NATIONAL PHD IN HERITAGE SCIENCE

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Paolo Carafa is full professor of Classical Archaeology and Deputy-rector for Archaeological Heritage at Sapienza University of Rome. His main scientific interests have been devoted to Roman topography, Etruria in Etruscan and Roman times, Basilicata, Calabria (ancient Sibaritide), the Suburbium of ancient Rome, and the analysis of monumental complexes of various cities in Roman Italy (Rome, northern slope of the Palatine Hill, Volterra, Pompeii, Veii). In 2005, with Andrea Carandini, he created an Archaeological Information System (patented). Since then, he has been coordinating research projects dedicated to Roman urban architecture and the landscapes of ancient Latium. In addition to his fieldwork, since 1986 he has coordinated scientific research groups with the aim of reconstructing the topography and landscapes of the past of ancient cities and their territories. He is also concerned with artistic production in the Hellenistic period, Latin epigraphy, archaic architecture in mid-Tyrrhenian Italy, the Romanisation of Campania, especially Pompeii, and Magna Graecia, IT applifations in archaeology, geographic information systems, and landscape archaeology: fieldwork, methods and theory. He has published more than 150 contributions including monographs, editions, reference books, articles and other works.