Andrea Celestino Montanaro

Andrea Celestino Montanaro

Senior Researcher

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Professional profile

Archaeologist

Specialist in Classical Archaeology, Etruscology, and Archaeology of Pre-Roman Italy, with a focus on Southern Italy. Research areas: Etruscan and Magna Graecia goldsmiths, pre-Roman figured ambers, bronze vases, and Athenian and South Italian figured vases.

His interests focuses primarily on the Orientalizing, Archaic, and Classical periods, with particular attention to the formation of aristocracies and social identity, "gifts" and prestigious objects. He also delves into issues related to the close cultural contacts between Apulia, ancient Basilicata, and the Tyrrhenian area, with particular attention on the presence of many prestigious objects imported and placed in the grave goods of leading people at the top of their communities, their meaning, and the underlying symbolism. Very important is the approach to the study of contexts, focusing on the study of the deceased's social identity and forms of self-representation.

Specialized in the study of pre-Roman figured ambers from Southern Italy, with particular attention to the identification of workshops, distribution networks, and the study of the clientele involved in this phenomenon.

CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors

  • SH6_3 Archaeology of early literate societies and early civilizations
  • SH6_2 Prehistoric archaeology, archaeology of non-literate societies
  • SH8_4 Museums, exhibitions, conservation and restoration

MUR Italian Scientific-Disciplinary Sector

  • ARCH-01/A Prehistory and Protohistory
  • ARCH-01/C Pre-Roman Italian Civilization and Etruscology
  • ARCH-01/D Classical Archaeology

Groups & Labs CNR ISPC

Archeology in Lazio Research Group →
Mediterranean of Myths Research Group →
Palace, Polis, Urbs Research Group →

Publications

CNR IRIS platform →

Highlight

A.C. Montanaro (2024). Cremazione e semicremazione in Daunia tra VIII e II secolo a.C.: rituali funerari per pochi eletti. Contesti e valenze simboliche, in Atti PPE XVI, pp. 93-115. IT: Centro Studi Preistoria e Archeologia, Milano. ISBN 9788894712537.

A.C. Montanaro (a cura di) (2023). Vasi di bronzo etruschi in Italia. Produzione regionali e diffusione tra le popolazioni italiche. Contesti d’uso, aspetti ideologici e tecnologici, in Mediterranea. Studi e ricerche sul Mediterraneo antico, Supplementi, N.S. 4, 2023. IT: Roma, CNR Edizioni. ISSN 1827-0506; ISBN 978-88-8080-615-8, electronic edition. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19282/MEDSUPPL-4-2023

A.C. Montanaro (2021). Rutigliano (Bari): la necropoli di contrada Purgatorio. Le tombe del settore settentrionale (scavi 1976-77). Riflessioni preliminari, in BABESCH (=Bulletin Antieke Beschaving): Annual Papers on Mediterranean Archaeology 96, 2021, pp. 1-44. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2143/BAB.96.0.3289457

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