Dr. Theodoros Karampaglidis

Dr. Theodoros Karampaglidis is a postdoctoral researcher conducting his research into landscape reconstruction by employing geomorphological sedimentary-stratigraphic-GIS techniques, backed by cutting edge dating methods like Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides (TCN) ¹⁰Be-²⁶Al -³⁶Cl.  This dating method can be applied to both earth sciences as well as on archaeological questions. At present, he is part of an international interdisciplinary project at the Ararat Basin (AB), Armenia, funded by the Thyssen Foundation (Germany) and the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERC). His role in this project is based on a new approach, from an interdisciplinary and innovative holistic point of view, that incorporate landscape evolution as part of the understanding of past human adaptations. This research is emphasizing how geological processes and global climate changes affect surrounding landforms and site formation – preservation, as well as hominin lifeways.