Mattia D'Acri. Courtesy of the University of Missouri.
Mattia D'Acri
Profile
Archaeology. He received his doctorate in Classical Archaeology at the University of Missouri, Columbia, with a dissertation titled “Pottery production and social complexity in Archaic Rome and Latium.” Previously, he earned advanced degrees in archaeology from the University of Basilicata and the University of Calabria, Italy.
His research primarily focuses on the archaeology of pre-Roman Italy, with a particular interest in pottery analysis and production. He has been involved in several archaeological projects, including the Torre Mordillo Archaeological Project (TMAP), where he serves as Co-director, and the Caesar’s Forum Project, the Gabii Project, the Quirinal Project, and the Venus Pompeiana Project.
Mattia has received numerous awards and fellowships, such as the Donald K. Anderson Award for Outstanding Research Assistant and the Etruscan Foundation Research Fellowship. He has authored and co-authored several publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in edited volumes, with recent works focusing on pottery production in Archaic Rome and Latium, and the analysis of archaeological ceramics from various Italian sites. He has also presented his research at numerous national and international conferences.
Education
Ph.D. University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, MO 2024
Selected Publications
M. D’acri, F. Tobin-Dodd, “The Tomba Åström and the 1969 excavations at San Giovenale”, in Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome (OpAthRom), 17, 2024, 95–111 (ISSN 2000-0898).
M. D’Acri, “Reconstructing Pottery Production in Archaic Rome and Latium: Integrating Traditional Approach and Archaeometry,” in D. Elia, E. Hasaki, M. Serino (eds.), Technology, Crafting and Artisanal Networks in the Greek and Roman World. Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Ceramics, De Gruyter 2024, 183–191 (ISBN 9783111154619).
L. Banducci, M. D’Acri (eds.), Gabii Through Its Artefacts, Oxford 2023 (ISBN 978-1-80327-604-5).
M. D’Acri, “Notes on the Opaque Red Ware at Gabii," in L. Banducci, M. D’Acri (eds.), Gabii Through Its Artefacts, Oxford 2023, 10–BC-AD17 (ISBN 978-1-80327-604-5).
M. D’Acri, “Using Object Biography to Highlight Aspects of Archaic Trades: The Case of the Terracotta Imitations of the Geneleos Group”, in Scienze dell’Antichità, 28.2, 2022, 459-468 (ISSN 1123–5713).
M. Mogetta, I. Battiloro, I. Varriale, D.P. Diffendale, G. Iacomelli, M. D’Acri, C. Corbino, C. Comegna, G. Pardini, “Archaeological Research at the Sanctuary of Venus in Pompeii: Interim Report of the 2018–2019 Seasons of the Venus Pompeiana Project”, in FOLD&R (Fasti On Line Documenti & Ricerche) 535, 2022, 1–41 (ISSN 1828–3179).
J.T. Samuels, S. Cohen, T. Johnson, V. Moses, M. Naglak, R. Opitz, L. Banducci, M. D’Acri, L. Motta, A. Rittershaus, E. Stewart, “Reimagining urban success: rhythms of activity at Gabii, 800 BC-AD 600”, in Antiquity 385, v. 96, 2022, 103–122 (DOI:10.15184/aqy.2021.154).
J.T. Samuels, M. Naglak, R. Opitz, J.M. Evans, A.C. Johnston, P. Wright, A. Creola, J. Prosser, A. Zapelloni-Pavia, J. Farr, M. Harder, L. Banducci, M. D’Acri, D. Tuttle, S. Ion, C. Cha, S. Ness, K. Beydler, S. Cohen, V. Moses, L. Motta, M. Mogetta, A. Gallone, “A Changing Cityscape in Central Italy: The Gabii Project Excavations, 2012–2018”, in Journal of Field Archaeology, 46:3, 2021, 132–152 (DOI: 10.1080/00934690.2021.1877958).
M. D’Acri, L. De Luca, “Una pietanza per le divinità nel Lazio arcaico? Il caso delle focacce votive in terracotta”, in I. Baglioni, E. Santilli, A. Turchetti (eds.), Il cibo e il sacro. Tradizioni e simbologie. Religio. Collana di Studi del Museo delle Religioni “Raffaele Pettazzoni”, 2020, 145–154 (ISBN: 978-88-5491-080-5).
M. D’Acri, M. Mogetta, “Chapter 6. The regional setting: non-adult burials from contemporary settlements in Latium Vetus”, in M. Mogetta (ed.), Élite Burial Practices and Processes of Urbanization at Gabii: the non-adult tombs from Area D of the Gabii Project excavations, JRA Suppl. 108, 2020, 125–140 (ISBN-13: 978-0-9994586-2-4), (ISSN 1063–4304 -for the supplementary series-).
M. Mogetta, A.C. Johnston, M.C. Naglak, M. D’Acri, “The Street System of Gabii: New Evidence on the Republican Phases”, in FOLD&R (Fasti On Line Documenti & Ricerche) 438, 2019, 1–33 (ISSN 1828–3179).
M. D’Acri, “New observations on the Sybaritide between 510 and 444 BC”, in Kleos, Amsterdam Bulletin of Ancient Studies and Archaeology, 2, 2019, 10–28 (ISSN 2468-1555).
M.J. Evans, M.C. Naglak, L. Motta, J.T. Samuels, M. D’Acri, “An Iron Age Settlement at Gabii: An Interim Report of the Gabii Project Excavations in Area D, 2012–2015”, in Etruscan and Italic Studies, 70, 4, 2019, 1–33.