Professional profile
Archaeologist | Technical Specialist in Cultural Heritage Conservation
Archaeologist and Technical Specialist in Cultural Heritage Conservation. Landscape archaeology and the study of historic gardens are among her principal areas of interest. She has carried out topographic analyses, field surveys, and diachronic studies across archaeological contexts, agricultural landscapes, and historic centres, producing archaeological mapping, digital atlases, and studies reconstructing settlement and production dynamics.
She contributes to research on abandoned historic settlements and territorial transformation processes, combining historical, archaeological, and geomorphological sources with spatial data in a GIS environment. She has developed expertise in the use and application of integrated technologies and non invasive investigative methods (remote sensing, spatial analysis/GIS) for the multidisciplinary interpretation of the built environment and the landscape, with the aim of designing preventive conservation strategies. She has collaborated on the conception of traceability systems (zbSens prototype) using Location Based Services (LBS) and IoT systems to protect movable works of art from theft and dispersal, and on the development of citizen science applications aimed at the protection and participatory management of cultural heritage.
In recent years, she has expanded her support for scientific research to include digital ecosystems for the access to and management of cultural heritage (definition of ontologies, geo catalogues, interoperable WebGIS infrastructures, open data strategies and standards, and geo storytelling tools for scientific communication and community engagement).
Alongside training and outreach for practitioners, students, and territorial stakeholders, she has added the drafting of guidelines and the creation of communication tools and digital products. She provides support to researchers developing Spatial Data Science and machine learning applications to assess climate and human induced risks to cultural heritage.
Most recently, she has gained skills and experience in the use of state of the art instrumentation for multispectral analysis and infrared reflectography (IRR) on paintings, interpreting and integrating the results into diagnostic workflows aimed at research and conservation restoration.
Groups & Labs CNR ISPC
Remote Sensing e Spatial Data Science Lab →
Landscape and Biodiversity Research Group →
Open Science Research Group →
Publications
Highlight
M. Biscione, F. Gaspari, G. Romagnoli, N. Masini (2023). A late 16th century garden in Ponte dell’Elce (Viterbo, Italy): research improvement and conservation issues. Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, 43(2), 108–135. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14601176.2023.2231772
M. Danese, N. Masini, M. Biscione (2024). Gli Open Data per il patrimonio culturale: aspetti teorici ed esperienze in Italia. ISBN 978 88 8080 594 6 – 978 88 8080 595 3 CNR Edizioni, Roma.
M. Danese, F. Sogliani, M. Sileo, N. Abate, M. Biscione, L. Pepe, R. Lasaponara, N. Masini (2025). AI methods for enhancing and recognizing archaeological features in heterogeneous geophysical datasets. Sci Rep 15, 32742. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05539-3
