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Carlo Citter
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studies
2004. Adjoint professor at he USiena in Christian and Medieval Archaeology
1997-1999. PostDoc bursary at USiena. Title of the project “Before the castles. Settlement pattern in southern Tuscany between Lombards and Caolingians”.
1991-1994. PhD student within the consortium Pisa-Florence-Siena Universities. Title of the project: “Byzantines, Lombards and local inhabitants in coastal Etruria from the late antiquity to the early middle ages (AD 400-800)”.
1993. Erasmus bursary at the UFreiburg in Breisgau.
1989. Graduation in archaeology at Usiena (equivalent to MA level). Title of the dissertation: “The archaeological topography of the territory between Roselle and Grosseto”.
teaching
non university teaching
1989-2004. Before I became member of the Usiena staff I used to teach within professional courses in the field of cultural heritage.
university courses
1999-2017. Regular teaching (ranging from 90 to 120 hours per year) within BA and MA degree courses. Subjects: medieval archaeology, methodology, computer applications for archaeology, museology. I also gave short courses within masters, summer schools organised by USiena.
further teaching activities
2016. I promoted a COIL course with the UAkita (JP), Erasmus agreement with the Universities of Rennes2 (F) and Heidelberg (D) and a double-degree course with the University of Rennes2 (F).
1998-2016. Supervisor or co-supervisor of 40 BA and MA dissertations and 5 PhD thesis.
visiting professorships
I have been visiting professor at the Universities of Chieti (2014), Padova (2013-2015), Milano-Cattolica (2010), Frankfurt am Main (2009, 2012, 2014), Rennes2 (2015, 2016), Newcastle upon Tyne (2016), Frjie Universitet Bruxelles (2017).
pupils’ activities
Five of them work as professionals in public and private enterprises for preventive and rescue archaeology. Two of them have been granted a Marie Curie (Cambridge and Sheffield). One of the latter is now assistant professor at UBuffalo (USA). One of them has been granted a PhD burary at the UNewcastle upon Tyne.
positions within the Ustaff
2016-2017. Department delegate for internationalisation, member of the central commission for placement, Usiena delegate for the ELAN network, member of the teaching commission of the joint department Usiena’s master course in Cultural Diplomacy.
2015-2017. Member of the teaching committee of the PhD school of Archaeology at USapienza in Rome.
2004-2012. Member of the teaching committee of the Usiena’s BA course in Preservation and Management of Archaeological Heritage.
positions outside Ustaff
2016-2017. Member of the Medieval Europe Research Committee and of the editorial board of two series: PAST (Quasar publisher-Rome) and Studien zur Archäologie Europas (Dr. Rudolf Habelt – Bonn).
research activities
1984-1996. I used to participate as student and graduate student at field activities like surveys and excavations.
1997-2012. I supervised and co-supervised several research projects on medieval hilltop settlements in southern Tuscany and urban archaeology in Grosseto with an overall budget of € 1.920.000,00 whose management was under my responsibility. These projects aimed to study the making of medieval landscapes and towns.
2013-2018. I participated in research projects promoted and managed by URome Sapienza (the roads and harbours of Italian western central coast), UPadua (within PRIN and IRAAHL projects – study of field systems and the fate of the town of Este). I also promoted other agreements with National Heritage of Tuscany, and Local Action Group of Enna in Sicily within the LEADER+ programme. In particular, I focused on detecting the historical landscapes surrounding main settlements using GIS technologies and survey.
A new research project on the late antique and medieval phases of Rusellae is undergoing with a survey of unpublished data, new analyses on still standing features and a new exvacations on the southern hill's medieval building.
national and international conferences
Co-editor of 1 international conference (2014), editor and co-editor of 5 sessions within international conferences (2014-2016), participation at 45 national conferences with invitation (1989-2018) and 8 international conferences with call for papers and referees. (2003-2017).
Phone: +393336507998, +39564760416
Address: via Roma 56, 53100 Siena, Italia
via Zanardelli 2, 58100 Grosseto
studies
2004. Adjoint professor at he USiena in Christian and Medieval Archaeology
1997-1999. PostDoc bursary at USiena. Title of the project “Before the castles. Settlement pattern in southern Tuscany between Lombards and Caolingians”.
1991-1994. PhD student within the consortium Pisa-Florence-Siena Universities. Title of the project: “Byzantines, Lombards and local inhabitants in coastal Etruria from the late antiquity to the early middle ages (AD 400-800)”.
1993. Erasmus bursary at the UFreiburg in Breisgau.
1989. Graduation in archaeology at Usiena (equivalent to MA level). Title of the dissertation: “The archaeological topography of the territory between Roselle and Grosseto”.
teaching
non university teaching
1989-2004. Before I became member of the Usiena staff I used to teach within professional courses in the field of cultural heritage.
university courses
1999-2017. Regular teaching (ranging from 90 to 120 hours per year) within BA and MA degree courses. Subjects: medieval archaeology, methodology, computer applications for archaeology, museology. I also gave short courses within masters, summer schools organised by USiena.
further teaching activities
2016. I promoted a COIL course with the UAkita (JP), Erasmus agreement with the Universities of Rennes2 (F) and Heidelberg (D) and a double-degree course with the University of Rennes2 (F).
1998-2016. Supervisor or co-supervisor of 40 BA and MA dissertations and 5 PhD thesis.
visiting professorships
I have been visiting professor at the Universities of Chieti (2014), Padova (2013-2015), Milano-Cattolica (2010), Frankfurt am Main (2009, 2012, 2014), Rennes2 (2015, 2016), Newcastle upon Tyne (2016), Frjie Universitet Bruxelles (2017).
pupils’ activities
Five of them work as professionals in public and private enterprises for preventive and rescue archaeology. Two of them have been granted a Marie Curie (Cambridge and Sheffield). One of the latter is now assistant professor at UBuffalo (USA). One of them has been granted a PhD burary at the UNewcastle upon Tyne.
positions within the Ustaff
2016-2017. Department delegate for internationalisation, member of the central commission for placement, Usiena delegate for the ELAN network, member of the teaching commission of the joint department Usiena’s master course in Cultural Diplomacy.
2015-2017. Member of the teaching committee of the PhD school of Archaeology at USapienza in Rome.
2004-2012. Member of the teaching committee of the Usiena’s BA course in Preservation and Management of Archaeological Heritage.
positions outside Ustaff
2016-2017. Member of the Medieval Europe Research Committee and of the editorial board of two series: PAST (Quasar publisher-Rome) and Studien zur Archäologie Europas (Dr. Rudolf Habelt – Bonn).
research activities
1984-1996. I used to participate as student and graduate student at field activities like surveys and excavations.
1997-2012. I supervised and co-supervised several research projects on medieval hilltop settlements in southern Tuscany and urban archaeology in Grosseto with an overall budget of € 1.920.000,00 whose management was under my responsibility. These projects aimed to study the making of medieval landscapes and towns.
2013-2018. I participated in research projects promoted and managed by URome Sapienza (the roads and harbours of Italian western central coast), UPadua (within PRIN and IRAAHL projects – study of field systems and the fate of the town of Este). I also promoted other agreements with National Heritage of Tuscany, and Local Action Group of Enna in Sicily within the LEADER+ programme. In particular, I focused on detecting the historical landscapes surrounding main settlements using GIS technologies and survey.
A new research project on the late antique and medieval phases of Rusellae is undergoing with a survey of unpublished data, new analyses on still standing features and a new exvacations on the southern hill's medieval building.
national and international conferences
Co-editor of 1 international conference (2014), editor and co-editor of 5 sessions within international conferences (2014-2016), participation at 45 national conferences with invitation (1989-2018) and 8 international conferences with call for papers and referees. (2003-2017).
Phone: +393336507998, +39564760416
Address: via Roma 56, 53100 Siena, Italia
via Zanardelli 2, 58100 Grosseto
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This book contains the final report of the ten years excavations on the site of Castel di Pietra and some researches made in the surroundings.
The second book contains the final excavations' report.
Final edition of the research project focused on the town of Grosseto and its territory. The first volume contains papers on the historical landscapes, the transformation of the natural environment, the routes network
This network was resilient to political and climate changes in the Middle Ages and beyond.
Mobility is one of the key aspects of 21st century’s globalization. It may sound inappropriate
to use the latter word when referring to past civilizations, however, it is indisputable that in
past societies as well several groups of people were constantly on the move (merchants,
pilgrims, craftsmen, soldiers). Because of their relevance to the understanding and
explanation of many aspects of human behavior in the past, mobility studies are central to
archaeological research. In addition, they gain increasing importance in view of the
contemporary challenges posed by our society’s ever-increasing mobility. Mobility must be
supported by roads, routes, paths, tracks. In this sense we believe that “the history of roads is
not the study of the dead past, but of the living present” (Taylor 1979). This consideration
represents the core concept of the session and our goal is mainly to explore mobility through
the routes that served as its backbone. In this session we especially wish to invite
contributions that consider three main issues. First, we focus on mobility as a network of
connected routes, also in relation to the spreading of goods, ideas, military conquest and
domination. Second, we consider the materiality of routes, how did they make them, what
does remain in the archaeological record. Third, we think that the recovering of ancient
routes in relation to contemporary mobility can help the sustainable development of a given
territory for, both, tourism and inclusive societies. The focus of the session is mainly
methodological and theoretical and it is thus open to any chronological period.
This book contains the final report of the ten years excavations on the site of Castel di Pietra and some researches made in the surroundings.
The second book contains the final excavations' report.
Final edition of the research project focused on the town of Grosseto and its territory. The first volume contains papers on the historical landscapes, the transformation of the natural environment, the routes network
This network was resilient to political and climate changes in the Middle Ages and beyond.
Mobility is one of the key aspects of 21st century’s globalization. It may sound inappropriate
to use the latter word when referring to past civilizations, however, it is indisputable that in
past societies as well several groups of people were constantly on the move (merchants,
pilgrims, craftsmen, soldiers). Because of their relevance to the understanding and
explanation of many aspects of human behavior in the past, mobility studies are central to
archaeological research. In addition, they gain increasing importance in view of the
contemporary challenges posed by our society’s ever-increasing mobility. Mobility must be
supported by roads, routes, paths, tracks. In this sense we believe that “the history of roads is
not the study of the dead past, but of the living present” (Taylor 1979). This consideration
represents the core concept of the session and our goal is mainly to explore mobility through
the routes that served as its backbone. In this session we especially wish to invite
contributions that consider three main issues. First, we focus on mobility as a network of
connected routes, also in relation to the spreading of goods, ideas, military conquest and
domination. Second, we consider the materiality of routes, how did they make them, what
does remain in the archaeological record. Third, we think that the recovering of ancient
routes in relation to contemporary mobility can help the sustainable development of a given
territory for, both, tourism and inclusive societies. The focus of the session is mainly
methodological and theoretical and it is thus open to any chronological period.
Queste esperienze sono molto eterogenee, utilizzano strumenti e metodologie diversi, e, non meno importante, spesso il cuore della ricerca è altro, anche se possiamo estrarre dati sulla sostenibilità. Ma sarebbe ingeneroso affermare che gli archeologi europei non si siano mai posti la domanda se le scelte operate dalle comunità umane che stavano studiando erano o meno sostenibili. Quindi, in un panorama disciplinare già molto ricco, non si ritiene necessario proporre la fondazione di nuove discipline. Al contrario, appare più utile dotare di nuovi strumenti le discipline esistenti, che già dispongono di consolidati apparati ermeneutici, per porci nuove domande o, ancora meglio, per porci le stesse domande in modo nuovo, da una prospettiva nuova.
This is the text I read at the 64th week organised by the Centro Italiano di Studi sull'Alto Medioevo - Spoleto focused on "Monachesimi d'Oriente e d'Occidente nell'Alto Medioevo" March 31st-April 6th 2016.
26 febbraio 2016
curriculum di archeologia e antichità postclassiche
Abstract: Una breve rassegna critica dei modelli storiografici e del contributo che può dare l'archeologia alla comprensione di un fenomeno così complesso.
METHODS, TOOLS, CASE STUDIES
Cinzia Tavernari, Abdullah Gül University, Carlo Citter, University of Siena
methods, and tools
cost surfaces helpful in a broader evaluation process. In particular, they proved to raise many brand new questions
to challenge the archaeological and historical datasets in terms of environmental sustainability. The main goal of this paper
is to evaluate whether the territory controlled by towns and castles could sustain -i.e. to produce enough food - the people
that presumably used to live within it. I shall present some case studies from medieval Tuscany, and the procedures adopted.
The impressive diffusion of this institution and its characteristics, original to the Islamic world, clearly shows that caravanserais fulfilled a key role in society, in relation both to the physical act of travelling and to the notion of travel as the expression of cultural values. Caravanserais can thus be considered a complex and multifactorial phenomenon combining different levels of religious, economic and political motivations; its study could significantly deepen our understanding of Islamic civilization.
Notwithstanding the potential of such a research, it is striking to observe that a comprehensive study taking into account the spatial dimension of this phenomenon is still lacking.
This contribution aims at exploring the spatial dimension of wayside caravanserais in order to understand the distribution pattern of these edifices, their relation to the other settlements and to the road network. I shall address this question using the medieval Syrian road caravanserais as a case study, and I will integrate the use of textual and archaeological sources with GIS analysis. " Some of the pictures are under copyright license. Therefore, any use other than for academic purposes is not allowed.
Deadline: April 2022
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