Antonio Bianco
I completed my BA and MA degrees in archaeology at the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’. I spent ten months of my MA studies as an Erasmus student at the Georg-August Universität of Göttingen. I was awarded the Honorable Mention for the VIII European Award “S. Borgia” 2014 edition (Centro Internazionale di Studi Borgiani) thanks to my Masters' thesis on Protogeometric and Geometric pottery from the necropolis of Argos, achieved with distinction (supervisors: Prof. A.M. D’Onofrio and Prof. A. Mazarakis Ainian). As a student, I excavated in several archaeological sites in Italy, such as Cumae, Pompei, Pontecagnano, Jelsi, Grottaminarda, Pithekoussai (Ischia). In Greece, I mainly focused on Early Iron Age sites – but not exclusively – digging in Oropos, Skiathos, Kythnos, Zagora, Eleutherna. I worked six months as a consultant archaeologist in Malta and Gozo supervising sites from prehistory to modern times.
Furthermore, I collaborated with foreign archaeological Schools in Greece among which the French School in the Museum of Argos, for the reassessment of Geometric pottery from the excavations of Vollgraff at the Deiras, the Australian Archaeological Institute in the Museum of Andros, and with the British School at Athens, where I taught at Knossos Stratigraphical Museum during the postgraduate pottery course. I worked at the Museum of Eleutherna as a researcher within the project ΠΛΟΕΣ, where I catalogued the pottery from the necropolis of Orthi Petra. I was also involved in the pottery study season in Andros from the Early Iron Age settlement of Zagora and in Pithekoussai/Lacco Ameno with a German project funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.
I was awarded the 22nd Onassis Fellowships Program for International Scholars 2016-2017 and the Doctoral Scholarship (Partnership Agreement 2014-2020) of the Greek State Scholarships Foundation.
Currently, I collaborate with the University of Padua on the excavations and the study of materials from the sanctuary of Apollo Pythios in Gortyn, Crete.
Furthermore, I collaborated with foreign archaeological Schools in Greece among which the French School in the Museum of Argos, for the reassessment of Geometric pottery from the excavations of Vollgraff at the Deiras, the Australian Archaeological Institute in the Museum of Andros, and with the British School at Athens, where I taught at Knossos Stratigraphical Museum during the postgraduate pottery course. I worked at the Museum of Eleutherna as a researcher within the project ΠΛΟΕΣ, where I catalogued the pottery from the necropolis of Orthi Petra. I was also involved in the pottery study season in Andros from the Early Iron Age settlement of Zagora and in Pithekoussai/Lacco Ameno with a German project funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.
I was awarded the 22nd Onassis Fellowships Program for International Scholars 2016-2017 and the Doctoral Scholarship (Partnership Agreement 2014-2020) of the Greek State Scholarships Foundation.
Currently, I collaborate with the University of Padua on the excavations and the study of materials from the sanctuary of Apollo Pythios in Gortyn, Crete.
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The lecture aimed to show an overview of the site of Eleutherna on Crete and its historical and geographical significance as well as the central role of the necropolis of Orthi Petra during the Early Iron Age.
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This paper examines some preliminary aspects of these burials, as a start of my Ph.D. research, where I try to focus on their typological aspects, aiming at delineating the shapes of the pithoi and other vessels, decorations, production techniques, and eventually, further specific characteristics to determine their classification. Additionally, another objective is to find comparanda within the Cretan island and in the rest of the Greek world.
The lecture aimed to show an overview of the site of Eleutherna on Crete and its historical and geographical significance as well as the central role of the necropolis of Orthi Petra during the Early Iron Age.
This paper examines some preliminary aspects of these burials, as a start of my Ph.D. research, where I try to focus on their typological aspects, aiming at delineating the shapes of the pithoi and other vessels, decorations, production techniques, and eventually, further specific characteristics to determine their classification. Additionally, another objective is to find comparanda within the Cretan island and in the rest of the Greek world.