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Nicoletta Momigliano is an
archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
specialising in
Minoan The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, whose earliest beginnings were from 3500BC, with the complex urban civilization beginning around 2000BC, and then declining from 1450B ...
Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cypru ...
and its modern reception.


Early life and education

Momigliano was born in
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has ...
, Italy, in 1960, where she attended primary and secondary school. She read
Classics Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classi ...
(Letteratura Classica) at the
University of Pisa The University of Pisa ( it, Università di Pisa, UniPi), officially founded in 1343, is one of the oldest University, universities in Europe. History The Origins The University of Pisa was officially founded in 1343, although various sch ...
, where she graduated in 1982. She obtained her MA (1984) from the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London (now part of
University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = � ...
), and her PhD from
University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = � ...
(1989), under the supervision of
John Nicolas Coldstream John Nicolas Coldstream, , (30 March 1927 – 21 March 2008) was an archaeologist and academic specialising in the Ancient Greek pottery of the Geometric Period. He lectured at Bedford College, rising to become Professor of Aegean Archaeology, ...
. From 1990 to 1993 she was a non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellow at
Wolfson College, Oxford Wolfson College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Located in north Oxford along the River Cherwell, Wolfson is an all-graduate college with around sixty governing body fellows, in addition to both research an ...
and a Research Assistant to Ann Brown, who was responsible for the
Sir Arthur Evans Sir Arthur John Evans (8 July 1851 – 11 July 1941) was a British archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age. He is most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete. Based on ...
Archive and the Aegean collections at the
Ashmolean Museum The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology () on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University o ...
, Oxford. From 1993 to 1996 she was the Richard Bradford McConnell Research Fellow in Aegean Archaeology at
Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...
.


Career

From 1996 to 1998, Momigliano was a lecturer in Archaeology at the Department of Archaeological Sciences,
University of Bradford The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, bu ...
. She has been teaching at the
University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a Red brick university, red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Society of Merchant Venturers, Merchant Venturers' sc ...
since September 1998, where she is Professor of Aegean Studies in the Department of Classics and Ancient History. In 1991 she received the Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies, for her research on
Duncan Mackenzie Duncan Mackenzie (17 May 1861 – 1934) was a Scottish archaeologist, whose work focused on one of the more spectacular 20th century archaeological finds, Crete's palace of Knossos, the proven centre of Minoan civilisation. Early biography Du ...
. In 2003, she was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. She has directed and co-directed archaeological projects in Crete (
Knossos Knossos (also Cnossos, both pronounced ; grc, Κνωσός, Knōsós, ; Linear B: ''Ko-no-so'') is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city. Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the na ...
,
Palaikastro Palaikastro or Palekastro ( el, Παλαίκαστρο, officially el, Παλαίκαστρον), with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic heir to a long line of settlements extending back into prehistoric tim ...
) and
Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
(
Iasos Iasos or Iassos (; el, Ἰασός ''Iasós'' or ''Iassós''), also in Latinized form Iasus or Iassus (), was a Greek city in ancient Caria located on the Gulf of Iasos (now called the Gulf of Güllük), opposite the modern town of Güllük, ...
, Çaltılar). Her publications include many articles and books on Aegean
prehistory Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...
, especially Minoan archaeology. From 2007 to 2010 she was the Editor of the ''Annual of the British School at Athens'', a journal currently rated of the highest international standard by the European Reference Index for the Humanities in three subjects: Classical Studies, History, and Archaeology. She was the Director of the Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition at the University of Bristol from 2015-2017.


Selected publications

* ''In Search of the Labyrinth: The Cultural Legacy of the Minoans'' (London: Bloomsbury 2020) (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/in-search-of-the-labyrinth-9781350156715/). Longlisted for the Runciman Award for 2021 (https://runcimanaward.org/) * ''Cretomania. Desiring the Minoan Past in the Present'' (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2017, publ. September 2016) Co-edited with A. Farnoux. * ''The Excavations of Shemesh, November December 1912'' (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2016 (publ. Dec 2015) (Co-authored with D. Mackenzie†, S. Bunimovitz and Z. Lederman). * ''Bronze Age Carian Iasos: Structures and Finds From The Area of The Roman Agora'' (ca. 3000-1500 BC) (Rome: G. Bretschneider, June 2012). With contributions by P. Belli, M. Bichler, J. Hilditch, C. J. Knappett, D. Pirrie, M. Power, and J. H. Sterba. * ''Knossos Pottery Handbook: Neolithic and Bronze Age'' (Minoan)(London: British School at Athens, BSA Studies vol. 14, 2007). Editor. * ''Archaeology and European Modernity: Producing and Consuming the ‘Minoans’'' (Padua: Ausilio, Bottega d'Erasmo). Co-edited with Y. Hamilakis. * ''Duncan Mackenzie: a Cautious Canny Highlander and the Palace of Minos at Knossos'' (Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Suppl. Vol. 72; London: University of London 1999). * ''Knossos: A Labyrinth of History. Papers in Honour of Sinclair Hood'' (Oxford: British School at Athens & Oxbow Books, 1994). Co-edited with H. Hughes-Brock and D. Evely.


References


External links


University of Bristol page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Momigliano, Nicoletta Italian archaeologists 1960 births Living people Archaeologists from Milan University of Pisa alumni Alumni of University College London Fellows of Wolfson College, Oxford Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford Academics of the University of Bradford Academics of the University of Bristol Italian expatriates in the United Kingdom Italian women archaeologists Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London