Francesca Chelazzi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1179719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Chelazzi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca |
| FAMILY NAME | Chelazzi |
| SIGNATURE | CHELAZZI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8439-0776 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Filling the ‘Black Hole’ in the Rania Plain (NE Iraq) 1. The Cases of 1780 BCE and 1959 CE
Persistence as Sustainability
The concept of settlement persistence, the duration of occupation of a settlement, has gained traction in archaeology as a way of articulating analyses of past societies in relation to sustainability science. Here we compare the durations of large settlements across South-West Asia and the Nile Delta from 10,000 to 1000 years bp to investigate the drivers of persistence, and therefore sustainability. We find some regional differences in mean pers…
There and back again
During the fourth millennium BC, public institutions developed at several large settlements across greater Mesopotamia. These are widely acknowledged as the first cities and states, yet surprisingly little is known about their emergence, functioning and demise. Here, the authors present new evidence of public institutions at the site of Shakhi Kora in the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq. A sequence of four Late Chalcolit…
Place, Encounter, and the Making of Communities. The Lower Sirwan/Upper Diyala River Valley from Prehistory to the Iron Age
This book sketches the first archaeological history of the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq and adjacent landscapes over a period of c. 12,000 years, from the earliest signs of human presence until the mid-first millennium BCE, based on data gathered between 2013 and 2023 by the Sirwan Regional Project (SRP). The central research objective of the SRP is to move beyond traditional historical _topoi_ and their predominantly…
The Neolithic settlement of Pyrgos‐Agia Marina
This paper is a preliminary presentation of the large settlement which has been just recently discovered at Pyrgos-Agia Marina, thanks to intensive field survey, geophysical prospections and HD documentation of the sections left behind by mechanical terracing for construction works. The discovery of the larger section and of the other remains indicates the presence of an early, long-lived, nucleated settlement on the west bank of the Pyrgos river…
From isolated data silos to an integrated and multi‐proxy regional synthesis
Multi-proxy studies aimed at exploring the interaction between human and natural communities are becoming increasingly ambitious in scale. This is due to the recent emergence of spatially extensive open-access datasets and the refinement of advanced computational methods, including statistical approaches for co‐analysing archaeological and palaeoecological datasets. In particular, the large availability of open-access data responds to a global ef…
Babylonian Encounters in the Upper Diyala River Valley
Kassite Babylonia counts among the great powers of the Late Bronze Age Near East. Its kings exchanged diplomatic letters with the pharaohs of Egypt and held their own against their Assyrian and Elamite neighbors. Babylonia's internal workings, however, remain understood in their outlines only, as do its elite's expansionary ambitions, the degrees to which they may have been realized, and the nature of ensuing imperial encounters. This is especial…
Characterization of Late Prehistoric Plasters and Mortars from Erimi – Laonin tou Porakou (Limassol, Cyprus)
Several plasters and mortars from the Middle Bronze Age site of Erimi – Laonin tou Porakou (Cyprus) were analysed in order to perform a technological characterization. Morphological (SEM), elemental (EDX), mineralogical (XRPD), petrographic (polarized OM, SEM–EDX), thermal (TGA) and spectroscopic (FT–IR) techniques were applied. Plasters and mortars were identified as pyrotechnological lime products, obtained using local raw materials and contain…
Place, Encounter, and the Making of Communities. The Lower Sirwan/Upper Diyala River Valley from Prehistory to the Iron Age
This book sketches the first archaeological history of the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq and adjacent landscapes over a period of c. 12,000 years, from the earliest signs of human presence until the mid-first millennium BCE, based on data gathered between 2013 and 2023 by the Sirwan Regional Project (SRP). The central research objective of the SRP is to move beyond traditional historical _topoi_ and their predominantly…
Babylonian Encounters in the Upper Diyala River Valley
Kassite Babylonia counts among the great powers of the Late Bronze Age Near East. Its kings exchanged diplomatic letters with the pharaohs of Egypt and held their own against their Assyrian and Elamite neighbors. Babylonia's internal workings, however, remain understood in their outlines only, as do its elite's expansionary ambitions, the degrees to which they may have been realized, and the nature of ensuing imperial encounters. This is especial…
There and back again
During the fourth millennium BC, public institutions developed at several large settlements across greater Mesopotamia. These are widely acknowledged as the first cities and states, yet surprisingly little is known about their emergence, functioning and demise. Here, the authors present new evidence of public institutions at the site of Shakhi Kora in the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq. A sequence of four Late Chalcolit…
Characterization of Late Prehistoric Plasters and Mortars from Erimi – Laonin tou Porakou (Limassol, Cyprus)
Several plasters and mortars from the Middle Bronze Age site of Erimi – Laonin tou Porakou (Cyprus) were analysed in order to perform a technological characterization. Morphological (SEM), elemental (EDX), mineralogical (XRPD), petrographic (polarized OM, SEM–EDX), thermal (TGA) and spectroscopic (FT–IR) techniques were applied. Plasters and mortars were identified as pyrotechnological lime products, obtained using local raw materials and contain…
Characterization of Late Prehistoric Plasters and Mortars from Erimi – Laonin tou Porakou (Limassol, Cyprus)
Several plasters and mortars from the Middle Bronze Age site of Erimi – Laonin tou Porakou (Cyprus) were analysed in order to perform a technological characterization. Morphological (SEM), elemental (EDX), mineralogical (XRPD), petrographic (polarized OM, SEM–EDX), thermal (TGA) and spectroscopic (FT–IR) techniques were applied. Plasters and mortars were identified as pyrotechnological lime products, obtained using local raw materials and contain…
Babylonian Encounters in the Upper Diyala River Valley
Kassite Babylonia counts among the great powers of the Late Bronze Age Near East. Its kings exchanged diplomatic letters with the pharaohs of Egypt and held their own against their Assyrian and Elamite neighbors. Babylonia's internal workings, however, remain understood in their outlines only, as do its elite's expansionary ambitions, the degrees to which they may have been realized, and the nature of ensuing imperial encounters. This is especial…
The Neolithic settlement of Pyrgos‐Agia Marina
This paper is a preliminary presentation of the large settlement which has been just recently discovered at Pyrgos-Agia Marina, thanks to intensive field survey, geophysical prospections and HD documentation of the sections left behind by mechanical terracing for construction works. The discovery of the larger section and of the other remains indicates the presence of an early, long-lived, nucleated settlement on the west bank of the Pyrgos river…
From isolated data silos to an integrated and multi‐proxy regional synthesis
Multi-proxy studies aimed at exploring the interaction between human and natural communities are becoming increasingly ambitious in scale. This is due to the recent emergence of spatially extensive open-access datasets and the refinement of advanced computational methods, including statistical approaches for co‐analysing archaeological and palaeoecological datasets. In particular, the large availability of open-access data responds to a global ef…
Place, Encounter, and the Making of Communities. The Lower Sirwan/Upper Diyala River Valley from Prehistory to the Iron Age
This book sketches the first archaeological history of the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq and adjacent landscapes over a period of c. 12,000 years, from the earliest signs of human presence until the mid-first millennium BCE, based on data gathered between 2013 and 2023 by the Sirwan Regional Project (SRP). The central research objective of the SRP is to move beyond traditional historical _topoi_ and their predominantly…
Persistence as Sustainability
The concept of settlement persistence, the duration of occupation of a settlement, has gained traction in archaeology as a way of articulating analyses of past societies in relation to sustainability science. Here we compare the durations of large settlements across South-West Asia and the Nile Delta from 10,000 to 1000 years bp to investigate the drivers of persistence, and therefore sustainability. We find some regional differences in mean pers…
There and back again
During the fourth millennium BC, public institutions developed at several large settlements across greater Mesopotamia. These are widely acknowledged as the first cities and states, yet surprisingly little is known about their emergence, functioning and demise. Here, the authors present new evidence of public institutions at the site of Shakhi Kora in the lower Sirwan/upper Diyala river valley of north-east Iraq. A sequence of four Late Chalcolit…
Filling the ‘Black Hole’ in the Rania Plain (NE Iraq) 1. The Cases of 1780 BCE and 1959 CE
Geography (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · History (4 works) · Ancient Near East History (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Biology (2 works)