Marcella Frangipane Explained

Marcella Frangipane
Alma Mater:Sapienza University of Rome (BS, PhD)
Fields:Archaeology
Prehistory
Protohistory
Near East
Birth Place:Palermo
Birth Date:1948 10, df=yes
Awards:Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)
Workplaces:Sapienza University of Rome
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

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. She was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2013.

Early life and education

Frangipane was born in Palermo.[1] She studied humanities with honours in archaeology at the Sapienza University of Rome, and graduated cum laude in 1972. 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] She has been involved with several excavations, in Europe, Mexico, Turkey and Egypt. She was involved the excavation of Cunalan village in the Teotihuacan valley.[3] She has been involved with the excavation team of the Arslantepe since 1976.[4]

Research and career

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

Frangipane was made Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Eastern Anatolia in 1990.[6] [7] She was involved with the excavation of Arslantepe, where she reconstructed their early administrative systems. This work was supported by the National Geographic.[8] The settlement is west of the banks of the Euphrates and is well known for its architecture.[9] Frangipane identified the most ancient secular public structure worldwide. Arslantepe was included in the UNESCO cultural heritage list in 2014 owing to the significance of Frangipane's findings.[10] She investigated the site of Zeytinli Bahçe Höyük, a village in the Urfa district.[11] Within Arslantepe, Frangipane led the team who discovered the word's oldest royal palace.[12] 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.[13]

Awards and honours

Her awards and honours include;

Frangipane s a member of the German Archaeological Institute and the Shanghai Archeology Forum.[19]

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marcella Frangipane. nasonline.org. 21 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Biografia di Marcella Frangipane – Le Buone Culturali. lebuoneculturali.it. 21 May 2019.
  3. Book: Carballo, David M.. Urbanization and Religion in Ancient Central Mexico. 2016. Oxford University Press. 9780190251062. en.
  4. Web site: Marcella Frangipane. Clandestine Doc. it-IT. 21 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Professor Marcella Frangipane · Events at The University of Melbourne. events.unimelb.edu.au. 22 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Marcella Frangipane archeologiavocidalpassato. it-IT. 22 May 2019.
  7. Book: Origini - XXXVI: Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche - Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations. Anguilano. Lorna. Restelli. Francesca Balossi. Brandl. Baruch. Chilardi. Salvatore. Emberling. Geoff. Gatto. Maria Carmela. Giannitrapani. Enrico. Iannì. Filippo. Levi. Sara T.. 3 March 2017. Gangemi Editore spa. 9788849293975. en.
  8. Web site: Learn more about Marcella Frangipane. Society. National Geographic. nationalgeographic.org. en. 21 May 2019.
  9. Book: Origini - XXXVI: Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche - Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations. Anguilano. Lorna. Restelli. Francesca Balossi. Brandl. Baruch. Chilardi. Salvatore. Emberling. Geoff. Gatto. Maria Carmela. Giannitrapani. Enrico. Iannì. Filippo. Levi. Sara T.. 3 March 2017. Gangemi Editore spa. 9788849293975. en.
  10. Web site: Arslantepe dünyanın da gündeminde - Malatya Haberleri. haberturk.com. 6 September 2018 . tr. 21 May 2019.
  11. Book: 6 ICAANE. Matthiae. Paolo. Romano. Licia. 2010. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. 9783447061759. en.
  12. Web site: Prima Reggia del mondo. Il Sole 24 ORE. it. 21 May 2019.
  13. Web site: Marcella Frangipane in "altro". treccani.it. it-IT. 21 May 2019.
  14. Web site: Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana. quirinale.it. 22 May 2019.
  15. Web site: Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana. quirinale.it. 22 May 2019.
  16. Web site: The Birth of State in Greater Mesopotamia. 25 October 2018. social-science.uq.edu.au. en. 21 May 2019.
  17. Web site: The birth of state in Greater Mesopotamia. The University of Sydney. en-AU. 22 May 2019.
  18. Web site: 2021-07-23. The British Academy elects 84 new Fellows recognising outstanding achievement in the humanities and social sciences. 2022-01-22. The British Academy. en.
  19. Web site: Accademia dei Lincei: archeologia scienza globale con la Prof.ssa Frangipane. Redazione. 6 May 2018. Consul Press. it-IT. 22 May 2019.

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