Research: Infant sacrifice in past human populations: a counter-adaptive behavior? Technics and scientific method to face it
Curriculum Vitae
Luciano FATTORE
Office Address
FABLAB Saperi & Co. - Sapienza Università di Roma
P.le Aldo Moro, 5 00185 ROMA (Italy)
E-mail: luciano(punto)fattore(at)uniroma(uno)(punto)it
Education
2019-present PhD candidate at Sapienza University of Rome (Environmental and Evolutionary Biology - Curriculum Anthropology
2000-01 Master of 1600 hours “Multimedia and cultural heritage”. Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research
2001 Professional training in Multimedia Technologies, Management Skills, Business and Marketing planning, E-commerce and Information Technologies, at Zernike Group B.V. (Groningen – NL)
1997 5 years degree in Biology (University of Naples), with a dissertation on human paleopathology of roman imperial age skeletal samples from Campi Flegrei (Naples, Italy)
Languages
Italian, English
Principal Positions
2019-present Three years technologist position at Department of Chemical, Materials and Environmental Engineer – Sapienza University of Rome
2019-present PhD candidate at Sapienza University of Rome (Environmental and Evolutionary Biology - Curriculum Anthropology
2017-present Technical manager of FABLAB Saperi & Co - Sapienza University of Roma.
2017-2019 Temporary research associate at Department of Chemical, Materials and Environmental Engineer – Sapienza Università di Roma- Via Eudossiana, 18 - 00184 Roma
1997-present Free lance physical anthropologist, collaborator of Section of Bioarchaeology of the Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini" of Rome, Italy
2000-2017 Administrator of “ARCA SOCIETÀ DI ANTROPOLOGI S.A.S.” di Luciano Fattore & C.
2008-2011 Anthropologist in charge of the Herculaneum Project
2013-2020 Head of the anthropological team of the Daba Project (Musandam, Oman)
2016-2020 Director of the 3d survey activities on the Batinah Expressway Package 2 rescue excavation activities in Oman
Teaching
2001 Lessons on database design techniques for ARPA consortium (Agenzia Ricerca e Produzione Avanzata)
2004 Teaching about informatics for “Logos FormAzione” (P.O.R. Campania 2000/6 Misura 3.8 Azione – D.G.R. n. 4751 del 11/10/02 D.D. n. 3973 del 30/12/03 “IN.FORMAZIONE 1, FORMAZIONE INTEGRATA PER GLI ADULTI”)
2015-2016 University of Naples "L'Orientale" (Italy), lectures on Herculaneum Skeletons Projects Activities
Current Research Interests
• Paleobiology of skeletal populations with special reference to paleonutrition, paleopathology, dental anthropology, adaptation and genetic variability
• Advanced research methods with special reference to digital image processing
• Documentation and analysis methods by the mean of different techniques of 3d acquisition, modeling and elaboration
• Field 3d survey aimed to the reconstruction of grave uses and reuses
• Application of new technologies to archaeological research.
• Excavation and recovery of prehistoric and historic burials
• Restoration of human bones from archaeological contexts
• 3d documentation of graves, archaeological surfaces and artefacts through various techniques (laser scanning, SFM).
• Casts of ancient skeletons, burials and paleosurfaces.
• Information technology concerning GIS, raster and vectorial graphics, point cloud and mesh editors, CAD, SQL based database applications, programming in python and visual basic on MS Windows and Linux based platforms.
• Virtual reconstruction and restoration of paleoanthropological specimens
• 3d printing of archaeological and anthropological items
• Innovation in digital manufactoring
Staff coordination experiences
• Co-ordination of database design, data acquisition and data input
• Co-ordination of 3d documentation field operations
Scientific Activities
2016 Co-ordination of 3d workflow activities (from data acquisition to 3d model production) of a roman imperial age funerary complex in Rome (Italy)
2015- Co-ordination of 3d workflow activities (from data acquisition to 3d printing) related to the findings from the site of Buya during the Eritrean-Italian Danakil Expedition led by University of Rome “La Sapienza”
2015- Archaeological excavation and remains study of the Batinah Expressway Project
2013- Member of the Italian mission “The Daba project”, led by the Omani Ministry of Cultural Heritage
2003-2004 Member of the Italian - Moroccan mission “Paleontological and Anthropological Research in Morocco (Gharb Region, Oriental Morocco and Atlas)” planned by University of Naples “Federico II” sponsored by Italian Foreign Office
1996-2016 Collaboration with the Section of Bioarchaeology of the Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini" of Rome, Italy
1999 Member of the UMR 9993 «Centre di richerche archéologiques Indus – Baluchistan – Asie centale e orientale» of the French CNRS
1996-1997 Member of the “Progetto Finalizzato Beni Culturali, Sottoprogetto Archivio Biologico del CNR”
1995-1997 Collaboration with the “Laboratorio di Bioarcheologia e Paleoecologia umana” of the University of Naples “Federico II“
International field missions
2017-2020 3d and topographic survey at Sapienza archaeological mission to Mozia (TP, ITALY)
2019 3d and topographic survey at Sapienza archaeological mission to Gerico (Palestine)
2018 3d and topographic survey at Sapienza archaeological mission to Batrawy (Az Zarqa, Jordan)
2016 Rescue excavation along the Batinah Expressway - Package 2 (Batinah, Oman)
2015 Rescue excavation along the Batinah Expressway - Package 5 (Batinah, Oman)
2013- Excavation and documentation of a large collective grave at Daba (Musandam, Oman)
1999 Grave excavation at neolithic site of Mehrgarh (Baluchistan, Pakistan)
Archaeological excavations
2015 Anthropologist in charge at Maddaloni - Calatia necropolis (Caserta, Italy)
2015 Anthropologist in charge for the necropolises along a section of the Batinah Expressway (Sohar, Oman);
2015 Anthropologist in charge at Santa Filitica complex (Sorso, Ss, Italy)
2014-2015 Anthropologist in charge at Daba necropolis (Daba, Musandam, Oman)
2014 Anthropologic and taphonomic consultant at SP94 necropolis in Succivo (Caserta, Italy
2013-2014 Anthropologist in charge at Daba necropolis (Daba, Musandam, Oman)
2008-2011 Cast preparation, taphonomic and photographic documentation and excavation of the skeletons recovered in 5 chambers (7, 8, 9, part of 10 and 11) along the beach of the ancient Herculaneum
2008 3D laser scanner documentation, and excavation of an individual from a farm buried by the Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. in Ponticelli (Naples, Italy)
2008 Taphonomic documentation and excavation of the skeleton of an individual from a farm buried by the Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. in Ponticelli (Naples, Italy) (for “ARCA S.a.s – Società di Antropologi”, committed by “Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei”)
2006 Anthropological supervision, photographic and taphonomic documentation, consolidation and excavation of burials of ancient Rufrae necropolis, “Masseria dei Monaci“ - Presenzano (CE - Italy)
2005 Anthropological supervision, photographic and taphonomic documentation, consolidation and recovery of a neolithic burial discovered in the prehistoric site of Afragola TAV – lotto 1 (NA- Italy
2005 Anthropological supervision, photographic and taphonomic documentation, consolidation and excavation of burials of the ancient Rufrae necropolis, “Masseria dei Monaci“ - Presenzano (CE - Italy)
2004-2007 Anthropological supervision concerning human footprints discovered in the prehistoric site of Afragola – Caivano TAV (NA- Italy
2004 Anthropological supervision, excavation, taphonomic and photographic documentation, consolidation and recover of 2 burials at archaeological site of Caivano (NA- Italy) (TAV lotto 1 Integrale)
2004 Anthropological supervision, excavation, taphonomic and photographic documentation, consolidation and recover of 4 burials at “Piana del fiume” - Pozzilli (Is - Italy)
2004 Re-arrangement of human skeletal remains at “Cimitero Storico delle Fontanelle” for the Naples Municipality.
2004 Anthropological supervision, taphonomic and photographic documentation and excavation of 14 burials from San Giuliano di Puglia (Cb – Italy)
2003 Anthropological supervision, excavation and documentation of 5 burials at the medieval site of San Vincenzo al Volturno (IS - Italy)
2002 Anthropological supervision, taphonomic and photographic documentation and excavation of a multiple burial from “Porta Nocera” in ancient Pompeii (NA - Italy)
2000-2001 Anthropological supervision, taphonomic and photographic documentation and excavation of the burials in the basilica of San Vincenzo Maggiore, on the medieval archaeological site of San Vincenzo al Volturno (IS - Italy)
2000 Cast preparation, taphonomic and photographic documentation and excavation of burials from medieval site in Castelnuovo castle – (Naples - Italy)
2000 Anthropological supervision, taphonomic and photographic documentation and excavation of the burials on the archaeological site of Fossa, Casale (AQ- Italy)
1997-99 Cast preparation, taphonomic and photographic documentation and excavation of the skeletons recovered in the three boat chambers (5, 10, 12) along the beach of the ancient Herculaneum for “Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei”
1997 Anthropological supervision on the archaeological site of “Casal del Dolce” – Anagni (FR - Italy)
Exibitions
2002 Planning and graphics of the exhibition “Vesuvio 79 A.D. - Vita e morte ad Ercolano”
Publications
Martyn, R., Craig, O., Ellingham, S., Islam, M., Fattore, L., Sperduti, A., Bondioli L., Thompson, T. 2019 A re-evaluation of manner of death at Roman Herculaneum following the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius. Antiquity, 1-16. doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.215
Nigro, L., Fattore, L., Montanari, D. 2018 3D scanning, modelling and printing of ultra-thin nacreous shells from Jericho: a case study of small finds documentation in archaeology. Vicino Oriente XXII, 15-28
Martyn, R.E.V., Garnsey, P., Fattore L., Petrone, P.P., Sperduti, A., Bondioli, L., Craig, O.E. 2018 Capturing Roman dietary variability in the catastrophic death assemblage at Herculaneum. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 19, 1023-1029
CRAIG, O. E., BONDIOLI, L., FATTORE, L., HIGHAM, T., & HEDGES, R. 2013. Evaluating marine diets through radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis of victims of the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 152, 345-352
FATTORE L. 2013. Gli scheletri di Ercolano: le ultime evidenze e una sintesi di tre campagne di scavo e studio, Cronache Ercolanesi, 43, 215-227
LAFORGIA, E., BOENZI, G., AMATO, L., BISHOP, J., DI VITO, M.A., FATTORE, L., STANZIONE, M., VIGLIO, F., 2008. The Vesuvian “Pomici di Avellino” eruption and Early Bronze Age settlement in the
middle Clanis valley. Mediterranée.
PETRONE P.P., MONETTI E., FATTORE L. 2007 L'antica popolazione di Presenzano (Ce). Indagine paelopatologica e paleonutrizionale, in F. Sirano (eds), In Itinere. Ricerche di archeologia in Campania”. Lavieri
MARAZZI F., FILIPPONE C., PETRONE P.P., GALLOWAY T., FATTORE L. 2002. San Vincenzo al Volturno – Scavi 2000-2002, Rapporto preliminare, Archeologia Medievale, XXIX, 209-274.
MASTROLORENZO G., PETRONE P.P., PAGANO M., INCORONATO A., BAXTER P.J., CANZANELLA A., FATTORE L. 2001. Herculaneum victims of Vesuvius in AD 79, Nature, 410, 769-770
MASTROLORENZO G., PETRONE P.P., PAGANO M., INCORONATO A., BAXTER P.J., CANZANELLA A., FATTORE L., FERGOLA L. 2001. The 79 AD Vesuvius Plinian eruption at Herculaneum and its impact on the people, in: E. Juvigné e J.P. Raynal (eds.): Tephras, chronology, archaeology, Goudet, 183-189.
COPPA A., PETRONE P.P., RUBINI M., VARGIU R., BERNARDI L., CUCINA A., FATTORE L., LUCCI M., MANCINELLI D., PAPAGIANNOPOULOU E., SIGNORETTI C. 1997. I resti scheletrici umani della necropoli preistorica, in: A. ZARATTINI e L. PETRASSI (eds.), Casal del Dolce. Ambiente, economia e cultura di una comunità preistorica della Valle del Sacco, Roma, 210-226.
Congresses, published abstracts
GENCHI F., FATTORE, L. NAVA, A., Maini. E., 2018 The LCG2 complex at Dibbā (Musandam, Oman, II–I millennium BC): structural, material, and osteological elements. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 48,
FATTORE L., NAVA A., GENCHI F., MANCINELLI D., MAINI E. L'area sacra di Daba (Musandam, Oman, II-I millennio a.C.). I morti oltre la morte. L'analisi tafonomica e l'interpretazione dei processi culturali e naturali sulle ossa di LCG2. Romarché- Archeologia e Antropologia della morte. III Incontro di studi di Archeologia e Antropologia a confronto. Roma, May 20 - 22, 2015
PETRONE P.P., MARAZZI F., FATTORE L., GALLOWAY T. La necropoli medioevale di San Vincenzo al Volturno (Isernia): analisi delle evidenze tafonomiche di sito. XIV Convegno degli Antropologi Italiani (A.A.I)
CUCINA A., PETRONE P.P., FATTORE L. The 1996-2000 field seasons at the prehistoric site of Mehrgarh (Balochistan, Pakistan): Preliminary anthropological evidence from the Neolithic graveyard. South Asian Archaeology Conference Paris, July 2 - 6, 2001
PETRONE P.P., CUCINA A., FATTORE L. The 1996-2000 field seasons at the prehistoric site of Mehrgarh (Balochistan, Pakistan): The taphonomic evidence from the Neolithic graveyard. South Asian Archaeology Conference Paris, July 2 - 6, 2001
MASTROLORENZO G., PETRONE P.P., PAGANO M., FATTORE L. Antropologia, archeologia e vulcanologia: un approccio interdisciplinare allo studio degli effetti dell’eruzione del Vesuvio del 79 A. D.. XIII Convegno degli Antropologi Italiani (A.A.I.) Roma – Sabaudia 4 - 8 Ottobre 1999
MASTROLORENZO G., PETRONE P.P., PAGANO M., INCORONATO A., BALASCO A., FATTORE L., CANZANELLA A. A.D. 79 eruption of Vesuvius (Italy): emplacement mechanisms of pyroclastic flows and related effects on structures and people. 24th General Assembly Nonlinear Geophysic and Natural Hazards. European Geophysical Society, Rotterdam, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 856, 1999
MASTROLORENZO G., PETRONE P.P., PAGANO M., INCORONATO A., BALASCO A., FATTORE L., CANZANELLA A. Volcanology, archaeology and anthropology; an interdisciplinary approach to the effects of the A.D. 79 eruption of Vesuvius (Italy). Tephrocronologie et co-existence Hommes Volcans. INQUA COT/UISPP 31, Brives-Charensac, France, 110-111, 1998
FATTORE L., PETRONE P.P. Indicatori dentari di stress in popolazioni di età imperiale dell’area flegrea ( II sec. D. C., Italia meridionale). XII Congresso Nazionale Associazione Antropologica Italiana. Palermo- Alia (PA) 16-20 Settembre 1997
Posters
GENCHI, F., COPPA, A., FATTORE, L., NAVA, A., DE CATALDO, F., MAINI, E.. 2018. Missione Archeologica Italiana a Daba al Bayah (Sultanato dell’Oman). Italian Archaeology in Egypt and MENA Countries (IAM2) Cairo, 2018.
GENCHI F., LAROSA N., FATTORE L., MANCINELLI D., MARTINO G., ZAMBETTA E., BONANNI P., CAPUTO F., MAURO F. Use and reuse of late bronze age to pre-islamic period funerary cairns in the Batinah plain foothills, Sultanate of Oman. Seminars for Arabian Studies, London 2016
NAVA A., FATTORE L., MANCINELLI D., GENCHI F., COPPA A. L'aggregazione sociale come riflesso delle pratiche funerarie dell'Arabia del II-I millennio a.C.: analisi tafonomica e antropologica delle grandi tombe collettive di Daba (penisola di Musandam, Oman). XXI Convegno degli antropologi italiani (A.A.I). Bologna - Ravenna, September 3 - 5, 2015
FATTORE L., BONDIOLI L., GARNSEY P., ROSSI P.F., SPERDUTI A. The human skeletal remains from Herculaneum: new evidence from the excavation of the fornici 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. The 81st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Portland, Oregon 2012
PETRONE P.P., MACCHIARELLI R., BONDIOLI L., JARRIGE J.F., FATTORE L. Mergara: nuovi dati bioculturali dalla necropoli neolitica (Valle dell’Indo, Belucistan, Pakistan). XIII Convegno degli Antropologi Italiani (A.A.I.) Roma – Sabaudia 4 – 8 Ottobre 1999
MASTROLORENZO G., PETRONE P.P., PAGANO M., INCORONATO A., BALASCO A., FATTORE L., CANZANELLA A. Studio interdisciplinare degli effetti dell’eruzione pliniana del 79 A.D. sulle cose e sulle persone: nuovi dati vulcanologici, archeologici, antropologici. Convegno internazionale “Pompei: scienza e società”, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
PETRONE P.P., MASTROLORENZO G., FATTORE L. L’eruzione del Vesuvio del 79 A.D.: studio degli effetti dell’alta temperatura sulla popolazione di Ercolano. XIII Convegno degli Antropologi Italiani (A.A.I.), Roma-Sabaudia 1999, 184-185, 1999 (winner of the human paleobiology section).
FATTORE L., PETRONE P.P. Dental stress indicators in imperial age population (2nd Century a.C., Campi Flegrei, Campania). Atti del convegno internazionale “The road of food habits in the mediterranean area” Napoli 26 – 30 Maggio 1997