Professional profile
Archaeologist | Topographer | Remote Sensing Specialist | Colonial Archaeology Specialist
He specializes in remote sensing data (multi- and hyperspectral), as well as multitemporal and multisensor, for the study of landscape dynamics, with particular attention to the relationship between human activity and environmental transformations over time. His main research interests focus on the spatial analysis of archaeological and historical landscapes, using integrated methods such as satellite and aerial remote sensing, historical map and cartographic analysis, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors
- SH6_6 Digital, computational, virtual and geospatial archaeologies
- SH6_1 Archaeological methods and theory, history of archaeology
- VAL - Enhancement and promotion of research results and technicalscientific support to institutions
MUR Italian Scientific-Disciplinary Sector
- ARCH-01/G Archaeological Research Methods
Groups & Labs CNR ISPC
Archaeology and Environment Research Group →
Remote Sensing e Spatial Data Science Lab →
Archaeological Mapping Lab →
Publications
Highlight
F. Di Palma, P. Merola (2025), Remote sensing techniques and Machine Learning analyses in archaeology: a methodological approach to territory investigations, in Archeologia e Calcolatori 36.2, 2025, 159-178, DOI: https://doi.org/10.19282/ac.36.2.2025.14
L.I. Manfredi, P. Merola (2024), (a cura di), Adrar n Dern (il Monte dei Monti). Viabilità, sfruttamento delle risorse naturali e sistema di controllo lungo la catena dell’Atlante tra il Mediterraneo e Sahara, Mediterraneo Punico. Supplementi alla Rivista di Studi Fenici 2025, ISBN 9788880807223.
A. Allegrini, P. Merola, D. Benoci (2022), (a cura di), Un Web GIS per le monete puniche nei contesti sacri mediterranei, in Mediterraneo punico. Supplementi alla Rivista di Studi Fenici.
