Gianpiero Di Maida
Biographic Data
| ID | 511422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gianpiero Di Maida |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gianpiero |
| FAMILY NAME | Di Maida |
| SIGNATURE | DI MAIDA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Neanderthal Museum |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4594-967X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Becoming Neanderthal
The vexata quaestio of Neanderthals’ cognitive capacity in comparison with anatomically modern humans – and the role this may have played in their demise as a separate species – has attracted extensive attention in archaeological studies of the past half-century. In contrast, other aspects of Neanderthal life and thought have received far less interest. Following an initial review of cognitive aspects and their ramifications, necessary to clarify…
The new digital archive at the Neanderthal Museum
The management and publication of digital data on online repositories constitutes a task that is becoming more and more relevant for museums and cultural heritage institutions alike. Not only is it important to archive the growing volume of data produced on a daily basis, but also to make this data available and reach out to old and new audience targets, such as fellow researchers, students, enthusiasts, in new and meaningful ways. The Neandertha…
D models of lithic artefacts
The earliest human occupation of Sicily
Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, is widely known for its crucial role as a crossroads for human colonization from the Holocene through to at least the Middle Ages. Yet the role played by Sicily in terms of human dispersal along the coastal margins of the western and central Mediterranean during the Pleistocene remains largely unclear. For instance, Sicily is often cited in the literature as being the first Mediterranean island…
Digital Methods and Typology
An introduction to the Special Issue on Digital Methods and Typology, which briefly presents the topic covered in the volume, together with the hosted papers
The Disapale Project
As for every aspect in our daily lives, in the past two decades a digital turn has stormed Archaeology. More specifically, in the field of Palaeolithic research, 3D recording methods are currently starting to become an established standard in the documentation, study and analysis of lithic artefacts. Once made available to public, the DISAPALE project will represent one of the largest 3D-models repository of lithic artefact: after introducing the…
Critique of Lithic Reason
In this article, the author would like to raise the attention on some structural problems at the bottom of past and present approaches within lithic studies, specifically the classificatory enterprises, thus contributing to the theoretical discussions around it. As a stepping stone towards the future resolution of these issues embedded in the current typological classification methods and in the technological approach, a proposal is made that fro…
Places of Memory
Palaeolithic art at Grotta di Cala dei Genovesi, Sicily
The Grotta di Cala dei Genovesi – New studies on the Ice Age cave art on Sicily
Die Grotta di Cala dei Genovesi auf der Insel Levanzo vor der Westküste Siziliens repräsentiert ein ganz bedeutendes Beispiel spätglazialer Felskunst des Mittelmeerraumes. Die hier entdeckten Gravuren von Tieren und Menschen datieren in das späte Epigravettien (Spätpaläolithikum) und zeichnen sich durch einen naturalistischen Stil aus, der seine Parallelen in Sizilien und Süditalien findet. Mehr als fünfzig Jahre nach der ersten Dokumentation füh…
The Grotta di Cala dei Genovesi – New studies on the Ice Age cave art on Sicily
Die Grotta di Cala dei Genovesi auf der Insel Levanzo vor der Westküste Siziliens repräsentiert ein ganz bedeutendes Beispiel spätglazialer Felskunst des Mittelmeerraumes. Die hier entdeckten Gravuren von Tieren und Menschen datieren in das späte Epigravettien (Spätpaläolithikum) und zeichnen sich durch einen naturalistischen Stil aus, der seine Parallelen in Sizilien und Süditalien findet. Mehr als fünfzig Jahre nach der ersten Dokumentation füh…
D models of lithic artefacts
The Disapale Project
As for every aspect in our daily lives, in the past two decades a digital turn has stormed Archaeology. More specifically, in the field of Palaeolithic research, 3D recording methods are currently starting to become an established standard in the documentation, study and analysis of lithic artefacts. Once made available to public, the DISAPALE project will represent one of the largest 3D-models repository of lithic artefact: after introducing the…
Critique of Lithic Reason
In this article, the author would like to raise the attention on some structural problems at the bottom of past and present approaches within lithic studies, specifically the classificatory enterprises, thus contributing to the theoretical discussions around it. As a stepping stone towards the future resolution of these issues embedded in the current typological classification methods and in the technological approach, a proposal is made that fro…
Palaeolithic art at Grotta di Cala dei Genovesi, Sicily
The Grotta di Cala dei Genovesi – New studies on the Ice Age cave art on Sicily
Die Grotta di Cala dei Genovesi auf der Insel Levanzo vor der Westküste Siziliens repräsentiert ein ganz bedeutendes Beispiel spätglazialer Felskunst des Mittelmeerraumes. Die hier entdeckten Gravuren von Tieren und Menschen datieren in das späte Epigravettien (Spätpaläolithikum) und zeichnen sich durch einen naturalistischen Stil aus, der seine Parallelen in Sizilien und Süditalien findet. Mehr als fünfzig Jahre nach der ersten Dokumentation füh…
Palaeolithic art at Grotta di Cala dei Genovesi, Sicily
Places of Memory
The earliest human occupation of Sicily
Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, is widely known for its crucial role as a crossroads for human colonization from the Holocene through to at least the Middle Ages. Yet the role played by Sicily in terms of human dispersal along the coastal margins of the western and central Mediterranean during the Pleistocene remains largely unclear. For instance, Sicily is often cited in the literature as being the first Mediterranean island…
Digital Methods and Typology
An introduction to the Special Issue on Digital Methods and Typology, which briefly presents the topic covered in the volume, together with the hosted papers
The Disapale Project
As for every aspect in our daily lives, in the past two decades a digital turn has stormed Archaeology. More specifically, in the field of Palaeolithic research, 3D recording methods are currently starting to become an established standard in the documentation, study and analysis of lithic artefacts. Once made available to public, the DISAPALE project will represent one of the largest 3D-models repository of lithic artefact: after introducing the…
Critique of Lithic Reason
In this article, the author would like to raise the attention on some structural problems at the bottom of past and present approaches within lithic studies, specifically the classificatory enterprises, thus contributing to the theoretical discussions around it. As a stepping stone towards the future resolution of these issues embedded in the current typological classification methods and in the technological approach, a proposal is made that fro…
D models of lithic artefacts
The new digital archive at the Neanderthal Museum
The management and publication of digital data on online repositories constitutes a task that is becoming more and more relevant for museums and cultural heritage institutions alike. Not only is it important to archive the growing volume of data produced on a daily basis, but also to make this data available and reach out to old and new audience targets, such as fellow researchers, students, enthusiasts, in new and meaningful ways. The Neandertha…
Becoming Neanderthal
The vexata quaestio of Neanderthals’ cognitive capacity in comparison with anatomically modern humans – and the role this may have played in their demise as a separate species – has attracted extensive attention in archaeological studies of the past half-century. In contrast, other aspects of Neanderthal life and thought have received far less interest. Following an initial review of cognitive aspects and their ramifications, necessary to clarify…
Archaeology (8 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (3 works) · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction (3 works) · 3d model (2 works) · Archaeological and Geological Studies (2 works)