Pierdaniele Morandi Bonacossi, Born in Vicenza (Italy) 01.12.1962, Resident in Via Cesare Battisti 165, 35121 Padova (Italy), Tel
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DANIELE MORANDI BONACOSSI Curriculum Vitae (1) Personal details - Pierdaniele Morandi Bonacossi, born in Vicenza (Italy) 01.12.1962, resident in Via Cesare Battisti 165, 35121 Padova (Italy), Tel. office: 0039 0432 556631, Fax 0039 0432 556649, Mob. 0039 335 465730, email: [email protected] websites: http://people.uniud.it/page/daniele.morandi; http://uniud.academia.edu/ danielemorandibonacossi; www.terradininive.com; www.qatna.org. (2) Current post and activities - Since 2007, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History in the Department of History and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, University of Udine. - Since 2013 director of the training project for Iraqi professionals specialized in the conservation and management of archaeological heritage funded by the Directorate General for Cooperation and Development of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Region of Iraqi Kurdistan iracheno, Iraq). - Since 2012, director of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Assyria – Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project (Iraq) and of the Tell Gomel archaeological excavation. - Since 2008 co-director of the Syro-Italian geoarchaeological survey in the western Palmyra desert steppe (Syria). - Since 1999 director of the Udine University Archaeological Mission to Mishrifeh/Qatna (Syria). - Since 2000 head of the Laboratory of Near Eastern Archaeology at the Department of History and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, University of Udine. - Since 2003 consultant expert in Near Eastern archaeological materials to the Venice Carabinieri squad for the protection of archaeological heritage. (3) Academic courses taught at Udine University (Faculty of Humanities) - Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History for the three-year Conservation of Cultural Heritage and Humanities BA degrees. - Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History for the MA Archaeology degree. - Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History for the Interuniversity Archaeology Post-Graduate Specialization School (Udine, Trieste and Venice Universities). - Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History for the Ancient Heritage Studies Ph.D courses of the Universities of Udine, Trieste and Venice. - 2010-2013 Theory and Methodology of Archaeological Research for the three-year Conservation of Cultural Heritage and Humanities BA degree. - He is supervisor of BA, MA, Post-Graduate degree theses and PhD dissertations. (4) Academic career - 2014: scientific habilitation for a full professorship in the scientific area 10 N/1 (Cultures of the Ancient Near East, the Middle East and Africa). 1 - Since 2007: associate professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History in the Department of History and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, University of Udine. - 2007-2000: assistant professor (tenured since 2003) in the Department of History and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, University of Udine. - 2000-1997: junior lecturer of Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History, University of Udine. - 1996-1994: postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Archaeology, University of Padua; research associate in Ancient Oriental Studies, University of Udine. - 1993-1990: PhD in Mesopotamian Studies, Naples Oriental Institute, with a thesis entitled: “The river and the steppe: settlement and land use in the Lower Khabur Valley in the Neo-Assyrian period”. - 1990-1988: postgraduate specialistic studies in Near Eastern Archaeology, Berlin Freie Universität. - 1987-1981: MA degree in Archaeology, Padua University (110/110 with honours); thesis in Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History entitled: “Urartu: palaces and fortresses. A political and economic analysis of the Urartian territory”. (5) Study and research grants and awards - 2014: World Monuments Fund Watch Day Award for the implementation of Watch Day activities at the archaeological site of Khinis (Iraq). - 1997-1996: one-year NATO-CNR grant (Advanced Fellowships Programme 1995), LMU München, Institut für Vorderasiatische Archäologie. - 1996-1994: two-year postdoctorate research grant, Archaeology Dept., University of Padua. - 1993-1990: three-year research grant, Naples Oriental Institute, for a PhD in Mesopotamian Studies. - 1990-1988: two-year postgraduate research grant from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Seminar für Vorderasiatische Altertumskunde, FU Berlin. (6) Archaeological excavations and surveys - Since 2012: direction of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Assyria – Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project (Iraq). The project, which is conducted from July to October, consists in the archaeological excavation of the site of Tell Gomel (Northern Iraq, Governorate of Dohuk) and in the archaeological survey of a vast region included between the Tigris, the River Khazir and the Jebel Maqloub. - 2008-2010: co-direction of geoarchaeological survey in the Western Palmyrena (desert steppe between Palmyra and the region east of Qaryatein); the joint Syro-Italian mission conducted annual campaigns which last one month. - 1999-2010: direction of the Udine University Archaeological Mission at Mishrifeh/Qatna (central-western Syria) with annual excavation campaigns which last two-and-a-half months. Within the framework of the Mishrifeh excavation project, a geoarchaeological survey of the Mishrifeh Region was conducted in 2001 in cooperation with the University of Milan (Mauro Cremaschi). - 1998: direction of geoarchaeological survey work in the Tishrin Valley (Syrian Euphrates Valley, between the modern towns of Jerablus and Qara Qozak). - 1998, 1997: field-director of the archaeological excavation at the site of Khor Rori and nearby cemetery (Dhofar, Oman); part of the Italian Mission to Dhofar directed by Prof. A. Avanzini (University of Pisa). - 1996: field-director of survey work on the Khor Rori plain (Dhofar, Oman); part of the Italian Mission to Dhofar directed by Prof. A. Avanzini (University of Pisa). 2 - 1995: participation in the archaeological excavation at the late 4th and 3rd millennium BC site at Ra’s al-Junayz 2 (eastern Oman) directed by Prof. S. Cleuziou (CNRS-Paris) and Prof. M. Tosi (IsMEO-Rome). - 1998-1994: field-director of the excavation campaigns at the Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age site of Tell Shiukh Fawqani (northern Syria); part of the French-Italian mission directed by Dr. L. Bachelot (CNRS, Paris) and Prof. F.M. Fales (University of Udine). - 1996 and 1993: supervisor of the archaeological survey in the Wadi Bayhan region (Yemen) directed by Prof. A. Avanzini (University of Pisa). - 1991: field-director of archaeological survey work in the lower Khabur Valley (eastern Syria). - 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989: site supervisor in excavation campaigns at the Neo-Assyrian site of Tell Sheikh Hamad (eastern Syria) directed by Prof. H. Kühne (Freie Universität of Berlin). - 1988: participation in the excavation at the Roman site at Volterra directed by Prof. A. Carandini (University of Pisa). - 1988 and 1987: site supervisor in excavation campaigns at the Proto-historic and Roman site of Concordia Sagittaria (Province of Venice) directed by Prof. E. Di Filippo Balestrazzi (University of Padua). - 1987: participation in the survey campaign in the area of the medieval site of Cittanova- Heraclia (Venice) directed by Dr. S. Salvatori (Soprintendenza ai Beni Ambientali ed Architettonici del Veneto Orientale) and Prof. H. Blake (University of Lancaster). - 1987: participation in the excavation campaign of the Roman cemetery at Lugugnana (Province of Venice) directed by Dr. P. Croce Da Villa (Soprintendenza Archeologica per il Veneto). (7) Research activity in Italy and abroad - Since 2012: director of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Assyria – Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project (Iraq) and of the Tell Gomel archaeological excavation. - September 2011: director of an archaeological fact-finding mission in the Region of Iraqi Kurdistan aimed at identifying a region suitable for archaeological survey and excavation. - 2008-2010: co-director of the Syro-Italian (Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums of Syria, University of Milan, University of Udine) geoarchaeological survey project in the western Palmyra desert steppe (Syria). - 1999-2010: director of the Udine University Archaeological Mission to Mishrifeh/Qatna (Syria). - 1998-1996, field-director of the Italian archaeological excavation at Khor Rori, Oman. - 1998-1994, field-director of the French-Italian (CNRS, Paris and University of Udine) archaeological excavation at Tell Shiukh Fawqani, Syria. - 1997-1996: research work funded by a NATO-CNR grant (Advanced Fellowships Programme 1995) at the Institut für Vorderasiatische Archäologie of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, into the study of the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age I-II levels of Tell Shiukh Fawqani in the Syrian Upper Euphrates Valley based on archaeological and geo-archaeological field work conducted at the site by the University of Udine. - 1996-1994: work financed by a post-doctorate research grant in the Archaeology Department, University of Padua, consisting of an archaeological study of the occupation of the Syrian steppe east of the Khabur Valley. - 1993-1991: during a PhD in Mesopotamian Studies at the Naples Oriental Institute, four terms of research at the Seminar für Vorderasiatische Altertumskunde of the Berlin Freie Universität into unpublished Late Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery from field survey conducted by Prof. H. Kühne in the Lower Khabur Valley. 3 - 1990-1988: supported by