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Paolo Biagi is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He is a leading figure in prehistoric archaeology, with a career spanning decades of fieldwork and research across South Asia, the Caucasus, the Mediterranean, and Eastern Europe. His work is deeply interdisciplinary, combining excavation, lithic analysis, archaeometry, and environmental studies.
His research interests encompass a broad temporal and geographical scope, focusing on the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Ages. Key themes include lithic technology, obsidian sourcing and circulation, shell middens, prehistoric mining, human-environment interactions, and the settlement of coastal and highland zones. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Indus Valley (Pakistan), the Arabian Sea coast, the Caucasus (Georgia), Greece (Pindus Mountains, Lemnos), Italy (Alps, Liguria), and Eastern Europe (Romania, Ukraine).
His recent publications (2023–2025) reveal a continued focus on the prehistoric archaeology of the Indus Valley and the Caucasus, with detailed studies on chert and obsidian exploitation, Bronze Age monumental landscapes, and the Upper Paleolithic of the Aegean. His work often addresses broader theoretical questions about human adaptation, technological change, and long-distance exchange networks in prehistory.
- Archaeometric Analysis of the Obsidian Assembly from Hodoni/Hodony (Banat, Romania)
- Building the Lesser Caucasus Monumental Landscape during the Bronze Age
- Exploitation, Transport, and Circulation of the Rohri Hills Chert (Sindh, Pakistan)
- The Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Settlement of Northern Italy
- Forgotten Islands of the Past: The Archaeology of the Northern Coast of the Arabian Sea
Paolo Biagi has not been mentioned as receiving specific scientific awards or prizes in the provided text. His career is marked by a prolific output of scholarly articles, book chapters, and monographs, as well as editorial work for academic volumes. He has collaborated with a wide network of international researchers.
He has supervised and collaborated with numerous researchers and students, as evidenced by his co-authorship on many publications with scholars such as Elisabetta Starnini, Renato Nisbet, Bernard Gratuze, and Nikos Efstratiou. While specific grant details are not listed, his long-term field projects in Pakistan and the Caucasus suggest sustained funding from national and international sources.
His research is closely tied to field projects and excavation teams rather than a formal laboratory. His work is associated with the research infrastructure of Ca' Foscari University, particularly within the Department of Asian and North African Studies. His teams have conducted surveys and excavations in remote and challenging environments, from the Thar Desert in Pakistan to the highlands of the Pindus and the Javakheti Plateau.
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