Tommasina MATRONE

Born in Pompei (NA), 01/02/1994

Ph.D. Doctoral Candidate in Scienze dell’Antichità (Classics) at the University of Venice Ca' Foscari/Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne

Keyword: Italic antiquities, Religions, Places of worship, Ancient Campania, Pre-roman religion.

Abstract

My research project involves the first systematic investigation of the evidences of sacred cultures in ancient southern Campania focusing on the Sarno river valley, in order to build the first inventory of pre-Roman places of worship for this territory. The research aims to reconstruct the ancient topography of the region, the complex occupational dynamics of the territory and the cultural interaction (connectivity and hybridization forms) between Italics populations, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, as well as the worship practices and the characteristics of the divine figures cult holders of the Italic sanctuaries, starting from the VIIIth century BC until the Romanization of the territory. Employing a multidisciplinary approach the archaeological, historical-religious, geo-environmental and topographic aspects are investigated by examining a vast published and unpublished archaeological documentation, considering all the feasible expressions of the cult phenomena. This research methodology involves the study of data offered by literary tradition, archaeological evidence and epigraphic documentation.

Education and Training

2020-present University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, PhD Doctoral Candidate in Sciences of Antiquity

2019-2020 (suspended) University of Naples Federico II, Graduate School of Archaeology

2019 University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Internship program under the direction of Dr. V. Capozzoli. (Filemaker-Zotero-Indesign)

2017-2019 University of Naples Federico II, Master’s degree in Archaeology and History of Art. Mark 110/110 cum laude. Thesis work: Pre-Roman places of worship in the Sarno river valley. Supervisors: Prof. A. Naso and Prof. O. de Cazanove

2018 University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, ERASMUS+ Academic exchange program (3 months)

2017-2018 École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris), ERASMUS+ Academic exchange program (9 months, 44 ECTS)

2013-2016 University of Naples Federico II, Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology and History of Art. Mark 110/110 cum laude. Thesis work: The tomb PC20 from the Etruscan necropolis of Pian della Conserva, Tolfa. Supervisor: Prof. A. Naso

2008-2013 Liceo Classico “Plinio Seniore”, Castellammare Di Stabia (NA), Diploma di Maturità Classica. Mark 100/100

 
Training Courses and Conferences

09/12/2021, La définition du territoire à travers les lieux de culte : le système des Athénaia dans la Campanie du Sud, Workshop, Territoires, acteurs sociaux et identités multiples:genre, statut, langue, religion, Université de Bourgogne.

18-20/11/2021, A missing piece of the local mythography? The Phrygian helmet of Athena in Ancient Campania, Rooted Cities, Wandering Gods. Inter-Urban Religious Interactions, University of Groningen.

29/10/2021, A missing piece of the local mythography? The Phrygian helmet of Athena in ancient Campania, Classics postgraduate seminars, University of Edinburgh.

15-17/10/2021, Middle Ground. Integration, hybridization and entanglement phenomena in pre-Roman Campania (Italy), Frames and Framing in antiquity II. Sources in contexts, materiality, affordances, entanglements and communicative dynamics, University of Trier/ IHAC, NENU, Changchun. 

30 August- 3 September 2021, A missing piece of the local mythography? The Phrygian helmet of Athena in ancient Campania, Resilient religion, 18th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions, IAHR Regional Conference, Pisa.

16-17 June 2021, Terra di mezzo.Integrazione e forme di ibridazione nella Campania preromana, Classicamente, Dialoghi senesi sul mondo antico (IV edizione), Università di Siena.

December 2020 University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, Safety training course (4 hours)10/11/2020 University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, Workshop “Behind the Scenes. Digital Archaeological Data. Strumenti e Pratiche in Azione” held by the DSU and the VeDPH at University Ca’ Foscari of Venice.

January 2020 University of Naples Federico II, 16-hours training course “Dove e perchè. Esplorare il dato archeologico attraverso l’applicazione di software GIS”, held by Dr. Andrea Di Renzoni

May 2019 University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, 14-hours training course “AUTOCAD - GIS: Methods and management strategy”, held by Prof. J. S. Gros

April 2019 University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, 12-hours training course “AUTOCAD”, held by Dr. V. Capozzoli.
 

Academic Research and Projects

May 2019 University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, I took part in the Lands of Meaning program: the GIS study of the space and social praxis in ancient Attica from the Mycenaean Age to the birth of democracy (http: // www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/axede-recherche/lands-of-meaning).
 

March 2019 University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, I took part in the Lucanie Antique project: the digital inventory of all the archaeological sites of Lucania (http://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/axe-de-recherche/lucanie-antique/).
 

Summer 2018 University of Naples Federico II, Didactic archaeological excavation, Pompeii, Foro Triangolare. Supervisor: Prof. M. Osanna.
 

Summer 2017 University of Naples Federico II, Didactic archaeological excavation, Macchia Valfortore, Molise. Supervisor: Prof. A. Naso.
 

Summer 2017 University of Naples Federico II, Didactic archaeological excavation, Pompeii, Foro Triangolare. Supervisor: Prof. M. Osanna.
 

Summer 2016 University of Naples Federico II, Didactic archaeological excavation, Macchia Valfortore, Molise. Supervisor: Prof. A. Naso
 

Summer 2015 University di Innsbruck, Archaeological survey, Verucchio, Rimini. Supervisor: Prof. A. Naso.
 

Summer 2015 University of Naples Federico II, Didactic archaeological excavation, Sermugnano (Viterbo). Supervisor: Prof. M. Pacciarelli
 

Languages

Italian– Native language

English – B2

French- C1

Ancient Greek – Read/translate with high proficiency

Latin – Read/translate with high proficiency

References
 

MAIN SUPERVISOR: PROF. FEDERICA FONTANA

UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE, CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY (L-ANT/06)

Via Lazzaretto Vecchio 6, 34123 Trieste, Italia, fontana@units.it

MAIN SUPERVISOR: PROF. OLIVIER DE BIGAULT DE CAZANOVE

UNIVERSITY PARIS 1 PANTHEON-SORBONNE, ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY (UFR03)

3 Rue Michelet, 75006 Parigi, Francia, olivier.de-cazanove@univ-paris1.fr
 

SUPERVISOR: PROF. ALESSANDRO NASO

UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II, ETRUSCOLOGY AND ITALIC ANTIQUITIES (L-ANT/07)

Via Nuova Marina, 33, 80133 Napoli, Italia alessandro.naso@unina.it