Benjamin Cutillas-Victoria

Dr. Benjamín Cutillas Victoria (PhD in Archaeology, University of Murcia) is a postdoctoral researcher working jointly between the University of Murcia (Spain) and the National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos (Greece). His research focuses on archaeometric data analysis of pottery and earthen building materials to investigate the configuration and evolution of Mediterranean community identities during the 1st millennium BC. In this regard, a significant part of his career has been dedicated to the analysis of cultural encounters and the evolution of Late Bronze Age communities and Phoenician settlers. Since 2018, he has been the director of several excavation and survey projects in the Iberian southeast. Additionally, he is a member of the Center of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires at the University of Helsinki, where he specializes in earthen architecture from the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant.