Mauro PUDDU

BIO

I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, specialising in the archaeology of identity in the ancient Mediterranean. My research focuses on the material aspects of power dynamics, delving into the history of marginalised and subaltern individuals in Roman Sardinia and the Roman Empire at large. To accomplish this, I draw inspiration from postcolonial theory, archaeogenetic analyses, and semiotics, employing these frameworks to reconstruct and provide context to the archaeological narratives and identities of those historically excluded from positions of power.

After studying archaeology in Cagliari (BA, MA 2002-2009), I moved to UCL for my second MA in Theoretical Archaeology (EU-funded, 2010-2011), after which I began a PhD in Classics at the University of Cambridge (funded, 2012-2017). My research is expanded and informed by my years working as a field archaeologist in commercial archaeology in the UK (with PCA, CAU, MOLA 2014-2019).   

IDENTIS project at Ca' Foscari

UNIVE IDENTIS Project Website | EU CORDIS Project website

Recent Publications

Forthc. 2023 “The Romanization of Britain 30 years on: an account on archaeology and subaltern in Roman Britain”, in E. Zucchetti, M. Bellomo, Power, Coercion and Consent: Gramsci’s Hegemony and the Roman Republic. De Gruyter, Berlin. 

2023a “Funerary Practices in Late Antique Sardinia”, in L. Lavan (Ed.) Late Antique Archaeology. Burial and Memorial. Brill, London. 2022 Why Archaeology Today? What Archaeology today? Actes Sémiotiques 126 . DOI:https://doi.org/10.25965/ as.7485  

2020b “The Roman-period necropolis of Sa Mitza Salida, Masullas (OR) in the late antiquity”, in SCEBA, Sardinia, Corsica et Baleares Antiquae. Fabrizio Serra Editore. pp. 113-132. 

2020a “Romanization, Romanizzazione: a rhizomatic account of an apparent dualism”, in OTIVM, 9 (9). Doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/ zenodo.5516193 

Personal Links

LinkedIn | Academia.edu | ORCiD

Teaching at Ca' Foscari

2022 Teaching Assistant in Landscape Archaeology, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
2021 Teaching Assistant in Medieval Archaeology, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Research interests

Roman archaeology, ancient Sardinia, Postcolonial theory, Semiotics, Gender theory.

BA, MA and PhD supervision

I have supervised and am currently supervising BA and MA students in Roman history and archaeology, and would welcome students in these areas and others, including the study of women in the ancient Roman world.