About
Research Associates
Elisa Bonacini
Assistant Professor, University of Bari, Italy
Elisa holds a PhD in Humanities and Cultural Heritage from the University of Catania. She is author of severals and articles on museums and social media, digital communication of cultural heritage. Her research interest include virtual museums and participatory projects on digital humanities and digital literacy.
Dario Calderone
Postdoctoral fellow, University Ludwig Maximilians Univerisat, Munich, Germany
Dario holds a PhD in Archeology from the University of Catania. He is a specialist in Geotechnology, digital topography, GIS applications, and 3D modeling.
Alba mazza
Senior Archaeologist at the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
Alba holds a PhD in Underwater Archaeology from the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on submerged settlements and human-environment interaction in the coastal zone. Her work also focuses on prehistoric seafaring and commercial navigation during the Classical Antiquity in Sicily.
marco Vinci
Professor of Classics, Ministry of Public Education, Italy
Marco holds a PhD in Greek History from the University of Palermo. His main interests and publications concern History of Ancient Sicily and Greek Epigraphy focusing civic, social and economic aspects.
Stephan Hassam
Digital Archaeologist
Stephan holds a PhD in History from the ßÙßÇÂþ» with a focus on Digital Humanities. His research interests include the archaeology of Roman Sicily and North Africa, funerary archaeology, and applications of 3D technologies to archaeology. His specialization field is close range 3d scanning and digital photogrammetry.
Kaitlyn Kingsland
Digital Archaeologist
Kaitlyn holds a PhD in History from the ßÙßÇÂþ» with a focus on Digital Humanities. Her research interests include the digital humanities, history, 3D archaeology and archaeology in (and of) games. Her specialization field is digital photogrammetry, 3D scanning and LiDAR. She is also and is the editor and manager for
Paolo Trapani
PhD Student, University of Catania, Italy
Paolo holds a M.A, in Archaeology from the University of Catania with a focus on Mediterranean prehistory. His scientific areas of interest are ceramic studies, digital technologies for excavatation data recording and public outreach of cultural heritage.
Alexander W. Anthony
PhD Candidate, Syracuse University
Alex holds an M.S. in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a focus in historical archaeology. His research focuses on the influences of prison reform movements and ideology on the human and spatial/material dimensions and experiences of confinement from the post-Medieval period through the 20th century. His most recent project is the.
Dustin Thomas
PhD Candidate, University of Virginia
Dustin's present research examines the dynamics of funerary customs across the provinces of the Roman Empire. By applying geospatial analytical techniques and 3D technologies, he is investigating how burial spaces such as rock-cut tombs are evidence for funerary rites that were informed by unique, pre-Roman cultural traditions maintained by provincial inhabitants despite their incorporation into a cosmopolitan imperial network.
Ben allen
MSc Student, University of York (UK)
Ben is a postgraduate student in MSc Digital Archaeology at the University of York, whilst holding a BA in Archaeology and History from the University of Southampton. As a field archaeologist, he has worked internationally on both commercial and research projects. His research interests focus around historical, digital, and community archaeologies. He is especially focused on the archaeology of colonialism, exploring how people engaged, negotiated, and resisted empires through material culture and expressions of identity.