Michael Basil Cosmopoulos is an anthropologically trained archaeologist specializing in Bronze Age state formation, social memory, and Greek mystery cults. He is the Hellenic Government-Karakas Foundation Professor in Greek Studies and Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He directs the interdisciplinary excavation of the Mycenaean palace at Iklaina, in Pylos. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; a Fellow of the National Academies of Arts and Sciences of Canada (the Royal Society of Canada); a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts; a Fellow of the Academy of Science (St. Louis); a Corresponding Member of the Greek Academy of Arts and Sciences; an honorary member of the Archaeological Society at Athens; and a National Geographic Society Explorer. In 2022, he was named Commander of the Order of Phoenix by the President of Greece.
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Department of Anthropology and ArchaeologyUniversity of Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis, MO. 63121
USA
Tel. (314) 516-6241
Fax (314) 516-7235
E-mail: cosmopoulos@umsl.edu