Antonio Montesanti

Personal details

Email:

am545@exeter.ac.uk

Education

2010-present:

University of Exeter

PhD candidate

2009-2010:

Orkney College, The University of the Highlands and Islands.

MA Archaeological Practice
Dissetation: Depositional practices and Roman materials at Mine Howe.

1997-2001:

University of Rome “La Sapienza”

MA School of Classical Archaeology
Dissertation: Terina. History and arcahaeology through her staters.

1992-1997:

University of Rome “La Sapienza”

BA, Classics (Ancient History and Archaeology)
Thesis: Hipponion. History and arcahaeology from the foundation to the Roman colony.

 

Professional/research experience

June 2010 - July 2010:

UHI - University of the Highlands and Islands, Orkney, Scottland, UK.

Excavation campaign at 'The Cairns', South Ronaldsay, Orkney

July 2009:

UHI - University of the Highlands and Islands, Orkney, Scottland, UK.

Archaeological survey: The chambered tomb of Isbister ('Tomb of Eagles'), Isbister, South Ronaldsay, Orkney

July 2009 - August 2009:

UHI - University of the Highlands and Islands, Orkney, Scottland, UK.

Excavation campaign at  Ness of Brodgar, Stenness, Mainland, Orkney

June 2009:

UHI - University of the Highlands and Islands, Orkney, Scottland, UK.

Archaeological geophysical survey: Broch of Redland, Firth, Mainland, Orkney

January 2006 - March 2006:

Architectural collaboration, Rome-Aksum, Italy-Ethiopia

Freelance archaeological consultant: Research project on the history and archaeology of the Northern Stelae Park in Axum, for the Italy’s restitution of King Ezana's Stele to Ethiopia.

October 2005 - January 2006:

Frascati Council, (on behalf of) Rome. Architectural collaboration.



Freelance archaeological consultant: survey on the project for the improvement of the road ‘S. Vittore-Termoli’, Frosinone-Isernia-Campobasso, Italy

April 2003:

Private research


“The Hunting and Fishing Tomb”. Tarqunia, Viterbo, Italy

April 2003:

Rome Council (on behalf of) - TECRA Ingineering Group s.r.l., Rome, Italy

Freelance archaeological consultant: assessment of the project for the re-building of Piazza dei Navigatori, Rome, Italy.

March 2003:

Vibo Valentia, Italy

Private research aiming publication: “The golden orphic-pythagoric leaflet from Hipponion”.

January 2002 - November 2002:

ANAS & Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport (on behalf of) - GAIA s.r.l., Rome, Italy


Freelance archaeological consultant: survey in the area of the projected motorway between Civitavecchia-Grosseto, Rome-Viterbo-Grosseto, Italy


April 2001 - June 2001:

Council of Fiumicino, Roma (on behalf of) - GAIA s.r.l.

Freelance archaeological consultant: projectual survey in the area of S. Ninfa, Fiumicino, Roma

September 2000 - October 2000:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

University research: A catalogue of some Roman denarii

September 2000 - October 2000:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

University research: A catalogue of  Roman lucernae

February 2000 - June 2000:

Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici del Lazio.

Freelance archaeological consultant: F. Vespignani's restorations of ancient walls.  

January 2000 - April 2000:

Ferrovie dello Stato (National Railways) - GAIA s.r.l. Roma-Jesi, Ancona, Italy



August 30 1998 - March 7 2008:

TAV (High Speed Railways) - Ferrovie dello Stato (National Railways) (on behalf of). Soprintendenza archeologica di Roma. Casal Bertone, Rome, Italy

Supervisor archaeologist on-site. Projectual assistence, individuation of ancient remains, emergency excavations, cataloguing of materials, connective solutions. Building site for the constuction of a fork, a flyover and tunnels, leading to the main train stations of Rome: Termini Central St. and Tiburtina St. TAV Railway Rome-Naples.

July 1998:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

University excavations at the cemetery of the Latin town of Querquetulae (Corcolle, Rome, Italy)

June 1998:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

University excavations at ‘Le Vignacce’ Roman villa on the site of Veji (Rome)

February 1998 - June 1998:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Cataloguing of protostoric materials from Stromboli Is. (Messina, Sicily, Italy)

February 1998 - June 1998:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Cataloguing: a survey on the Mycenaean pottery found in Apulia

February 1998 - June 1998:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Bibliographical research on the Athenian Agora, its monuments and ancient sources.

February 1998 - June 1998:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Research about monumentalisation and impression of Hellenistic builngs: “The topographical choreography and the choreographic topography”

April 1997:

Calchotech of the National Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Olympia, Elis, Greece.

Private research aiming pubblication: “The emblema of Hipponiates at Olympia”.

February 1997 - March 1997:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

University research: 'The imperial and alliance coinage of Kroton (510-460/450 B.C.)'

June 1996 - October 1996:

'Friedrich-Alexander-Universität', Erlangen–Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany

University research: 'Athens and Magna Graecia during the Peloponnesian War'.

April 1996 - June 1996:

'Friedrich-Alexander-Universität', Erlangen–Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany

University research: 'Mimnermus from Colophon [Mimnermus von Kolophon]. Connections among poetry, history and archaeology.'

January 1996 - March 1996:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

University research: 'Ancient sources on the Temple of Venus and Rome in the Roman Forum'

September 1995 - November 1995:

Università ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy. Museo delle antichita' Etrusche e Italiche. Rome, Italy.

University archive research: A faliscan archaic 'carchesion'

July 1995 - August 1995:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy. Ostia, Rome, Italy.

University excavations at the theatre of Ostia Antica

April 1995 - May 1995:

Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma. Primaporta, Rome, Italy

Archaeological excavations at Livia’s Villa.

March 1993 - May 1993:

Università "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

Archaeological survey project on the site of the Etruscan Veij

February 1993 - May 1993:

Gruppo Archeologico Romano. Scuola Pubblica Media G. Papini. Rome, Italy.

School teacher: courses held on basic concepts of archaeology and history

January 1993 - June 1993:

University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

University research: 'The archaic history of Ephesus and its earliest coinage'

January 1993 - May 1993:

Gruppo Archeologico Romano. Saxa Rubra, Roma, Italy.

Archaeological maintenance of the ancient Via Flaminia and the nearby mausoleums

July 1991 - August 1991:

Soprintendenza Archeologica della Calabria. Bivona, Vibo Valentia, Italy

Archaeological excavations by the castle of Bivona.

August 1986 - September 1986:

Gruppo Archeologico Romano. Tolfa, Rome, Italy

Archaeological excavations: Etruscan necropolis of Pian della Conserva 

 

CV: Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

2008-present:

Order of Journalists (Ordine dei Giornalisti)

Member of the Order as registered journalist.