Gabriele Lauria
I AM AN ITALIAN RESEARCHER GRADUATED (B.SC.) IN NATURAL SCIENCE AND SPECIALIZED (M.SC.) IN BIODIVERSITY AND ANIMAL EVOLUTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO (ITALY) MOREOVER, I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL POSTMASTER'S DEGREE IN FORENSIC SCIENCE (UNIV. OF PALERMO). I HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION TO BIOLOGIST AND I ALSO HAVE TWO PHDS TITLES, ONE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO-ITALY AND ANOTHER, ACHIEVED IN CO-TUTORSHIP, AT THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA-SPAIN.
DURING MY STUDIES, I FOCUSED ON PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: HUMAN SKELETAL BIOLOGY, SKELETAL MARKERS AND PATHOLOGIES, GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY.
I AM A FLEXIBLE AND OPEN TO CHANGES WORKER. I HAVE A STRONG ATTITUDE TO WORK IN A DYNAMIC-MULTITASKING WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS, IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, ACQUIRED WORKING ABROAD.
Supervisors: Prof. Luca Sineo - Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy)
DURING MY STUDIES, I FOCUSED ON PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: HUMAN SKELETAL BIOLOGY, SKELETAL MARKERS AND PATHOLOGIES, GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY.
I AM A FLEXIBLE AND OPEN TO CHANGES WORKER. I HAVE A STRONG ATTITUDE TO WORK IN A DYNAMIC-MULTITASKING WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS, IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, ACQUIRED WORKING ABROAD.
Supervisors: Prof. Luca Sineo - Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy)
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colonization. In this scenario, Mokarta is an example of territorial autonomy and ethnic isolation (Sicanian) within an area of Elimi colonization. Its demise in the 11th century B.C.E, presumably at the hands of the Elimi, was rapid and violent as the settlement was suddenly abandoned following its destruction by fire. Symbolic of this event is an individual found at the entrance of a burned and collapsed hut who appears to have died from a cranial injury. This paper focuses on the osteological analysis of this skeleton, highlighting the perimortem injury, related to his death, and places the results within a forensic archeological context. The morphological pattern of the lesion is the result of a high-energy impact by a circular blunt object. The fracture, involving both the meningeal vessels and the brain, could have led to a fatal neurological trauma. The analysis of the cranial fracture and an anatomical evaluation
of the affected area led us to conclude that the perimortem injury, inflicted on the right parietal, probably was the cause of death. The case proposed highlights how an integrated approach based on bioarcheology and forensic anthropology helps in interpreting an archeological scenario and formulating hypotheses about the circumstances of an individual's death.
of animal bodies and therefore the most common osteological remains in collections. The abundance of teeth in collections means that they are subject to extensive research that today constitutes a well-defined discipline called Odontology. Fortunately, through appropriate anatomical and comparative studies teeth can be informative about phylogenetic history and evolutionary mechanisms of species. Variations in teeth, including dimensional variations, are commonly used in physical anthropology as a powerful diagnostic tool.
This paper aims to provide a free database of adult human tooth measurements. The database consists of a series of maxilla and mandible mesiodistal and buccolingual diameters (711 measures) taken on the premolars and molars from 19 Sicilian sites that belong to the Mesolithic up to modern times. It is not our intention, at this time, to provide an extensive ontological study. Instead, we illustrate with a simple example of how the database can be used. The example shows the database is reliable and reproducible.
The presence of the Neonatal Line in all specimens indicates that the seven individuals survived birth. The occurrence of at least one Accentuated Line in prenatal enamel in four out of seven individuals suggests the foetuses and/or their mothers experienced a stress-related event during pregnancy. As expected, there was limited variation in Daily Secretion Rates near the Enamel Dentine Junction. These rates increase toward the outer enamel surface and decrease toward the cervix.
Our findings illustrate the importance of dental histology for reconstructing perinatal and early infancy mortality and morbidity patterns at Motya, which sheds light on the socio-cultural perception of new-borns and infants in an ancient Phoenician community.
University of Palermo. The study aims to combine the evaluations of the human findings with the previous historical and archaeological literature. We defined the use (intensity and typology) of the tombs, placed inside the hypogeum. Our results support previous assumptions about the status of the city during late antiquity.
to easily and quickly built accurate models of human skulls using minimal and inexpensive equipment by simply modifying only some of the default settings of the Agisoft-Metashape software. The photo acquisition and the workflow of the software (fundamental steps of photogrammetry) are treated separately to provide a systematic method. The main advantages of this method are: the low number of images needed for a total coverage of the skull, the processing speed and the model accuracy by using only four markers positioned on the skull, as a reference to join the two sets of photos.
SUMMARY ― The «Painted Hypogeum of Crispia Salvia» is the most important monument of the ancient Punic-Roman necropolis of Lilibeo (today's Marsala). It is the only known paradigmatic example in Sicily of pictorial wall decoration. Iulius Demetrius commissioned the monument in memory of his wife Crispia Salvia, a noblewoman descended from two very important Sicilian families. Here we report on a preliminary anthropological study of Tombs 3 and 4 (Crispia Salvia and Iulius
Demetrius). We integrated the historical-cultural context with the osteological data. The results combining laboratory and archaeological research confirm the presence of two high-ranking individuals characterized by conditions and lifestyle that were exclusive to Roman patrician families.