Dr. Christopher Nuttall

Dr. Christopher Nuttall

Archaeologist specializing in landscape archaeology, GIS, prehistoric ceramics, and the Bronze Age Aegean.

Phylakopi Republication Project

British School at Athens Phylakopi Republication Project

Project Member (2013-2025)

The project centred on a comprehensive re-study and publication of the archaeological material from the historically significant Bronze Age site of Phylakopi on Melos, originally excavated by the British School at Athens between 1896 and 1899. The recent work filled critical gaps left by earlier studies, providing detailed catalogues, scientific analyses (including petrography, chemical, and pXRF studies), and scale illustrations essential for modern archaeological comparison and interpretation. Within this broader framework, specific contributions included the publication of the inturned-rim bowls and, together with Kalliopi Theodoropoulou, the Fisherman Vase. Additionally, the role involved assisting in the broader material study of prehistoric ceramics, further clarifying Phylakopi’s technological connections to other Cycladic islands, Crete, and the Greek mainland.

The Fisherman Vase The Fisherman Vase from Phylakopi, Melos. Taken from URL

This research resulted in two peer-reviewed book chapters and one standalone peer-reviewed article.

  • Nuttall, C. & Theodoropoulou, K. 2024. “Part VII. The Fisherman Vase.”
    In R.L.N. Barber, Phylakopi, Melos, 1896–99: The Finds in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens (BSA Supplementary Volume 53; London), 267–9. URL

  • Nuttall, C. 2024. “Part X. Spouted Inturned-Rim Bowls (SIRB).”
    In R.L.N. Barber, Phylakopi, Melos, 1896–99: The Finds in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens (BSA Supplementary Volume 53; London), 324–8. URL

  • Nuttall, C. 2024. “Sea Brought onto Land: Seascape Imagery in the Cycladic Pottery from Phylakopi (Melos) Held in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.”
    BSA 119, 61–81. DOI