My research is focused on the prehistory and protohistory of the Central Mediterranean and of the Danubian-Carpathian basin, with particular attention to cemeteries, rituals, demography and social organization. I have been investigating the relationship between biology, culture and society, developing several research projects in which, beside archaeology and anthropology, I have included isotope (mobility and diet) and genetic analyses.
Another filed of research is the Copper Age and Bronze Age metallurgy, which I have been explored through experimental archaeology, with the aim of reconstructing the ancient technology, the chain opératoire, and the degree of specialization of prehistoric artisans.
I am also interested in landscape and cave archaeology, and especially in the upland territories of the Apennine.
I lead archaeological fieldwork in the following sites:
- Bronze Age settlement of Solarolo (Ravenna)
http://www.archeobo.arti.beniculturali.it/ra_solarolo/via_ordiere_abitato_bronzo.htm
- Bronze Age urnfield of Torre Guaceto (Brindisi), in collaboration with the University of Salento
