University College London

Graduate Student, Institute of Archaeology

Thesis Title: The construction of personhood in Veneto between the Late Bronze Age and early Roman Period

About

I have recently submitted my PhD thesis, prepared at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL. My doctoral research focuses on the construction and negotiation of personhood in the Italian region of Veneto between the late Bronze Age and early Roman period. Before starting my PhD, I undertook a Master degree in Archaeology at UCL. My MA dissertation discussed issues of ritual and liminality in Iron Age Venetic funerary rites. In 2004, I was awarded a four-year degree (Laurea) in Classics and Archaeology by State University of Milan. My first degree thesis focused on gender and women's social role in Iron Age Veneto.

My research interests include:

Late Bronze Age, Iron Age and early Roman Veneto (Italy)
Late Bronze Age, Iron Age and early Roman Italy
Mediterranean archaeology (1st millennium BC)
Romanisation and Romanisation of Veneto

Archaeological theory
The archaeology of death
Personhood and identity, gender, childhood and kinship in the past; agency (with a focus on the use of epigraphic data combined with archaeological evidence to unfold past people's 'micro-histories')
Ritual and religion (with an emphasis on Iron Age and early Roman Veneto sanctuaries)

Literacy and writing in Iron Age Italy
Venetic language
The interplay between epigraphic and archaeological evidence in Iron Age and early Roman Italy (with emphasis on Veneto, socio-cultural dynamics, agency, gender, Romanisation and the materiality of writing)

Food consumption in antiquity: theory and practice
Drinking and alcohol consumption in Iron Age Italy (especially in Veneto)
The material culture of drinking; social dynamics related to Iron Age alcohol consumption, with a focus on gender