Research: The transition between Early Bronze Age I and II. Society and Economy on the threshold of the first urbanization in the southern Levant
EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS
• 2021: Bachelor’s Degree in Archaeological Sciences, Near Eastern curriculum, at La Sapienza – University of Rome. Thesis title: The Origin of Anthropomorphic Statuary in the Near East.
Supervisor: Lorenzo Nigro. Final grade: 110/110 cum laude.
• 2022: Master’s Degree in Archaeology, Near Eastern curriculum, at La Sapienza – University of Rome. Thesis title: Identity and Collective Memory at the Origins of the First Urbanization. Transformation and Use of the Landscape in the Southern Levant between Early Bronze Age I and II. Supervisor: Marta D’Andrea; Co-supervisor: Nicola Giovanni Laneri. Final grade: 110/110 cum laude.
• 2018: Achievement of the Archaeo-speleology Certificate at Sotterranei di Roma.
• 2018–2020: Member of the Archaeological Mission to Motya (MAM), directed by Lorenzo Nigro, participating in excavation activities in the areas of Mura Nord (2018), Zona F (2019), and Mura Tofet (2020).
• 2019: Member of the Rome “La Sapienza” Archaeological Mission to Palestine and Jordan directed by Lorenzo Nigro. Excavation at the archaeological site of Tell es-Sultan/Jericho.
• 2021–2023: Member of the Lebanese-Italian Project in the Region of Tyre, an international collaboration between Sapienza – University of Rome, the Lebanese University, and the Directorate General of Antiquities of Lebanon.
Mission Directors: Marta D’Andrea, May Haider, and Ali Badawi.
• 2022–2023: Member of the Khirbat Iskandar Excavations as Supervisor.
Director and Co-directors: Suzanne Richard (Gannon University), Marta D’Andrea (Sapienza – University of Rome), Jesse C. Long (Lubbock Christian University).
• 2023–2024: Collaboration at the MVOEM (Museum of the Near East, Egypt and the Mediterranean) of Sapienza – University of Rome with Fellowship BT-B2 56/2024.
• 2024: Member of PRIN 2022 “Synchronized with Nature. Measuring time in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia: archaeological and textual evidence.”
P.I.: Lorenzo Nigro; Sub P.I.: Nicola Giovanni Laneri.
• 2024–2026: Member of the Archaeological Mission to Khirbet el-Batrawy, Jordan.
Mission Director: Lorenzo Nigro.
• 2024: Member of the Archaeological Mission to Carthage, a collaborative project between Sapienza – University of Rome and the Institut National du Patrimoine.
• 2025: Member of the Rome “La Sapienza” Archaeological Expedition to Palestine and Jordan directed by Lorenzo Nigro. Excavation at the archaeological site of Tell es-Sultan/Jericho as archaeologist and draftsperson.
• 2025: Museum Operator for the exhibition “The Pharaoh Experience - The Mummy of Ramses. The Immortal Pharaoh,” Ostuni – Palazzo Tanzarella, April 27 – May 31, 2025.
SCHOLARSHIPS
• 2022–2023: Lawrence T. Geraty Travel Scholarship awarded by the American Center of Research (ACOR).
• 2022–2023: ASOR Platt Scholarship for Fieldwork Participation awarded by the American Society of Overseas Research.
• 2023: BS Junior Fellowship (Call BS-J 005/2023) for carrying out the research activity “Study of Subsistence Patterns in the Southern Levant during the Early Bronze Age,” within the project “Urban/Rural/Pastoral Relationships in the Levant in the 3rd Millennium BCE: Multidisciplinary Study and Comparative Analysis.” Scientific Coordinator: Marta D’Andrea.
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES
• 2023: Participation in the 13th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), Copenhagen, May 22–26, 2023, with a poster entitled: A Reconsideration of the Early Bronze Age I–II Transition in the Southern Levant.
• 2023: Participation in the Digital Archaeology of Bern Conference with a paper entitled: Route Analysis and Connections in Sub-Optimal Areas. The Other Perspective on the Levantine Early Bronze Age (Nicola Lanzaro – Domizia Paolucci).
• 2024–2026: Member of the organizing committee of the PhD Seminar of the Doctoral School in Archaeology at Sapienza – University of Rome (SSDA).
Presentation of a poster at the 11th edition (2024) entitled: The Early Bronze Age IB in the Southern Levant. The View of the Egyptian Cylindrical Jars.
Presentation of a paper at the 13th edition (2026) entitled: Issues of Periodization: The Temporal Boundary of Transitions.
• 2024: Participation in the 30th EAA Annual Meeting, Rome, August 28–31, 2024, with a paper entitled: The IV Millennium BC in the Southern Levant: Changing Communities and the New Shape of Inhabited Space and Nature.
• 2025: Member of the organizing committee of the SYN_NAT Seminars (PRIN 2022) and presentation of a paper entitled: Visual Representation of Time in Proto-dynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt.
• 2025: Participation in Broadening Horizon 7 (BH7), Rome, February 10–14, 2025, with a paper entitled: The Fourth Millennium BCE Among the Southern Levant, the Negev, and the Sinai Peninsula: Conversation Between Groups and Traditions.
• 2025: Participation in the 14th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), Lyon, June 2–7, 2025, with a poster entitled: The Clepsydra of the Giovanni Barracco Museum of Ancient Sculpture in Rome. Measurement of Time, Scientific Knowledge, and Ritual in Antiquity: The SYN_NAT Project.
PUBLICATIONS
• Forthcoming – Egyptian Cylindrical Jars in Southern Levantine Contexts during the Early Bronze Age IB: An Update of the Evidence and Preliminary Considerations, Vicino Oriente.
• 2025 – Visual Representation of Time in Proto-dynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt, ROSAPAT 16, pp. 75–86.