Andrea Vianello - Curriculum Vitae

ANDREA VIANELLO - CURRICULUM VITAE

Work Address Department of Anthropology Cell phone 813-463-3936 University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave SOC107 Tampa, FL 33620-8100

E-mail Address [email protected] Gender Male [email protected]

Websites www.bronzeage.org.uk orcid.org/0000-0002-2323-6767

Visiting Research Fellow

EDUCATION

2000- PhD in Archaeology. 2004 Thesis: “Aegean-type pottery in the West Mediterranean: its social and economic significance”. Supervisor: Prof. K. Branigan, University of Sheffield, UK.

1999- MA in Archaeology and Prehistory (12/16). 2000 Final dissertation: “The impact of Mycenaean presence in Southern Italy, with particular reference to late Bronze Age Sicilian pottery”. Course director: Prof. J. C. Barrett, University of Sheffield, UK.

Modules covered included Aegean prehistory, Theoretical Archaeology (including Archaeology of Social Power and Philosophy of Archaeology), Production and Consumption, Economic Archaeology, Field Techniques.

1994- Diploma di laurea. Final dissertation: “Depositi della III fase protopalaziale a Festòs: la fossa ‘votiva’ 1999 del vano 50 e altri complessi nell’area del palazzo” (“Deposits of the Third Protopalatial phase at Phaistos: the ‘votive’ deposit in room 50 and other architectural structures in the palace”). Four years degree, University of Venice, Italy.

Modules covered included Aegean Archaeology, Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Greek and Roman History, Etruscology and Prehistory of Italy, Prehistory of Europe, Latin literature, Latin epigraphy, Venetian History of Art and Archaeology, Ancient Philosophy, Geography (GIS), Field Techniques.

FIELDS OF COMPETENCY

Mediterranean archaeology (especially Greece, Italy and Spain) focusing on material culture from the Neolithic to Iron Age; prehistoric trade (obsidian, ceramics, spondylus, exotica); economic and population dynamics towards complex societies; semiotic archaeology; early symbolism and art; human-environment dynamics (coasts, wetlands and rivers); pXRF applied to obsidian, metals and ceramics; stable isotope analyses (diet); quantitative methods; European archaeology; field archaeology; digital archaeology.

1 LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES

English (near native), Italian (mother tongue), German (basic), Latin.

IT SKILLS

Experience in using the Windows operative system, MS Office applications including Access, online databases, graphics packages (Adobe Photoshop), Web authoring (Adobe Dreamweaver, MS Expression, CMS software), GIS (MapInfo, integrating GPS data, NASA datasets, satellite imagery, DEMs and databases).

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

2012 - present: collaborative project in southern Italy with prof. Robert Tykot, University of South Florida. • Trade and exchange of Neolithic obsidian in Sicily and Calabria and early trade networks • Introduction of metallurgy in Bronze Age eastern Sicily (principal investigator) • Methodological study of prehistoric ceramic characterisation using a pXRF • Paleolithic to Neolithic cave art at the Genovese Cave, Levanzo (principal investigator) • Diet of Copper Age Scintilia burial individuals and its relevance in a Mediterranean setting • Organization of an international conference on obsidian in Lipari, June 2016

2014 - present: collaborative project on Classical antiquities from Sicily with prof. D. Tanasi, University of South Florida. • Stable isotopes on Classical Greek bones from Syracuse (Scala Greca excavations) • pXRF study of mosaics of St. Lucy catacombs, Syracuse • Project funded by Arcadia University

2009: Minoan deposit from the Kapheneion area of the palace of Knossos. • INSTAP funded

2007 - present: Research on Middle Minoan “foundation” deposits. • Multi-year project funded by INSTAP and others.

2003 - present: Research on symbolism and rituals. • Paleolithic to Iron Age rock art at Philippi, Greece • The ship as symbol in prehistory • Memory and gestures in archaeology • Semiotics and archaeology • Contributed to Semioticon.com, University of Toronto • Participated to advanced seminars

1995 - present: Mediterranean Bronze Age trade network.

2003 - 2004: Participation to meetings and round tables in Europe as part of the University of Leiden and University of Sheffield exchange program on archaeology. • New methods in archaeology (semiotics, scientific methods and theoretical issues)

2002: Participation in the EU funded project GEOPRO. • Research on integrated methods applied to ceramics studies • I was responsible of publishing digital data

2 FIELDWORK AT EXCAVATIONS

2012 - present: Fieldwork in Sicily and Calabria. • pXRF and traditional studies • Includes supervision of postgraduate students

2008 - 2009: Project officer, Fiumedinisi excavation, Italy. • Partly funded by the EU, I was coinvestigator in the project aiming to prove the existence of a Bronze Age settle- ment in the area • Supervision of undergraduate students

2007 - 2008: Fieldwork at the Stratigraphic Museum, Knossos, and the Aghios Nikolaos Archaeological Museum, Greece. 2006: Fieldwork at Philippi, Greece. • Supervision of undergraduate students

2005: Archaeological assistant, with ARCUS (Archaeological Consultancy at the University of Sheffield) • Archaeological Mitigation at the former Union Grinding Wheel, Alma Street, Sheffield project • Report available at: http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/greylit/details.cfm?id=4260

2003: Archaeological assistant in the 2003 Brodsworth Community Archaeology project • Community project • I assisted volunteers and some students in addition to work in the field

1998: Participation in the Mission of the Italian School of Archaeology of Athens at Phaistos, Crete • Included some administrative duties

TEACHING ACTIVITY

2008 - present: Teaching in connection with work at the Laboratory of Archaeological Sciences at USF • Committee member (advisor) and co-supervisor for field research of Ashley Maxwell (PhD, on migrations and formation identity in Veneto from the end of the Roman period to the early Middle Ages, stable istopes on late antique to early medieval bones) • I have provided teaching to students in various projects in Sicily, plus guidance on research, especially regarding pXRF and quantitative methods. I have been particularly involved in supporting Kyle Freund (PhD on Sicilian obsidian) and Erin Mckendry (MA on pXRF to detect imported ceramics). I am helping more students starting on September 2017. • I have taught at the 2008 Archaeological Field School in Fiumedinisi, Sicily, Italy

2006: Lecturer, at the Archaeological Field School in Philippi, Greece. • Lectures and guidance to students in the field

2005 - 2011: Subject reviewer at Humbul Humanities Hub / cataloguer of archaeology resources Intute, University of Oxford, UK. • Funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) • Responsible of the archaeology section: http://www.intute.ac.uk/archaeology/ • Project supported staff and students at UK Higher Education institutions by assessing, cataloguing and review- ing electronic resources useful in teaching and research • Developed electronic tools for teaching • Developed and authored Virtual Training Suite in archaeology (used as model for similar modules); available at: http://vm-jorum.ds.man.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/10949/15533

3 • Assisted UK academic staff and presented the project to universities • Led development of archaeology section • Podcasts on value of scientific archaeology for undergraduates

2000 - 2007: Academic tutor, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, UK. • Origins of Humanity • World Civilisations • European Classical Civilisations • I marked essays and met with students as part of the tutorials.

2005 - present: Occasional supervision of students. • I have helped in the supervision of postgraduate students

1998 - 1999: Academic tutor, University of Venice, Italy. • Archaeology and Aegean Antiquities • Organized seminar including a series of lectures for a total of ten hours, two tutorials and the assessment of students • A website has been developed during the seminar (see publications)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2016-: Member of the Biological Anthropology scientific commission at the UISPP.

2016: Scientific adviser in the preparation of the permanent exhibition of the Sant’Angelo Muxaro archaeological museum, Sicily, Italy.

2015: Helped in the organization of the public exhibition “Le storie sepolte” in Agrigento, Sicily, assisting in the production of some of the didactic panels and contributing to the catalogue.

2014: Attended workshop in Manchester on experimental obsidian knapping.

2010 - 2014: Regular contributor to CSA Newsletter. • http://csanet.org/newsletter/ • Articles and conference presentations on Publishing on the Internet

2005 - 2010: Participated to European round tables on e-Learning at the Association of European Archaeologists.

2000 - 2004: Help provided in the organization and running of research seminars in Sheffield. • SOMA 2000 conference • Yearly Aegean seminars organized by the Department of Archaeology

1998 - present: Designed website. • Produced for Venetian seminar • Developed into a personal website in 1999 • Still maintained with regular articles and blog posts

PRESENTATIONS

Vianello, A. and Tykot, R.H. (January 2018). Identification of Chronological Phases through Technological Change in Sicily: the Case of Prehistoric Ceramics from Milena. Paper presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, USA.

4 Tykot, R.H and Vianello, A. (January 2018). Reassessing the Acquisition and Distribution of Obsidian in Prehistoric Sicily. Paper presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, USA.

Freund, K.P, Tykot, R.H., and Vianello, A. (January 2018). Sicilian Obsidian Reduction as Performance: Changing Value Regimes at the Neolithic-Chalcolithic Transition. Paper presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, USA. van Leusen, M. and Vianello, A. (November 2017). Classifying undiagnostic pottery by clay batch: a pilot study. Paper read at the International Mediterranean Survey Workshop at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Vianello, A. (September 2017). The archaeology of globalisation and nothingness. Problems and solutions for fu- ture narratives. Paper read at the 23rd meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Tykot, R.H. and Vianello, A, (September 2017). Prehistoric Obsidian Exchange in Campania and Molise (Southern Italy): Non-Destructive Sourcing Analysis by pXRF Spectrometry. Paper read at the 23rd meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Gennaro, A., Gradante, I., Hassam, S., Sgarlata, M., Tanasi, D., Tykot, R.H., and Vianello, A. (May 2017). Chemical characterization via pXRF of Late Roman pottery from Sicily: new data from the excavations at the Catacombs of S. Lucy at Siracusa (2011-2015). Paper read at the 6rd International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry (LRCW6), Agrigento, Italy.

Maxwell, A., Tykot, R.H., and Vianello, A. (April 2017). The Langobards in Italy: A Bioarchaeological Analysis of the Seventh-Century AD Necropolis of Sovizzo in Vicenza, Italy. Paper read at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the SAA, Vancouver, Canada.

Vianello, A. (March 2017). Moving across rivers and lakes in prehistory. Paper read at the 22nd “In Poseidons Reich” conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie, Coblenz, Germany.

Tykot, R.H., and Vianello, A. (January 2017). Prehistoric Obsidian Use in Calabria, Italy: Identification of Multiple Sources and Subsources Using pXRF Analysis. Paper read at the 118th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Toronto, Canada.

Tanasi, D., Tykot, R.H., Hassam, S., and Vianello, A. (January 2017). Life and Death of Greeks of Sicily: New Archaeological and Archaeometric Data from the Necropolis of Viale Scala Greca, Siracusa. Paper read at the 118th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Toronto, Canada.

Vianello, A. (September 2016). The introduction of metals and metalworking in Sicily. Paper read at the twentysec- ond meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Vianello, A. (June 2016). Rivers in prehistory: human-environment interactions in the making. Paper read at the Wetland Archaeology Research Project 30th Anniversary Meeting, Bradford, UK.

Martinelli, M. C., Iovino, M. R., Tykot, R. H., and Vianello, A. (June 2016). Lipari obsidian in the Late Neolithic. Artifacts, supply and function. Paper read at the International Obsidian Conference, Lipari, Italy.

Hassam, S., R. Lanteri, D. Tanasi, R.H. Tykot & A. Vianello. (May 2016). Using Stable Isotope and Elemental Analysis for the Study of Dietary Habits of a Greek Community in Archaic Siracusa (Sicily). 41st International Symposium on Archaeometry, Kalamata, Greece, May 15-20. Abstract published in 41st International Symposium on Archaeometry Book of Abstracts (N. Zacharias & E. Palamara, eds.), Kalamata, Greece, p. 332, 2016. ISBN 978-618-80277-2-5.

5 Tanasi, D., R.H. Tykot & A. Vianello. (May 2016). Archaeometric Characterization of Sicilian Pre-and Protohistoric Pottery: the Case Study of Monte San Paolillo (Catania, Sicily). 41st International Symposium on Archaeometry, Kalamata, Greece, May 15-20. Abstract published in 41st International Symposium on Archaeometry Book of Abstracts (N. Zacharias & E. Palamara, eds.), Kalamata, Greece, p. 403, 2016. ISBN 978-618-80277-2-5.

Vianello, A. (April 2016). Revealing technological changes in metals through the pXRF. A case study in Sicily. Paper read at the Seventh Conference of Italian Archaeology, Galway, Ireland.

Vianello, A. (April 2016). The introduction of metallurgy in Sicily: Preliminary Data Using a pXRF. Paper read at the 81st Annual Meeting of the SAA, Orlando, FL.

Tykot, R.H. and Vianello, A. (April 2016). Island Obsidian Distribution and Socioeconomic Patterns in Prehistoric Sicily and the South-Central Mediterranean. Paper read at the 81st Annual Meeting of the SAA, Orlando, FL.

Vianello, A and Tykot, R.H. (February 2016). Prehistoric transitions: moving away from obsidian in southern Italy. Paper read at the Immersed in Lithics conference, Manchester, UK.

Tanasi, D., S. Hassam, F. Pirone, A. Raudino, P. Trapani, R. H. Tykot, , and A. Vianello (January 2016). Chemical Characterization of Early Bronze Age/Middle Bronze Age Pottery from Ognina (Sicily): A Comparison of XRF and pXRF for Analysis of Ancient Pottery. Paper read at the 117th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, San Francisco, CA.

Vianello, A. (September 2015). The museum collection as archaeological assemblage. Paper read at the twentyfirst meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Glasgow.

Vianello, A., Tykot, R. H. and Freund, K. P. (September 2015). Exchange Networks from Close-Up: The Case of Lipari Obsidian. Paper read at the tenth International Symposium on Knappable Materials, Barcelona, Spain.

Vianello, A., Tykot, R. H. and Freund, K. P. (May 2015). Early Mediterranean trading networks: tales from obsidian. Poster presented at the Central Mediterranean Prehistory Seminar, University College London.

Vianello, A. (March 2015). From survival to preservation: water management in Veneto. Poster presented at the twentieth “In Poseidons Reich” conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie, Nuremberg, Germany.

Freund, K. P., Tykot, R.H. and Vianello, A. (January 2015). Post-Neolithic Obsidian Consumption and Early Metallurgy in the Western Mediterranean. Poster presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, January 8-11, New Orleans, LA. [Abstract published in Archaeological Institute of America 116th Annual Meeting Abstracts 38: 88. ISBN 1-931-909-30-X]

Tykot, R.H., C. Alexander, K. Brown, K. Freund, S. McClure, E. Mckendry, A. Moore, F. Pirone, E. Podrug, D. Tanasi, M. Teoh, P.M. van Leusen, A. Vianello & P. Woodruff. (January 2015). Pre- and Proto-Historic Pottery Production and Exchange in the Central Mediterranean: The Use of Non-Destructive pXRF. Poster presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, January 8-11, New Orleans, LA. [Abstract published in Archaeological Institute of America 116th Annual Meeting Abstracts 38: 88. ISBN 1-931-909-30-X]

Vianello, A. (September 2014). “New Studies at the Genovese Cave, Sicily, Using a Portable XRF”. Paper read at the XVII UISPP Congress, Burgos, Spain.

Vianello, A. (September 2014). “Data and Interpretation in the Digital and Virtual Worlds”. Paper read at the twentieth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Istanbul.

Tykot, R. H., Vianello, A. and Guzzone, C. (September 2014). “Identification of Local vs. Non-Local Prehistoric Ceramics from Milena (Valle Del Platani, Sicily) Using Non- Destructive pXRF”. Poster presented at the twentieth

6 meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Istanbul.

Vianello, A. (May 2014). “Waterways of prehistoric Veneto”. Paper read at the Central Mediterranean Prehistory Day of Studies 2014, Newcastle University, UK.

Tykot, R.H., Freund, K.P., Vianello, A. (May 2014). “Provenance Analysis of 1500 Obsidian Artifacts from 40+ Sites in Sicily (Italy)”. Paper read at the 40th International Symposium on Archaeometry, Los Angeles, California.

Tykot, R.H., Vianello, A., Freund, K.P. (May 2014). “Analysis of Paintings in the Prehistoric Genovese Cave (Levanzo, Egadi Islands, Sicily)”. Poster presented at the 40th International Symposium on Archaeometry, Los Angeles, California.

Tykot, R.H., Vianello, A., Mckendry, E. (May 2014). “Local Production vs. Importation of Ceramics in Late Bronze Age Sicily: Non-Destructive Elemental Analysis Using pXRF”. Poster presented at the 40th International Symposium on Archaeometry, Los Angeles, California.

Tykot, R.H., Vianello, A., Crispino, A. (May 2014). “Metal Objects in the Paolo Orsi Museum (Siracusa, Italy): Non-Destructive Compositional Analysis”. Poster presented at the 40th International Symposium on Archaeometry, Los Angeles, California.

Vianello, A. (March 2014). “Rivers as way of life: the case of the Veneto”. Paper read at the nineteenth “In Poseidons Reich” conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie, Unteruhldingen, Germany.

Tykot, R., Freund, K. P. and Vianello, A. (January 2014). “Prehistoric Obsidian Use and Trade in Sicily (Italy): Nondestructive Analyses on 1,500 Artifacts from 30 Sites” Paper read at the 115th meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, Chicago.

Vianello, A. (September 2013). “Entangled Aegean-type wares”. Paper read at the nineteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Pilsen, Czech Republic.

Eiteljorg, H. and Vianello, A. (September 2013). “Data: Making it digital doesn’t automatically make it clear”. Paper read at the nineteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Pilsen, Czech Republic.

Vianello, A. (May 2013). “Late Bronze Age trade networks between elite exchanges and private trade. Can the Central Mediterranean change our understanding?” Invited lecture at the “Central Mediterranean Prehistory Day of Studies 2013” meeting, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.

Tykot, R.H., Freund, K. P. and Vianello, A. (April 2013). “Source Analysis of Prehistoric Obsidian Artifacts in Sicily (Italy) using pXRF” Poster presented at the twelfth Archaeological Chemistry Symposium, New Orleans.

Vianello, A. (September 2012). “Funerary Consumption and Symbolism of Exotica in Mycenaean Greece”. Paper read at the eighteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Helsinki, Finland. Vianello, A. (October 2011). “Minoan foundation deposits of palatial period”. Paper read at the eleventh Cretological Congress, Rethymno, Greece.

Vianello, A. and Eiteljorg, H. (September 2011). “Websites as Publication Media for Archaeological Projects”. Paper read at the seventeenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Oslo, Norway.

Vianello, A. (May 2011). “Late Bronze Age trade networks between elite exchanges and private trade. Can the Central Mediterranean change our understanding?” Invited lecture at the “Central Mediterranean Prehistory: Current Debates and New Directions” meeting, University of Durham.

Vianello, A. (March 2011). “Closed-context Deposits and Middle Minoan Social Hierarchy”. Paper read at the

7 “Minoan Archaeology. Challenges and Perspectives for the 21st Century” conference held in Heidelberg, Germany.

Vianello, A. (February 2011). “Late Bronze Age long-distance maritime trade as cultural agency: The case of non- palatial contexts”. Paper read at the sixteenth “In Poseidons Reich” conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie, Heidelberg, Germany.

Vianello, A. (September 2010). “Reliving the past through senses and imagination while researching material culture. Challenges and opportunities”. Paper read at the sixteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, The Hague, Netherlands.

Vianello, A. (September 2009). “The Bronze Age Po Valley of Italy”. Paper read at the fifteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Riva del Garda, Italy.

Tykot, R., Vianello, A. et al. (September 2009). “Preliminary Report on Excavations at Monte Belvedere (Fiumedinisi, Sicily)”. Poster presented at the fifteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Riva del Garda, Italy.

Vianello, A. (October 2008). “One sea for all: intercultural, social and economic contacts in the Bronze Age Mediterranean“. Paper read at the Intercultural Contacts in the Ancient Mediterranean conference, Cairo, Egypt.

Vianello, A. (September 2008). “Identities formed from technology: the case of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean”. Paper read at the fourteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, University of Malta.

Vianello, A. (July 2008). “Interchanges between fluvial and marine communication networks in Bronze and Iron Ages Veneto, Italy”. Paper read at the WAC-6 conference, University of Dublin.

Vianello, A. (July 2008). “Tourism and conservation: a difficult relationship”. Paper read at the WAC-6 conference, University of Dublin.

Vianello, A. (April 2008). “Long distance trade is both a “local” and “global” phenomenon. Can one theoretical model manage that?”. Poster presented at the “What would a Bronze Age World System look like?” conference, University of Sheffield.

Vianello, A. (November 2007). “Sicily and the Mycenaeans”. Paper read at the Prehistoric Italy seminars, McDonald Intitute, Cambridge, UK.

Vianello, A. (September 2007). “Problems of identity for Mycenaean figurines”. Paper read at the thirteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Zadar, Croatia.

Vianello, A. (September 2007). “Recognising exotica in the archaeological record”. Paper read at the thirteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Zadar, Croatia.

Vianello, A. (May 2007). “Late Bronze Age maritime exchange networks and the Levant”. Paper presented at the Near East seminar series at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.

Vianello, A. (September 2006). “The ship and its symbolism in the European Bronze Age”. Paper read at the XV UISPP Congress, Lisbon, Portugal.

Vianello, A. (September 2006). “Metals and the Late Bronze Age exchange network of Aegean-type products”. Paper read at the twelfth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Cracow, Poland.

Vianello, A. (September 2006). “Teaching archaeology and the Internet”. Paper read at the twelfth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Cracow, Poland.

8 Vianello, A. (March 2006). “The “Raise” of the West Mediterranean”. Poster presented at the Forces of Transformation conference held at the University of Oxford, UK.

Vianello, A. (November 2005). “Exchanges between Aegean and Italic peoples during LH I - LH III A 1”. Poster presented at the Central Mediterranean prehistory workshop held at the University of Manchester, UK.

Vianello, A. (September 2005). “When the Mycenaeans met the Europeans: Aegean influences in the Late Bronze Age West Mediterranean”. Paper read at the eleventh meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Cork, Ireland.

Vianello, A. (September 2005). “Changing gestures and body language in the European Bronze Age”. Paper read at the eleventh meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Cork, Ireland.

Vianello, A. (September 2004). “The Past in Antiquity: Impacts of the Conceptions of Time on Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean Spheres of Exchange”. Paper read at the tenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Lyon, France.

Vianello, A. (September 2003). “Historical Archaeologies of Trade and Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean. Challenges Facing Attempts to Extend the Range of Current Approaches to Integrating Diverse Methods and Materials”. Paper read at the ninth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, St Petersburg, Russia.

Vianello, A. (September 2002). “Globalisation and Multiculturalism: New Words for an Ancient Phenomena? The Case of the Mediterranean Bronze Age”. Paper read at the eighth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Vianello, A. (September 2002). “Minoan Foundation Deposits In Crete: A New Perspective”. Paper read at the eighth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Vianello, A. (September 2001). “Modern Political Structures and Problems in the State of the Research on Social Interaction during the Mediterranean Bronze Age”. Paper read at the seventh meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Esslingen, Germany.

In addition, I attended several other national and international conferences since 1994.

ORGANISED SESSIONS AND CONFERENCES

2017: Organizer of session “Present identities from the past: providing a meaning to modern communities” at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Maastricht, The Netherlands.

2017: Co-organizer of session “Applications Using Hand-Held Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers” at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Maastricht, The Netherlands.

2016: Co-organizer of the International Obsidian Conference, Lipari.

2016: Organizer of the “Portable XRF in Italian Archaeology” session at the Seventh Conference of Italian Archaeology, Galway, Ireland.

2015: Co-organizer of the “Scientific Analysis of Archaeological Objects in Museums: Modern Technologies and Limitations of the Collections” session at the twenty-first meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Glasgow, UK.

9 2009: Co-organizer of the “Movements across and along water within landmasses” session at the fifteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Riva del Garda, Italy.

2008: Co-organizer of the “Wetland archaeology and movement” sessions (part I and II) at the World Archaeological Congress (WAC), Ireland.

2007: Organizer of the “Exotica in the prehistoric Mediterranean” session at the thirteenth meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Zadar, Croatia.

INVITED LECTURES

“Scambi dell’ossidiana liparota tra Neolitico e Bronzo. Riflessi sulla protostoria del lametino”. Invited lecture at the Archaeological Museum of Lamezia Terme, Italy (May 2016).

“Trade and Exchange in Mediterranean Prehistory”. Invited lecture at the Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida (April 2016).

“Late Bronze Age trade networks between elite exchanges and private trade. Can the Central Mediterranean change our understanding?” Invited lecture at the “Central Mediterranean Prehistory: Current Debates and New Directions” meeting, University of Durham (May 2011).

“Can archaeology’s ‘ritualistic and symbolic artefacts’ be interpreted semiotically?” Invited presentation at the 10th World Congress of Semiotics (September 2009).

“Rapporti tra Sicilia ed Egeo“. Invited lecture delivered at the ‘Fiumedinisi Project’ public meeting, Nizza - Fiumedinisi - Ali Terme, Italy (June 2007).

“Rituals as language: the archaeological evidence”. Invited lecture for the University of Toronto, Canada (May 2004).

MEDIA TRAINING AND INTERVIEWS

2015: Presented to the public research on diet of Copper Age individuals buried at Scintilia in occasion of the open- ing ceremony of the “Le Storie Sepolte” exhibition in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. [18 February 2015]

2012: Biography included in the 30th edition of the Marquis Who’s Who (unsolicited, free and accepted after edito- rial review).

2010: Attended the “How to communicate the past to the mass media” workshop by Diane Scherzler at the 16th EAA annual meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.

Giorgetti, G. (2003) Troia. In “La Macchina del Tempo”, April 2003: 55-58. [Interview on Bronze Age Troy for an Italian archaeological magazine.]

A few interviews related to the Fiumedinisi project appeared in the local (Sicilian) press.

PUBLICATIONS

MONOGRAPHS AND EDITED VOLUMES

Vianello, A. (in preparation) Middle Minoan ‘foundation’ deposits.

Topical Issue on Portable XRF in Archaeology and Museum Studies, Open Archaeology 2017. Edited by Davide

10 Tanasi, Robert H. Tykot, Andrea Vianello

Vianello, A. (ed; 2015) Rivers in prehistory. Archaeopress, Oxford. (Monographic section with edited case-studies).

Vianello, A. (2012) Dictionary of archaeological terms English - Italian / Italian - English. Archaeopress, Oxford.

Vianello, A. (ed.; 2011) Exotica in the prehistoric Mediterranean. Oxbow, Oxford. (Peer reviewed papers).

Vianello, A. (2005) Late Bronze Age Mycenaean and Italic Products in the West Mediterranean: a social and economic analysis. BAR International Series 1439, Oxford. [Book presented at the XV UISPP Congress, Lisbon, September 2006, after invitation.]

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

Vianello, A. (submitted) Funerary consumption and symbolism of exotica in Mycenaean Greece. In H. Whittaker and A. L. Schallin Ceremonies and Processions in the Mycenaean World. Archaeopress Archaeology.

Vianello, A. and Tykot, R.H. (2017). Investigating Technological Changes in Copper-Based Metals Using Portable XRF Analysis. A Case Study in Sicily. In Open Archaeology, 3(1), 392-408.

Marino, S., Natali, E., Tykot, R. and Vianello, A. (2017). Monte Finocchito and Heloros Pottery Production: New Evidence through Technological Studies and Material Analysis. In Open Archaeology, 3(1), 255-263.

Raudino, A., Tykot, R. & Vianello, A. (2017). Monte Finocchito and Heloros Pottery Production: New Evidence through Technological Studies and Material Analysis. In Open Archaeology, 3(1), 247-254.

Freund, K. P., Tykot, R. H. and Vianello, A. (2017) Contextualizing the Role of Obsidian in Chalcolithic Sicily (ca. 4th - 3rd Millennia B.C.). In Lithic Technology, 42(1), 35-48.

Vianello, A., & Tykot, R. (2016) Exchange networks from close-up: The case of Lipari obsidian. In Journal of Lithic Studies, 3(2). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2218/jls.v3i2.1410

Freund, K. P., Tykot, R. H. and Vianello, A. (2015) Blade production and the consumption of obsidian in Stentinello period Neolithic Sicily. In Comptes Rendus Palevol, 14(3), 207-217.

Vianello, A. (2014) Rivers as way of life: the case of the Veneto. Skyllis, Journal for Underwater Archaeology, 2013 (2): 205-224.

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