Papers by Alessandra Piergrossi
A. Piergrossi, A. Babbi, M. Cultraro (edd.), Tra Protostoria e Storia: l'Etruria nel cuore del Mediterraneo. Scritti in onore di Filippo Delpino per il suo 80° compleanno (Suppl. Mediterranea, 2), 2022
The dossier on the Veii development as a urban structure has dramatically increased by the result... more The dossier on the Veii development as a urban structure has dramatically increased by the results of the Sapienza “Veii project” excavations especially in the citadel of Piazza d’Armi. The paper offers some reflections on the concept of urban structures in relation to the archaeological data from the city, the territory, and the necropolis.
V. ACCONCIA, A. PIERGROSSI, I. VAN KAMPEN (eds.), Leggere il passato, costruire il futuro. Gli Etruschi e gli altri popoli del Mediterraneo. Scritti in onore di Gilda Bartoloni (Roma - Sapienza, 15 novembre 2019) («Mediterranea», XVIII, 1-2), Roma , 2021
Poggio Montano’s necropolis is one of the most significant archaeological evidence of internal so... more Poggio Montano’s necropolis is one of the most significant archaeological evidence of internal southern Etruria during the transition between late Villanovan and early Orientalizing, when the coastal cities showed a growing interest in the hinterland. It is situated along an axis of communication between north and south that, through the Sacco and Liri and Tiber valleys, reaches the mining district of Northern Etruria, Bologna and the Po Valley. Not surprisingly, the funerary system adopted and the material culture of Poggio Montano, essentially linked to those of the contemporary Tarquinii, shows features in common with all the major conterminous towns: Bisenzio, Vulci, but also further Veii and the Ager faliscus up to Capua. This shows that the territorial limits in the Tarquinii hinterland did not respond to a cultural boundary and did not stop ideological and social factors to spread and cancel those same borders, especially in a frontier site such as Poggio Montano. The outpost of Poggio Montano responds primarily to needs of strategic as also commercial nature, as evidenced by the massive presence of material inspired by ancient Greek pottery and metal vessels, until the next century when the coastal itineraries controlled by the major centres were intensified.
J. BOGDANI, R. MONTALBANO, P. ROSATI, ARCHEOFOSS XIV 2020. Open software, hardware, processes, data and formats in archaeological research, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference (15-17 October 2020), Oxford., 2021
The Open Data, Open Knowledge, Open Science research group at the CNR-ISPC, including archaeologi... more The Open Data, Open Knowledge, Open Science research group at the CNR-ISPC, including archaeologists, philologists, mathematicians, and computer scientists who share editorial work around the open-access journal Archeologia e Calcolatori, has addressed most of its activities to monitoring and studying the use of digital data collections, and open-access policies in the humanities field. The paper illustrates some recent works, with a focus on the adhesion of Archeologia e Calcolatori to the FAIR principles and on the Linked Data annotation of the journal's texts.
Culture Civiltà, attivo dal mese di ottobre 2012, si è costituito con l'aggregazione dei Dipartim... more Culture Civiltà, attivo dal mese di ottobre 2012, si è costituito con l'aggregazione dei Dipartimenti di Archeologia, Storia Antica, Paleografia e Medievistica, Discipline Storiche Antropologiche e Geografiche e di parte del Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Orientali. In considerazione delle sue dimensioni e della sua complessità culturale, il Dipartimento si è articolato in Sezioni allo scopo di comunicare con maggiore completezza ed efficacia le molte attività di ricerca e di didattica che si svolgono al suo interno. Le Sezioni sono: 1) Archeologia; 2) Storia antica; 3) Geografia; 4) Studi antropologici, orientali, storico-religiosi; 5) Medievistica; 6) Scienze del Moderno. Storia, Istituzioni, Pensiero politico. Il Dipartimento ha inoltre deciso di procedere ad una riorganizzazione unitaria di tutta la sua editoria scientifica attraverso l'istituzione di una Collana di Dipartimento per opere monografiche e volumi miscellanei, intesa come Collana unitaria nella numerazione e nella linea grafica, ma con la possibilità di una distinzione interna che attraverso il colore consenta di identificare con immediatezza le Sezioni. Nella nuova Collana del Dipartimento troveranno posto, dopo rigorosi referaggi esterni, i lavori dei colleghi, ma anche e soprattutto i lavori dei più giovani che si spera possano vedere in questo strumento una concreta occasione di crescita e di maturazione scientifica.
Presentazione relativa all'intervento tenuto nel webinar "Le scienze del patrimonio cult... more Presentazione relativa all'intervento tenuto nel webinar "Le scienze del patrimonio culturale on Air. ISPC e la politica open access", il 15 marzo 2021. I temi trattati sono le riviste elettroniche e l'open access, i fair principles e alcuni esempi di linked open data
in V. ACCONCIA (ed.), L'età delle trasformazioni L’Italia medio-adriatica tra il V e il IV secolo a.C. Nuovi modelli di autorappresentazione delle comunità a confronto e temi di cultura materiale (Università di Chieti, 18-19 aprile 2016), Rom, 2020
Recent discoveries partly change the image of immobility and crisis traditionally pictured of the... more Recent discoveries partly change the image of immobility and crisis traditionally pictured of the fifth century BC in Rome: while the first decades of the Republican era are in continuity with the flowering of the late monarchy, from 470 BC we faced with an apparent slowdown. The most macroscopic signal is represented by the interruption of the temples’ dedications between 509 B.C. and 484 BC, respectively the dates of the temple of Jupiter and that of Castor, until the fall of Veii in 396 BC.
Firstly, the paper examines the data on the major temples in the light of the result of new excavations, in particular about the temple of Jupiter, the temple of Castor, the temple of Juno Sospita (?) in the area of the sanctuary of the Magna Mater, the two sanctuaries at the north-eastern slopes of the Palatine, and the temple near S. Maria della Vittoria on the Quirinale (dedicated to Hora Quirini?).
After a review of the architectural and votive sculpture evidences already known in the archaeological literature, the paper considers the results from the Vth century stratigraphy resulted from the excavations of residential facilities in the heart of Rome (Caesar’s Forum before the Gallic fire; area of the Aedes Vestae), and the immediate suburbs (Villa Auditorium) that demonstrate a productive vitality.
Looking at ceramic production, it appears a lowering of the quality in the course of the century, especially when compared with the richness and variety of ceramics classes of the previous phase, but the general framework is still under definition, since traditional types in red-brown impasto and impasto chiaro sabbioso remain in use for a long period without a substantial morphologic evolution.
The work review also the adoption of sumptuary laws inspired by Solon since the Servian age, leading to an almost complete absence of funerary documentation in the following period. Austerity in the ceremony, recognizable both in the Greek laws, in the Roman Twelve Tables and in the almost total absence of funerary goods, is not fully reflected in the choice of funeral rites and graves structures. The incineration, adequately represented in the Roman necropolis, is without doubts a very expensive ritual, and it would seem to contradict the exaggerated rigor of the funerary set. In fact, even the resumption of the cremation ritual, although rehabilitated only for some elements distinguished by age, sex and/or status within the community, it is associated with an identical elimination or contraction of the grave goods. The containers of the bones and ashes, often stone sarcophagi and small urns, appear an expensive novelty compared to the tree trunk or the terracotta urns of the previous phase. The spread of chamber tombs, with no grave goods, especially in the suburbs and along the major routes running out from the city, emphasize the family ties and show a commitment of considerable expenditure. It was suggested that the phenomenon should be attributed to a more private dimension of the funeral ceremonies.
The archaeological researches presents quite a varied picture, with regard to the sculpture productions in the oldest period and the pottery during the entire fifth century. Even if it still remains to clarify an overall framework of the Roman production landscape, combining the review of published data and recent discoveries, it seems that Rome had a solid productive organization and partly remained inserted in the Greek ceramic distribution system throughout the fifth century BC. Compared to other periods the lack of grave goods and the absence, from 480 B.C., of new temples (which not excluded the maintenance of those previously voted) have fostered a negative view of the period.
M. Gleba and R. Laurito (eds.), Contextualising Textile Production in Italy in the !st Millennium BC («Origini», XL) 2017., 2017
Starting with the analysis of a recent discovery in an Orientalising necropolis at Veii, and
by r... more Starting with the analysis of a recent discovery in an Orientalising necropolis at Veii, and
by re-examining some new and old discoveries of textiles from female Etruscan and Latial tombs, this
paper aims to define the female ceremonial dress between the Late Iron Age and the Orientalising age.
This dress, which takes on a symbolic significance in special occasions and rites of passages of aristocratic
life (marriage, death, birth), was used to affirm the gender identity acknowledged by the community.
Women enhanced their beauty by wearing precious jewellery and garments enriched by the application
of decorative glass and amber beads, pendants and metal plaques, studs and buttons, but these accoutrements
also underlined their wealth and social status. Women’s elaborate adornment may have been thought
to provide some protective measures, and visually communicated a sign of fertility and displayed their
aesthetics and/or sexual value. She herself is an agalma and with her dowry a valuable resource for the
oikos. In addition, this paper will contextualise the use of specific clothes in the wider gentilician ceremonial
world, by taking the textiles and female ornaments in question, as part of a larger program made up of
figurative ornaments, but also sounds, smells, food and words that we can only imagine.
The earliest consumption of wine in the Italian peninsula was traditionally ascribed to Greek and... more The earliest consumption of wine in the Italian peninsula was traditionally ascribed to Greek and Near Eastern colonists, established in Magna Graecia, Sicily and also Sardinia since the 8th century BC, who would transfer to local peoples innovative agricultural techniques and new styles of drinking, related to the heroic imagery of the Homeric poetry and to the high-status prerogatives of the Near-Eastern kings.
Recently, the advanced applying of methods derived from the archaeobotanical analysis, enriched by various study programs on genetic pool of vines, and the increasing of the archaeological data about Neolithic, Copper and Bronze Ages, revealed a much earlier knowledge and use of vines (both for food consumption and production of alcoholic beverages).The contribution, starting from a review of the archaeobotanical evidence found in the Italian territory since the last decades of ‘900, attempts to provide a summary of the local production systems, the archaeological indicators of storage and distribution, and of the significant finds in inhabited and funerary contexts linked to convivial and ritual practices.
Archeologia e Calcolatori, 2020
Archeologia e Calcolatori, 2019
Based on the case study of the journal «Archeologia e Calcolatori», the authors investigate speci... more Based on the case study of the journal «Archeologia e Calcolatori», the authors investigate specific issues related to the promotion of Open Science in archaeology. The first part analyses the initiatives undertaken in order to foster the dissemination of the journal’s digital
resources on the web, such as the use of descriptive metadata (Dublin Core), the attribution of unique identifiers (DOI), the uploading of the full texts on institutional repositories for longterm preservation (CNR-SOLAR), the collaboration with initiatives aiming at the aggregation
of cultural and scientific digital contents (MiBACT-CulturaItalia). The second part illustrates many initiatives and projects promoted by the editorial committee to spread the principles of the “open access” philosophy, nationally and internationally. The journal has thus become a
record and memory of the progress in the theoretical, as well as applied, aspects of the Open Access movement. This study shows the relevance of the continuous experimentation of the practices for publishing scientific initiatives, adhering to and promoting the Open Access and
facilitating the accessibility to its own resources.
in J._Tabolli_2019_ed_Veii_Austin_TX_Univer
I dati archeologici. Accessibilità, proprietà, disseminazione (Roma, CNR, 23 maggio 2017), 2018
Mediterranea, 2017
in Mediterranea 2017
ROMA EDIZIONI QUASAR e s t r a t t o MEDITERRANEA QUADERNI ANNUALI DELL'ISTITUTO DI STUDI SUL MED... more ROMA EDIZIONI QUASAR e s t r a t t o MEDITERRANEA QUADERNI ANNUALI DELL'ISTITUTO DI STUDI SUL MEDITERRANEO ANTICO è una rivista dell'Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo Antico del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISMA-CNR) Mediterranea adotta il sistema della Peer Review Direttore responsabile Vincenzo BELLELLI * Comitato scientifico Ágnes BENCZE (Budapest), Martin BENTZ (Bonn), Luca CERCHIAI (Salerno),
Archeologia Classica LXIV, 2013 - pp. 51-131
"I gioielli (II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.8, II.9) gli amuleti (II.20, II.21) le insegne del potere (II.27)", in Ambra. Dalle rive del Baltico all'Etruria, (ed. A. RUSSO 2012), Roma, pp. 63-79 Nessuna parte di questa pubblica/ione può essere memorizzata, fotocopiata o comunque riprodotta s... more Nessuna parte di questa pubblica/ione può essere memorizzata, fotocopiata o comunque riprodotta senza le dovute autorizzazioni.
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Papers by Alessandra Piergrossi
Firstly, the paper examines the data on the major temples in the light of the result of new excavations, in particular about the temple of Jupiter, the temple of Castor, the temple of Juno Sospita (?) in the area of the sanctuary of the Magna Mater, the two sanctuaries at the north-eastern slopes of the Palatine, and the temple near S. Maria della Vittoria on the Quirinale (dedicated to Hora Quirini?).
After a review of the architectural and votive sculpture evidences already known in the archaeological literature, the paper considers the results from the Vth century stratigraphy resulted from the excavations of residential facilities in the heart of Rome (Caesar’s Forum before the Gallic fire; area of the Aedes Vestae), and the immediate suburbs (Villa Auditorium) that demonstrate a productive vitality.
Looking at ceramic production, it appears a lowering of the quality in the course of the century, especially when compared with the richness and variety of ceramics classes of the previous phase, but the general framework is still under definition, since traditional types in red-brown impasto and impasto chiaro sabbioso remain in use for a long period without a substantial morphologic evolution.
The work review also the adoption of sumptuary laws inspired by Solon since the Servian age, leading to an almost complete absence of funerary documentation in the following period. Austerity in the ceremony, recognizable both in the Greek laws, in the Roman Twelve Tables and in the almost total absence of funerary goods, is not fully reflected in the choice of funeral rites and graves structures. The incineration, adequately represented in the Roman necropolis, is without doubts a very expensive ritual, and it would seem to contradict the exaggerated rigor of the funerary set. In fact, even the resumption of the cremation ritual, although rehabilitated only for some elements distinguished by age, sex and/or status within the community, it is associated with an identical elimination or contraction of the grave goods. The containers of the bones and ashes, often stone sarcophagi and small urns, appear an expensive novelty compared to the tree trunk or the terracotta urns of the previous phase. The spread of chamber tombs, with no grave goods, especially in the suburbs and along the major routes running out from the city, emphasize the family ties and show a commitment of considerable expenditure. It was suggested that the phenomenon should be attributed to a more private dimension of the funeral ceremonies.
The archaeological researches presents quite a varied picture, with regard to the sculpture productions in the oldest period and the pottery during the entire fifth century. Even if it still remains to clarify an overall framework of the Roman production landscape, combining the review of published data and recent discoveries, it seems that Rome had a solid productive organization and partly remained inserted in the Greek ceramic distribution system throughout the fifth century BC. Compared to other periods the lack of grave goods and the absence, from 480 B.C., of new temples (which not excluded the maintenance of those previously voted) have fostered a negative view of the period.
by re-examining some new and old discoveries of textiles from female Etruscan and Latial tombs, this
paper aims to define the female ceremonial dress between the Late Iron Age and the Orientalising age.
This dress, which takes on a symbolic significance in special occasions and rites of passages of aristocratic
life (marriage, death, birth), was used to affirm the gender identity acknowledged by the community.
Women enhanced their beauty by wearing precious jewellery and garments enriched by the application
of decorative glass and amber beads, pendants and metal plaques, studs and buttons, but these accoutrements
also underlined their wealth and social status. Women’s elaborate adornment may have been thought
to provide some protective measures, and visually communicated a sign of fertility and displayed their
aesthetics and/or sexual value. She herself is an agalma and with her dowry a valuable resource for the
oikos. In addition, this paper will contextualise the use of specific clothes in the wider gentilician ceremonial
world, by taking the textiles and female ornaments in question, as part of a larger program made up of
figurative ornaments, but also sounds, smells, food and words that we can only imagine.
Recently, the advanced applying of methods derived from the archaeobotanical analysis, enriched by various study programs on genetic pool of vines, and the increasing of the archaeological data about Neolithic, Copper and Bronze Ages, revealed a much earlier knowledge and use of vines (both for food consumption and production of alcoholic beverages).The contribution, starting from a review of the archaeobotanical evidence found in the Italian territory since the last decades of ‘900, attempts to provide a summary of the local production systems, the archaeological indicators of storage and distribution, and of the significant finds in inhabited and funerary contexts linked to convivial and ritual practices.
resources on the web, such as the use of descriptive metadata (Dublin Core), the attribution of unique identifiers (DOI), the uploading of the full texts on institutional repositories for longterm preservation (CNR-SOLAR), the collaboration with initiatives aiming at the aggregation
of cultural and scientific digital contents (MiBACT-CulturaItalia). The second part illustrates many initiatives and projects promoted by the editorial committee to spread the principles of the “open access” philosophy, nationally and internationally. The journal has thus become a
record and memory of the progress in the theoretical, as well as applied, aspects of the Open Access movement. This study shows the relevance of the continuous experimentation of the practices for publishing scientific initiatives, adhering to and promoting the Open Access and
facilitating the accessibility to its own resources.
Firstly, the paper examines the data on the major temples in the light of the result of new excavations, in particular about the temple of Jupiter, the temple of Castor, the temple of Juno Sospita (?) in the area of the sanctuary of the Magna Mater, the two sanctuaries at the north-eastern slopes of the Palatine, and the temple near S. Maria della Vittoria on the Quirinale (dedicated to Hora Quirini?).
After a review of the architectural and votive sculpture evidences already known in the archaeological literature, the paper considers the results from the Vth century stratigraphy resulted from the excavations of residential facilities in the heart of Rome (Caesar’s Forum before the Gallic fire; area of the Aedes Vestae), and the immediate suburbs (Villa Auditorium) that demonstrate a productive vitality.
Looking at ceramic production, it appears a lowering of the quality in the course of the century, especially when compared with the richness and variety of ceramics classes of the previous phase, but the general framework is still under definition, since traditional types in red-brown impasto and impasto chiaro sabbioso remain in use for a long period without a substantial morphologic evolution.
The work review also the adoption of sumptuary laws inspired by Solon since the Servian age, leading to an almost complete absence of funerary documentation in the following period. Austerity in the ceremony, recognizable both in the Greek laws, in the Roman Twelve Tables and in the almost total absence of funerary goods, is not fully reflected in the choice of funeral rites and graves structures. The incineration, adequately represented in the Roman necropolis, is without doubts a very expensive ritual, and it would seem to contradict the exaggerated rigor of the funerary set. In fact, even the resumption of the cremation ritual, although rehabilitated only for some elements distinguished by age, sex and/or status within the community, it is associated with an identical elimination or contraction of the grave goods. The containers of the bones and ashes, often stone sarcophagi and small urns, appear an expensive novelty compared to the tree trunk or the terracotta urns of the previous phase. The spread of chamber tombs, with no grave goods, especially in the suburbs and along the major routes running out from the city, emphasize the family ties and show a commitment of considerable expenditure. It was suggested that the phenomenon should be attributed to a more private dimension of the funeral ceremonies.
The archaeological researches presents quite a varied picture, with regard to the sculpture productions in the oldest period and the pottery during the entire fifth century. Even if it still remains to clarify an overall framework of the Roman production landscape, combining the review of published data and recent discoveries, it seems that Rome had a solid productive organization and partly remained inserted in the Greek ceramic distribution system throughout the fifth century BC. Compared to other periods the lack of grave goods and the absence, from 480 B.C., of new temples (which not excluded the maintenance of those previously voted) have fostered a negative view of the period.
by re-examining some new and old discoveries of textiles from female Etruscan and Latial tombs, this
paper aims to define the female ceremonial dress between the Late Iron Age and the Orientalising age.
This dress, which takes on a symbolic significance in special occasions and rites of passages of aristocratic
life (marriage, death, birth), was used to affirm the gender identity acknowledged by the community.
Women enhanced their beauty by wearing precious jewellery and garments enriched by the application
of decorative glass and amber beads, pendants and metal plaques, studs and buttons, but these accoutrements
also underlined their wealth and social status. Women’s elaborate adornment may have been thought
to provide some protective measures, and visually communicated a sign of fertility and displayed their
aesthetics and/or sexual value. She herself is an agalma and with her dowry a valuable resource for the
oikos. In addition, this paper will contextualise the use of specific clothes in the wider gentilician ceremonial
world, by taking the textiles and female ornaments in question, as part of a larger program made up of
figurative ornaments, but also sounds, smells, food and words that we can only imagine.
Recently, the advanced applying of methods derived from the archaeobotanical analysis, enriched by various study programs on genetic pool of vines, and the increasing of the archaeological data about Neolithic, Copper and Bronze Ages, revealed a much earlier knowledge and use of vines (both for food consumption and production of alcoholic beverages).The contribution, starting from a review of the archaeobotanical evidence found in the Italian territory since the last decades of ‘900, attempts to provide a summary of the local production systems, the archaeological indicators of storage and distribution, and of the significant finds in inhabited and funerary contexts linked to convivial and ritual practices.
resources on the web, such as the use of descriptive metadata (Dublin Core), the attribution of unique identifiers (DOI), the uploading of the full texts on institutional repositories for longterm preservation (CNR-SOLAR), the collaboration with initiatives aiming at the aggregation
of cultural and scientific digital contents (MiBACT-CulturaItalia). The second part illustrates many initiatives and projects promoted by the editorial committee to spread the principles of the “open access” philosophy, nationally and internationally. The journal has thus become a
record and memory of the progress in the theoretical, as well as applied, aspects of the Open Access movement. This study shows the relevance of the continuous experimentation of the practices for publishing scientific initiatives, adhering to and promoting the Open Access and
facilitating the accessibility to its own resources.
(ISMA). The CNR-ISMA is involved in many excavations for which permits are granted by the Archaeological Superintendency and in several open access publishing projects. In relation to these research projects, the article discusses the position of the researcher of a public institution regarding access and dissemination of data.
often belonging to men with arms, another exceptional feature for this period. Analyzing the cases at
Populonia, Caere and Pontecagnano, these abnormal burials do not seem to belong to marginal or lower
status characters, as it happen elsewhere. This paper try to understand which reasons for this choice
are and if the different rituals can be explained by the desire to assert an origin outside the community
or a different role inside it. The processes of mobility that characterize the Tyrrhenian communities already by this stage glimpses into the openness and integration and sometimes even the acceptance of
a foreigner leader, without fearing any menaces to their cultural integrity.
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Nel quadro del PRIN 2022 “Folklore and oral traditions in the Greek culture. From the Archaic to the Hellenistic period”, ISMed propone due giornate di seminari di studio con il cuntista Gaspare Balsamo, seguiti e conclusi da una tavola rotonda cui partecipano studiosi di oralità e tradizioni epiche greche.
Attraverso il confronto con il cunto siciliano, esempio di prassi ancora viva di racconto tradizionale, è possibile provare a capire, per analogia, il funzionamento di altri ‘racconti tradizionali’, compreso l’epos della cultura greca d’epoca arcaica e classica: modalità di performance, caratteristiche della lingua d’arte, apprendistato e disciplina poetica, tecniche di storytelling, rapporto con il pubblico, organizzazione della materia poetica, configurazione di una ‘memoria’ tradizionale, tensione tra innovazione e conservazione).
La performance di un professionista della parola, un cuntista e raccontatore di storie: è questo il punto di partenza per un primo incontro seminariale in cui sarà possibile esperire e indagare dal vivo le tecniche e le modalità di esecuzione che caratterizzano una modalità di racconto tradizionale ancora ancora vivo e vitale.
The conference will be held on October 15-17, in the World Wide Web. More information is available at https://2020.archeofoss.org
The processes of mobility that characterize the Tyrrhenian communities already by this stage glimpses into the openness and integration and sometimes even the acceptance of a foreigner leader, without fearing any menaces to their cultural integrity.
A cura di Marco Arizza, Valeria Boi, Alessandra Caravale, Augusto Palombini, Alessandra Piergrossi.
Giornata di studi italo-francese finanziata dall’Ambasciata di Francia in Italia (bando Cassini 2017)
On the basis that an infant and child tomb is itself an archaeological entity, whose analysis cuts across disciplines - mainly archaeology, bio-archaeology and anthropology, but also philology, ancient literature, gender studies, pedagogy, medical humanities and digital humanities - and in order to promote an interdisciplinary approach, the conference at Trinity College Dublin involves scholars from international institutions, experienced in interdisciplinary methods, in order to create a network specifically focused on the analysis of childhood in ancient societies. The role of this network is to function as an interdisciplinary incubator, offering a platform for dialogue between disciplines around infant and child burials.
We have invited scholars working on the archaeology of Italy from the Early Iron Age through the Archaic Period (c. 1000–500 BC) to present the results of their recent researches on the topic of infant and child burials.
We envision that this platform can be a model for other archaeological studies in the future as well as ideal for developing a new methodological approach to the excavation of infant and child tombs, following best practices in archaeology.
Publication plan
The prestigious series of Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (SIMA) has already agreed to publish the proceedings of the conference.
For further information please email Jacopo Tabolli ([email protected]) or Hazel Dodge ([email protected]).