Research: Analysis of Road Networks and Exchange Systems in Jordan during Early Bronze Age II-IV
EDUCATION
- January 2024: Master’s Degree in Archaeology (curriculum: Architecture, City, and Landscape), at "Sapienza" University of
Rome.
Thesis title: “Viabilitá e contatti Commerciali in Giordania nel Bronzo Antico II - IV: il sito di Khirbet ez-Zeraqon come caso
studio per l’analisi della connettivitá regionale" (trad. Viability and Trade in Jordan in the Early Bronze II-IV: The Site of
Khirbet ez-Zeraqon as a Case Study for the Analysis of Regional Connectivity).
Supervisor: Prof. Marta D’Andrea. Co-supervisor: Prof. Jens Kamlah. Grade: 110/110 cum laude.
- February 2021: Bachelor’s Degree in Ancient Civilizations and Archaeology (curriculum: Oriental), at University of Naples
"L’Orientale."
Thesis title: "Evidenze archeologiche di imbarcazioni nel Giappone di epoca Yayoi "(trad. Archaeological Evidence of Boats in
Yayoi Period Japan).
Supervisor: Prof. Chiara Zazzaro. Grade: 110/110 cum laude.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS
- 11/06/2023 – 26/06/2024 Participation in the Archaeological Mission at Khirbat Iskandar (Madaba Governorate, Jordan).
Position: Topographer and photogrammetric survey manager.
Scientific directors: Prof. Marta D’Andrea ("Sapienza" University of Rome), Prof. Suzanne Richard (Gannon University), Prof.
Jesse Long (Lubbock Christian University).
- 14/06/2023 – 05/07/2023 Participation in the Archaeological Mission at Khirbat Iskandar (Madaba Governorate, Jordan).
Position: Survey leader assistant and photogrammetric survey manager.
Scientific directors: Prof. Marta D’Andrea ("Sapienza" University of Rome), Prof. Suzanne Richard (Gannon University), Prof.
Jesse Long (Lubbock Christian University).
- 09/2022 Participation in the Italo-Lebanese Archaeological Mission in the Tyre Region (Tyre, Lebanon).
Position: Surveyor, GIS manager, and photogrammetric survey manager.
Scientific directors: Prof. Marta D’Andrea ("Sapienza" University of Rome), Prof. May Haider (Lebanese University), Dr. Ali
Badawi (Directorate-General of Antiquities).
- 26/05/2022 – 11/06/2022 Participation in the Archaeological Mission "Intus Aquae Dulces project: Lacus Sabatinus"
(Anguillara Sabazia, Rome).
Position: Trainee.
Scientific directors: Dr. Federico Nomi (University of Roma Tre), Dr. Mario Minneo ("Sapienza" University of Rome).
- 19/04/2022 – 06/05/2022 Participation in the Italo-Lebanese Archaeological Mission in the Tyre Region (Tyre, Lebanon).
Position: Trainee (GIS management and responsible for drawing and studying archaeological material).
Scientific directors: Prof. Marta D’Andrea ("Sapienza" University of Rome), Prof. May Haider (Lebanese University), Dr. Ali
Badawi (Directorate-General of Antiquities).
- 11/2019 – 12/2019 Participation in the Italian Archaeological Mission in Eastern Sudan (Kassala, Sudan).
Position: Trainee/Responsible for sampling paleobotanical remains.
Scientific director: Prof. Andrea Manzo (University of Naples "L’Orientale").
- 09/2019 Participation in the archaeological excavation campaign in the Greco-Roman settlement of Cuma (Naples).
Position: Trainee.
Scientific director: Prof. Matteo D’Acunto (University of Naples "L’Orientale").
RESEARCH PROJECTS
- 01/05/2024 – ongoing
Project: "The Price of Progress. A Multidisciplinary Research on Human-Environment Interactions in the Levant at the Dawn
of Urbanism (3500-2000 BCE)." "Sapienza" University of Rome (PRIN 2022).
Research unit director: Prof. Marta D’Andrea.
- 2023 – ongoing
Member of the Archaeological Mission at Khirbat Iskandar (Madaba Governorate, Jordan) as archaeological GIS system
manager and surveyor.
- 2022 – ongoing
Participation in the Italo-Lebanese research project in the Tyre region (Lebanon).
Scientific directors: Prof. Marta D’Andrea ("Sapienza" University of Rome), Prof. May Haider (Lebanese University), Dr. Ali
Badawi (Directorate-General of Antiquities).
- 2022 – 01/2024
Project: "Urban/Rural/Pastoral Relationships in the Levant during the Third Millennium BCE: Multidisciplinary Study and
Comparative Analysis." "Sapienza" University of Rome (Research Grant 2022 - Medium Projects).
SCHOLARSHIPS
- 2023 Recipient of the ASOR Platt Scholarship for Fieldwork Participation granted by the American Society of Overseas
Research, allocated for participation in the Archaeological Mission at Khirbet Iskandar.
- 2023 Recipient of the Thesis Abroad Scholarship granted by "Sapienza" University of Rome for research in archives, data
digitization, and study of archaeological materials at Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen.
Tutor: Prof. Jens Kamlah.
RESEARCH GRANTS
- 01/05/2024 – ongoing
Research grant at the Department of Ancient Sciences of "Sapienza" University of Rome for the study and management of
settlement pattern data in the Southern Levant during the Early Bronze Age, within the PRIN 2022 research project: "The
Price of Progress. A Multidisciplinary Research on Human-Environment Interactions in the Levant at the Dawn of Urbanism
(3500-2000 BCE)."
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
- 28-31/08/2024 Rome, 30th EAA Annual Meeting
N. Lanzaro: Viability and Trade in Jordan in the Early Bronze II-IV: The Case of Khirbet ez-Zeraqon to Reinvestigate Regional
Connectivity (Paper).
L. Volpi (First author) - N. Lanzaro: A Comparative Approach to Conservation and Restoration Analysis of Archaeological
Earthen Architecture in Western Asia Using Environmental and Climatic Data (Paper).
M. D’Andrea (First author) - S. Richard - J. Long Jr. - L. Forti - A. Zerboni - T. Deady - N. Lanzaro - C. Cioffi: Challenges and
Opportunities of Assessing the Archaeological Potential and Quantifying Archaeological Risk at Khirbat Iskandar and Its
Environs (Jordan) (Paper).
- 13/05/2024 Rome, Seminar on the research activities of the "Sapienza" University of Rome unit within the PRIN 2022 project
"The Price of Progress. A Multidisciplinary Research on Human-Environment Interactions in the Levant at the Dawn of
Urbanism (3500-2000 BCE)."
N. Lanzaro: A Glance at the Madaba Region of Jordan during the Early Bronze Age: Environment, Settlement, and Research
Questions.
- 06-07/10/2023 Bern, Digital Archaeology Bern - Ancient West Asia.
N. Lanzaro - D. Paolucci: Route Analysis and Connections in Sub-Optimal Areas. The Other Perspective on the Levantine
Early Bronze Age (Paper).
- 22-26/05/2023 Copenhagen, 13th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East.
N. Lanzaro: A More Comprehensive Look at the Early Bronze Age Presence in the Madaba Region of Jordan (Poster).