The Team

Annalisa Marzano (laurea University of Florence, 1994; PhD Columbia University, New York, 2004) works on topics related to the archaeology and economic history of the Roman world, such as agriculture, the exploitation of marine resources, and productions in Roman villas. She currently co-directs the excavation 'The Casa della Regina Carolina Project at Pompeii' and is PI for the PRIN PNRR 2022 project 'Coastal lagoons and their hidden cultural heritage: the exploitation of lagoonal environments in Roman Italy'. Her many publications include three monographs, Roman Villas in Central Italy (Brill 2007); Harvesting the Sea (Oxford UP 2013); and Plants, Politics and Empire in Ancient Rome (Cambridge UP 2022).

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/annalisa.marzano2/en

Daniela Cottica has been teaching at Ca' Foscari University since 2002, where she now holds the role of associate professor and holds the courses of Archaeology of the Roman provinces ; Archaeology of the Roman provinces sp .; Methodology of Archaeological Research sp.: Analysis and classification of ancient ceramics . Currently her study and research activity focuses on the archaeology of production and on the experimentation of integrated methodologies for the understanding and valorization of the ancient socio-economic, cultural and environmental landscape, with a particular interest in the interdisciplinary study of material culture finds. 

https://www.unive.it/data/persone/5591056/curriculum

Andrea is a Post-doc Research Fellow  at DSU Department of Humanities (from 2023) working on the PRIN 2022 PNRR CUP Project: H53D23010330001: The economic exploitation of lagoon environments in the Roman Age and in Late Antiquity: an interdisciplinary analysis of amphorae for salsamenta and fish sauces in the Upper Adriatic between regional production and importation. His research interests lie in Amphorae in the coastal contexts of the upper Adriatic (Altino, Venice Lagoon, Aquileia, Grado); ancient and early medieval ports; trade and ancient economy; data analysis and statistical systems. He has researched amphorae from the Upper Adriatic between the Roman age and 7th c. AD for several years and  worked on international projects such as: the Interreg ADRION Adriatic-Ionian Program APPRODI - From Ancient Maritime Routes to Eco-touristic Destinations (project ref.: 496, CUP: H76C17000010006); and the international project Port Louis, Mauritius. An Archaeological History of a Tropical City (Ca' Foscari University of Venice - DSU, Department of Humanities; Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund, Mauritius; Ministry of Culture -Republic of Mauritius). 

https://www.unive.it/data/persone/12073803

Lee Graña is a Research Fellow at the University of Bologna with the EU-funded project Coastal lagoons and their hidden cultural heritage: The exploitation of lagoonal environments in Roman Italy. The 2024-2025 research season involves the cataloguing and assessment of archaeological remains pertaining to fishing practices, with a focus on the Venetian lagoon and the Roman period. Additional studies will include ichthyofaunal assessments and the recording of local traditions via interviews.

Previously, Lee acquired his PhD at the University of Reading (UK), investigating Romano-British fisheries. He has since worked as Assistant Field Director at the Casa Della Regina Project in Pompeii (Universities of Cornell and Bologna), and as lead editor of an upcoming publication The Bloomsbury Handbook of Experimental Approaches to Roman Archaeology.

Lee has over a decade of archaeological field experience with Oxford Archaeology South, Historic England, and the University of Reading.

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/lee.grananicolaou/en