Alvise MERELLI

Born in Ponte dell'Olio (PC) on 24 November 1988, in 2007 I obtained my high school diploma and the title of master of art at the Istituto Statale d'Arte in Venice with a specialisation in Architecture.

In 2015 I obtained a Bachelor degree (grade 105/110) in Conservation of Cultural Heritage and Performing Arts Management at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, with a dissertation entitled The Collalto's Castle. Archaeological Assessment of the Site (tutor: Sauro Gelichi; co-tutor: Stefano Gasparri).

In 2019 I obtained a Master degree (grade 110/110 cum laude) in Ancient Civilisations: Literature, History and Archaeology - curriculum in Archaeology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Dissertation title: Marano through its Walls. Historico-archaeological Analysis of the Development of a Village in the Marche Region (Cupra Marittima - AP) (tutor: Sauro Gelichi; co-tutors: Margherita Ferri, Mauro Librenti).

Since 2020 I have attended the School of Specialisation in Archaeological Heritage of the Universities of Trieste, Udine and Venice. Then, in the summer 2021 I stopped that course after being selected for the 37th cycle of the PhD programme in Ancient Heritage Studies (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University of Udine, University of Trieste), with a project entitled Analysis of the Medieval Landscapes of the Marches between Aso and Tesino.

In my research I have mainly focused on building archaeology and on the study of medieval settlements evolution. My study interests also include landscape archaeology, geoarchaeology, and computer applications to archaeology.

I have gained experience in excavations of multi-layered urban and rural sites through several campaigns at university (from 2012 to 2019) and more than a year of professional activity (since February 2020) mostly in the Veneto Region.

On 9 May 2019 I presented a paper entitled Marano (Cupra Marittima - AP). The Development of a Medieval Village, at the First Conference of Medieval Archaeology of the Marche Region (Macerata, 9 - 11 May 2019). Co-presenters: Margherita Ferri, Alessio Alessandro Rucco.

On 12 October 2019 I delivered a paper entitled Marano through Its Walls: Historico-archaeological Analysis of a Medieval Village at the Malacological Museum of Cupra Marittima (AP).

In December 2020 I collaborated with the Municipality of Cupra Marittima and the Soprintendenza Archeologica Belle Arti e Paesaggio of Marche by designing and creating a panel installation of the medieval village of Marano (Cupra Marittima - AP) for dissemination purposes.