Elena Flavia Castagnino Berlinghieri

Degree in Classical Literature with an Archaeological Degree from the University of Catania (110/110), Specialization in Classical Archaeology from the University of Lecce (70/70), PhD (PhD) in Archaeology from the University of Bristol (UK), Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, with a scholarship from the British Academy of London. From 2002-2003 to 2010-2011, she was Adjunct Professor of "Urbanism of the Ancient World" (L-ANT 09), Degree Course in Science of Cultural Heritage, Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, University of Catania.

Since 2014 she has been qualified as Ordinary Professor of Archaeology, with ASN of MIUR.

She carries out scientific research in the field of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, the protection and promotion of cultural heritage. Particular attention is paid to the protection and promotion of cultural heritage, including underwater heritage, to issues related to the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean. She works with interdisciplinary teams from prestigious research institutions, including the Honor Frost Foundation in London, ENEA in Rome, the Research School of Earth Science in Canberra (Australia), the Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP), UNESCO, and various Italian and foreign universities.

She is a member of the scientific commission CUNES UNESCO Sicily, already a member of the working group initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the definition and ratification of the 'UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage'. In the roles of the Region of Sicily since 2005, serving at the U.O. "Archaeological Heritage" of the Superintendence BB.CC.AA. of Syracuse, she has developed specific skills in the activities of protection, promotion and cultural cooperation at national and international level, organizing conferences, exhibitions, technical tables and working in concert with the Nucleus for the Protection of the Artistic Heritage of the Carabinieri and / or other police bodies for the protection of the territory.

In terms of communication, she publishes in international journals, is invited to present her work at conferences (British Museum, IIC London, IIC Istanbul, British School at Rome, Europa House in London), conferences and seminars, she is a consultant to BBC Science in London and Wild Dreams Films for the production of documentaries of Archaeology. She has a consolidated experience with roles of responsibility in relations with institutional bodies, national and international, responsible for research, protection and enhancement of heritage and culture.

As Vice-President of the University Woman Of Europe (2014-2017), she promoted international cooperation, peace and respect for human rights with particular attention to gender difference, social integration and cultural promotion. Within the framework of the UWE action "Quality Education for all in Europe", she was invited to present to the Minister of Education the project "Culturale Heritage, History of Art and foreign languages as key-factors in intercultural Education to ensuring quality school process", and to present a conference on the subject at the Europa House in London (2014) together with a workshop at the Italian Institute of Culture in London.

More recently, she collaborated with the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford (UK) for the  exhibition "Storms, war and shipwrecks: 60 years of maritime archaeology around Sicily" (21 June - 24 September 2016), as part of whose scientific activity of promotion and dissemination, she also gave several conferences including the Special Talk with which the exhibition ended.

Her scientific production - more than 40 publications, including essays and volumes - is published in journals of international scientific importance. The volume "The Aeolian Islands: crossroads of Mediterranean maritime routes. A survey on their maritime archaeology and topography from the Prehistoric to the Roman periods", published in Oxford in the series British Archaeological Reports (2003), is now in its third edition.

She has carried out excavation and research activities (including Haghia Triada, Albintimilium, Lavinium, Ognina, Valle dell'Himera, Mauretania Tingitana), also in the submarine field (including: Aeolian Islands, South-Eastern Sicily, Giardini-Naxos, Camarina, Syracuse, Turkey), has gained teaching experience both in Italy (University of Catania) and abroad (University of Bristol, UK; Roger William's Univeristy, Rhode Island, USA).

She has taken part in national and international research projects with commitments of responsibility (University of Catania, University of Bristol, DGPCC of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) coordinating and directing interdisciplinary work teams (as the only reference archaeologist for Italy: University of Catania, four-year European Project COST).

For more than a decade, she has worked in roles of the Sicily Region, as a public competition winner in the qualification of Technical Director of Archaeology, serving as an Archaeologist Executive Officer at the Archaeological Heritage Service of the Superintendence BB.CC.AA. of Syracuse.

MAIN AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology, Ancient Topography, Ancient World Town Planning, Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO Sites, Research, Enhancement and Protection of Cultural Heritage, History of Underwater Archaeological Research, Experimental Archaeology, Geo-archaeology, Coastal Landscape Archaeology, Underwater Archaeology, Archaeological Documentary and Communication of Cultural Heritage.

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PUBBLICAZIONI (selezione 2020-2000)

VOLUMI

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. e Monaco, C., 2008, Il sistema portuale di Catania Antica. Studi interdisciplinari di geo-archeologia marittima, Archaeologia Maritima Mediterranea, Papers, 3, Accademia Editoriale, Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, Pisa-Roma.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2003, The Aeolian Islands: crossroads of Mediterranean maritime routes.  A survey on their maritime archaeology and topography from the Prehistoric to the Roman periods, British Archaeological Reports, International Series 1181,Oxford.

VOLUMI (a cura di)

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. 2017 (a cura di), "Dioniso in Sicilia. Dionysus in Sicily” . Edizioni Engramma, Special Monograph n. 143, Venezia 2017.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., Papatheu, K., 2016 (a cura di), "Margins of an Elsewhere" Alcestis, Phaedra, Electra 2016, dedicated to the three protagonists on stage at the Greek Theatre of Syracuse. Edizioni Engramma, Venezia 2016.

SAGGI

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., Blackman, D.,2020,  An underwater lesson from the pioneers echoed in the UNESCO Convention. In Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Underwater Archaeology, IKUWA 6, Freemantle, Australia, pp. 468–478.

Castagnino Berlinghieri E.F., Antonioli F., Bailey G., 2020, Italy: The Archaeology of Palaeoshorelines, Coastal Caves and Seafaring Connections. In: Bailey G., Galanidou N., Peeters H., Jöns H., Mennenga M. (eds) The Archaeology of Europe’s Drowned Landscapes. Coastal Research Library, vol 35. Springer, Cham, pp. 321-340.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., Militello, P. 2019, L’Anaktoron di Pantalica: le indagini 2017. In Pantalica e la Sicilia nelle età di Pantalica, Atti del Convegno di Sortino (Siracusa) 15-16 dicembre 2017, pp. 117-144.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., Calcagno C. 2019, “The Second Life of a Phoenix: Honor Frost's Unpublished Chronicles of a Punic Ship in Sicily”. In Blue L., (éd.), In the Footsteps of Honor Frost: The life and legacy of a pioneer in maritime archaeology, Leiden-London, Sidestone Press-Honor Frost Foundation, p. 259-272.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. 2017, Archeologia e cultura del vino in Sicilia, in Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. 2017 (a cura di) "Dioniso in Sicilia. Dionysus in Sicily”. Edizioni Engramma, special monograph n. 143, Venezia 2017, pp. 77-87.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E. F., (et Alii), 2017, “Sacred Landscapes and Changing Sea Levels: New Interdisciplinary Data from the Early Neolithic to the Present in South-Eastern Sicily”. In Bailey, G. N., Harff, J., Sakellariou, D., Missiaen, T., & Flemming, N. C. (editors), Under the Sea: Archaeology and Palaeolandscapes of the Continental Shelf, pp. 233-253. Springer, Cham.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. 2017, Archeologia e cultura del vino in Sicilia, in Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. 2017 (a cura di) "Dioniso in Sicilia. Dionysus in Sicily” . Edizioni Engramma, special monograph n. 143, Venezia 2017.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2016, “Sull’urbanistica antica delle città coloniali dell’Occidente greco: Siracusa e alter città portuali”, in Fidone E. (a cura di), ’The landscape of Archaeology and the contemporary city’, Workshop IP Erasmus, Università degli Studi di Catania, SDS Siracusa, Edizioni Lettera 22, 2016, pp.22-26, pp.82-83.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2016, “Sull’antica portualità di Siracusa. Organizzazione dello spazio urbano e delle aree funzionali all’attività marittima”. In ‘Mirabilia Maris. I Tesori dai mari di Sicilia’, Palermo 2016, pp.172-187.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2016, “The sacred Temenite Hill and the Greek Theater of Syracuse: archaeology, architecture and religious worlds. In Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. e Papatheu, K., 2016 (edited by), "Margins of an Elsewhere" Alcestis, Phaedra, Electra. Edizioni Engramma, Venezia 2016, pp. 37-45.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2016, “Una lingua per l’arte: il patrimonio identitario come « risorsa » in Europa, International Conference “La Langue française et le marché des arts”,  Collection «Vertige de la langue»,fondée et dirigée par Giovanni Dotoli and Università di Catania, Hermann Éditeurs, Paris, pp. 53-63.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., Paribeni, A., 2015, “Produzione e commercio del marmo lungo le rotte del Mediterraneo: evidenze dai depositi e dai relitti navali delle coste italiane”, in Martorelli R. (a cura di), Isole e terraferma nel primo cristianesimo. Identità locale ed interscambi culturali, religiosi e produttivi, Cagliari 2015, pp. 395-402.

Castagnino Berlinghieri E.F., Guzzardi L., 2014, “Nuovi” elementi architettonici della “basilica” a bordo della navis lapidaria di Marzamemi", in Leone D., Turchiano M., Volpe G. (a cura di), Atti del III Convegno di Archeologia Subacquea (Manfredonia 4-6 ottobre 2007), Edipuglia, 2014, pp.49-56.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., Paribeni, A., 2014, “Marble Production and Marble Trade along the Mediterranean coast in the Early Byzantine period (5th-6th centuries AD): the data from Quarries, Shipwrecks and Monument”, in Militello P., e H. Oniz H. (a cura di), SOMA 2011, Atti del  XV Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Catania 3-5 Marzo 2011, British Archaeological Reports, Oxford, pp. 419-427.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2013, "La Convenzione UNESCO e il ruolo-chiave di Siracusa tra ricerca e tutela del patrimonio archeologico sottomarino: il passato come risorsa per un futuro sostenibile", in Archaeologia Maritima Mediterranea, 9-2012, pp. 139-156 (with English synopsis).

Castagnino Berlinghieri E.F., 2013, “Nuovi risultati di ricerca dalle indagini interdisciplinari dell’ultimo quinquennio della Sicilia orientale”, In: D’Andria R. e Mannino K., (a cura di), “Gli Allievi Raccontano. Atti dell’incontro di studio per i trent’anni della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici di Lecce “Dinu Adamesteanu”, Università del Salento, (Cavallino, 29-30 gennaio 2010), vol. 10.2, Collana “Storia e Archeologia”, Galatina, pp.319-332.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2012, Recenzione/Review del volume a cura di Stašo Forenbaher, “A connecting Sea: Maritime Interaction in Adriatic Prehistory”. BAR International Series 2037,Oxford, 2009,  pp. 254, in International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (2012) 41.2, pp. 430-432.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2012, The pioneers of Underwater Archaeology, in The newsletter of Nautical Archaeology Society, Spring 2012, pp.1-5.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., Paribeni A. 2011, Byzantine Merchant Ships and Marble Trade: New data from Central Mediterranean, Proceedings of “In Poseidons Realm XV: Byzantium at Sea. Innovation and Tradition" (Wien 2010), in SKYLLIS, 11 Jahrgang 2011, Heft 1, pp. 64-75.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2011, “The charming Lady of the punic warship. Lady Frost, Honor and Pride of underwater archaeology”. In Archaeologia Maritima Mediterranea, International Journal on Underwater Archaeology, 8, 2011, pp.213-218.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2011, Subsistence, mechanisms of interaction and human mobility in the Neolithic western Mediterranean: the nature of the occupation of Lipari (Aeolian Islands, Sicily).  In Phoca Cosmetatou, P. (edited by), "The first Mediterranean islanders: initial occupation and survival strategies", Oxford University School of Archaeology, Monograph Series, 73, pp. 109-139.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E. F. and Monaco, C. 2010, The ancient harbour system of Catania (Italy): new evidence from the reinterpretation of geo-archaeological data, literary sources and historical iconographic documentation. In Marco Beltrando, Angelo Peccerillo, Massimo Mattei, Sandro Conticelli, and Carlo Doglioni (a cura di), The Geology of Italy, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, volume 36, paper 25.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2010, Archeologia subacquea a Siracusa tra passato e futuro: storia e prospettive tra ricerca, formazione e legislazione. In Tusa S., Li Vigni V. (edited by), Atti Convegno Internazionale per la Cooperazione nel Mediterraneo per la Protezione del Patrimonio Archeologico Subacqueo, Università di Milano Bicocca, Università degli Studi di Catania e Regione Siciliana, Ministero degli Affari Esteri, (Museo Archeologico “Paolo Orsi”, Siracusa 2003), Palermo: pp.99-108.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E. F., 2010, Archimede e Ierone II: dall’idea al progetto della più grande nave del mondo antico, la Syrakosía. In Braccesi L. (a cura di), Hesperia 26, Studi sulla Grecità d’Occidente, L’Erma di Bretschneider, Roma, pp.169-188.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F.,  2010, Ideologie funerarie e rituali sacri nella vita di bordo: testimonianze dal mare. In Atti del Convegno di Studi “Nel mondo di Ade. Ideologie,spazi e rituali funerari per l’eterno banchetto”, Soprintendenze peri Beni Culturali e Ambie ntali di Ragusa e Caltanissetta,Ragusa-Gela, giugno 2010, in cds.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. e Monaco, C., 2009, Gli spazi marittimi di Catania arcaica: processi geologici e trasformazioni urbane. In Panvini, R., Guzzone, C., Sole, L. (a cura di), Atti del Convegno “Traffici, commerci e vie di distribuzione nel Mediterraneo tra protostoria e V secolo a.C.”, Soprintendenza BB.CC.AA. di Caltanissetta, Gela, 29 Maggio 2009, pp.79-94.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., (con Scicchitano, G., Antonioli, F., Dutton, A. and Monaco, C.), 2008, Submerged archaeological sites along the Ionian coast of south-eastern Sicily (Italy) and implications with the Holocene relative sea level change. In Quaternary Research, Volume 70, Issue 1, July 2008: 26-39.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. (con Scicchitano, G., Antonioli, F., and Monaco, C.), 2008, Sea level change and archaeological coastal sites: an interdisciplinary approach applied along the south-eastern coast of Sicily. In Atti del Convegno Internazionale “L’archeologia dei paesaggi costieri  e le variazioni climatiche. Il Progetto Interreg Italia-Slovenia “AltoAdriatico”, Trieste: 61-67.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. e Guzzardi, L., 2007, Marzamemi: il relitto, la basilica. In  L’Archeologo Subacqueo, Quadrimestrale di archeologia subacquea e navale, XIII, 3 (39), settembre-dicembre 2007, Edipuglia, Bari: 5-6.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. e Guzzardi, L., 2007, “Nuovi” elementi architettonici della “basilica” a bordo della navis lapidaria di Marzamemi. In Atti del III Convegno Nazionale di Archeologia Subacquea,Manfredonia,4-6 ottobre 2007, in cds.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F. e Monaco, C., 2010, Paesaggio costiero e variazioni della linea di costa: nuovi dati interdisciplinari per lo studio del porto di Catania antica. In Atti del Convegno “Tra lava e mare: contribuiti all’archaiologhia di Catania” (22-23 Novembre 2007), Università di Catania, Monastero dei Benedettini, Catania, Le Nove Muse Editore: 27-43.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F.,  2006, Egitto, la città e il porto di Alessandria. Egypt, the city and harbour of Alexandria. In “Città di Pietra, Cities of Stone”, X Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, La Biennale di Venezia, Marsilio Editori, 2006: 280-286.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2003, Il contesto archeologico sottomarino di Pignataro di Fuori: una testimonianza diretta dell’imprenditoria mercantile eoliana nell’età del bronzo antico. In Atti della XXXV Riunione Scientifica  in memoria di Luigi Bernabò Brea  "Le comunità della preistoria italiana. Studi e ricerche sul Neolitico e le Età dei metalli" (Lipari, 2000), Volume II, Firenze: 1043- 1048.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F.,  2003, Archaeological field surveys in the Salso and the Brajemi river valleys (Sicily): new data. In  Journal of Ancient Topography, volume XII (2002), Congedo Editore, Galatina:197-220.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F.,2003, Archeologia subacquea a Siracusa tra passato e futuro: storia e prospettive tra ricerca, formazione e legislazione. In Atti Convegno Internazionale per la Cooperazione nel Mediterraneo per la Protezione del Patrimonio Archeologico Subacqueo, Università di Milano Bicocca, Università degli Studi di Catania e Regione Siciliana, Ministero degli Affari Esteri, (Museo Archeologico “Paolo Orsi”, Siracusa 2003), pp. 99-108.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2002, Attività umana e assetto costiero nella Protostoria eoliana: nuovi risultati di ricerca. In Atti del Convegno Internazionale Strumenti per la Protezione e la Valorizzazione del Patrimonio Culturale Marino nel Mediterraneo, Università di Milano Bicocca, Università degli Studi di Palermo e Regione Siciliana, (Palermo- Siracusa 2001), Milano, pp. 23-35.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2002, New contributions to the study of the Neolithic sea/landscape and human interaction on the Aeolian Islands (Sicily, Italy). In Waldren, W. H. and Ensenyat, J. A. (a cura di), World Islands in Prehistory, International Insular Investigations. Proceedings 5th Deia International Conference of Prehistory, BAR, Oxford, pp. 217-32.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2002, Naval tactics and the design of the trireme at Syracuse in the Peloponnesian war. In Atti 7th International Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity, (Pylos, Greece,1999), Atene, pp. 219-233.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2000, Innovazioni tecniche della marina da guerra di Siracusa dall'età classica all'età ellenistica. In Rivista Marittima, Rivista dello Stato Maggiore della Marina Italiana, Roma: 65-72.

Castagnino Berlinghieri, E.F., 2000, La Sicilia e il commercio marittimo del marmo cicladico: Naves Lapidariae, maestranze e committenze tra terra e mare. In Atti del 1st International Conference on Archaeology of Paros and Cyclades Islands, (Paros, 1997), Atene, pp. 507-517.

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