Dimitri Nakassis
American classicist and archaeologist
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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]
University of Texas
Dimitri Nakassis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) |
| Awards | MacArthur fellowship |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan University of Texas |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Colorado Boulder |
Life
He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A., and from the University of Texas with a Ph.D.
Work
Nakassis's work focuses on the archaeology and scripts of Mycenaean Greece, in particular the administrative practices of the state.[4] His findings challenge 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]