LUCIA MORI
Curriculum Vitae
ROME,10/06/2018
General Information
Full Name Lucia Mori
cod.fisc. MROLCU69R50H501K
Date of birth 10/10/1969
Place of birth ROMA
Citizenship ITALIAN
Permanent Address Via Vittorio Polacco, 11 – 00167, Roma
Mobile Phone Number +39 339 5777337
Email lucia.mori@uniroma1.it
Current occupation
AGGREGATE PROFESSOR (Ricercatore confermato t.ind.) Since 2010, Aggregate Professor in History of the ancient Near East, Department “Scienze dell’Antichità”, Sapienza University of Rome
QUALIFICATION FOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSHIP Since 2012, Qualified as Associate Professor in Cultures of the Ancient Near East (10/N1) for the Italian Academic system (ABILITAZIONE NAZIONALE)
Education
University Graduation 1997 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
History of the ancient Near East. Graduation cum laudae
Title of the Dissertation: “The agriculture at Mari, Syria, in the XIX-XVIII centuries BC.”
PhD 2003 Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples.
Title of the Dissertation: “The landscape of the middle Euphrates valley from the 2nd millennium BC texts”
Partly published in 2003: L. Mori, Reconstructing the Emar landscape, Quaderni di Geografia storica 6, Roma
Advanced courses of Akkadian Language
1994-2004 Two advanced courses each year of Akkadian language and literature at Istituto Biblico Pontificio, held by Prof. Werner Mayer.
Advanced training course (Corso di alta formazione)
on ancient law 2006 Holder of a schlarship at the Center of Studies and Researches on Ancien Law (CEDANT) at the University of Pavia, for an advanced course on “Law in the cuneiform world”
Appointments
Academic Assignments
start end institution position
NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC QUALIFICATION – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 2012 2020 Professore Associato 10/N1 Italian National Qualification for Associate Professor in scientific disciplines “Culutres of the Ancient Near east, Middle east and Africa” (10/N1)
AGGREGATE PROFESSOR 11/2010 continues Sapienza University of Rome Full time Aggregate Professor in History of the ancient Near East (L-OR/01) at the Department of Antiquity of the Sapienza University, Rome.
MEMBER OF THE REVIEW GROUP (GRUPPO DI RIESAME ) 2012-2015 Sapienza University of Rome Member of the review group supervising and ri-examining the Archaeological Sciences course, at Sapienza University
PHD SCHOOL 2012 continues Sapienza University of Rome Member of the PhD school of History and Philology of the ancient world at Sapienza University
ASSOCIATE EDITOR 2012 continues Origini. Rivista di Preistoria e Protostoria delle Civiltà Antiche. Associate Editor of scientific Journal “Origini”
TUTOR FOR “ALTERNANZA SCUOLA-LAVORO” PROJECT 2017-18 continues Sapienza University of Rome Tutor of History and Archaeology of the ancient Near East for the project ASL (Alternanza Scuola-lavoro) 098, Department of Antiquity, Sapienza University, entitled: “From the excavation to the museum: the archaeological work”
MEMBER OF THE REVIEW GROUP (GRUPPO DI RIESAME ) 2012-2015 Sapienza University of Rome Member of the review group supervising and ri-examining the Archaeological Sciences course, at Sapienza University
Other Main Appointments
start end institution position
SUPERVISOR OF EXCAVATIONS 2013 continues Missione Archeologia Italiana in Anatolia Orientale, Sapienza University of Rome Scientific supervisor of reserches and excavation related to the Late Bronze and Iron age periods at Arslantepe for field (Malatya). Director : Prof. Marcella Frangipane
SUPERVISOR OF EXCAVATIONS (DIRECTOR OF FIELD WORK)
2002 continues Missione Italo-libica nell’Acacus e Messak, Sahara Libico, Sapienza University of Rome Scientific supervisor of excavation and researches on the Garamantian period in the oasis of Fewet (Libyan Sahara). Director: Mario Liverani /Savino di Lernia
SUPERVISOR OF EXCAVATIONS 1999-2010 Yale Archaeological Expedition at tell Leilan, Nerth-eastern Syria Scientific supervisor of excavation and researches related
SUPERVISOR OF ARHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2007 Sapienza University of Rome Field director of the survey in the oasis of Kufra, Libyan Sahara
SUPERVISOR OF EXCAVATIONS 1997-2002 Missione Italo-libica nell’Acacus e Messak, Sahara Libico, Sapienza Università di Roma Scientific supervisor of reserches and excavation related to Garamantian period in the oases of Ghat and Barkat (Libyan Sahara). Director: Mario Liverani
REFEREE 2013 continues Journal of African Archaeology, Azania; Orientalia, Origini Referee for the international journals
RESEARCH CONTRACT 2009 2010 Sapienza University of Rome Member of the scientific staff of the project: “The tifinagh rock inscriptions in the Tadrart Acacus mountains (SW Libya): an unknown endangered heritage”, directed by Savino di Lernia, and funded by the British Library, Endangered Archives Grants.
RESEARCH CONTRACT 2005 Istituto Italiano per la Storia antica One year grant to work on the project: Assyrian Ideologic Lexicon, directed by Mario Liverani.
RESEARCH CONTRACTS 2003 2007 Sapienza University of Rome Holder of several temporary research contracts for the study of Garamantian cultural material as member of the research staff of the Italo-Libyan Archaeological Expedition in Acacus and Messak, Libyan Sahara, Directors: Mario Liverani, Savino di Lernia
COLLABORATION CONTRACTS 2000 2010 Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani Scientific consulence for the 8 volumes Enciclopedia Treccani “History of Sciences”, in partucular for the volumes on Science in antiquity.
Scientific consulence for the 3 volumes Enciclopedia Treccani “Science and technique”.
Teaching experience
Current Teaching appointments
UNIVERSITY COURSES IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES (LAUREA TRIENNALE) 2010-18 Sapienza University of Rome History of the ancient Near East
UNIVERSITY COURSES IN ARCHAEOLOGY (LAUREA MAGISTRALE) 2014-15 Sapienza University of Rome History of the ancient Near East
POST GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR ARCHAEOLOGY 2014-15 Sapienza University of Rome History of the ancient Near East
PHD SEMINARS 2012- Sapienza University of Rome As member of the PhD school in Philology and History of the ancient world, from 2012 I participate to the teaching activities of the doctorate with advanced seminars on several aspects of the history of the ancient Near East
PHD SUPERVISOR 2012 Sapienza University of Rome Tutor of PhD candidates in History of the ancient Near East, for the Oriental curriculum of the PhD School in Philology and History of the ancient world
MA AND BA DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISOR 2011- Sapienza University of Rome Tutor for Ma (LT) and BA (LM) dissertations in history of the ancient Near East
Previous Teaching appointments
year institution Lecture/course
TEACHING APPOINTMENT 2008-10 Sapienza University of Rome
History of the ancient Near East
TEACHING APPOINTMENT 2005-10 Tuscia University of Viterbo
History of the ancient Near East
TRAINING APPOINTMENTS 2002-04 University of Macerata History of the ancient Near East
Funding Information [grants as PI-principal investigator or I-investigator]
Grand value and title
2018 Sapienza University of Rome Grandi scavi di Ateneo Svavi e ricerce ad Arslantepe, malatya, Turchia (77,000 euros)
2017 MIUR Finanziamento alla Ricerca di Base (FABBR) 3000 Euros
2016 Sapienza University of Rome Progetti di ricerca di Ateneo Scelte alimentari e complessità sociale: (3300 euros)
2015 Sapienza University of Rome Convegni di Ateneo Waters from the Margin: strategies of water management in marshy regions and dry areas in the ancient Near East, International conference held at Sapienza, Rome 18th November 2016 (1600 euros)
2015 Sapienza University of Rome Progetti di ricerca di Ateneo Scientific component of the research “Waterscapes in the ancient near east”, directed by Lorenzo Verderame, Sapienza University of Rome (11000 euros)
2012 The Shelby White – Leon Levy foundation Program for archaeological publications Between the Sahara and the Mediterranean coast: archaeological investigations at Fewet (Libyan Sahara) in Garamantian times (25.000 US dollars)
Research Activities
Brief description collaborations
ON GOING:
Late Bronze and Iron Age history of Melid (Malatya, South-Eastern Turkey) Reconstruction of the historical phases at Arslantepe, ancient Melid, from the most recent archaeologcial excavations and the cuneiform and Luwian ierogliphic texts.
Mario Liverani (Emeritus, Sapienza) Federico Manuelli (Freie Universitat Berlin, Francesco di Filippo (ISMA, CNR).
Food Practices and technology related to food production in the ancient Near East Research on techniques of food processing in a broad sense, from grinding to cooking in Greater Mesopotamia is carried out relating archaological cultural material to ancient texts. Francesca Balossi restelli, Sapienza University of Rome.
History of the ancient Near-Eastern landscape On going research on historical landscapes in the ancient Near east, with special focus on the Middle Euphrates valley.
Mario Liverani (Emeritus Sapienza)
Ancient Near- Eastern agriculture Reconstruction of the ancient agriculture in the ancient Near east, with special attention to the Middle Euphrates valley in the 2nd millennium BC
History and society in Late Bronze age Syria On going research on specific topics of the socio-economic and political organization of late Bronze age Syria, on the bases of textual sources from the Emar, Ugarit, Alalkh, Nuzi
Francesco di Filippo (CNR, ISMA)
Earliest state formations in the Sahara O going research on the origin of the earliest state formation in the Sahara, the Garamantian kingdom, from 9th century BC to 4th century AD
Mario Liverani (Emeritus, Sapienza), Andrea Zerboni (University of Milan), maria Carmela Gatto (Independent researcher)
Water and power in the ancient Near East A large project on waterscapes in the ancient Near East, on strategies of water management in dry areas and on the role of leading elites in the contro of water Lorenzo verderame (Sapienza University Rome), Davide nadali (Sapienza University, Rome)
Family and society in the ancient Near East Research focussed on the development of the concept of family and family ties in the ancient Near east, from the 3rd to the 1st millennium BC. Lorenzo Verderame (Sapienza University, Rome)
Field research and archaeological excavations
2012- Arslantepe, Malatya, Turkey (Sapienza University, Rome)
1997-2010 Tell Leilan, Syria (Yale University)
1997-2010 Libyan Sahara, Ghat, Barkat and Fewet oases (Sapienza University of Rome)
2007 Kufra, Libyan Sahara (Sapienza University of Rome)
2000 Messak Setefet, Wadi el-Ajal, Libyan Sahara (Sapienza University of Rome)
1993 Maccarese, Rome (Sapienza University of Rome)
1992 Grotta Breuil, Rome (Sapienza University of Rome)
1990 Palatino, Rome (Sapienza University of Rome)
Presentations at International Conferences
- 1-2 june 2017 – Third International Conference on Food History and Food Studies, Tous University, L. Mori, F. Balossi Restelli: Who for? Urban vs rural kitchen and domestic vs public cooking at the dawn of urbanization in Greater Mesopotamia
- 18 november2016 – Waters from the Margin. Strategies of Water Management of the Dry Regions and Marshes Environments in the ancient Near East, Sapienza Roma. L. Mori, Waters from the Margin: an Introduction.
- 14 marzo 2016 – Gertrude Bell. L’Occidente in Oriente, Sapienza Roma. L. Mori, Gertrude Bell: l’Occidente in Oriente un secolo fa.
- 22-26 giugno 2015 - 61th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale , University of Geneva and Bern. L. Mori, F. Manuelli, “The king at the gate”: monumental fortifications and the rise of local elites at Arslantepe at the end of the 2nd millennium BCE.
- 10-14 settembre 2014 - European Association of Archaeologists 20th meeting, Istanbul, Turchia. F. Balossi Restelli, L. Mori, Daily Bread. The origin of Tandır ovens in Anatolia.
- 20-22 marzo 2014 - Pathways of Communication. Roads and Routes in Anatolia from Prehistory to Seljuk Times, Ankara, Turchia. F. di Filippo, L. Mori, Tracing the Roads to Melid. New Research Methodologies and Ancient Texts in Dialogue
- 12-15 giugno 2013 - “A man doth not live by bread only”. Food, kitchen and cuisine in antiquity, Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, University of Wrocław, Polonia. F. Balossi Restelli, L. Mori, The shape of bread: baking molds and related cooking techniques in the Ancient Near East.
- 15-19 july 2013 – 59° Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale Ghent, Law and (dis)order in the ancient Near East.. L. Mori, The places of order: notes on the legal landscape of the land of Ashtata.
- 1-3 maggio 2012 – 16th SOMA Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Identity and Connectivity. L. Mori, S. Festuccia, Evidences of connectivity in burial customs between different identities: the Phoenicio-Punic world of the Mediterranean coast and the Garamantian kingdom of the Libyan Sahara.
- 30 aprile – 4 maggio 2012 - 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, H. Weiss, S. W. Manning, L. Ristvet, L. Mori, M. Bessonen, A. Mccarthy, P. Quenet, A. Smith, and Z. Bahrani, Tell Leilan Akkadian Imperialization, Collapse and Short-Lived ReoccupationDefined by High-Resolution Radiocarbon Dating Seven Generations since the Fall of Akkad.
- 8-9 aprile 2011 – Urbanization in ancient Africa, Yale University. M.C. Gatto, L. Mori, A. Zerboni, Urbanizing the oases: paleoclimatic changes and settlement pattern during the Garamantian period in Central Sahara.
- 22-26 settembre 2008 Meetings Between Cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean, XVII Congresso Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, Roma – FAO. Organizzatrice della sessione: ‘Libya and North Africa in Archaic and Classical times: reconsidering the role of the local communities in the light of the recent archaeological investigations’; L. Mori, Between Sahara and the Mediterranean Coast: the archaeological research in the oasis of Fewet (Fezzan Libyan Sahara) and the rediscovery of the Garamantes.
- 26 Giugno-4 Luglio 2008: 6th World Archaeological Congress, Dublino (Irlanda); presentazione orale alla sessione “Human responses to mi-late Holocene climate changes”; Presentazione poster nella sessione “Landuse and Landscape”: Zerboni A., di Lernia S., Mori L., Middle Pleistocene to late Holocene exploitation of the Kufra area (SE Sahara, Libya).
- 5-10 maggio 2008: 6th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Sapienza Roma. S. Festuccia – L. Mori Road networks in the cities of the Upper Euphrates in the Late Bronze age: an interdisciplinary approach focusing on archaeology and epigraphic sources.
- 29 febbraio - 2 marzo 2008: BANEA (The British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology) 2008 Annual Conference, Università di Liverpool, UK. L. Mori, The Post-Akkadian Palace Rebuilding at Tell Leilan.
- 11-13 dicembre 2002: Mutuare, interpretare, tradurre: storie di culture a confronto. 2º Incontro «Orientalisti», Roma. L. Mori, M. Rivaroli, Topografia dell’ideale topografia del reale – Ia parte: Gli spazi urbani dalle iscrizioni reali neo-assire (M. Rivaroli), IIa parte Il paesaggio urbano dai testi giuridici di Emar (L. Mori).
Invited Conferences
13-15 febbraio 2019 –Le massif de l’Atlas entre Sahara et Méditerranée: ressources, itinéraires et installations (Antiquité – Moyen age), Université de Neuchatel, L. Mori, Crossing the Libyan Sahara in Garamantian times. How, where and to trade what?
4-8 ottobre 2018 – 1st International Arslantepe Archaeology Symposium, Malatya University, Turkey. L. Mori, F. di Filippo, The Malatya plain in the network of interregional relations in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages
- 5 may 2017 - Foodways in the development of inequality at Arslantepe, Turkey, from 4200 to 3500 BCE (Late Chalcolithic 2-4), Berlin, Freie Universität. L. Mori, Grinding, pounding, crushing in an ancient kitchen. Preliminary notes on the macro-lithic tools at Arslantepe VII.
- 23- 24 aprile 2015 – Trans-Saharan Conference, Urbanisation and State Formation, Leicester University, UK, David Mattingly, Martin Sterry, Stefania Merlo and Lucia Mori, Pre-Islamic Oasis Settlements in the Sahara.
- 9-11 june 2015 - Mythos. Costruzione e Percezione dei Racconti Tradizionali nel Mediterraneo Antico, Museo delle Religioni Raffaele Pettazzoni, Velletri. L. Mori, La narrazione della regalità: leggende di legittimazione tra testi e immagini nella Siria del Tardo Bronzo
- 4-5 june 2015 - 5° convegno donne e religioni “Sottomissione o libero arbitrio? La condizione femminile come indicatore di progresso e crescita culturale e sociale”, Palazzo San Macuto - Sala del Refettorio, Roma. L. Mori, "Entrare nella casa del suocero”. La condizione femminile nella Siria del Tardo Bronzo.
- 20-21 settembre 2014 - Massinissa, au coeur de la consécration d'un premier Etat numide. Khroub, Algeria, L. Mori, Atarantes et Garamantes du Fezzan (Sahara Libyen): la naissance du premier royaume saharien au Ier millenaire avant JC
- 2-3 may 2014 - Rites aux portes, Uiversité de Genève, L. Mori, Defence, Justice, Identity: the role and aspect of city gates in the land of Ashtata during the Late Bronze age.
- 30 april - 2 may 2014 - Trans-Saharan Conference, Burials, Migrations, Identity, Leicester University, UK,. F. Ricci, G. Manzi, L. Mori, M.A. Tafuri, Garamantes from Fewet (Fezzan, Libya): a skeletal perspective.
- 30 april - 2 may 2014 - Trans-Saharan Conference, Burials, Migrations, Identity, Leicester University, UK,. M.C. Gatto, L. Mori, A. Zerboni, Identity markers in SW fazzan. Were people of the Tanezzuft/Acacus region Garamantes?
- 20-21 marzo 2014 - Da monumento celebrativo a codice di leggi Fonti, approcci e prospettive per lo studio della stele di Hammurapi, Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueologia, Roma. L. Mori, Il codice: propaganda interna e rapporti internazionali.
- 6 dicembre 2013 - Donne d’Oriente. 1a giornata di studi sulla donna nel mondo vicino-orientale e mediterraneo antico. Sapienza Roma. L. Mori “Desperate housewives”? Essere mogli e madri nella Siria del Tardo Bronzo”.
- 4-7 agosto 2011- “The Power of Walls. Fortifications in ancient Northeastern Africa”, University of Cologne International Workshop. L. Mori, The southern border of the Garamantian kingdom: fortified citadels and castles in Fazzan (Libyan Sahara).
-23-24 settembre 2010 - Entre Afrique et Égypte: relations et échanges entre les espaces au sud de la Méditerranée à l’époque romaine”, Université de Limoges. L. Mori and M.C. Gatto, The Garamantes of the Fezzan and the Trans-Saharan Trade in Roman Times.
- 26-27 aprile 2006: The Konstanz Emar Conference. Control, Interaction and Interdipendence. The city of Emar among the Late Bronze Age Empires (14th-12th centuries B.C.), Università di Costanza, Germania. L. Mori, Information on Landscape from the Emar Legal texts.
- 10 giugno 2004: Fewet, un villaggio garamantico nel Sahara libico. Scavi e ricerche recenti. Sapienza, Roma. L. Mori, Un villaggio ritrovato. La ricerca archeologica nell’oasi di Fewe
Organisation of seminars and conferences
- 22-26 settembre 2008 Meetings Between Cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean, XVII Congresso Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, Roma – FAO. Organizer of the session: ‘Libya and North Africa in Archaic and Classical times: reconsidering the role of the local communities in the light of the recent archaeological investigations’.
- 6 dicembre 2013 - Donne d’Oriente. 1a giornata di studi sulla donna nel mondo vicino‐orientale e mediterraneo antico. Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 6 marzo - 29 maggio 2015: Organizer of a cicle of seminars on "Questioni di famiglia nel Vicino Oriente antico” at Sapienza University of Rome: 17 conferences on different historic, philological and archaeological approaches to the reconstruction of the family in the societies of the ancient near East. Participants: M.Liverani, M.G.Biga, L.Mori, F.Balossi!Restelli, L. Verderame, G. Matini, A. Agostini, M. Bonechi, S. Alaura, R. Francia, F. di Filippo, C.Simonetti, P.Negri Scafa, G.P.Basello, P. Merlo, F.Guizzi.
- 30 marzo 2015 - Quale Mose? Esodo: storia, letteratura, cinema. Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 14 marzo 2016 - Gertrude Bell. L’Occidente in Oriente. Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 18 novembre 2016 -Waters from the Margin. Strategies of Water Management in Dry Regions and
Marshy Environments in the Ancient Near East. Sapienza Universita` di Roma.
19 luglio 2018 – Waterscapes: perspectives on hydro-cultural landscapes in the ancient Near East. Workshop for the 64a Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Innsbruck 16-20 luglio 2018.
Publications
Monographies
- 2003 L. Mori, Reconstructing the Emar Landscape, Quaderni di Geografia Storica 6, Università degli Studi di Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Roma.
- 2013 L. Mori (ed.), Between the Sahara and the Mediterranean coast. The archaeological research in the oasis of Fewet and the rediscovery of the Garamantes, AZA monographs 6, ed. Del Giglio, Firenze.
Edited Volumes
- 2016 M.G. Biga, L. Mori , F. Pinnock, (eds.), Donne d’Oriente. Voci e volti di donne dal Mediterraneo orientale. Thematic issue in journal Henoch (38), 2016/2. (Fascia A)
Articles in Journals and volumes
In print (accepted after anonymous referees review):
- F. di Filippo, L. Mori, How difficult? Reconsidering mountain roads and pathways reaching ancient Melid (Malatya, south-eastern Turkey) in antiquity, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici NS (2018). ). (Fascia A)
- L. Mori, “Il Sàhara italiano”: the exploration of the Libyan Sahara In the Italian Colonial period and the rediscovery of the Garamantes”, Rivista di Studi Fenici, Supplementi 45. ). (Fascia A)
- L. Mori, F. di Filippo, “The roads to Melid: new research methodologies and ancient texts in dialogue”, in Pathways of communication. Roads and routes in Anatolia fro Prehistory to Seljuk times, Ankara 20-22 march 2014.
2019 - L. Mori, M.C. Gatto, A. Zerboni, “Identity markers in the SW Fazzan: were the people of the Tanezzuft/Tadrart Akakus region Garamantes?”, in M.C. Gatto, D. J. Mattingly, N. Ray and M. Sterry (eds), Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond, Trans-Saharan Archaeology Volume II. Series editor D.J. Mattingly. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press and The Society for Libyan Studies.
2019 - F. Ricci, M.A. Tafuri, F. Castorina, F. Di Vincenzo, L. Mori, G. Manzi, “Garamantes from Fewet (Ghat, Fazzan, Libya): a skeletal perspective”, in in M.C. Gatto, D. J. Mattingly, N. Ray and M. Sterry (eds), Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond, Trans-Saharan Archaeology Volume II. Series editor D.J. Mattingly. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press and The Society for Libyan Studies.
2018 - F. Balossi Restelli, L. Mori, “Domestic and communal cooking at the dawn of urbanization in greater Mesopotamia and the specialization of bread production”, Scienze dell’Antichità 24.1 (2018). (Fascia A)
2018 – M. Frangipane, F. di Filippo, F. Manuelli, L. Mori, “Collapse or transformation? Regeneration and innovation at the turn of the first millennium BC”, Antiquity, Project gallery, 92 (362), pp. 1-7. ). (Fascia A)
2018 - A,Zerboni, A. Bernasconi, M.C. Gatto, C. Ottomano, M. Cremaschi, L. Mori, Building on an oasis in Garamantian times: geoarchaeological investigation on mud architectural elements from the excavation of Fewet (Central Sahara, SW Libya), Journal of Arid Environments
2017 – L. Mori, A. Zerboni, G. Bosi, A.M. Mercuri, M.C. Gatto, Domestic firing activities and fuel consumption in a Saharan oasis: Micromorphological and archaeobotanical evidence from the Garamantian site of Fewet (Libyan Sahara)”, Journal of Arid Environments 144, pp. 123-138.
2017 - L. Mori, “Defense, justice, identity: the function of city gates in the Land of Ashtata during the Late Bronze Age”, in Michel, P. M., (éd.), Les rites aux portes. Rituals at Doors. Actes du colloque international de Genève, 2-3 mai 2014, Etudes genevoises sur l’Antiquité – EGeA, Université de Genève, Bern [etc.], Peter Lang, pp. 97-106.
2016 – A. Zerboni, P. Vignola, M.C. Gatto, A. Risplendente, L. Mori, “Looking for the Garamantian emerald: Reconsidering the green-coloured stone beads trade in the Sahara”, The Canadian Mineralogist (thematic issue on gems).
2016 – F. Manuelli, L. Mori, “The king at the gate. Monumental fortifications and the rise of local elites at Arslantepe at the end of the 2nd millennium BCE.”, Origini 39, 2016, pp. 209-241. ). (Fascia A)
2016 – L. Mori, “Scelte alimentari e paesaggi agrari: orzo e sesamo nella Mesopotamia del III millennio a.C.”, Rivista di Storia dell’Agricoltura 2016, pp. 229-238.
2016 - L. Mori, “Essere mogli e madri nella Siria del Tardo Bronzo”, in Henoch 38/2, 2016, pp 233-243. ). (Fascia A)
2015 – L. Mori, “Il Vicino Oriente: conformazione storico-geografica”, in D. Nadali, A, Polcaro (a cura di), Archeologia della Mesopotamia antica, Roma, pp. 23-28
2015 – L. Mori, “Atarantes et Garamantes du Fezzan (Sahara Libyen): la naissance du premier royaume saharien au Ier millenaire avant JC. ” , in D. Badi (éd.) Massinissa, au coeur de la consécration d'un premier Etat numide. Actes du colloque international, Khroub, Algerie, les 20 et 21 septembre 2014, pp. 89-116.
2014 – L. Mori, F. Balossi Restelli, “Bread, Baking moulds and related techniques in the ancient Near East”, Food and History,12, 2014, pp. 37-54. ). (Fascia A)
2013 - L. Mori, Fortified citadels and castles in southern Fazzan (Libyan Sahara), in Garamantia times, F. Jesse, C. Vogel (eds.), The Power of Walls. Fortifications in ancient Northeastern Africa, University of Cologne International Workshop 4-7 july 2011, Colloquium Africanum, Heirich-Bart-Institut of Cologne, pp. 195-216.
2013 - L. Mori, S. Festuccia, From the Sahara to the Mediterranean coast: Stelae and Offering Tables as Examples of Connectivity between Different identities in the Funerary Practices”. In: Luca Bombardieri, Anacleto D’Agostino, Guido Guarducci, Valentina Orsi, and Stefano Valentini (eds.) Identity and Connectivity: Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Florence, Italy, 1–3 March 2012, Oxford, Archaeopress, BAR –S2581, vol. I, pp. 175-184.
2013 - L. Mori, Voce Garamanti per il Dizionario della Cultura Fenicio Punica (P. Xella ISMA).
2012 - H. Weiss, S. W. Manning, L. Ristvet, L. Mori, M. Besonen, A. Mccarthy, P. Quenet, A. Smith and Z. Bahrani, “Tell Leilan Akkadian Imperialization, Collapse and Short-Lived Reoccupation Defined by High-Resolution Radiocarbon Dating”. In H. Weiss (ed.), Seven Generations since the Fall of Akkad, Studia Chaburensia 3, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 163-192.
2012 - A. Ait Kaci, S. Biagetti, S. di Lernia, L. Mori, “Writing the desert: the Tifinagh rock inscriptions of the Tadrart Acacus (south-west Libya)”: Azania, Archaeological Reserch in Africa 47, pp. 153-174. ). (Fascia A)
2012 - L. Mori, M.C. Gatto, “The Garamantes of the Fezzan and the Trans-Saharan Trade in Roman Times”, in S. Guedon (ed.) Entre Afrique et Égypte: relations et échanges entre les espaces au sud de la Méditerranée à l’époque romaine, Actes du Colloque tenu à l’Université de Limoges, 23-24 septembre 2010, Ausonius, Paris, pp. 219-235.
2010 - L. Mori, “The City Gates at Emar. Reconsidering the Use of the Sumerograms KÁ.GAL and KÁ in Tablets found at Meskené Qadime”. In Liverani M., Biga G. M. (eds.), Ana turri gimilli. Studi dedicati al Padre Werner R. Mayer da amici e allievi, Vicino Oriente XV, pp. 249-267. ). (Fascia A)
2010 - L. Mori ‘Between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Coast: the archaeological research in the oasis of Fewet (Fazzan, Libyan Sahara) and the rediscovery of the Garamantes’, in M. Dalla Riva (ed.) Meetings Between Cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean, XVII Congresso Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, Roma 22-26 settembre 2008, in Bollettino di Archeologia on line.
2008 - L. Mori, ‘Osservazioni sulla tipologia delle strade dai testi di Emar’: Vicino Oriente XIV, pp. 205-217. ). (Fascia A)
2008 - L. Mori, ‘Information on Landscape from the Emar Legal texts’, in Y. Cohen - L. d'Alfonso - D. Sürenhagen (eds.), The City of Emar among the Late Bronze Age Empires. History, Landscape, and Society. Proceedings of the Konstanz Emar Conference, 25.–26.04. 2006 AOAT, 349, Ugarit Verlag, Münster, pp. 113-127.
2008 - S. di Lernia – L. Mori – A. Zerboni, ‘Geoarchaeological survey in the Kufra region (South- eastern Sahara): Sahara 19, pp. 7-26 and pls. A1-A7.
2007 - L. Mori, ‘Land and land use: the middle Euphrates Valley’ in G. Leick (ed.), The Babylonian World, Routledge History of the Ancient World, Abingdon – New York, pp. 39-53.
2007 - F. de Lillis - L. Milano - L. Mori, The Akkadian occupation in the Northwest area of the Tell Leilan Achropolis: Kaskal 4, pp. 43-64. ). (Fascia A)
2005 - L. Mori, ‘The excavation of the postern area AN26-27’, in M. Liverani (ed.) Aghram Nadharif, The Barkat Oasis (Sha‘abiya of Ghat, Libyan Sahara) in Garamantian Times, Archaeology of the Libyan Sahara,Vol. II, All’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, pp. 91-98.
2005 - L. Mori, The excavation of the working area AN4-24’, in M. Liverani (ed.) Aghram Nadharif, The Barkat Oasis (Sha‘abiya of Ghat, Libyan Sahara) in Garamantian Times, Archaeology of the Libyan Sahara,Vol. II, All’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, pp. 99-112.
2005 - L. Mori, The excavation of the courtyard AN25’, in M. Liverani (ed.) Aghram Nadharif, The Barkat Oasis (Sha‘abiya of Ghat, Libyan Sahara) in Garamantian Times, Archaeology of the Libyan Sahara, Vol. II, All’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, pp. 113-120.
2005 - L. Mori, The excavation of the storerooms AN5/7 and AN6’, in M. Liverani (ed.) Aghram Nadharif, The Barkat Oasis (Sha‘abiya of Ghat, Libyan Sahara) in Garamantian Times, Archaeology of the Libyan Sahara,Vol. II, All’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, pp. 135-149.
2005 - L. Mori, The excavation of the residential unit AN8-14’, in M. Liverani (ed.) Aghram Nadharif, The Barkat Oasis (Sha‘abiya of Ghat, Libyan Sahara) in Garamantian Times, Archaeology of the Libyan Sahara,Vol. II, All’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, pp. 151-165.
2005 - L. Mori, ‘The ground stone tools’, in M. Liverani (ed.) Aghram Nadharif, The Barkat Oasis (Sha‘abiya of Ghat, Libyan Sahara) in Garamantian Times, Archaeology of the Libyan Sahara,Vol. II, All’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, pp. 259-284’.
2005 - L. Mori, ‘The vesicular basalt lamps’, in M. Liverani (ed.) Aghram Nadharif, The Barkat Oasis (Sha‘abiya of Ghat, Libyan Sahara) in Garamantian Times, Archaeology of the Libyan Sahara,Vol. II, All’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, pp. 285-291.
2005 - L. Mori, ‘The loom weights’, in M. Liverani (ed.) Aghram Nadharif, The Barkat Oasis (Sha‘abiya of Ghat, Libyan Sahara) in Garamantian Times, Archaeology of the Libyan Sahara,Vol. II, All’Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, pp. 319-321.
2005 - L. Mori, ‘Excavation in the oasis of Fewet’ in R. Castelli, M. Cremaschi, M.C. Gatto, M. Liverani, L. Mori, ‘A preliminary report of excavation in Fewet’: Journal of African Archaeology 3, pp. 76-84. ). (Fascia A)
2003 - L. Mori, ‘The hablu building in Emar and Ekalte’: NABU 2003 n.3/52. ). (Fascia A)
2002-2003 - H. Weiss, F. De Lillis, D. De Moulins, J. Eidem, T. Guilderson, U. Kasten, T. Larsen, L. Mori, L. Ristvet, E. Rova, and W. Wetterstrom, ‘Revising the Contours of History at Tell Leilan’, in Annales Archeologiques Arabes Syriennes, Cinquantenaire 45-46. ). (Fascia A)
Book Reviews
2018 – L. Mori, recensione di L. Turri, Vieni lascia che ti dica di altre città. Ambiente naturale, umano e politico della valle dell’oronte nella Tarda età del Bronzo, Udine 2015, in: Studia Eblaitica 4, 2018, pp. 235-241.
2015 – L. Mori, recensione di P.M. Michel, Le culte des pierres à Emar à l’époque hittite, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 266, Academic Press Fribourg/ Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Fribourg/Göttingen, 2014. In: Origini 37, pp. 217-220. ). (Fascia A)
2014 – L. Mori, recensione di M. Liverani, Immaginare Babele. Due secoli di studi sulla città orientale antica, Laterza, Roma/Bari, 2013. In Origini 35, pp. 246-250. ). (Fascia A)
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