Bice Peruzzi

Bice Peruzzi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, within the School of Arts and Sciences. She specializes in Classical Archaeology with a focus on pre-Roman Italy, particularly Etruria and Magna Graecia.

Her research interests include:

• Art and archaeology of Pre-Roman Italy
• Pottery iconography and technology
• Burial practices
• Construction of cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean
• Interactions between local and imported material culture in Apulia before Roman conquest

Bice uses material culture, especially pottery, to explore the lives and identities of non-literate populations in the ancient Mediterranean. Her fieldwork spans multiple sites in Italy—including Tarquinia’s necropolis, Pompeii, and Roman villas in Veneto—as well as in Greece and Turkey. She has published on Etruscan and Apulian tombs and Corinthian pottery, and is currently working on a social biography of Central Apulia’s inhabitants.

At Rutgers, she teaches courses on Mediterranean archaeology, contributing to both undergraduate and graduate education in Classics and archaeology.

She earned her Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from the University of Cincinnati in 2016.

Bice Peruzzi is actively engaged in research that bridges archaeological evidence with anthropological questions of identity and cultural exchange. Though no specific articles are listed in the provided texts, her scholarly focus consistently emphasizes the social dimensions of material culture in ancient Apulia and surrounding regions.

No scientific awards or fellowships are mentioned in the available content.

She advises students in Classical Archaeology and related fields, though no named advisees are listed. She may be involved in ongoing field projects or collaborative research, but specific lab or team affiliations are not detailed in the text.