Publications
Peer-reviewed papers, a monograph, book chapters and preprints. Links go to the publisher DOI, and to code where it is public.
Journal articles
2026
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Benchmarking biomolecular preservation and ancient DNA recovery from Bronze Age Italian livestock remains: preliminary results from the HERDS project
Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche, LXXVI, Supplemento 6
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Societies, mobility, and trade in the Central Mediterranean between the Middle Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age (ca. 1700-700 BCE): an archaeological framework
Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche, LXXVI, Supplemento 6
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Counting rather than weighing: metrological analysis and machine learning reveal the monetary potential of pre-contact Ecuadorian axe-monies
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 69
2025
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Quantifying morphological standardization through binary matrices with an application to the ceramic assemblage of an early complex society
Paléorient, 51
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PyPotteryLens: an open-source deep learning framework for automated digitisation of archaeological pottery documentation
Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 38
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PyPotteryInk: one-step diffusion model for sketch to publication-ready archaeological drawings
Journal of Cultural Heritage, 74
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From pencil to pixel: assessing Ceramatic 2.0 against manual and laser-aided techniques in archaeological pottery documentation
Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 37
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Chert sources and territorial behaviour after the Neolithization process: an exploratory analysis from Grotta Battifratta (Rieti, Central Italy)
Quaternary International, 717
2024
2023
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The Late Bronze Age hilltop site of Monte Croce Guardia in the context of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age settlement organization in peninsular Italy
Origini, XLVII
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Traditional and digital typologies compared: the example of Italian protohistory
Origini, XLVII
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Defining Southern Etruria Final Bronze Age settlement models using an integrated GIS and machine learning approach
Archeologia e Calcolatori, 34.2
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Tracing the human movements of three thousand years ago by volcanic grinding tools in the Final Bronze Age settlement of Monte Croce Guardia (Arcevia, Marche, central Italy)
Scientific Reports, 13, 7022
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Money or ingots? Metrological research on pre-contact Ecuadorian “axe-monies”
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 49
2022
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A deep variational convolutional autoencoder for unsupervised features extraction of ceramic profiles. A case study from central Italy
Journal of Archaeological Science, 144
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Dimensionality reduction for data visualization and exploratory analysis of ceramic assemblages
Archeologia e Calcolatori, 33.2
Monograph and book chapters
Preprints and under review
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In review
PyPottery: an AI-powered end-to-end suite for pottery processing and publication
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2025
PyPotteryInk: one-step diffusion model for sketch to publication-ready archaeological drawings
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2024
PyPotteryLens: an open-source deep learning framework for automated digitisation of archaeological pottery documentation