Carmine PELLEGRINO | Curriculum

Carmine Pellegrino has been working at the University of Salerno since 2011 as an Assistant Professor of Etruscology and Italic Antiquities (L-Ant/06).

He currently teaches Etruscan epigraphy at the Master Degree in Archaeology and Ancient Cultures and in the Materials Laboratory, dedicated to the production of Campania from the 9thto the 5th centuries BC, at the Specialization School in Archaeological Heritage. Formerly, he received further teaching assignments at the Master Degree (Photo-interpretation Laboratories and Applied Archeology) and at the Specialization School in Archaeological Heritage (Etruscology).

Since 2011, he has been a member of the PhD Committee in ‘Research Methods in archaeological, historical-artistic fields and territorial systems of the University of Salerno” and, at the same time, he has taken part of the Teaching Committee of the Specialization School in Archaeological Heritage of the University of Salerno.

From 2016 to 2018, he was Web Referent of the Department of Cultural Heritage Sciences of the University of Salerno. Currently, in collaboration with the Laboratory of Archeology “M. Napoli” of the University of Salerno, he is responsible for assessments of compatibility with archaeological preexistences, pursuant to Legislative Decree 50/2016, art. 23, c. 1/g.

Since 2015, he has been Director of the archaeological excavations at the Etruscan town of Pontecagnano.

In 2017, he obtained the National Scientific Qualification for the functions of Associated Professor.

From 2018, he is a corresponding member of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici.

Since 2013, he has been included in the research group set up by the Superintendent, Dr. T.E. Cinquantaquattro, for the study of the necropolis of S. Montano in Ischia and its publication in the planned volume Pithekoussai II.

Since 2015, he is part of the research group for the study of the Fondo Iozzino sanctuary in Pompeii, coordinated by the superintendent prof. M. Osanna, and he deals with the study of the remarkable Archaic corpus of inscriptions.

Since 2016, he has been participating in the Scientific Committee of the “ERGASTERIA Archeology Studies”, issues of the Department of Cultural Heritage Sciences of the University of Salerno, directed by prof. Angela Pontrandolfo.

Since 2016, he has been a member of the Scientific Committee of “Dialoghi di Archeologia della Magna Graecia e del Mediterraneo”, an annual review of studies, research and news of discoveries promoted by the Paestum Foundation.

The research activity has been supported over the years by University funds, especially FARB-ex 60% Funds, and in 2017 an individual fund for basic research activities was added (FFABR2017).

He participated in the research program “The Etruscan City and Religion. Sanctuaries and Political Institutions”, funded by the PRIN 2010/2011 and coordinated by prof. G. Sassatelli, with the scientific direction of prof. A. Pontrandolfo.

Studies and research

He is the author of about 60 publications, focused on the Etruscan and Italic phases of Campania. The main research interest is the Etruscan site of Pontecagnano, where he works both in the town and in the necropolis. As for the inhabited area, he participated in the archaeological investigations, which were preliminary to the A3-SA / RC motorway extension work. Then he edited the excavation, tracing the history of the settlement, from prehistory to late antiquity.

Since 2015, the study of the Etruscan and Samnite phases of the town has been continuing with the excavations conducted in the Archaeological area. The research on the necropolises develops both the topographic aspect and the rituality and funerary representation, in order to reconstruct the dynamics of the formation of the community between the early Iron Age and the Samnite phase (9th-3rd century BC). This project is closely linked to the complete edition of the necropolises, in collaboration with the Museum Pole and the Superintendency and it will be developed through Degree Theses, Research Doctorates and Post-doctoral Research Grants.

The basic tool was the elaboration of a G.I.S. of the necropolises that, through specific applications, implemented the possibilities of analysis and visualization of information, relating to the spatial organization of burial grounds and tomb contexts (grave structure, anthropological data, funerary ritual and grave goods). A further field of study is the Etruscan epigraphy. The responsible of the unit holds a specific teaching position at the University of Salerno, the only University in Italy, together with that of Bologna, to promote a course in Etruscan epigraphy.

The research activity includes the publication of unpublished inscriptions and the reinterpretation of documents already known from Pontecagnano and Fratte. Furthermore, the project aims at the study of the extraordinary complex of archaic inscriptions from the sanctuary of Fondo Iozzino in Pompeii. This study will be completed by a unified interpretation that aims to reconstruct the historical development of Etruscan writing in the region, enhancing the paleographic and onomastic data of the huge number of inscriptions from other Campanian sites.