Education
PhD, University of Padova, 2008: Archaeological Sciences
Master in Archaeology, University of Bologna, 2008
M.A., University of Bologna, 2002: Etruscology and Archaeology
of Pre-Roman Italy
Academic Position
Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of
Bologna
Courses
Introduction to Etruscology
Archaeology of the Etruscan City
Archaeology of Production in Pre-Roman Italy
Excavations
Since 1999, Etruscan city of Marzabotto
2000 Bologna
2000 Monterenzio (Bologna)
1998 Sinni Valley (Survey)
Major Grants
Member of Research Project “Urbanistic Form and Society in Po
Valley Etruria between VI and IV Century b.C”, Italian Ministry
for University and research, 2004-2006. Principal Investigator G.
Sassatelli.
Member of Research Project “Etruscans in Border Areas and
Relationship with the Greeks. Funerary Ritual and Death Ideology
between VI and V Century b.C.”, Italian Ministry for University
and research, 2006-2008. Principal Investigator G. Sassatelli.
Member of Research Project “The Necropole of Valle Trebba in
Spina: toward the Edition of the Context. Graves, Social Structure
and Trade Connections”, Italian Ministry for University and
research, 2008-2010. Principal Investigator G. Sassatelli.
Member of Research Project “The Etruscan City and
Religion: Sanctuaries and Political Institutions”,
Italian Ministry for University and Research, 2010-2013. Principal
Investigator G. Sassatelli.
Scientific Activities
Member of the Institute of Etruscan and Italic Studies.
Her chief research fields concern religion and burial customs,
Etruscan and Greek iconography, ancient peopling and architecture.
The study of religion mainly focuses on Dionysus / Fufluns and
involves the analysis of tombs of Etruscan Po Valley, with special
attention to Attic pottery and those funerary stones of Bologna
called “stele felsinee”. The study of a whole, small necropolis of
Etruscan Po Valley, Galassina di Castelvetro (Modena), is the
object of a book edited by her in 2009. Interest in ancient
peopling and topography mainly concerns the Adriatic see and both
its coasts. Studies on architecture concern the roof of Etruscan
buildings (houses and temples) of Marzabotto.
Collaboration with Museums
Museo Archeologico Etnologico di Modena, 2004-2009; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
