Elena Fausti
Biographic Data
| ID | 5151966 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Fausti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena |
| FAMILY NAME | Fausti |
| SIGNATURE | FAUSTI E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sapienza University of Rome |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-9234-2073 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On the use of tonirs at the Aruch site (Republic of Armenia)
The fortified area of Aruch, in central Armenia, includes a high medieval castle whose interior is designated Area 3. Stratigraphic excavations conducted there between 2022 and 2025 by ISMEO – The International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies – and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia documented more than forty Armenian vertical ovens, or tonirs, distributed…
Tell el-Iswid (2025)
Layers of stone and ash
Since 2017, the Samtskhe-Javakheti Project has identified about 168 archaeological sites in the highlands of southern Georgia and conducted excavations at Meghreki Fortress and Baraleti Natsargora. These sites reveal complex occupational sequences, fortification strategies and decorative practices, highlighting the region’s role as an interactive cultural frontier between highlands and steppes
The Achaemenid cemetery of Mersin (Semnan Province, Iran)
Rescue excavations at Mersin (Semnan, Iran) reveal a tightly patterned Achaemenid-period cemetery. Thirty-four graves, excavated between 2014 and 2024, combine local mortuary traditions with imperial-era objects, demonstrating how provincial communities selectively adopted imperial markers to negotiate identity and refining narratives for the empire’s north-eastern interior
Aruch Cathedral complex
In 2022, within the framework of the collaborative project ‘Medieval Fortifications along the Silk Roads’, a joint initiative of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA and the ISMEO – International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, archaeological excavations and surveys were conducted at several sites in the village of Aruch. These included the religious and palatial complex surrounding the 7th-century Aruch Cathedr…
Controlling the north. The Bandivan fortress, a protohistoric (Kura-Araxes), Urartian, Orontid and medieval site in the Amasia Depression, Shirak Region, Armenia
This article is dedicated to presenting to the scientific community a significant new fortified complex located in the Amasia Depression, in the Shirak Region of modern Armenia. The site, locally referred to as the “Bandivan fortress,” is situated near the contemporary village of Bandivan, on an extensive plateau naturally protected by valleys carved by the courses of two rivers. The site showcases remarkable architectural evidence that can be cl…
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Aruch Cathedral complex
In 2022, within the framework of the collaborative project ‘Medieval Fortifications along the Silk Roads’, a joint initiative of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA and the ISMEO – International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, archaeological excavations and surveys were conducted at several sites in the village of Aruch. These included the religious and palatial complex surrounding the 7th-century Aruch Cathedr…
Controlling the north. The Bandivan fortress, a protohistoric (Kura-Araxes), Urartian, Orontid and medieval site in the Amasia Depression, Shirak Region, Armenia
This article is dedicated to presenting to the scientific community a significant new fortified complex located in the Amasia Depression, in the Shirak Region of modern Armenia. The site, locally referred to as the “Bandivan fortress,” is situated near the contemporary village of Bandivan, on an extensive plateau naturally protected by valleys carved by the courses of two rivers. The site showcases remarkable architectural evidence that can be cl…
On the use of tonirs at the Aruch site (Republic of Armenia)
The fortified area of Aruch, in central Armenia, includes a high medieval castle whose interior is designated Area 3. Stratigraphic excavations conducted there between 2022 and 2025 by ISMEO – The International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies – and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia documented more than forty Armenian vertical ovens, or tonirs, distributed…
Tell el-Iswid (2025)
Layers of stone and ash
Since 2017, the Samtskhe-Javakheti Project has identified about 168 archaeological sites in the highlands of southern Georgia and conducted excavations at Meghreki Fortress and Baraleti Natsargora. These sites reveal complex occupational sequences, fortification strategies and decorative practices, highlighting the region’s role as an interactive cultural frontier between highlands and steppes
The Achaemenid cemetery of Mersin (Semnan Province, Iran)
Rescue excavations at Mersin (Semnan, Iran) reveal a tightly patterned Achaemenid-period cemetery. Thirty-four graves, excavated between 2014 and 2024, combine local mortuary traditions with imperial-era objects, demonstrating how provincial communities selectively adopted imperial markers to negotiate identity and refining narratives for the empire’s north-eastern interior
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Excavation (3 works) · Ancient Near East History (2 works) · Archaeological science (2 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (2 works) · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (1 work) · African Studies and Geopolitics (1 work) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeological evidence (1 work) · Archaeological Research and Protection (1 work)