The UMMAA is pleased to present Marco Cavalazzi, Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Bologna, who will speak online on Friday, December 2, 12-1 p.m., as part of the UMMAA Brown Bag Lecture Series. 

Dr. Cavalazzi's talk is entitled The Ravenna Landscape Project: Wetlands and Coastal Archaeology around a Byzantine Capital.

The study of coastal and lowland landscapes is a challenge for archaeology, as the high geomorphological dynamicity of such ecosystems often limits archaeological research in these areas. The Ravenna Landscape Project systematically investigates the hinterland of Ravenna (northern Italy), a major Roman and Medieval city that developed over time in a complex, marginal landscape. The project presented here aims to offer a way forward to overcome the limits represented by complex geomorphological dynamics and introduce new approaches to studying the local landscape. The lecture will consider the latest results of the project, focusing in particular on the methodologies applied as well as the main goals achieved. 

This lecture is presented in a hybrid setting. The physical location will be at the School of Education Building, Room 2327, 610 E. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI.

To attend online, join with the Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/93550588643

The Museum’s Brown Bag Lecture Series is free and open to the public.