Dimitri Nakassis

Dimitri Nakassis (born 1975)[1] is an American classicist and archaeologist, and is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.[2] He is also co-director of the Western Argolid Regional Project. He was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 2015.[3]

Dimitri Nakassis
Dimitri Nakassis in 2015
Born1975
AwardsMacArthur fellowship
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
University of Texas

Life

He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A., and from the University of Texas with a Ph.D.

Work

His work focuses on the archaeology and scripts of Mycenaean Greece, in particular the administrative practices of the state.[4] His findings are challenging assumptions that the palace economy of Mycenaean Greece had little in common with the democratic city-states of Ancient Greece.[5] Since 2013, he has co-directed a project using Reflectance Transformation Imaging to create detailed 3D images of the Linear B tablets found in the Palace of Nestor.[2][5]

References
  1. Nakassis, Dimitri (2 May 2013). Individuals and society in Mycenaean Pylos. Brill. ISBN 9789004251465.
  2. "Dimitri Nakassis, Classics, University of Colorado Boulder". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. "List: MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant' recipients, 2015". San Diego Mercury News. Associated Press. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. "Dimitri Nakassis - Macarthur Foundation". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  5. Judkis, Maura (29 September 2015). "The 2015 MacArthur 'genius grants' honor — and surprise — 24 fellows". The Washington Post.
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