Professional profile

Classical archaeologist | Digital heritage specialist | Ancient topography specialist |  GIS specialist | Urban archaeology specialist

Classical archaeologist. He holds the National scientific qualification for full professorship in classical archaeology and is a member of the Technical-Scientific Committee of the Archaeological Park of Sibari and Crotone and of the Central Institute for Archaeology (ICA).

His work focuses on the study of material culture of the classical world, with particular attention to the reconstruction of production systems, trade, and the use of ceramic artefacts in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. He is also engaged in methodological issues, especially in the development of digital solutions for the management, protection, and promotion of cultural heritage.

He conducts urban archaeology investigations and heuristic and predictive analyses of archaeological potential, with a focus on ancient topography, the reconstruction of urban and extra-urban contexts and landscapes, and the design and development of databases and information systems to support research, management, protection, and enhancement of historical and archaeological sites.

Over the past decade, he has collaborated extensively with universities and research institutes, participating in archaeological excavations and national and international research projects, often with scientific coordination roles (Pompeii Sustainable Preservation Project, Augustus, Archeofish, Cloud4City, OpenCity, Technic, Experimental Project for the Enhancement of the Amphitheatre of Catania).

His research interests, reflected in numerous publications and monographs, combine methodological approaches to archaeological research and ancient topography. They range from the study of material evidence of the classical world to the reconstruction of ancient landscapes, as well as strategies for communication and dissemination of research results.

CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors

• SH6_1 Archaeological methods and theory, history of archaeology
• SH6_6 Digital, computational, virtual and geospatial archaeologies
• SH6_12 Social, economic, religious and political history

MUR Italian Scientific-Disciplinary Sector

• ARCH-01/D Classical Archaeology
• ARCH-01/F Ancient Topography
• ARCH-01/G Archaeological Research Methods

Publications

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D. Malfitana, A. Mazzaglia (a cura di) (2023). Catania. La città antica e quella del futuro. Archeologia, Topografia, Urbanistica per la riqualificazione dello spazio urbano, L’Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, 9788891328717

D. Bernal-Casasola, D. Malfitana, A. Mazzaglia, J.J. Diaz (Eds.) (2021). Le cetariae ellenistiche e romane di Portopalo (Sicilia). Primi risultati di studi interdisciplinari. Las cetariae helenísticas y romanas de Portopalo (Sicilia). Primeros apuntes interdisciplinares, HEROM – 1 Supplemento. Catania. 2294-4273

A.Mazzaglia (2019). La Necropoli di Porta Nocera a Pompei e il Sistema informative del Pompeii Sustainable Preservation Project. Soluzioni informatiche per l’analisi e la gestione del dato archeologico, Monografie dell’Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali del CNR, Catania. 9788889375259