Our team

Gabriele Gattiglia

I am an Assistant Professor in Archaeological Method and Theory. My fields of interest are data analysis, urban archaeology, GIS, open data and Artificial Intelligence applications in Archaeology. I have been P.I. (2007 – 2015) of the archaeological project “Castle of Montecastrese and Medieval Versilia Project”. I conducted as director 12 archaeological excavations and four archaeological surveys. I participated in more than 100 archaeological excavations.
I coordinated the H2020 ArchAIDE Project (ww.archaide.eu).

gabriele.gattiglia@unipi.it
+390502215228
https://pisa.academia.edu/GabrieleGattiglia

Francesca Anichini

Field archaeologist (and not), project & communication manager, she is passionate about methodological issues, devoted to the Open philosophy and in love with contemporary archaeology. Francesca is one of the founders of MAPPALab, where she has been working since 2010. Moreover, Francesca is one of the creators and developers of MAPPA, ArchAIDE, MAGOH and MOD (MAPPA Open Archaeological archive) projects. She is one of the editors of the ArcheoLogica Data journal. She teaches ‘Modern and Contemporary Archaeology’ and ‘European archaeology, communication and design’ at the University of Pisa.

francesca.anichini@unipi.it

+390502215817
https://pisa.academia.edu/FrancescaAnichini

Nevio Dubbini

Nevio is Ph.D. in applied mathematics. He has gained a long-standing experience in mathematical and statistical modelling, machine learning and data analysis software, applied to a variety of sectors, spanning from humanities to social and life sciences, healthcare and IT. He runs Miningful Studio, a company operating in the area of artificial intelligence, data science, and statistics, specialized in extracting and processing hidden information in the complexity of data. When not dealing with numbers, he is a happy daddy, a song-writer and a sommelier.

www.miningfulstudio.eu

Claudia Sciuto

Researcher in archaeological research methodologies and specialised in environmental archaeology. I deal with human and non-human interactions in the metamorphosis of landscapes and my research is characterised by a strong transdisciplinarity. For years, I have been working on the characterisation of extractive landscapes in quarry districts and the relationships between communities and geological substrate. I am currently investigating processes of abandonment and resurgence in the mountain landscapes of the Versilia Apuana. I teach Environmental Archaeology and part of the courses of Archaeological Research Methodologies and Production Archaeology.

Mail: claudia.sciuto@unipi.it

Filippo Sala

After graduating in Cultural Heritage at the University of Milan, Filippo moved to Pisa. Here he met the MAPPAlab with which he participated in various excavation campaigns at the Certosa Monumentale di Calci. Thanks to these experiences he decides to throw himself into the study of digital archaeology with which he obtains the master’s degree. He has always been interested in new technologies and 3D modelling and has started a PhD at the University of Pisa, in which he will try to create an archaeological BIM (Building Information Modelling).

filippo.sala@phd.unipi.it

Salvatore Basile

Born and raised in Sicily, after three year in Milan I arrived in Pisa. After I got my master's degree in Archaeology and several field experiences, from 2018 I did a PhD in Antiquity Sciences and Archaeology. Since May 2022 I have been a research fellow at the Department of Civilization and Forms of Knowledge. My interests mainly concern the study of urban and rural landscapes through the use of digital methods of spatial and geostatistical analysis, with a particular focus on the Roman and Late Antique periods.

https://pisa.academia.edu/SalvatoreBasile
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Salvatore-Basile

salvatore.basile@phd.unipi.it

Sara Roberto

After her high school diploma in Computer Science Sara graduated in Cultural Heritage at the University of Turin. Next she took the master’s degree in Medieval Archaeology in Pisa, expressing her interest in architectural archaeology. Then she attended the School of Specialization in Florence. Since her early years in Pisa she has participated in the activities of the MAPPA Laboratory, first through internships and then as an external collaborator. She has alaways tried to combine her two passions, archaeology and computer science. This prompted her to deal with GIS, 3D modeling and database. Currently she manages the website of the MAPPA Lab.

saruscia206@gmail.com

Elisa Paperini

Elisa has been passionate about archaeological research methodology since her early university years when she began attending the Mappa laboratory as an intern. During her bachelor’s thesis, she discovered programming languages, particularly Python, and the various possibilities of applying methods derived from their use to process archaeological data. She spends most of her days on the computer, but she also enjoys participating in field survey campaigns surrounded by nature.
Currently, Elisa is pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Pisa with a project about Environmental Archaeology that involves the application of Artificial Intelligence techniques to pollen data records.

e.paperini1@studenti.unipi.it

https://independent.academia.edu/ElisaPaperini

Quirino Saraceni

After graduating in Classics (Scienze dell’Antichità) at the University of Pisa with a thesis on the Romanization of Britain and having obtained the diploma in classical, artistic and philological disciplines at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa and having dedicated for a period to teach Latin and Greek at Liceo Classico, he followed his passion for technical-scientific disciplines, obtaining a B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Pisa.

He is currently a PhD candidate in Artificial Intelligence for Society, which is partecipated by various universities and led by the University of Pisa, with a research project aimed at integrating ArchAIDE (http://www.archaide.eu/), an application capable of recognizing and providing information on ceramic fragments of archaeological interest, developed by the Mappa Lab in collaboration with other institutions and universities, with a robotic arm that should be able to select and order the sherds, helping archaeologists in one of the operations that requires more time (and patience).

https://pisa.academia.edu/QuirinoSaraceni

Massimiliano Puntin

After graduating in Conservation of Cultural Heritage at the University of Udine, Massimiliano worked for a short period in an archaeological company. After that, he studied at the University of Pisa focusing on digital archaeology and non-destructive archaeometric techniques. For his master degree he analyzed some bricks using non-invasive and portable devices such as hyperspectral camera and XRF. Currently he takes part to the MAGOH projects focusing on the municipalities of the region of Pisa.

Chiara Giovannetti

An archaeologist, Chiara arrived in Pisa and joined MAPPALab during her time at the School of Specialization. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Heritage Science, with a project that aims to model archaeological data for the Semantic Web. She is interested in public archaeology and studies how to develop the social potential of archaeology, starting from the data itself, by making databases more accessible and reusable. Beyond data, she loves everything that helps us better communicate what we do, from maps to Instagram posts. She is the official pastry chef of the Lab.

chiaragiovannetti91@gmail.com

Francesco D’Antoni

Francesco achieved bachelor’s degrees in Sciences of Cultural Heritage and Medieval Archaeology at the University of Pisa. He’s interested in 3D reconstructions and reconstructive methodologies applied to CH. He collaborated with the MAPPALab for different projects and currently working on the MAGOH project with the data implementation of the Florence region. He collaborates with a record label in his spare time, and he plays the keyboard in a band.

Federica Mauro

As a PhD student in Pisa with a project in Artificial Intelligence for Society, she has combined my passion for ceramic studies with the latest advancements in computational archaeology. After graduating and earning her postgraduation diploma in Archaeology at the University of Salento, she spent several years on the field in the United Kingdom digging remains from Iron Age and Roman period, and burials from a Saxon cemetery. Her curiosity about new experiences took her to Paestum, as exhibition assistant at the Archaeological Museum, to Patras to study ceramic petrography, and around Salento for several excavations on land, and underwater as a marine archaeologist.

federica.mauro@phd.unipi.it

Lorena Bravi

Since her second year of studies, Lorena has developed a deep passion for archaeological research methodology and digital archaeology. This inclination led her to complete a bachelor’s thesis focused on the creation of a Web GIS. During her master’s program, she participated in numerous survey campaigns, including those on the island of Lampedusa, a place that captured her heart and inspired her final thesis, which focused on the creation and management of an open platform for visualizing contemporary heterogeneous data.
Today, Lorena is a PhD candidate in Heritage Science at La Sapienza University of Rome. Her research project focuses on building a digital collection that can be integrated into existing digital platforms, capable of storing, correlating, visualizing, and sharing archaeological and archaeometric data. This initiative aims to open new horizons for accessibility, data interconnection, and research in both academic and non-academic contexts.

lorena.bravi@uniroma1.it

Martina Naso

Archaeologist, born in 1999, specialising in the development of methodologies and the application of archaeometric techniques for studying ancient artefacts and the production processes behind them. After earning a degree in Archaeology from the University of Padua, I completed a double Master’s degree in Archaeometry through a collaboration between the University of Padua and the Université Bordeaux Montaigne. I have participated in numerous archaeological excavations in Italy and carried out laboratory analyses using instruments such as optical microscopy, SEM-EDS, confocal microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, p-XRF, and HSI camera. For my doctoral research at the University of Pisa, I am applying a multidisciplinary approach to enhance and transform the study, conservation, and valorisation of archaeological artefacts — particularly ceramics — by integrating research, archaeometric techniques, digitalisation, and data science.

martina.naso@uniroma1.it