Professional profile
Archaeologist | Coroplastic Specialist | Cataloguing Specialist | Digital Heritage Specialist
Classical archaeologist and PhD in Sciences for Heritage and Cultural Production; member of the archaeological missions of Priniàs (CNR-UNICT) and Selinunte (NYU-UNIMI). Main research areas: Greek-period coroplastic studies; ceramics; studies on production and archaeometry; cataloging of cultural heritage.
CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors
- SH6_3 Archaeology of early literate societies and early civilizations
Publications
Highlight
F. Ferlito, Considerazioni su un probabile frammento di arula con la raffigurazione di Scilla da Catania, in R. Carboni, C. Cenci, N. Chiarenza (eds.), What terracottas can tell us. Coroplastic polysemy in the ancient Mediterranean, 2, Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi (Cagliari, 12-14 novembre 2022) (Otium. Archeologia e cultura del mondo antico, 17) 2024, pp. 1-32.
F. Ferlito, On greek Catanian coroplastic production (5th-4th c. BC). Observations and updates on the clay figurines’ fabrics from the votive deposit of Piazza San Francesco, in Sibrium, 38, 2024, pp. 60-91.
C. Marconi, A. Farinholt Ward, F. Ferlito, Presence and Absence: A Contextual Approach to the Coroplastic Finds from the IFA–NYU and UniMi Excavations in the Main Urban Sanctuary of Selinunte, in M. Albertocchi, A. Pautasso, E.C. Portale (eds.), Terrecotte figurate della Sicilia greca in contesto, SMAC 1, 2025, pp. 169-190.
