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Davide Domenici

Associate Professor

Department of History and Cultures

Academic discipline: M-DEA/01 Demology, Ethnology and Anthropology

Research

Keywords: Zoque Cahokia Mesoamerica Pictography Food Anthropology

Main research themes:

Archaeology of the Zoque of Chiapas: hypogean archaeological contexts and settlement patterns in tropical karstic regions.

Iconography and logophonetc writing system at Teotihuacan (Mexico)

Codices painting in ancient Mesoamerica: identification of dyes and pigments in pre-Hispanic and Colonial codices.

History of collectionism of American objects in Bologna, XVI-XVIII century.

Mesoamerican food systems: ritual use of foods, political aspects of food consumption and description of indigenous foods in XVI century Spanish sources.

Organization and transformation of public space and political organization in the Mississippian site of Cahokia (Illinois, USA).

 

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