GIULIO MARESCA

AVVISO: Corsi anno accademico 2024-2025

Le lezioni del corso di:

• Archeologia dell'Iran preislamico (cod. 1038566) per il CdS in Archeologia (LM-2) avranno inizio il giorno martedì 4 marzo 2025 e si terranno il martedì (12:00-14:00, Aula A Rossi) e il mercoledì (12:00-14:00, Aula D Egittologia)

• Archeologia e storia dell'Iran (cod. 1031573) per il Cds in Scienze Archeologiche (L-1) avranno inizio il giorno martedì 4 marzo 2025 e si terranno il martedì (16:00-18:00, Aula F) e il venerdì (12:00-14:00, Aula Seminario SEAI)

• Archeologia e storia dell'arte dell'Iran preislamico - Archeologia e storia dell'arte dell'India e dell'Asia centrale (cod.10595828) canale Iran preislamico per il CdS in Scienze Archeologiche (L-1) avranno inizio il giorno  mercoledì 5 marzo 2025 e si terranno il mercoledì  (10:00-12:00, Aula Seminario SEAI) e il giovedì (14:00-16:00, Aula Seminario SEAI)

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NOTICE: Courses for the academic year 2024-2025

Classes of "Archaeology of ancient Iran" (cod. 10598535) for the students in "Cultural Heritage in the Near and Middle East, and in Africa" will start on Thursday March 6th, 2025 according to the following timetable: 

Thursdays 12:00-14:00, Aula Seminario SEAI (4th floor)

Fridays 14:00-16:00, Aula Seminario SEAI (4th floor)

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RICEVIMENTO

Studenti e laureandi saranno ricevuti su appuntamento (in giorni ed orari da concordarsi inviando una mail all'indirizzo giulio.maresca@uniroma1.it).

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OFFICE HOURS
Students will be welcomed at "Studio" no. 3 (building "Lettere", third floor, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità, right corridor, in front of the "Segreteria Didattica"). Please write an email to: giulio.maresca@uniroma1.it

PERSONAL DATA
First name: GIULIO
Last name: MARESCA
Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: 7 December 1976
E-mail address: giulio.maresca@uniroma1.it
Web1: https://corsidilaurea.uniroma1.it/it/users/giuliomarescauniroma1it
Web2: https://uniroma1.academia.edu/GiulioMaresca

PRESENT POSITION
• Associate Professor of Archaeology (“ASIA-01/A”) at Sapienza University of Rome.
• Classes taught: “Archaeology and Art History of pre-Islamic Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Undergraduate BA Course in “Archaeological Sciences”); “Archaeology and History of Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Undergraduate BA Course in “Archaeological Sciences”); “Archaeology of pre-Islamic Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Postgraduate MA Course in “Archaeology”); “Archaeology of ancient Iran” (42 hours, in English; Postgraduate MA Course in “Cultural Heritage in the Near and Middle East, and in Africa”); “Cultural Heritage and Archaeology of the Iranian Expanse” (30 hours, in Italian; School of Specialization in Archaeological Heritage).
• Director of SAMIra - Sapienza Archaeological Mission in Iran.
• Deputy Director of SAMKuw - Sapienza Archaeological Mission in Kuwait.
• Field Director of MAIKI - Italian Archaeological Mission of Sapienza University of Rome in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
• Member of ISMEO - International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, Rome.
• Member of SIE – Societas Iranologica Europaea.
• Member of IPOCAN - Istituto per l’Oriente Carlo Alfonso Nallino, Rome.
• Member of ARWA - International Association for Archaeological Research in Western & Central Asia, Bruxelles.
• Associate Editor of Senmurw (ISSN: 2974-8674), a peer-reviewed journal of the Istituto per l’Oriente Carlo Alfonso Nallino, Rome.
• Member of the Editorial Board of Persica Antiqua (ISSN: 2783-2732; e-ISSN: 2783-2295), a peer-reviewed journal of the Tissaphernes Archaeological Research Group, Tehran.
• Member of the Editorial Board of Iranian Civilization Research (e-ISSN: 2821-0867), a peer-reviewed journal of the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran.

MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Evolution of settlement patterns and material culture in Iran from the Iron Age to the Sasanian period.
• Cultural interactions between south-eastern Iran and neighbouring areas in the light of archaeological evidence.
• Sasanian cultural landscapes in the Zagros area.
• Maritime connectivity in the Sasanian empire.

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
• Academic Year 2023/2024: Assistant Professor of “Archaeology and Art History of pre-Islamic Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Undergraduate BA Course in “Archaeological Sciences”); “Archaeology and History of Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Undergraduate BA Course in “Archaeological Sciences”); “Archaeology of pre-Islamic Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Postgraduate MA Course in “Archaeology”); “Archaeology of ancient Iran” (42 hours, in English; Postgraduate MA Course in “Cultural Heritage in the Near and Middle East, and in Africa”); “Cultural Heritage and Archaeology of the Iranian Expanse” (30 hours, in Italian; School of Specialization in Archaeological Heritage) at Sapienza University of Rome.
• Academic Years 2021/2022 and 2022/2023: Assistant Professor of “Archaeology and Art History of pre-Islamic Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Undergraduate BA Course in “Archaeological Sciences”); “Archaeology and History of Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Undergraduate BA Course in “Archaeological Sciences”); “Archaeology of pre-Islamic Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Postgraduate MA Course in “Archaeology”); “Archaeology of ancient Iran” (42 hours, in English; Postgraduate MA Course in “Cultural Heritage in the Near and Middle East, and in Africa”) at Sapienza University of Rome.
• Academic Year 2020/2021: Adjunct Professor of “Archaeology of pre-Islamic Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Postgraduate MA Course in “Archaeology”) and “Archaeology and Art History of pre-Islamic Iran” (42 hours, in Italian; Undergraduate BA Course in “Archaeological Sciences”) at Sapienza University of Rome.
• Academic Years 2017/2018, 2018/2019, and 2019/2020: Adjunct Professor of “Archaeology of pre-Islamic Iran” at Sapienza University of Rome (42 hours, in Italian; Postgraduate MA Course in “Archaeology”).
• Academic Years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019: Adjunct Professor of “Archaeology and Art History of Central Asia” (72 hours, in Italian; Undergraduate BA Courses in “Ancient Civilizations and Archaeology”; “Asian and African Languages and Cultures”) at “L’Orientale” University of Naples.
• July 2016–June 2020: Post-doctoral Research Fellow at “L’Orientale” University of Naples. Project title: “The Eastern Iranian Region of Sistan during the Achaemenid Period: Cultural Interactions and Local Developments in the Light of the Material Culture”.
• Academic Years 2014/2015–2017/2018 (4 academic years): Teaching Assistant, Instructor and Member of the Examinations Board for “Iranian Archaeology and Art History” at “L’Orientale” University of Naples.
• June 2018–May 2019: Member of the International Advisory Board of Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies (ISSN: 2251-743x; e-ISSN: 2676-2919), peer-reviewed journal of the Archaeological Sciences Research Center at the University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan.
• June 2015–June 2020: Member of the Editorial Staff of Newsletter di Archeologia (ISSN 2036-6353), peer-reviewed journal of CISA (Inter-departmental Centre for Archaeological Services) at “L’Orientale” University of Naples.

ACADEMIC EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
• 2008, March: PhD in Archaeology at “L’Orientale” University of Naples. Dissertation (in Italian): “Settlement patterns and material culture in Sistan (eastern Iran) from the Achaemenid to the Sasanian period: preliminary re-interpretation of the data from the Italian IsMEO archaeological activities”, Supervisor: Prof. Bruno Genito, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Maria Vittoria Fontana.
• 2004, April: Italian “Laurea” Degree (BA+MA) at “L’Orientale” University of Naples. Dissertation (in Italian) in “Iranian Archaeology and Art History”: “Glass vessels from the excavations at the Jam’e Mosque of Isfahan, Iran (VI-XII sec. CE)”, Supervisor: Prof. Bruno Genito, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Maria Vittoria Fontana; final marks 110/110 with honours.
• 2005–2008: Three-year PhD scholarship awarded by “L’Orientale” University of Naples.

MAIN INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND COLLABORATIONS
• November–December 2024: Deputy Director of the Sapienza Archaeological Mission in Kuwait. Excavations in the area of the Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve, northern bay of Kuwait.
• September–October 2024: Field Director of the Sapienza Archaeological Mission in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Excavations at Yasin Tepe.
• May 2024: Deputy Director of the Sapienza Archaeological Mission in Kuwait. Preliminary survey activities at sites of potential archaeological interest in the northern bay of Kuwait.
• February 2024: Field Director of the Sapienza Archaeological Mission in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Study and documentation of pottery fragments from the excavations at Yasin Tepe.
• February 2024: Deputy Director of the Sapienza Archaeological Mission in Kuwait. Preliminary survey activities at sites of potential archaeological interest in the northern bay of Kuwait.
• December 2023: Deputy Director of the Sapienza Archaeological Mission in Kuwait. Preliminary survey activities at sites of potential archaeological interest in the northern bay of Kuwait.
• September–October 2023: Field Director of the Sapienza Archaeological Mission in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Excavations at Paikuli and Yasin Tepe.
• April 2023: Member of the Sapienza Archaeological Mission in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Study and documentation of archaeological materials from the excavations at Paikuli.
• October 2022: Member of the Sapienza Archaeological Mission in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Study and documentation of archaeological materials from previous excavations at Paikuli; preliminary archaeological activities at Yasin Tepe.
• January 2020: Invited lecturer for the First Italian-Kuwaiti Archaeological Winter School “Kuwait, Western Asia and the Mediterranean: Interaction, Communication & Cultural exchange” held at the University of Kuwait, Archaeology and Anthropology Museum and Laboratory of the College of Social Sciences, organised in collaboration with Sapienza University of Rome, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità. Series of lectures (in English) entitled: “From Ikaros (Kuwait) to Ai-Khanum (Afghanistan) and beyond: settlements, everyday life and cultural interactions in the Near East and Central Asia during the Hellenistic Period”.
• November–December 2019: Member of the joint Iranian/Italian archaeological activities at Kangavar, Kermanshah Province. Study and documentation of architectural remains and pottery fragments from previous excavations at the site.
• September 2019: Member of the joint Iranian/Italian archaeological activities in the Kermanshah Province. Preliminary survey activities at archaeological sites from the Sasanian period.
• November–December 2018: Invited Visiting Scholar (4 weeks) at the University of Sistan and Baluchestan in Zahedan and collaboration with its Archaeological Sciences Research Center. Participation in the excavations at Tepe Dasht and the survey activities at Qal’a-ye Sam, Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
• September–October 2018: Member of the joint Iranian/Italian archaeological activities at Firuzabad, Fars Province. Study and documentation of archaeological materials from previous excavations in the area.
• 2016, September–October: Member of the joint Uzbek/Italian Archaeological Mission at Kojtepa, Samarkand area. Study and documentation of archaeological materials from previous excavations at the site
• 2012–2013: Member of the joint Iranian/Italian archaeological activities at Bishapur, Fars Province. Detailed topographic survey of the site.
• 2002–2008: Member of the joint Iranian/Italian Archaeological Mission at the Masjed-e Jom‘e of Esfahān. Study and documentation of archaeological materials (pottery and glass fragments) from previous excavations at the site.

PRESENTATIONS AT SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
• 2024, 16th October: PolEmA Project Workshop, Iraqi-Italian Cultural Centre for Archaeological Sciences and Restoration, Baghdad, Iraq. On-line presentation as invited speaker: “The Late Antique Archaeological Landscape of the Shahrizor Plain in Western Zagros”.
• 2024, 19th June: Fourth National EVOA Conference, University of Turin, Italy. Joint presentation (in Italian; with Prof. Carlo G. Cereti, Dr Jacopo Bruno and Dr Gianfilippo Terribili, Sapienza University of Rome): “Activities of the Sapienza Archaeological Mission in Iraqi Kurdistan at Paikuli and Yasin Tepe: new research perspectives on Western Zagros in Late Antiquity”.
• 2024, 19th June: International Conference “Naval Connectivity around the Iranian Worlds. From the Persian Gulf towards the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean” (Melammu Symposia 17), University of California Irvine, USA. Joint on-line presentation as invited speaker (with Prof. Carlo G. Cereti and Dr Federica Duva): “Kuwait Bay Project: Sea Routes Meet Land Routes”.
• 2024, 27th May: Third Biennial Conference of the Society of Iranian Archaeology “Water and Water Governance in the Culture and Civilization of Iran and Neighboring Lands”, Natanz, Iran. On-line presentation as invited speaker: “For Souls but not for People? The Role of Bridges in Sasanian Iran between Archaeological and Religious Issues”.
• 2024, 22nd February: National Round Table “Eranshahr: man, landscape and society in Arsacid and Sasanian Iran”, University of Bologna. Joint presentation (in Italian) as invited speaker (with Dr Jacopo Bruno, Sapienza University of Rome): “Western Zagros in the Sasanian period: current research at Yasin Tepe in the Shahrizor plain”.
• 2023, 13th September: International Conference “Western Zagros in the First Millennium CE”, University of Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan. Presentation as invited speaker: “Western Zagros in the Sasanian Period: Archaeological Perspectives from the Shahrizor Plain”.
• 2022, 29th November: International Workshop “Lost Cities: Form, Meaning and Perception of Urban Settlements in the Ancient Near East”, University of Pisa, Italy. Presentation as invited speaker: “From the diffused cityscape of the royal Achaemenid residences to the geometric layout of the first Sasanian capitals: Considerations on the elusiveness of the urban experience in pre-Islamic Iran”.
• 2022, 5th July: International Workshop “Bridges in Antiquity”, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany. Presentation: “The role of bridges in Sasanian Iran”.
• 2022, 11th July: International Conference “Imperial Signatures and Structured Landscapes in Late Antique Central Zagros” organised in Istanbul, Türkiye, in the frame of the Priority programme of the German Research Foundation “The Iranian highlands: resiliencies and integration in pre-modern societies” (DFG-SPP 2176). Presentation as invited speaker: “Imperial Signatures and Structured Landscapes in Late Antique Central Zagros”.
• 2021, 11th December: “International Workshop on the Achaemenid Pottery” organised in Istanbul, Türkiye, in the frame of the Priority programme of the German Research Foundation “The Iranian highlands: resiliencies and integration in pre-modern societies” (DFG-SPP 2176). Presentation as invited speaker: “Achaemenid and Post-Achaemenid Sistan in the Light of the Ceramic Evidence”.
• 2021, 6th October: 1st CANELAHG – Congress of Ancient Near East Landscape Archaeology and Historical Geography – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Presentation (in Italian): “The Monumental Building at Kangavar in the Context of the Cultural Landscape of Late Antique North-western Iran”.
• 2021, 9th April: 12th ICAANE – International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, University of Bologna, Italy. Presentation: “The Cultural Landscape of the Iranian Province of Kermanshah in Late Antiquity: Sasanian Impact and Long-term Trends”.
• 2021, 22nd February: International Webinar “Eranshahr: Man, Landscape and Society in Arsacid and Sasanian Iran”, Universities of Rome Sapienza, Bologna and Turin, Italy. Presentation as Invited Speaker: “Kangavar and adjoining areas, some preliminary thoughts”.
• 2020, 20th July: International Virtual Conference on Archaeology of Iran and Adjacent Regions, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. Presentation: “Was There Ever a Direct Involvement of Roman Workmanship in Building Sasanian Hydraulic Infrastructures? The Evidence Related to Sasanian Bridges”.
• 2018, 14th December: International Conference “Migration and Mobility across the Roman-Persian frontier, 3rd-7th c. A.D.”, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany. Presentation: “Bridges between Rome and Persia”.
• 2018, 1st December: 4th Workshop on the Archaeology of Sistan, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. Presentation as Invited Speaker: “The Archaeology of Mobile Pastoralism and the Ancient Iranian Nomads of Central Asia: Saka, Scythians and their Cultural Complexity”.
• 2018, 24th November: 3rd Workshop on the Archaeology of Sistan, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. Presentation as Invited Speaker: “From ‘Zranka’ to ‘Sakastanē’. Settlement Pattern and Material Culture in Ancient Sistan between the Macedonian and the Parthian Period: The Evidence from Qal’a-ye Sam”.
• 2018, 17th November: 2nd Workshop on the Archaeology of Sistan, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. Presentation as Invited Speaker: “Pottery and Settlement in Ancient ‘Zranka’: an Overview of the Ceramic Evidence of Achaemenid Period from Sistan”.
• 2018, 10th November: 1st Workshop on the Archaeology of Sistan, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. Presentation as Invited Speaker: “Early and Late Iron Age in South-eastern Iran: The Problem of the ‘Achaemenid Impact’ on the Area”.
• 2018, 4th July: 24th Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art, “L’Orientale” University of Naples, Italy. Presentation: “Drangiana and Arachosia: Settlements, Ceramics and Cultural Interactions along the Helmand River during the Late Iron Age”.
• 2018, 17th April: International Conference “The Age of Empires. Eastern Iran from the Achaemenids to the Sasanians: Archaeology, History, Culture”, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow and State Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow, Russian Federation. Presentation: “Hellenistic Drangiana: Historical Sources, Settlements and Material Culture”.
• 2018, 5th April: 11th ICAANE – International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germay. Joint presentation (with Prof. Mehdi Mortazavi, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran): “Looking for the Elusive Iron Age in Iranian Sistan: Missing Links and Troubled Human-Environment Interactions”.
• 2018, 2nd March: National Conference “Rome and Persia”, “L’Orientale” University of Naples, Italy. Presentation (in Italian): “Bridges and Points of Contact between Rome and Sasanian Iran”.
• 2017, 13th December: “Achaemenid Studies Today” SIE (Societas Iranologica Europaea) Mid-Term International Conference, “L’Orientale” University of Naples, Italy. Presentation as Invited Speaker: “The (Iron Age) evidence from the Sorkh Dagh at Nad-i Ali in Afghan Sistan and its (im)possible (ir)relevance to Achaemenid studies”.
• 2017, 12th December: “Second International Conference on the Archaeology of Southeastern Iran”, University of Jiroft, Iran. Joint presentation (with Prof. M. Mortazavi, Sistan and Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran): “The Transition from the «Iron Age» to the «Achaemenid Period» in Southeastern Iran and the «Achaemenid Impact» on the Area”.
• 2017, 6th June: International Conference “Broadening Horizons 5. Civilizations in Contact”, University of Udine, Italy. Presentation: “Hellenistic Drangiana: Historical Sources and Archaeological Evidence”.
• 2017, 16th May: Workshop “Living in a territory: villages, settlements, cities and palaces in Iran and Central Asia from proto-history to the Sasanian period”, “L’Orientale” University of Naples, Italy. Presentation (in Italian) as Invited Speaker: “Urban Centres and Territorial Layouts in Sasanian Fārs”.
• 2016, 28th October: International Conference “Signs of Place. A Visual Interpretation of Landscape”, Excellence Cluster TOPOI - Freie Universität/Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany. Presentation: “Water as a Landscape Morphogen in Sasanian Iran”.
• 2016, 29th April: 10th ICAANE – International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, OREA, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria. Presentation: “Over the River: Sasanian Bridges on the Iranian Plateau between Architectural Issues and Landscape Archaeology”.
• 2016, 25th January: Workshop “The Achaemenid Horizon in the Light of Ceramic Data: Production-related Issues and Cultural Interactions from the Ancient Near East to Central Asia”, “L’Orientale” University of Naples, Italy. Presentation as Invited Speaker: “The Achaemenid Ceramic Horizon as seen from Ancient Zranka: An Overview”.
• 2015, 16th September: 8th European Conference of Iranian Studies of the Societas Iranologica Europaea (SIE), State Hermitage Museum and Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Presentation: “At the Periphery of the Achaemenid Empire: Cultural Interactions at Dahāne-ye Gholāmān (Iran, Sistan) in the Light of the Ceramic Evidence”.
• 2014, 2nd December: Workshop “Cultural and Material Contacts in the Ancient Near East: Movements of People, Objects and Ideas”, University of Turin, Italy. Presentation: “Notes on Eastern Iran during the post-Achaemenid period: the reappraisal of the data from the Italian excavations at Qal‘a-ye Sam”.
• 2014, 31st October: 17th Mediterranean Exchange of Archaeological Tourism, National Archaeological Museum, Paestum, Italy. Presentation (in Italian) as Invited Speaker: “ADAMJI and BASTIANI: two archaeological projects of Iranian-Italian scientific cooperation involving the Chair of Iranian Archaeology and Art History at the University of Naples L’Orientale and supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation”.
• 2014, 11th June: 9th ICAANE – International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, University of Basel, Switzerland. Joint Presentation (with B. Genito, A. Genito, E. Cocca): “A WebGIS about the Italian Archaeological Activities in Sistan, Iran (60s-70s of the 20th century): ArchaeoPro.Di.Mu.S”.
• 2014, 9th June: 9th ICAANE – International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, University of Basel, Switzerland. Presentation: “Echoes of regional traditions plus western typological influences: some notes about the post-Achaemenid pottery assemblage from the Italian excavations at Qal‛a-ye Sam (Iran, Sistan)”.
• 2014, 19th February: Workshop “Digital Archaeology from the Iranian Plateau (1962-1977). Two Case-studies: the WebGIS Projects ADAMJI and ProDiMuS (2003-2013)”, “L’Orientale” University of Naples, Italy. Presentation as Invited Speaker: “Bytes from Ink/Ink from Bytes: The Virtuous Circle of Information for the Complexity of Data from the Italian Archaeological Excavations at Dahāne-ye Gholāmān, Qal’a-ye Sam and Qal’a-ye Tepe (Sistan, Iran)”.
• 2013, 8th March: “Interdisciplinary Seminar on Ceramic Materials from Archaeological Contexts”, “L’Orientale” University of Naples, Italy. Presentation (in Italian) as Invited Speaker: “Imperial Transformations and Regional Traditions: Some Reflections on the Pottery Production in the Iranian Plateau between the Achaemenid and the Sasanian Periods. The Contribution of the Italian Archaeological Researches in Sistan”.
• 2008, 11th November: “Seminar on Archaeology and Restoration”, University of Art, Isfahan, Iran. Presentation as Invited Speaker: “The Italian Archaeological and Restoration Activities by the IsMEO at Dahāne-ye Gholāmān between the 1960s and the 1970s: Some New Contributions after Four Decades”.
• 2008, 9th May: 6th ICAANE – International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy. Presentation: “Reconsidering the Pottery from Dahāne-ye Gholāmān (Iran, Sistan – VI century BC): New Typological and Production-related Data”.
• 2003, 19th May: 2nd Symposium of the Italian Students of Archaeology, University of Bologna, Italy. Presentation (in Italian): “The Glass Finds from the Excavations at the Friday Mosque of Isfahan, Iran”.
• 2002, 27th May: 1st Symposium of the Italian Students of Archaeology, “L’Orientale” University of Naples, Italy. Presentation (in Italian): “The Sasanian Period on the Iranian Plateau in the Light of the Ceramic Evidences: Methods and Strategies”.

PUBLICATIONS
• Maresca, G. & Garavand, M. (2024) L’edificio monumentale di Kangavar ed il paesaggio culturale degli Zagros centrali in epoca tardo-antica: note a margine di alcune attività archeologiche irano-italiane. (Ramazzotti, M., ed.) Costeggiando l’Eurasia / Coasting Eurasia. Archeologia del paesaggio e geografia storica tra l’Oceano Indiano e il Mar Mediterraneo. Primo congresso di Archeologia del paesaggio e Geografia storica del Vicino Oriente antico, Sapienza Università di Roma, 5-8 Ottobre 2021 (Atlante del Vicino Oriente antico, Opere collettanee 3), pp. 179–192. Roma: Sapienza Università Editrice. ISBN 978-88-9377-343-0.
• Maresca, G. (2023) An overview of the pottery from Sistan in the Late Iron Age/Achaemenid period, ISIMU 26, pp. 129–144. Madrid: Publicaciones de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. ISSN 1575-3492.
• Maresca, G. (2023) William Trousdale, Mitchell Allen. “The Archaeology of Southwestern Afghanistan. Volume 1: Survey and Excavation”, Abstracta Iranica 45, document 1. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.56595.
• Maresca, G. (2023) Pierfrancesco Callieri. “A ‘Persian Conception of Urbanism’ as Seen from the Results of New Field Research in Fars (Southern Iran)”, Abstracta Iranica 45, document 16. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.56612.
• Maresca, G. (2023) Pierfrancesco Callieri, Alireza Askari Chaverdi. “From Ctesiphon to Firuzabad. Towards the Origins and the Meaning of Circular Cities in Pre-islamic Iran”, Abstracta Iranica 45, document 18. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.56657.
• Maresca, G. (2023) Elnaz Rashidian, Alireza Askari Chaverdi. “The circular pond of Dehbarm in the Firuzabad Plain (Fars, Iran)”, Abstracta Iranica 45, document 22. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.56670.
• Cereti, C.G., Maresca, G. and Terribili, G. (2023) DiSA Sapienza per il patrimonio culturale e il paesaggio storico degli Zagros, Scienze dell’Antichità 29(3), pp. 35–46. Roma: “Sapienza” Università di Roma. ISSN 1123-5713; e-ISSN 2284-3280.
• Maresca, G. (2022) Damien Agut-Labordère, Rémy Boucharlat, Francis Joannès, Amélie Kuhrt, Matthew W. Stolper (eds.). “Achemenet. Vingt ans après. Études offertes à Pierre Briant à l’occasion des vingt ans du Programme Achemenet”, Abstracta Iranica 44, document 43. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.55710.
• Maresca, G. (2022) Pierfrancesco Callieri, Alireza Askari Chaverdi, Ali Eghraʿ, Diego Maria Mezzapelle, Kourosh Mohammadkhani. “The Dynamics of Human Settlement in Historical Times in South-Central Fars, from Firuzabad to the Persian Gulf: First Preliminary Results of a New Research Project”, Abstracta Iranica 44, document 19. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.55715.
• Maresca, G. (2022) Michelle De Gruchy, Jaafar Jotheri, Hayder Alqaragholi, Jassim Al-Janabi, Raheem Alabdan, Haneen Al-Talaqani, Ghadeer Almamouri, Hajir Al-Rubaye. “Khandaq Shapur: Defense, Irrigation, Boundary, Frontier”, Abstracta Iranica 44, document 20. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.55729.
• Maresca, G. (2022) Iraj Rezaie, Sajjad Alibaigi. “Banā-ye Sorḵa Diza-ye Nāwdār: Ayvān-e ꜤAẓim-e Māḏruestān dar Emtedād-e Šāhrāh-e Ḵorāsān-e Bozorg [The Monument of Sorkhah-Dīzah of Nāwdār: The Huge Iwan of Mādhruestān along the Great Khorasan Road”, Abstracta Iranica 44, document 21. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.55774.
• Maresca, G. (2022) Mitra Panahipour. “Land Use and Environment in a Zone of Uncertainty: A Case of the Sasanian Expansion in Eastern Iraq - Western Iran”, Abstracta Iranica 44, document 7. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.55128.
• Maresca, G. (2022) Morteza Djamali, Elnaz Rashidian, Alireza Askari-Chaverdi, Cyril Aubert, Elodie Brisset, François Demory, Nicolas Faucherre, Emmanuel Gandouin, Hamid Lahijani, Nick Marriner, Abdolmajid Naderi-Beni, Andrew Parnell. “Early Sasanian landscape modification: New geoarchaeological evidence from the Ardashir Pond in southwest Iran (Palace of Ardashir, third century CE)”, Abstracta Iranica 44, document 5. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.55102.
• Maresca, G. (2022) Reza MehrAfarin. “Functional Analysis of the Structure No. 3 of Dahān-e Qolāmān in Sistan of Iran”, Abstracta Iranica 44, document 34. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.55083.
• Maresca, G. (2022) Rémy Boucharlat. “The Empire’s Southeast”, Abstracta Iranica 44, document 30. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.55053.
• Maresca, G. (2022) Rémy Boucharlat. “Persia (including Khūzestān)”, Abstracta Iranica 44, document 29. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica. 55048.
• Maresca, G. (2021) Mehrnoush Soroush. “Urban Resilience and Hydraulic Continuity Against a Backdrop of Wars and Conquests, the Susiana Plain of Iran in the First Millennium CE”, Abstracta Iranica 42-43, document 41. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.53254.
• Maresca, G. (2021) Atefeh Shekofteh, Omid Oudbashi, Giuseppe Cultrone, Masoud Ansari. “Geochemical and petrographic identification of stone quarries used for the construction of the Anahita Temple of Kangavar (West Iran)”. Abstracta Iranica 42-43, document 40. CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens), Éditions de l’IFRI; ISSN: 1961-960X ; DOI: 10.4000/abstractairanica.53224.
• Maresca, G., Geravand, M. (2021) Le attività archeologiche nella Provincia di Kermanshah [in: Cereti, C.G., Callieri, P., Messina, V., Askari Chaverdi, A.R., Eghrà, A., Engeskaug, A., Geravand, M., Giusto, F., Marchetti, C., Maresca, G., Mezzapelle, D.M., Mohammadkhani, K., Nemati, M.R., Mousavi Nia, M., Sembroni, A., Terribili, G., Ērānšahr: uomo, ambiente e società nell’Iran arsacide e sasanide. Testimonianze scritte, cultura materiale e società da Arsace a Yazdegard III], Scienze dell’Antichità 27.1, pp. 36–39 [pp. 27–63]. Roma: “Sapienza” Università di Roma. ISSN 1123-5713; e-ISSN 2284-3280.
• Maresca, G. (2020) The Achaemenid Parasol: Background, Diffusion and Legacy. Mantova: Universitas Studiorum. ISBN 9788833691107.
• Maresca, G. (2019) Hydraulic Infrastructures in South-western Iran during the Sasanian Period: Some Archaeological Remarks. Vicino Oriente XXIII, pp. 207–222. Roma: “Sapienza” Università di Roma. ISSN 0393-0300; e-ISSN 2532-5159.
• Maresca, G. (2019) The Achaemenid Ceramic Horizon as seen from Ancient Zranka. (Genito, B., Maresca, G., eds.) Ceramics and the Archaeological Achaemenid Horizon. Near East, Iran and Central Asia. Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Dipartimento Asia Africa e Mediterraneo - Series Minor, Vol. LXXXVI, pp. 123–151. Napoli: Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”. ISBN 978-88-6719-181-9; ISSN 1824-6109.
• Maresca, G. (2019) I ponti di epoca sasanide in Iran nel contesto dei contatti culturali tra la Persia e Roma. (Scarpanti, E., ed.) Mantua Humanistic Studies VII, pp. 245–273. Mantova: Universitas Studiorum. ISBN 978-88-3369-050-6; ISSN 2612-0437.
 Maresca, G. (1399/2020) Polhā dar Irān-e Dowra-ye Sāsāni dar bastar-e Ertebāṭāt-e Farhangi beiyn-e Irān va Rom [transl. by Azadeh Azadinejad], Jundishapur Journal 22, pp. 122–135.
• Maresca, G. (2019) The Pottery from Dahane-ye Gholaman (Sistan): The State of Art. (Lurje, P.B., ed.) Proceedings of the Eight European Conference of Iranian Studies. Held on 14–19 September 2015 at the Hermitage State Museum and the Institute of Oriental Manuscript, Russian Academy of Sciences, in St Petersburg, Vol. 1, pp. 249–270. Saint Petersburg: The State Hermitage Publishers. ISBN 978-5-93572-866-3.
• Maresca, G. (2019) Archaeological evidence for tattooing from the Eurasian steppes in the Iron Age: Some remarks. (Scarpanti, E., ed.) Mantua Humanistic Studies VI, pp. 263–297. Mantova: Universitas Studiorum. ISBN 978-88-3369-046-9; ISSN 2612-0437.
• Maresca, G. (2018) Between ‘Early’ and ‘Late’ Iron Age in south-eastern Iran: notes on the possibility to evaluate the ‘Achaemenid impact’ on the area. Vicino Oriente XXII, pp. 197–211. Roma: “Sapienza” Università di Roma. ISSN 0393-0300; e-ISSN 2532-5159.
• Maresca, G. (2018) Glassware from the Excavations at the Masjed-e Jom‛e in Isfahan: Brief Notes on the ADAMJI Processing Activities. (Genito, B., ed.) Four Lectures on the IsMEO Activities in the Masjed-e Jom‛e of Isfahan. Il Novissimo Ramusio: Conferenze ISMEO 2, pp. 54–62. Roma: ISMEO/Scienze e Lettere. ISBN 978-88-6687-13-85.
• Maresca, G., Geng, Sh. (2017) Cat. nos. 13, 16, 17 [13. Glass Cup; 16. Glass Beaker; 17. Glass Goblet.]. (Genito, B., Qi, D., eds.) West and East, Archaeological Objects Along the Silk Roads, pp. 110–116, 123–127, 128–132. Shanghai: Shanghai Classics Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-5325-8362-1.
• Maresca, G. (2016) Due ceramiche preistoriche/Two Prehistoric Pottery Vessels. (Giunta, R., ed.) La donazione Pittui. Quaderni delle Collezioni Museali de “L’Orientale” 1, pp. 169–178. Napoli: Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”. ISBN 978-88-6719-128-4.
• Maresca, G. (2016) Notes on Eastern Iran during Post-Achaemenid, Parthian and Sasanian Period: a Preliminary Reappraisal of the IsMEO Excavations at Qal’a-ye Tepe and Qal’a-ye Sam in Sistan. (Foietta, E., Ferrandi, C., Quirico, E., Giusto, F., Mortarini, M., Bruno, J., Somma, L., eds.) Cultural & Material Contacts in the Ancient Near East. Proceedings of the International Workshop. 1-2 December 2014, Torino, pp. 148–156. Sesto Fiorentino: Apice Libri. ISBN 978-88-99176-19-8.
• Maresca, G. (2016) Echoes of regional traditions plus western typological influences: some notes about the post-Achaemenid pottery assemblage from the Italian excavations at Qal‛a-ye Sam (Iran, Sistan). (Stucky, R.A., Kaelin, O., Mathys, H.-P., eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 9-13 June 2014, Basel, Vol. 2, pp. 195–207. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10614-6.
• Cocca, E., Genito, A., Genito, B., Maresca, G. (2016) “A WebGIS about the Italian Archaeological Activities in Sistan, Iran (60s-70s of the 20th Century): ArchaeoPro.Di.Mu.S.”. (Stucky, R.A., Kaelin, O., Mathys, H.-P., eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East held at the University of Basel, 8-13 June 2014, Vol. 3, pp. 393–404. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10615-3.
• Maresca, G. (2014) Bytes from Ink/Ink from Bytes: The Complexity of Data from the Italian Archaeological Activities at Dahāne-ye Gholāmān, Qal’a-ye Sam and Qal’a-ye Tepe. (B. Genito, ed.) Digital Archaeology from the Iranian Plateau (1962-1977). Collected Papers on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the demise of Umberto Scerrato. Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Dipartimento Asia Africa e Mediterraneo - Series Minor, Vol. LXXX, pp. 61–71. Napoli: Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”. ISBN 978-88-6719-107-9; ISSN 1824-6109.
• Genito, B., Cocca, E., Maresca, G. (2014) Bishapur and its Territory (Fars, Iran): Second Interim Report of the 2013 Archaeological Campaign. Newsletter di Archeologia (CISA) 5, pp. 123–196. Napoli. ISSN 2036-6353.
• Genito B., Maresca, G. et alii (2013) Preliminary Steps Towards a WebGIS about the Italian Archaeological Activities at Dahane-ye Gholaman (Sistan, Iran): ArchaeoPro.Di.Mu.S.. Newsletter di Archeologia (CISA) 4, pp. 183–208. Napoli. ISSN 2036-6353.
• Maresca, G. (2011) Glass Objects from the Excavations in the Masjed-e Jom’e, Isfahan: the ADAMJI Processing Activities. (Genito, B. and F. Saiedi Anaraki, eds.) ADAMJI Project – From the Excavation (1972-1978) to the Archive (2003-2010) in the Masjed-e Jom’e, Isfahan, pp. 213–223. Joint Publication by the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization and the Italian Embassy, Tehran.
• Maresca, G. (2010) Reconsidering the pottery from Dahan-i Ghulaman (Iran, Sistan – VI century BC): new typological and production-related data. (Matthiae, P., Pinnock, F., Nigro, L., Marchetti, N. with the collaboration of Romano, L., eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on the Archaeology of Ancient Near East, May, 5th-10th 2008, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Vol. I, pp. 423–442. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-06175-9.
• Genito, B., Maresca, G. (2001) Cat. nos. 151-159. Antica Persia. I tesori del Museo Nazionale di Tehran e la ricerca archeologica italiana in Iran (Roma, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale, 29 maggio – 22 luglio 2001), pp. 136–142. Roma: Edizioni De Luca. ISBN 88-8016-437-6.