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Michael Anderson, PhD (Cantab.)
Project Director
and Head of Field School


Assistant Professor
Department of Classics
San Francisco State University
USA

Michael completed his PhD in 2005 at the University of Cambridge in Classical Archaeology. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Classics at San Francisco State University, teaching courses in Roman Archaeology, Egyptology, Classical Archaeology and the Classics in Film. He has worked in Pompeii since 1996 and his research interests include Roman domestic architecture, Urbanism in the ancient world, Egyptian epigraphy, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and computer applications in archaeology.

Briece Edwards
Project Director

Research Associate
Department of Classics
San Francisco State University
USA

Briece is currently finishing is PhD at the University of Bradford in Archaeological Science. He currently works as a professional archaeologist and is the CEO of CRAG:Cultural Resources Assessment Group, a successful Cultural Resources Management firm in North Carolina. He has worked in Pompeii since 1994 and his research interests centre upon the formation processes of urban sites in general and in Pompeii and South Asia in particular, professional field investigations, post excavation analysis, publication, public outreach and the science of stratigraphic excavation.

Claire Weiss
Supervisor
and Project Coordinator


Research Associate
Department of Classics
San Francisco State University
USA

Claire graduated from Swarthmore College in 2003 and recently earned a distinction in her Masters in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London in 2007. She has worked and supervised field excavation in Pompeii since 2001 and has recently begun her own independent campaign of research within the ancient city utilising Geographical Information Systems. Her particular research interests focus upon Pompeian sidewalks and pavements, the processes and nature of ancient urbanisation, and early Christianity.

Gennaro Di Martino
Assistente Tecnico Scientifico


Soprintendenza
archeologica di Pompei
Italy




Giuseppe Di Martino
Assistente Tecnico Scientifico


Soprintendenza
archeologica di Pompei
Italy


Daniel Jackson
Supervisor

Department of Archaeological Sciences
University of Bradford
UK

Dan finished his BSc at Bradford in Archaeological Science. He has conducted and supervised archaeological excavation at Pompeii since 2004 and currently works in the UK on National Heritage excavations. His research aims to provide a better understanding of ancient urban spaces and the varied uses to which the urban environment could be put in antiquity. He specialises in archaeological survey and stratigraphic interpretation.

Clare O'Bryen
Supervisor

Department of History, Philosophy,
Religion and Classics
University of Queensland
Australia

Clare completed her BA in the Department of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland in 2006. She has excavated and supervised in Pompeii since 2005 and is currently in the process of finishing her honours year. Her interests centre upon the practice and sentiment behind ancient religion, the composition of urban environments in antiquity and stratigraphic excavation.

Jessica Self
Supervisor

Department of Archaeological Sciences
University of Durham
UK

Jessica is currently completing a Masters of Science in Paleopathology at the Department of Archaeology, Durham University. She has worked in Pompeii since 2005 and has also carried out archaeological research in Jordan and Canada. She specializes in excavation technique, human osteology, and indicators of diet/health in antiquity. Her research in Pompeii centres upon anthropological approaches to Pompeian and Roman archaeology.

Matthew Beazley
Digital Technician

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
North Carolina State University
USA

Matthew is a graduate student at North Carolina State University. He has worked in archaeological excavation both in Pompeii (2003) and at Jamestown, Virginia (2004) and is currently a professional CRM archaeologist. His academic interests focus on Roman history, classical and historic archaeology, and archaeological applications of architectural and mapping software. His research deals specifically with using SketchUp for detailed modelling of above and below surface Pompeii.

Gianfranco Morelli
Geophysics Expert

Geoastier S.r.l.
Livorno, Italy


Gianfranco manages a professional firm specialising in archaeological prospecting and geophysical analysis. Through cooperation with his team of specialists the Project has undertaken two successful campaigns of geophysical research in Pompeii.

Federico Fischanger
Geophysics Specialist

Geoastier S.r.l.
Livorno, Italy


For two years Federico has provided the Project with his detailed expertise in Electrical Resistive Tomography and overseen geophysical research in the field as well as contributing to its post-season analysis and interpretation throughout the year.

Alessio Pacchini
Geophysics Specialist

Geoastier S.r.l.
Livorno, Italy


Alessio provided his expertise in magnetometry to the Project during the 2007 field season and has been vital to the interpretation of its findings.

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