Event: WEDNSDAY TALK: Comunità antiche e moderne di Industria

Abstract: The project Ancient and Modern Communities at Industria is a research effort of the Cotsen

 Institute, Kent University (UK), Newcastle University (UK), and the Politecnico di Torino (Italy). 

The main focus of the project is a diachronological study of communities and their environment. Starting with present day Monteu da Po, ancient Industria, in northern Italy, we aim to learn about tra

ditional farming, industry, and daily life of the inhabitants of the region through time, going back to the Roman Period (first century CE). Through a dialogue with the community, literature study, and archaeology, we aim to expand our understanding of ancient Industria, modern Monteu da Po, and neighboring communities. The project hopes to contribute to the economic development of the region. In our first field season we employed various non-destructive techniques near the ruins of the church of San Giovanni di Dustria, just north of the ancient city center.

Bios: Willeke Wendrich is a Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Digital Humanities in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, as well as the Joan Silsbee Chair of African Cultural Archaeology. She is the Director of the Cotsen Institute and Editor-in-Chief of the online UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology.

Hans Barnard MD, PhD is an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures as well as Associate Researcher at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. As an archaeological surveyor, photographer and ceramic analyst he has worked on sites in Armenia, Chile, Egypt, Iceland, Italy, Panama, Peru, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.