Sergio Giuseppe RUSSO

Research Fellow
Scientific Tutor: Nicola LANERI
  • PhD Archaeology. University of Cambridge, UK (2019-present)
  • Digital Repository Office Assistant at the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA), Turkey (2018-2019)
  • Research Scholar at the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA), Turkey (2018)
  • MA Archaeology (Distinction). University of Catania, Italy (2017)
  • BA Cultural Heritages (Honors). University of Catania, Italy (2015)

General themes of interest: cultural evolution, material culture studies, archaeological theory, Bronze Age, movements and interactions

Specific fields of research: Archaeology of Mesopotamia and Western Asia, pottery studies, GIS, geostatistics


Research Fellowship of the Unversity of Catania (2024-2025)

Research Project: Innovative studies on the ancient Mesopotamian architectures of Tell Muhammad (Iraq)


Research Grant of the Wainwright Fund, Oxford (2023)

Research Project: Water Management at Tell Muhammad (Iraq)


Fieldwork

  1. Current excavations: Tell Muhammad (Iraq)
  2. Past excavations: Uzun Rama (Azerbaijan); Başur Höyük (Turkey); Cham Popi II (Iran)

Memberships and other research activities:

  • Member of the Baghdad Urban Archaeological Project (BUAP), Iraq (2022-present)
  • Member of the Ganja Region Kurgan Archaeological Project (GaRKAP), Azerbaijan (2018-present)
  • Member of the British Institute of Persian Studies (2022-present)
  • Member of the British Association of Near Eastern Archaeology (BANEA) (2020-present)
  • Member of the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) (2018-present)
  • Research Assistant in the PLOMAT project (2020-2023)
  • Member of the Cambridge Ancient Near East Seminar Committee (2020-2023)
  • Cambridge Trust Scholar (2019-2023)
  • Member of the Archaeological Review from Cambridge (2019-2022)
  • Member of King’s College, Cambridge
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