Professional profile
Archaeologist | Late Roman and Medieval Archaeology Specialist | Material Culture Specialist | Rural and Urban Archaeology Specialist | Remote Sensing Specialist
My current research topics are:
- Late Roman and Medieval Archaeology of the Mediterranean Basin (particularly South Italy and Sicily), focused on material culture and trade networks, urban history, rural settlements and socio-economic organization;
- Remote Sensing and Digital Representation of Architecture and Landscape (in collaboration with other colleagues).
I am currently co-director with Rosa Lanteri (Syracuse Archaeological Park) of research activities at the archaeological sites of Monte Casale – Kasmenai and Santa Lucia di Mendola, and with Alessandra Castorina (Superintendency of Syracuse) of research activities in the territory of Megara Hyblaea (Augusta, Melilli, Priolo Gargallo and Sortino).
Between 2016 and 2018 I was Head of CNR IBAM Research Unit (URT) at Bagheria (PA). In 2020-23 I coordinated the ICNR ISPC Activity in Favignana (Trapani) within the project “IDEHA – Innovazioni per l'elaborazione dei dati nel settore del Patrimonio Culturale” (PON Program “Ricerca e Competitività 2014-2020)”. I was Principal Investigator of the italian-belgian Joint Archaeological Laboratory ‘ROMA – Roman baths archaeological, cOnservation and heritage MAnagement’ at Sagalassos, Turkey (CNR Fund, 2015-2016) and the “Context Project”, an institutional CNR research projects on Mediterranean material culture, archaeological context and cultural landscape (2016-2018). From 2015 to 2018, I participated in IBAM-CNR research activities for the “Roman Sicily Project” on Roman material culture in Sicily, and from 2009 to 2016. I participated at the "CASR Project - African Ceramics in Roman Sicily. Status quaestionis, methodologies and research paths’ (Centre Camille Jullian" - Université de Provence/CNRS and CNR IBAM, PI. M. Bonifay and D. Malfitana). I coordinated archaeological activity of the CNR IBAM project in Valle dell'Aci and Catania within the project “NEPTIS - ICT based solutions for augmented fruition and exploration of Cultural Heritage”. In 2015 I coordinated CNR IBAM research within the ‘PROVACI Project’ in order to develop sustainable methodologies and techniques for the seismic protection, valorisation and fruition of cultural heritage of archaeological site of Occhiolà (Catania).
CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors
- SH6_4 Medieval and post-medieval archaeologies
- SH6_1 Archaeological methods and theory, history of archaeology
- SH6_3 Archaeology of early literate societies and early civilizations
Groups & Labs CNR ISPC
Archaeology and Environment Research Group →
Cities and Cultural Heritage Research Group →
Publications
Highlight
G. Cacciaguerra (2023). Byzantine and Islamic Villages, ‘Rupestrian Settlements’ and Fortifications in Southeastern Sicily: the LAMIS Project, in A. Castrorao Barba, G. Mandalà (eds.), Suburbia and Rural Landscapes in Medieval Sicily, Archaeopress : Oxford, pp. 228–254. ISBN: 978-1-80327-545-1.
G. Cacciaguerra, V. Sacco (2022). Due “Capitali”, due storie? Siracusa e Palermo: Storia e cultura materiale tra IX e XI secolo, in Mélanges de l’École Française de Rome – Moyen Âge, 134, 1, 2022, pp. 27-66.
G. Cacciaguerra (2018). Città e mercati in transizione nel Mediterraneo altomedievale. Contenitori da trasporto, merci e scambi a Siracusa tra età bizantina e islamica,in Archeologia Medievale, 45, 2018, pp. 149-173.
