Alessandra Gilibert

Alessandra Gilibert is Associate Professor of Phoenician-Punic Archaeology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Humanities. She researches the ancient Near East, the Levant, and the Caucasus, focusing on urbanism, ritual landscapes, monumental art, and the anthropology of images.

Education & Training: (not explicitly detailed in source)

Research Interests include:

• Phoenician-Punic and Levantine archaeology
• Armenian and Caucasus prehistory
• Urban public space and governance in antiquity
• Dragon-stone (vishap) stelae and high-altitude ritual landscapes
• Archaeology of performance, games and divination
• Obsidian provenance using machine-learning workflows

Publication Trends: Recent output (2020-2025) couples rigorous fieldwork—especially in Armenia—with cutting-edge analytical approaches (geochemical sourcing, machine learning) and theoretical reflections on ritual, politics and space. Studies range from microscopic characterisation of obsidian to macro-scale interpretation of urban squares and sacred mountains.

Scientific Awards: none explicitly listed

Advising & Grants: no specific PhD students, grants or funding details disclosed in source

Labs & Teams: Active in international collaborative projects with colleagues from Armenia, Germany, Slovakia and the USA, integrating geophysics, GIS and archaeometry within traditional archaeological fieldwork.