithic earthen production in the Eastern Mediterranean” In Cambridge Archaeological Journal. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774323000033

Lorenzon M., Lahelma, A., Tarboush, M., Holmqvist-Sipilä, E., Kautonen, S. K., Cutillas Victoria, B., Töyräänvuori, J., Smith, S. L., Holappa, M., Al-Sababha, H., Al-Shorman, A. H. & Daems, D., 2023. “Tell it like it is. Discoveries from a new survey of the Northern Jordanian plateau”, Near Eastern Archaeology 86, volume 1, March 2023, pp.16-27. https://doi.org/10.1086/723459

Lorenzon M. and C. Wallis. 2022. “Building walls, social groups and empires. A study of political power and compliance in the Neo-Assyrian period” . In Asia Anteriore Antica, pp.47-70, https://doi.org/10.36253/asiana-1545 

Hamburg J. and M. Lorenzon. 2022. “Before Meeting the Greeks: Kutaisi Influence in Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Colchian Settlements.” Journal of Field Archaeology 47.1, pp. 13-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2021.1993626

Lorenzon M., 2021. “From chaff to seagrass: The unique quality of Minoan mudbricks. A geoarchaeological approach to the study of architectural craft specialization in Bronze Age Crete”, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 40, 2021,103122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103122

Lorenzon M. 2021. “From architectural analysis to architectural theory: the case study of Syro-Levantine urban planning and ontology of public spaces”. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 9 (3), pp. 225-246. https://doi.org/10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.9.3.0225

Bonacchi C. and Lorenzon M. 2021. Assessing the transforming social values of cities in the longue durée: analysis of a Florence neighbourhood from the Middle Ages to the present. Postclassical Archaeologies 11, 73-95  

Lorenzon M. 2020. “Minoan mudbricks: earth and fire in Bronze Age Crete”.  In A. Daneels and M.  Torres Freixa (eds.) Earthen construction technology. Proceedings of the session IV-5 of the XVIII° UISPP congress, Paris, June 2018. UISPP publication, pp. 91-99 .

Lorenzon M. 2020. “Remarks and hypothesis concerning the stereoscopic examination of mud and lime plasters in Minoan Architecture: case studies for Monastiraki and Knossos”. In M. Panagiotaki, I. Tomazos, F. Papadimitrakopoulos (Eds.) Cutting-edge Technologies in Ancient Greece: Materials Science Applied to Trace Ancient Technologies in the Aegean World, Oxbow books, pp. 63-68.

Lorenzon M., J. Nitschke, R. Littman and J.Silverstein. 2020. “Mudbricks, Construction Methods, and Stratigraphic Analysis: A Case Study at Tell Timai (ancient Thmuis) in the Egyptian Delta”. American Journal of Archaeology 124.1, pp.105-131. https://www.ajaonline.org/article/4052

Devolder M. and M. Lorenzon. 2019. “Minoan Master Builders? A diachronic study of mudbrick architecture in the Bronze Age Palace at Malia”. LeBulletin de Correspondence Hellénique 143/1, pp.63-123. https://journals.openedition.org/bch/718#quotation

Lorenzon M., and M. Iacovou. 2019.“The Palaepaphos-Laona rampart. A pilot study on earthen architecture and construction technology in Cyprus”.  Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 23, pp. 348-361.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.11.004

Lorenzon M., 2018. “Paolo Graziosi”. In Claire Smith (eds) Encyclopaedia of Global Archaeology. Springer Cham Publishing. pp.1-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_2828-1      ISBN 978-3-319-51726-1

Lorenzon M., 2018. “Screening methods in Archaeology”. In Claire Smith (eds) Encyclopaedia of Global Archaeology. Springer Cham Publishing, pp. 1-4  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_2520-1        ISBN 978-3-319-51726-1

Lorenzon M., 2018. “Religious Architecture in Crete: Materiality and Identities between the Venetian and the Ottoman Rule”. Journal of Greek Archaeology 3 (2018), pp. 341-357.

Lorenzon M. and C. Sadozai. 2018.“From past to present: building skill transfer in Tajikistan” in Joffroy, Thierry, Guillaud, Hubert, Sadozaï, Chamsia (eds.), Terra Lyon 2016 Conference Proceedings. Villefontaine: CRAterre, pp.1-11 https://craterre.hypotheses.org/files/2018/05/TERRA-2016_Th-1_Art-226_Lorenzon.pdf       ISBN 979-10- 96446-12-4

Lorenzon M. and I. Zermani, 2016. “Common Ground: Community Archaeology in Egypt, Interaction between population and cultural heritage”. Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage, Volume 3(3), pp. 183-199. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20518196.2016.1207833

 Lorenzon M., Chapman S., Littman R. and Silverstein J. 2014. “3D modeling and mudbrick conservation at Tell Timai, Egypt”, in CHNT 18, International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, November 11-13, 2013. Proceedings. Stadt Archäologie Wien, pp.1-11. http://www.chnt.at/wp-content/uploads/Lorenzon_etal_2014.pdf

Non-refereed scientific articles 

Bonnie R., Lorenzon M. & Thomas S. 2023. “Living Communities and Their Archaeologies in the Middle East: AnIntroduction”. In Living Com- munities and Their Archaeologies in the Middle East, edited by R. Bonnie, M. Lorenzon and S. Thomas, pp–pp. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-18-1

Bonnie, R., Lorenzon M. & Thomas S. 2023. “Afterword: On Ethics, Cultural Capital and Sustainability”. In Living Communities and Their Archaeologies in the Middle East, edited by R. Bonnie, M. Lorenzon and S. Thomas, pp–pp. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-18-10

Joudeh, S. and Lorenzon M. 2023. “Enriching Cultural Heritage User Experi- ences through 3D Interpretive Models at Tafilah and Jerash, Jordan”. In Living Communities and Their Archaeologies in the Middle East, edited by R. Bonnie, M. Lorenzon and S. Thomas, pp–pp. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-18-8

Lahelma A., Lorenzon M., Holmqvist E., Holappa M. & Kautonen S. “One tell to rule them all: surveying the multiperiod site of Zambut Meleik, northern Jordan”. In Lahelma A. et al. (eds) Festschrift for Professor Volker Heyd in occasion of his 60th birthday. pp.366-379.

Lorenzon M., Cutillas Victoria, B. & Iacovou, M., 2023. “Earthen architecture at Palaepaphos: synergy between natural and built environment”. In J. Bonetto and C.Previato (eds.) Clay, Timber and Perishable Materials in Ancient Architecture. Quasar Publication, pp.1167-1180.

Lorenzon M. 2021. “Minoan mudbricks: earth and fire in Bronze Age Crete”.  In A. Daneels and M.  Torres Freixa (eds.) Earthen construction technology. Proceedings of the session IV-5 of the XVIII° UISPP congress, Paris, June 2018. Archaeopress: Oxford, pp. 86-93.

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Thomas S. E., Lorenzon M., Bonnie R. G. L. M. 2020. “Living Communities and Their Archaeologies: Northern European Cases”. Fennoscandia archaeologica XXXVII, pp.143-146

Lorenzon M. and Nelson-Vijoen C. 2016. “Interdisciplinary methods of data recording, management and preservation”, In S. Campana, R. Scopigno, G. Capenitiero and M. Cirillo (eds) CAA2015 “Keep the revolution going” Proceedings of the 43rd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, pp.187-90.   ISBN 978-17-84913-37-3

Bieńkowski R., Lorenzon M., Kaliszewska A., and  Leśniewski K. 2018.“Spatial Data Analysis in Archaeology: A comparison of two available methods for site location”, In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Proceedings, 22-24 October 2018, Cassino, Italy, pp.102-105.   ISBN: 978-1-5386-5275-6

Lorenzon M.  2016.  “The Iconography of Mudbrick Production and Construction throughout the Mediterranean:  Egypt and the Near East” in Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 9-13 June, 2014, Basel. Volume 1: Travelling Images – Transfer and Transformation of Visual Ideas; Dealing with the Past: Finds, Booty, Gifts, Spoils, Heirlooms; Collections at Risk: Sustainable Strategies for Managing Near Eastern Archaeology, Harrassowitz Verlag: Wisbaden, pp.191-200.   ISBN 978-3-447-10587-3

Lorenzon M. 2015. “Arica and Parinacota: a successful example of integration between cultural tourism and heritage preservation”, in Sergiu Musteață Ștefan Caliniuc (Eds.), Current Trends in Archaeological Heritage Preservation: National and International Perspectives, Proceedings of the international conference, Iași, Romania, November 6–10, 2013, BAR International Series 2741, pp. 91-96.    ISBN 978-1-4073-1400-6

Landini B. and Lorenzon M. 2008. “Il Progetto Di Conservazione Nel Sito Di Tell Mozan (Siria).” Restauro Archeologico Bollettino Del Gruppo Di Ricerca Sul Restauro Archeologico Università Di Firenze, Firenze, pp. 25-28.

Special Issues

Thomas, S. E., Lorenzon M., Bonnie, R. G. L. M. (eds.). 2020. Living Communities and Their Archaeologies in Finland and Britain. Fennoscandia archaeologica XXXVII. Themed Section.

Book Chapters

Lorenzon M., Bonnie, R. G. L. M., & Thomas, S. E. (forthcoming). Discussing Ethical Practices in Archaeology: Decolonization, open data, and community interaction in Jordan. Manuscript submitted for publication In E. Watrall, & L. Goldstein (Eds.), Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice University Press of Florida (accepted/ in press).

Nitschke J. and Lorenzon M.  2020. “Archaeology, Architecture, and the Postcolonial Critique”. In J. Nitschke and M. Lorenzon (eds.) Postcolonialism, Heritage, and the Built Environment: New Approaches to Architecture in Archaeology, SpringerBriefs in Archaeology, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1-11. ISBN 978-3-030-60858-3   DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-60858-3_1

 Lorenzon M. 2020. “Architecture and gender: lessons from building archaeology in Africa”. In J. Nitschke and M. Lorenzon (eds.) Postcolonialism, Heritage, and the Built Environment: New Approaches to Architecture in Archaeology, SpringerBriefs in Archaeology, Springer International Publishing, pp. 13- 25.  ISBN 978-3-030-60858-3   DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-60858-3_2

Lorenzon M. 2020. “Remarks and hypothesis concerning the stereoscopic examination of mud and lime plasters in Minoan Architecture: case studies for Monastiraki and Knossos”. In M. Panagiotaki, I. Tomazos, F. Papadimitrakopoulos (Eds.) Cutting-edge Technologies in Ancient Greece: Materials Science Applied to Trace Ancient Technologies in the Aegean World, Oxbow books, pp. 63-68.

Book Reviews

Lorenzon M. 2019. Book Review of: Brysbaert, A., Klinkenberg, V., Gutiér- rez Garcia-M., A. & Vikatou, I. (eds.) (2018). Con- structing monuments, perceiving monumentality and the economics of building. Theoretical and methodological approaches to the built environment. Leiden: Sidestone Press. In Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte. https://www.dguf.de/fileadmin/AI/ArchInf-EV_Lorenzon.pdf

Editorials, Reviews, Educational Video and Newspaper articles

Lorenzon M. and Mäkinen-Rostedt K., (directors). 2019. “Sex and the Ancient Neear City” ANEE video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxMjtUoQRcs

Lorenzon M. 2019. In Jordan, public archaeology is a solid reality. Archeostorie. Journal of Public Archaeology 3, pp. 115-116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23821/2019_6a/

Lorenzon M. 2019. “In Giordania l’archeologia pubblica è una solida realtà”, Archeostorie Magazine (31-01-2019). http://www.archeostorie.it/giordania-archeologia-pubblica/?fbclid=IwAR2yD6aghTE218wFih4OH9kz8sP-E05nHLP6umBhjWTeOIwRxfwlAscmxZk

Thomas S., McDavid C., Bonnie R. and Lorenzon M. 2019. “Editorial.” Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage, 6(3), pp. 153–154

Aguaiuja Ü., Faulker –Jones R., Lorenzon M., and Nelson-Vijoen C.  2016. “Third Annual Student Archaeology Conference”. International Journal of Student Research in Archaeology vol.1 no.1, March 2016, pp. 249-251.

Littman R., Lorenzon M. and Silverstein J. 2014. “With or Without Straw: How Israelite Slaves made Bricks”, Biblical Archaeological Review 40: 2, March-April 2014, pp.60-71.

Theses

Lorenzon M. 2017. Earthen architecture in Bronze Age Crete : from raw materials to construction, PhD theses, University of Edinburgh.