Francesco Berna Archaeology

Education

2003 Post Doc. Weizmann Institute of Science-Israel (Archaeological Science)

2000 Ph.D. Universita' degli Studi di Firenze-Italy (Environmental Science)

1995 B.Sc. Universita' degli Studi di Firenze-Italy (Physical Anthropology Major)

Current Position

Research Assistant Professor of Archaeology

Lecturer in Archaeological Science

Laboratory Co-director

Laboratory of Microstratigraphy

   Department of Archaeology
   Boston University
   675 Commonwealth Ave, 02215 Boston MA - USA

Research Interests

My work contributes to the solution of some important open issues in Old and New World Archaeology. Some of these are listed here below:

The onset of the use of fire during the Lower and Middle Paleolithic in South Africa, France, Italy and Israel;
Dating the earliest out-of-Africa evidence of Homo erectus at Dmanisi (Rep of Georgia);
The Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe, Israel, and Armenia;
Site formation and landscape reconstruction during the final Pre-pottery Neolithic at Beisamoun (Hula Valley).
The reconstruction of domestic and industrial activities during the Bronze Age and Iron Age in the Mediterranean region (e.g. at Tel Dor, Israel and Afragola, Italy);
North American clovis and pre-clovis occupation;
Maya industrial and domestic pyrotechnological activities in Belize and Yucatan.

Analytical Expertise

Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy and Microspectroscopy

Xray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF)

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM-EDS)

Soil Micromorphology

Lithic typology

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