Phd in PHD SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY

Research:

PhD student in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology at Sapienza University of Rome, where she obtained both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees with honours. Her doctoral project focuses on reconstructing human mobility patterns in the Ofanto Valley between the Middle and Recent Bronze Age through strontium isotope analysis (87Sr/86Sr). The aim is to assess the permeability of local communities, which were characterised by marked cultural heterogeneity. The project is carried out in collaboration with the BIOANTH Lab (Department of Odontostomatological and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome) and the Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry Research Group (Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków). During her university studies, she deepened her knowledge on the application of strontium isotope analysis (87Sr/86Sr) to archaeological research. Her Bachelor’s thesis focused on the geostatistical modelling of large-scale isotopic signals, while her Master’s thesis investigated diagenesis and contamination on cremated human remains from the Protohistoric necropolis of Fermo Mossa-Misericordia. For this research, she collaborated with the BIOANTH Lab and completed an Erasmus+ Traineeship at the Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry Research Group, where she carried out the isotopic analyses. She has also taken part in numerous excavation campaigns in Protohistoric contexts, including the sites of Cannatello (Sicily), Monte Croce-Guardia (Marche), Coppa Nevigata (Apulia), and Frattesina (Veneto).