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Marcella Frangipane

Marcella Frangipane

Italian archaeologist

Marcella Frangipane (born 10 October 1948) is a professor of archaeology at the Sapienza University of Rome. She works on the prehistory and protohistory of the Near East and Middle East.[1] She was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2013.[2]

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Early life and education

Frangipane was born in Palermo.[2] She studied humanities with honours in archaeology at the Sapienza University of Rome, and graduated cum laude in 1972.[2] Early in her career she spent three years in the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico, where she learned new techniques in anthropology.[2][3] She has been involved with several excavations, in Europe, Mexico, Turkey and Egypt.[3] She was involved the excavation of Cunalan village in the Teotihuacan valley.[4] She has been involved with the excavation team of the Arslantepe since 1976.[5]

Research and career

Frangipane returned to the Sapienza University of Rome in 1981, where she eventually became a Professor in 1990.[3] She led the School of Archaeology from 2000 to 2003, and was made Vice Director of the Late Predynastic site of Maadi.[3][6] Frangipane studies the formation of bureaucratic and hierarchical structures in urban societies.[5] She is mainly interested in the near and Middle East.[5]

Frangipane was made Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Eastern Anatolia in 1990.[7][8] She was involved with the excavation of Arslantepe, where she reconstructed their early administrative systems.[2] This work was supported by the National Geographic.[9] The settlement is west of the banks of the Euphrates and is well known for its architecture.[10] Frangipane identified the most ancient secular public structure worldwide.[10] Arslantepe was included in the UNESCO cultural heritage list in 2014 owing to the significance of Frangipane's findings.[11] She investigated the site of Zeytinli Bahçe Höyük, a village in the Urfa district.[12] Within Arslantepe, Frangipane led the team who discovered the word's oldest royal palace.[13] She was also involved with excavations of

She was the first Italian woman to be elected a foreign associate to the National Academy of Sciences in 2013.[14]

Awards and honours

Her awards and honours include;

Frangipane s a member of the German Archaeological Institute and the Shanghai Archeology Forum.[20]

Books

  • Frangipane, Marcella (2001). Uruk Mesopotamia & Its Neighbors: Cross-Cultural Interactions in the Era of State Formation (School Leadership Library). School of American Research Press. ISBN 978-1930618022.
  • Frangipane, Marcela (2007). Arslantepe Cretulae: An Early Centralised Administrative System Before Writing. L'Erma Di Bretschneider. ISBN 978-8890170171.
  • Frangipane, Marcella (2017). The Origin of Inequality. Gangemi Editore. ISBN 978-8849247961.

References

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    Marcella Frangipane publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
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    "Marcella Frangipane". nasonline.org. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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    "Biografia di Marcella Frangipane – Le Buone Culturali". lebuoneculturali.it. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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    Carballo, David M. (2016). Urbanization and Religion in Ancient Central Mexico. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190251062.
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    "Marcella Frangipane". Clandestine Doc (in Italian). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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    "Professor Marcella Frangipane · Events at The University of Melbourne". events.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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    "Marcella Frangipane | archeologiavocidalpassato" (in Italian). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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    Anguilano, Lorna; Restelli, Francesca Balossi; Brandl, Baruch; Chilardi, Salvatore; Emberling, Geoff; Gatto, Maria Carmela; Giannitrapani, Enrico; Iannì, Filippo; Levi, Sara T. (3 March 2017). Origini - XXXVI: Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche - Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations. Gangemi Editore spa. ISBN 9788849293975.
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    Society, National Geographic. "Learn more about Marcella Frangipane". nationalgeographic.org. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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    Anguilano, Lorna; Restelli, Francesca Balossi; Brandl, Baruch; Chilardi, Salvatore; Emberling, Geoff; Gatto, Maria Carmela; Giannitrapani, Enrico; Iannì, Filippo; Levi, Sara T. (3 March 2017). Origini - XXXVI: Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche - Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations. Gangemi Editore spa. ISBN 9788849293975.
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    "Arslantepe dünyanın da gündeminde - Malatya Haberleri". haberturk.com (in Turkish). 6 September 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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    Matthiae, Paolo; Romano, Licia (2010). 6 ICAANE. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447061759.
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    "Prima Reggia del mondo". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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    "Marcella Frangipane in "altro"". treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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    "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". quirinale.it. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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    "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". quirinale.it. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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    "The Birth of State in Greater Mesopotamia". social-science.uq.edu.au. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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    "The birth of state in Greater Mesopotamia". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  19. [19]
    "The British Academy elects 84 new Fellows recognising outstanding achievement in the humanities and social sciences". The British Academy. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  20. [20]
    Redazione (6 May 2018). "Accademia dei Lincei: archeologia scienza globale con la Prof.ssa Frangipane". Consul Press (in Italian). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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