DEVOLDER Maud

DEVOLDER Maud
Post-doctoral Researcher of the F.R.S.-FNRS
UCLouvain | Departement of Archaeology and History of Art
Aegean Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS)
Centre d’Études des Mondes Antiques (CEMA)
Institut des Civilisations, Arts et Lettres (INCAL)
Collège Érasme, Place Blaise Pascal, 1 | 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve | BELGIQUE
0(032) 10 47 49 60 | [email protected]
Belgian Member of the French School at Athens
École française d’Athènes
Didotou, 6 | Athènes | GRÈCE
0(030) 210 36 79 959 | [email protected]
Education and Fellowships
Since October 2010
Belgian member of the French School at Athens.
Since October 2010
Post-doctoral Researcher of the National Fund for Scientific
Research (F.R.S.-FNRS), UCLouvain/INCAL/CEMA/AEGIS Research Group (Aegean Interdisciplinary
Studies). Funding of a post-doctoral research on the subject : Material Culture and Interactions Networks.
Analysis of Regional Dynamics in Neopalatial Crete (1700-1450 BC).
14th of December 2009
PhD at UCLouvain, under the supervision of Prof. Jan
Driessen. Social Components and Interactions in Neopalatial Crete (1700-1450 BC). An Investigation of the
Archaeological Data (in French).
February 2008
Neopalatial funerary customs.
Study grant of the French School at Athens, for a study on
October 2006 - September 2010
Aspirant of the National Fund for Scientific Research
(F.R.S.-FNRS), UCLouvain. Funding of a PhD research on the subject Social Components and Interactions in
Neopalatial Crete (1700-1450 BC). An Investigation of the Archaeological Data.
March 2005 – September 2006
option Antiquity, UCLouvain.
Teaching assistant in History of Art and Archaeology,
September 2003 – July 2004
MA in Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology (KULeuven).
Thesis on Domestic Architecture and Social Distribution in Ras Shamra-Ugarit (in English). Final grade:
“Magna cum laude”.
November 2003 - February 2004
option Antiquity, UCLouvain.
Teaching assistant in History of Art and Archaeology,
September 1999 – September 2003
BA in Art History and Archaeology (UCLouvain).
Dissertation on Human Energy Investment in Architecture. The Minoan Palace of Gournia (in French). Final
grade: “La plus grande distinction”.
Publications
Monographie
Devolder M., à paraître. Construire en Crète minoenne. Une approche énergétique de l’architecture
néopalatiale (AEGAEUM collection), Leuven.
Collective works
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Driessen J., I. Schoep, F. Carpentier, I. Crevecœur, M. Devolder, F. Gaignerot-Driessen, V. Isaakidou,
S. Jusseret, C. Langohr, Q. Letesson and A. Schmitt, 2013. Excavations at Sissi, III. Preliminary Report on the
2011 Campaigns (AEGIS, 6), Louvain-la-Neuve. 
Driessen J., I. Schoep, F. Carpentier, I. Crevecœur, M. Devolder, F. Gaignerot-Driessen, P.
Hacigüzeller, V. Isaakidou, S. Jusseret, C. Langohr, Q. Letesson and A. Schmitt, 2011. Excavations at Sissi, II.
Preliminary Report on the 2009-2010 Campaigns (AEGIS, 4), Louvain-la-Neuve. 
Driessen J., I. Schoep, F. Carpentier, I. Crevecœur, M. Devolder, F. Gaignerot-Driessen, P.
Hacigüzeller, S. Jusseret, C. Langohr, Q. Letesson and A. Schmitt, 2009. Excavations on the Kephali at Sissi
(Crete), 2007-2008 (AEGIS, 1), Louvain-la-Neuve.
Peer-reviewed papers
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Devolder M., S. Déderix and L. Fadin, forthcoming. Campagne de nettoyage et d’étude des ‘Magasins
Dessenne’ à Malia, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 135(2).
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Zografaki V., F. Driessen-Gaignerot and M. Devolder, forthcoming. Recherches sur le site de
l’Anavlochos, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 135(2).
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Devolder M., 2013. The Excavation of the Open Area North of Building E in Zone 5, IN Driessen J. et
alii, 2013. Excavations at Sissi, III. Preliminary Report on the 2011 Campaigns (AEGIS, 6), Louvain-la-Neuve,
p. 119-135.
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Devolder M., 2010. Étude des coutumes funéraires en Crète néopalatiale, Bulletin de Correspondance
Hellénique 134(1), p. 31-70.
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Devolder M., 2011. Sissi. Excavation in Zone 5 (2009-2010), IN Driessen J. et alii, Excavations on the
Kephali at Sissi (Crete), 2009-2010 (AEGIS 4), Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 143-162.
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Devolder M., 2009. Sissi. Excavation in Zone 5 (2007-2008), IN Driessen J. et alii, Excavations on the
Kephali at Sissi (Crete), 2007-2008 (AEGIS, 4), Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 125-142.
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Devolder M., 2009 (AEA 2005-2006). From the Ground Up. Earth in Minoan Construction Techniques.
The Case of Building 5 at Palaikastro, Aegean Archaeology 8, p. 65-80.
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J. Driessen, H. Fiasse, M. Devolder, P. Hacigüzeller and Q. Letesson 2008. Analyse spatiale au
Quartier Nu à Malia (MR III), Creta Antica IX, p. 93-110.
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186.
Devolder M., 2006. Hâte-toi de bâtir la demeure, hâte-toi de bâtir le palais, Creta Antica VI, p. 165-
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Devolder M., 2005. Distribution sociale de l’architecture domestique à Ougarit, Res Antiquae II, p.
237-264.
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Devolder M., 2004. Analyse de l'investissement d'énergie dans l'architecture monumentale. Application
au Palais minoen de Gournia, Revue des archéologues, historiens de l'art et musicologues de l'UCL, p. 163.
Papers in Conferences Proceedings
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Devolder M., forthcoming. Manpower and Neopalatial Architecture. The Architectural Project as a
Meaningful Experience, IN Panagiotopoulos D., U. Gükel-Maschek and S. Cappel (ed.), Proceedings of the
conference ‘Minoan Archaeology. Challenges and Perspectives for the 21st Century’ held in Heidelberg, 23-27
March 2011, Heidelberg.
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Devolder M., 2012. Labour Costs and Neopalatial Architecture. A Study of the Buildings at
Klimataria-Manares and Achladia and the Palace at Gournia, IN Panagiotopoulos D. and U. Gükel-Maschek
(ed.), Minoan Realities. Theory-based Approaches to Images and Built Spaces as Indicators of Minoan Social
Structures (AEGIS, 5), Heidelberg.
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Devolder M., 2008. Investment and Prestige at Neopalatial Knossos, IN Menozzi O., M.L. Di Marzio
and D. Fossataro (ed.), SOMA 2005 : Proceedings of the IX Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Chieti
(Italy), 24-26 February 2005 (BAR - IS), Oxford, p. 351-355.
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Letesson Q., H. Fiasse, P. Hacigüzeller, M. Devolder and J. Driessen 2007. Recherches spatiales au
Quartier Nu à Malia (MR III) : résumé, IN Pomadère M. and J. Zurbach (ed.), Journées maliotes : Malia, ville et
territoire, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 131(2).
Communications
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Devolder M., Manpower and Neopalatial Architecture. The Architectural Project as a Meaningful
Experience. Communication at the conference Minoan Archaeology. Challenges and Perspectives for 21st
Century, 23rd-27th March 2011, Heidelberg (Germany).
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Carpentier F. and M. Devolder, Sissi, Crete. Preliminary Reports on the 2007-2009 Campaigns.
Communication to the Archaeological Institute of America Meeting, 6th-10th January 2010, Anaheim
(California).
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Jusseret S., J. Driessen, Q. Letesson, P. Hacıgüzeller and M. Devolder, 2008. Topos: socialising the
land. Communication au World Archaeology Conference (WAC), 29th June- 4th July 2008, Dublin (Irland).
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The LM IB Renaissance at Postdiluvian Pre-Mycenaean Palaikastro, presented at the workshop LM IB
Pottery. Examining New Evidence for Relative Chronology and Regional Differences, by the Palaikastro team
(MacGillivray et alii), held at the Danish Institute at Athens, 9th-11th August 2007, organized by the INSTAP
Study Center for East Crete and the Danish Institute at Athens.
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Devolder M., 29th March 2007. Approche de l’organisation sociale en Crète minoenne néopalatiale.
Mochlos, le Quartier de Artisans et les bâtiments B2 et C3 sur l’île, communication at the Journée des doctorants
en histoire, histoire de l’art et archéologie, UCLouvain.
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Devolder M., 1st October 2007. La pierre dans l’architecture et la sculpture antique. Extraction et
façonnage, for the BA ‘Technology’ class, at UCLouvain.
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Devolder M., 11th October 2006. Matériaux et techniques de construction minoens, for the MA class in
Greek Archaeology, at UCLouvain.
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Devolder M., 18th March 2006. Sir Arthur Evans, gentleman archéologue. Reconstitution colorée des
cités minoennes, conference at the Royal Museum of Mariemont (Belgium).
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Devolder M., 7th November 2004. Peintres et artisans au pays du Labyrinthe, des dauphins et des
acrobates : voyage architectural au fil du dédale des palais minoens de l’Âge du Bronze, conference at the Royal
Museum of Mariemont (Belgium).
Field Experience
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Sissi project, Crete, Greece (EBA/BSA)
Directors : J. Driessen (UCLouvain), I. Schoep (KULeuven)
In charge of the excavation, study and publication of Zone 5, on the top of the Kefali-Bouffos hill at
Sissi, Crete [1st-27th July 2007 ; 14th July-22nd August 2008 ; 6th July-19th August 2009 ; 15th June-23rd July 2010 ;
19th June-29th July 2011 ; 1st July-15th August 2012].
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‘Magasins Dessenne’ project, Malia, Crete, Greece (EfA)
Director : M. Devolder (EfA/FNRS-UCLouvain)
In charge of the study of the architecture and the material discovered in the excavation of the ‘Magasins
Dessenne’ (1960), on the south-wetsern fringe of the palace at Malia, Crete [30th April-25th May 2012].
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Quartier Nu project, Malia, Crete, Greece (EfA)
Directors : A. Farnoux (Paris IV), J. Driessen (UCLouvain)
In charge of the publication of the soundings in the Neopalatial layers of Quartier Nu, at Malia [21st-28th
November 2010 ; 28th April-18th May 2011 ; 15th October-5th November 2011].
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Anavlochos project, Crete, Greece (Eforia ΚΔ)
Director : V. Zografaki (Eforia ΚΔ)
In charge of the excavation of zone B in the area of the Geometric and Archaic site of the Anavlochos,
and in charge of the study and publication of the architecture discovered during the 2012 excavation campaign
[2nd-27th July 2012].
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Palaikastro Project, Crete, Greece (BSA)
Directors: H. Sackett (BSA), A. MacGillivray (BSA), Prof. J. Driessen (UCLouvain), S. Hemingway
(MetMuseum), Prof. C. Knappett (UToronto).
Participation to the excavations of Building 7 [1st July-15th August 2003].
Study of ceramic material from Building 4, under the direction of Sean Hemingway and Hugh Sackett.
[8th July-24th August 2004].
Study campaigns of architectural material (earthen features) from Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 under
the direction of Prof. J. Driessen. Material from Building 5 has been partly published in AEA 8 [28th June-21st
August 2005 ; 22nd July-5th August 2006].
Collaboration to the study of the ceramic material from Building 5, with H. Sackett and A.
MacGillivray, to be published in the BSA Supplements [3rd June-10th July 2008 ; 3rd-24th April 2009 ; 2nd-19th
April 2010 ; 4th-28th April 2011 ; 1st-10th August 2011].
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Thorikos project, Laurion, Attica, Greece (EBA/BSA)
Director : R. Laffineur (Ulg)
Participation to the excavations in the Mycenaean cemetery of Thorikos, Attica, Greece [7th-26th July
2006].
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Myrtos-Pyrgos project, Crete, Greece (BSA)
Directors : G. Cadogan (BSA), J. Driessen (UCLouvain)
Study campaign (architecture) on the Minoan site of Myrtos-Pyrgos [1st-10th August 2007].
Collaboration, with J. Driessen, Q. Letesson, P. Hacigüzeller and F. Carpentier, to the publication of the
architectural remains of Myrtos-Pyrgos, Crete, under the supervision of J. Driessen and G. Cadogan.
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Tournai Cathedral project, Belgium (CRAN)
Director : R. Brulet (UCLouvain)
Participation to the excavation of the so-called ‘Quadrilatère’ area, on the site of the cathedral at
Tournai, Belgium [1st-21st August 2001].