Emanuele Papi (30 August 1959) is an Italian classical
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
. He is professor of classical archaeology at the University of Siena, and professor of Roman archaeology at the Italian Archaeological School of Athens. His primary research interests are the topography of Ancient Rome, the archaeology of Roman Mediterranean provinces, and the economy and trade of Rome and the Roman Empire.
Biography
He received his degree in Roman Archaeology at the
University of Siena
The University of Siena ( it, Università degli Studi di Siena, abbreviation: UNISI) in Siena, Tuscany, is one of the oldest and first publicly funded universities in Italy. Originally called ''Studium Senese'', the institution was founded in 1240 ...
, and a doctorate at the
University of Pisa, under the supervision of
Andrea Carandini
Andrea Carandini (born November 3, 1937) is an Italian professor of archaeology specialising in ancient Rome. Among his many excavations is the villa of Settefinestre.
Biography
The son of Italian diplomat Count Nicolò Carandini (1896–1972 ...
. He returned to the University of Siena in 1992 as researcher, associate professor (2002), and Professor in
Classical Archaeology
Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about i ...
(since 2005). He was Director of the International PhD programme, Prehistory and Protohistory, History and Archaeology of the Ancient World and of the Ancient Societies of North Africa, Sahara and Mediterranean Levant Studies Centre], with B. Barich and M. de Vos Raaijmakers.
His first work was devoted to the archaeology and topography of ancient
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
and Roman
Etruria
Etruria () was a region of Central Italy, located in an area that covered part of what are now most of Tuscany, northern Lazio, and northern and western Umbria.
Etruscan Etruria
The ancient people of Etruria
are identified as Etruscan civiliza ...
. He was member of the editorial board of the ''
Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae'', edited by
E. M. Steinby. He has excavated in North Africa, Egypt and Greece focussing on urban sites (
Thamusida and
Lixus in Morocco,
Hephaistia on Lemnos and Dionysias in the
Faiyum).
In Rome, he excavated with Andrea Carandini (northern slopes of the Palatine), in
Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
(Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala), and in
Bomarzo with J. Th. Peña and in collaboration with the American Academy in Rome. He is a member of the editorial board of the journals Workshop for Classical Archaeology, Facta, Annals of the Faculty of Arts, University of Siena.
At present Papi is overseeing archaeological missions in Greece, Morocco and Egypt.
Research outline
Main research areas:
:Archeology and topography of ancient Rome
:Instrumentum domesticum the Roman and Late Antiquity
:Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology
:Economy and commerce of Rome and the Roman Empire
:Society of the Roman Empire border
:Colonial Archaeology
::Research projects under way:
:Since 1999 archaeological research at Thamusida (Sidi Ali ben Ahmed, Morocco)
:Since 2002 archaeological research at Hephaestia (Lemnos, Greece)
:2009: Archaeological research in Dionysias (Qaroun Qasr, Egypt)
:Since 2010: archaeological research at Lixus (Larache Morocco)
:Since 2012: research on oil mills late antique and Byzantine Athens
:Since 2013: restoration and enhancement of the medersa of Chellah (Rabat) and the "Palais de Gordien" Volubilis (Morocco)
:From 2013: archeology and archeometria of food production in the Eastern Mediterranean society in Roman and Byzantine times
Università di Siena, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche e Dei Beni Culturali
References
Page of the University of Siena
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111102173247/http://www2.archeo.unisi.it/Archeologia_classica/dottorato_province/index.html Page of International PhD programme “Prehistory and Protohistory, History and Archaeology of the Ancient World and of the Ancient Societies of North Africa, Sahara and Mediterranean Levant Studies Centre"]
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1959 births
Living people
Italian archaeologists