Raffaele Ranieri, Dr. des.

Contact: ranieriraffa[at]gmail.com
Project
Education
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2017 - in progress: Ph.D. candidate in Islamic Archaeology at the Bonn International Graduate School – Oriental and Asian Studies, University of Bonn (Supervisor: Pro. Dr. Bethany J. Walker).
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2016 (Academic Year 2014-2015): MA degree in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Florence. Thesis title: Pottery production and distribution in crusader-ayyubid southern Transjordan (cc. 12 - 13): the stratigraphic observatory of Shawbak, with 110/110 cum laude .
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2012: Course EU ESF "Public archaeology expert for the promotion and the management of archaeological resources" (300 hours): University of Florence in collaboration with Regione Toscana, Provincia di Grosseto, org. Coop Heimat.
- Aug 2019 – Jul 2020: Phd fellow at the Bonn International Graduate School – Oriental and Asian Studies (BIGS-OAS), University of Bonn, Germany.
- Oct 2017 – Sept 2018: Phd fellow at the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg (DFG), Bonn, Germany.
- 07/Maych/2019 – 07/July/2019: Contract as Field/Square Supervisor for SAGAS Department, University of Florence, within the archaeological excavation project “Stribugliano Podere la Pieve”, director prof Michele Nucciotti (chair of Medieval Archaeology).
- 15/March/2017 – 15/May/2017: Contract as Lab Tutor (in material culture) for SAGAS Department, University of Florence, within the chair of Medieval Archaeology (prof. Guido Vannini).
- Stratigraphic excavation on the medieval site of Shawbak, Maan, Jordan, within the research project Petra „medieval‟ archeologia degli insediamenti di età crociato-ayyubide in Transgiordania. Period: Oct-Nov 2012-2013; Oct-Nov 2015-2019. Role: POTTERY and FIELD SUPERVISOR. (Project director: Prof. Guido Vannini, University of Florence).
- Stratigraphic excavation on the medieval site of Till Hisban, Madaba, Jordan. Period: June-July 2018 Role: SQUARE SUPERVISOR. (Project directors: Prof. Dr. Osteyn La Bianca, St. Andrews University; Prof. Dr. Bethany J. Walker, University of Bonn).
- Stratigraphic excavation on the medieval site of Khirbet Beit Mazmīl, Jerusalem, Israel, within the research project Medieval Jerusalem Hinterland Project. Period: March 2019. Role: SQUARE SUPERVISOR and POTTERY READING ASSISTANT. (Project director: Prof. Dr. Bethany J. Walker, University of Bonn; local sponsor: Israel Antiquities Authority, partners: Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University).
- Stratigraphic excavation on the medieval site of Montaccianico, Scarperia, Florence, Italy, within the research project Progetto Montaccianico. Dal castello alla terra nuova „fiorentina‟: un programma archeologico per un problema storico, alle origini dell'Europa moderna. Period: july-aug 2008-2009-2010 Role: FINDS and FIELD ASSISTANT; July-Aug 2011-2012-2013. Role: FINDS SUPERVISOR; July-Aug 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018. Role: FINDS and FIELD SUPERVISOR. (Project director: Prof. Guido Vannini, University of Florence).
- Stratigraphic excavation and pottery analysis on the medieval burial site of Stribugliano, Arcidosso, Grosseto, Italy, within the research project Stribugliano project. Period: Jun-Jul 2016, 2017, 2019 Role: FINDS and FIELD SUPERVISOR; Seasons 2014-2015 Role: FINDS SUPERVISOR. (Project director: Prof. Michele Nucciotti, University of Florence).
- Rescue Archaeology in the historic center of Prato, Italy, within the research project “Indagini archeologiche diagnostiche in piazza delle Carceri, Prato (PO). Programma di Archeologia Preventiva in tre fasi”. Period: April 2013. Role: FIELD ASSISTANT (Project director: Archaeological Cooperative Society Laboratori Archeologici San Gallo).
- Rescue Archaeology in the center of Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, within the project “indagine archeologica stratigrafica e rilievo delle evidenze rinvenute durante l‟attività di sorveglianza archeologica in corso d‟opera presso Villa San Lorenzo in via degli Scardassieri 37 a Sesto Fiorentino (FI)” Period: July 2017. Role: FIELD ASSISTANT.(Project director: Archaeological Cooperative Society ARA)
Teaching experience
- Seminar: Great and little Traditions and pottery production in Southern Transjordan: The Hand Made Pottery in Shawbak between XII and XIII centuries, within the MA course of Medieval Settlements History, Professor Dr. Michele Nucciotti, University of Florence. Period: Summer Semester 2019
- Seminar (two seminars}: Pottery Production, within the BA course of Medieval Archaeology, Professor Dr. Michele Nucciotti, University of Florence. Period: Summer Semester 2019
- Seminar: Pottery residuality and stratigraphic excavation, within the BA course of Medieval Archaeology, Professor Guido Vannini, University of Florence. Period: Summer Semester 2019
- Seminar: Dai reperti all'archeologia della produzione. La ceramica nella Transgiordania crociato- avyubide (From finds to production archaeology. Pottery in Crusader-Ayyubid Transjordan), within the BA course of Medieval Archaeology, Professor Guido Vannini, University of Florence. Period: Summer Semester 2019
- Seminar: Islamic Pottery in the Medieval Mediterranean (cc. 8 - 16) (La ceramica islamica nel Mediterraneo medievale (sec viii - xvi}), within the MA course of Archaeology of the Medieval Mediterranean, Professor Dr. Michele Nucciotti, University of Florence. Period: Summer Semester 2019
- Teaching support: Essays reviewer within the MA course of Methodology of archaeological research, Professor Dr. Elisa Pruno, University of Florence. Period: Summer Semester 2019.
- Lecturer (three seminars course: The crusader Signoria of Transjordan (c. 12th). An archaeological approach) for the Studium Universale at the University of Bonn. Period: the Summer semester 2018.
- Laboratory of Material Culture: analysis on findings from the sites of Shawbak, Ma’an, Jordan and Montaccianico, Scarperia, Florence, Italy, within the research projects Petra „medievale‟ and Progetto Montaccianico. Period: January- June 2012-2017; 2019. Role: TUTOR. (Projects director: Prof. Guido Vannini, University of Florence; Supervisor: Dr. Elisa Pruno).
- Laboratory of archaeobotanical findings from the site of Castel Vaiolo, Arcidosso, Grosseto, Italy, within the research project Produzione edilizia e gestione del potere nell‟Amiata del Medioevo. Period: 2011-2012-2013. Role: TUTOR. (Project director: Prof. Michele Nucciotti, University of Florence).
Museum and other Works Experience
- Organizing Committee (Italy) and staff supervisor for the 14th ICHAJ (International conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan, 21th-25th January 2019). Period: Dec-Jen 2018-2019.
- Intern at town museums service office of Florence (Municipality of Florence). Ufficio Servizio Musei Comunali, via Ghibellina 30, 50122 Firenze. Direzione Cultura Comune di Firenze. Period: Sept-Oct 2012 (100 hours internship). Role: management assistant. Duties included: Project Management Work (PMW) referent and galleries exhibition work (re-design the exhibition and museum panels contents). (Supervisor: Dr. Laura Longo)
List of Publications
- MARCOTULLI C., PRUNO E., RANIERI R., 2020, The Material Culture in Shawbak between Crusaders, Ayyubid and Mamluks: the case-study of Hospitaller‟s Chapel, in B. Walker & A. Al Ghouz (eds.): Living with Nature and Things?
- PRUNO E. – RANIERI R., 2020, Medieval Pottery in Southern Jordan: The case-study of HMW in Shawbak castle, «SHAJ, 13».
- PRUNO E. – RANIERI R., 2017, Ceramiche da cucina nella Transgiordania meridionale (secc. XII – XIII): l‟osservatorio stratigrafico di Shawbak, «Temporis Signa: Archeologia della tarda antichità e del medioevo, vol. XI»
- ELISA PRUNO, RAFFAELE RANIERI, 2016, Shawbak all‟arrivo di Baldovino: i contesti ceramici, in Paul Arthur (edited by), Atti VII congresso nazionale di archeologia medievale (SAMI), Lecce, September 9th-12th 2015, Borgo San Lorenzo.
- NUCCIOTTI M., RANIERI R. et al., 2016, Tra Amiata e Maremma nel medioevo: archeologia della società rurale a Stribugliano (secoli x-xiv), «Notiziario Toscana 11, 2015 [2016], pp. 441-455».
- RAFFAELE RANIERI, 2013, Ceramic basins (“Bacini ceramici”) from Islamic world to Italy (10th – 13th century AD): distribution and chronology, in Bombardieri L., D’Agostino A., Guarducci G., Orsi V., Valentini S. (edited by), SOMA 2012: Identity and Connectivity. Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Florence, Italy, 1–3 March 2012, volume II.
Foreign languages
- English (fluent)
- German (elementary level)
- Spanish (beginner level: reading, understanding)
- French (beginner level: reading, understanding)