Research: Pounding tools : analysis of the percussive technology in Sapajus libidinosus and in early hominins
EDUCATION
2021 – 2023 | MASTER'S DEGREE
• Master's degree in Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Rome "La Sapienza," Faculty of Arts and Philosophy. Thesis titled: "Primate Archaeology: Initial Excavation and Techno-Morpho-Functional Analysis of Tools Used by Sapajus spp. in the Ubajara National Park (Brazil)."
Supervisor: Prof. Enza Elena Spinapolice
Co-supervisor: Prof. Cristina Lemorini
· Grade: 110/100 cum laude
2018-2021 | BACHELOR'S DEGREE
· Bachelor's degree in Archaeological Sciences at the University of Rome "La Sapienza," Faculty of Arts and Philosophy. Thesis titled "Primate Archaeology: Technological Analysis of Tools Used by Sapajus sp., Ubajara National Park, Brazil."
Supervisor: Prof. Enza Elena Spinapolice
· Grade: 110/100 cum laude
2013-2018 | HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
· Diploma obtained at the classical high school "Padre Albero Guglielmotti," Civitavecchia (RM).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 – 2023 | COLLABORATION GRANT
· Collaboration grant at the "Paleontology" library, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.
2021 – 2022 | COLLABORATION GRANT
· Collaboration grant at the "History and Topography" library, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.
2021 – 2022 | COLLABORATION GRANT
· Collaboration grant at the "Museum of Origins," University of Rome "La Sapienza," Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.
RESEARCH COLLABORATION
2023 – 2025 | SAPiens and SAPajus: Evolution of Technology in Human and Non-Human Primates
Principal Investigator: Enza Elena Spinapolice
Funding: MUR PRIN 2020 grant
2020-2022 | Techno-C-Cap- Technological Cultures in Capuchin Monkeys: An Archaeological and Behavioral Exploration
Marie Curie Fellow: Dr. Giulia Sirianni
INTERNSHIPS
2022 | LITHIC TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP
· Internship on the analysis of lithic industry from GOT10 (Gotera) at ARCCH (Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Prof. Enza Elena Spinapolice – University of Rome "La Sapienza").
2021-2022 | BORIS INTERNSHIP
· Internship on the use of the BORIS program (Behavioral Observation Research Interactive Software) for coding observed behaviors in Sapajus libidinosus in the Ubajara National Park (Brazil) during nut cracking activity (Dr. Tiago Falotico, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil).
2020 - 2021 | PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY INTERNSHIP
· Internship in physical anthropology on the cataloging of skeletal and dental remains, recording demographic parameters, and studying oral pathologies through the analysis of caries (Prof. Alfredo Coppa – University of Rome "La Sapienza").
2020 | EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY INTERNSHIP
· Internship in experimental archaeology on the production of bone pins (Pompeii project) (Prof. Cristina Lemorini – University of Rome "La Sapienza").
2019 - 2020 | LITHIC TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP
· Internship on learning methods for the study of lithic tools (Prof. Enza Elena Spinapolice – University of Rome "La Sapienza").
2019 | CERAMICS INTERNSHIP
· Internship on the study of ceramics from Pyrgi (Lazio, Italy) (Prof. Laura Michetti – University of Rome "La Sapienza").
2019 - 2020 | CERAMICS INTERNSHIP
· Internship on the study of ceramics from the sacred area of SS. Stigmata in Velletri (Lazio, Italy) (Prof. Laura Michetti – University of Rome "La Sapienza").
2019 - 2020 | LITHIC TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP
· Internship on the Chalcolithic lithic industry from Cà Nova Minerbio (Prof. Cecilia Conati Barbaro – University of Rome "La Sapienza").
EXCAVATION EXPERIENCES
HEAD
2023 | CASAL LUMBROSO
(Rome, Italy) (Dr. Beniamino Mecozzi – University of Rome "La Sapienza")
Topography and total station manager
· Tasks: topography and total station management, excavation activities, sieving, sedimentological sampling, grid layout, digitization of excavation information, preliminary analysis of recovered materials.
2022 | UBAJARA NATIONAL PARK
(Ceará, Brazil) (Prof. Enza Elena Spinapolice – University of Rome "La Sapienza")
Excavation manager
· Tasks: coordination and management of excavation activities, preliminary study of materials, excavation diary management, digitization of collected information, OSL sampling, sedimentological sampling, grid layout.
2022 | GOTERA
(Oromia, Ethiopia) (Prof. Enza Elena Spinapolice – University of Rome "La Sapienza")
Topography and total station manager
· Tasks: topography and total station management, excavation activities, sieving, sedimentological sampling, preliminary study of materials, grid layout.
PARTICIPANT
2023 | CANNATELLO
(Sicily, Italy) (Prof. Alessandro Vanzetti – University of Rome "La Sapienza")
· Tasks: excavation activities, sieving, preliminary study of materials.
2022 | CANNATELLO
(Sicily, Italy) (Prof. Alessandro Vanzetti – University of Rome "La Sapienza")
· Tasks: excavation activities, sieving, preliminary study of materials.
2021 | BATTIFRATTA
(Lazio, Italy) (Prof. Cecilia Conati Barbaro – University of Rome "La Sapienza")
· Tasks: excavation activities, sieving, preliminary study of materials.
2020 | COPPA NEVIGATA
(Apulia, Italy) (Prof. Alberto Cazzella and Prof. Giulia Recchia – University of Rome "La Sapienza")
· Tasks: excavation activities, sieving, preliminary study of materials.
2020 | PYRGI
(Lazio, Italy) (Prof. Laura Michetti – University of Rome "La Sapienza")
· Tasks: excavation activities, preliminary study of materials, excavation diary.
2019 | VEIO
(Lazio, Italy) (Prof. Laura Michetti – University of Rome "La Sapienza")
· Tasks: excavation activities, preliminary study of materials, excavation diary.
2019 | PYRGI
(Lazio, Italy) (Prof. Laura Michetti – University of Rome "La Sapienza")
· Tasks: excavation activities, preliminary study of materials, excavation diary.
CONFERENCES, CONGRESSES, SEMINARS
3-10 SEPTEMBER 2023 | 20TH UISPP CONGRESS (INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PREHISTORIC AND PROTOHISTORIC SCIENCE) TIMIŞOARA (ROMANIA) 3-10 SEPTEMBER 2023
· Aureli C., Asrat S., Melaku S., Bucci Degli Atti di Sassoferrato B., Bocioaga C.M., Fusco M., Spinapolice E.E. "The GOT10 site: new potential evidence of behavior and adaptation of Homo sapiens in East Africa." Oral presentation for the session "Ethnographic analogy and the African Middle Stone Age archaeological record: re-assessing potentials and pitfalls" organized by Marianna Fusco, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain; and Nicholas Taylor Turkana Basin Institute, Nairobi, Kenya; Turkana University College Lodwar.
3 MARCH 2022 | IX IAPP – BIPOLAR TECHNIQUE. PRODUCTION, PRODUCTS, AND FUNCTION OF LITHIC ARTIFACTS
· Bocioaga C.M., Sirianni G., Lemorini C., Caricola I., Falotico T., Spinapolice E.E. "Primate Archaeology: Technological Analysis of Percussive Tools Used by Sapajus libidinosus, Ubajara National Park, Brazil."
PUBLICATIONS
2023 |
· Sirianni, G., Falotico, T., Caricola, I., Bocioaga, C.M., Lemorini, C., Spinapolice, E.E., (2023) submitted. “Pounding tools used by wild capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) to process a hard palm nut (Acrocomia aculeata) and unintentional flakes production at a new site, Ubajara National Park (Ceará, Brazil): a techno-morpho functional, use-wear and residues analyses.” Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
2022 |
· Bocioaga C.M., Sirianni G., Lemorini C., Caricola I., Falotico T., Spinapolice E.E. (2022) “Primate Archaeology: Technological Analysis of Percussive Tools Used by Sapajus libidinosus, Ubajara National Park, Brazil.” IX Annual Meeting of Prehistory and Protohistory “Bipolar technique production, products, and function of lithic artefacts. Abstract Book; pp.50-52.