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CIfA APPLICATION:
PORTFOLIO OF WORK
Alessandro Ceccarelli,
BA, MA, PhD (Candidate).
All photos, drawings and 3D Models have been produced by Alessandro Ceccarelli.
Index:
1. Specialist Archaeological Illustrator:
a. Supervisor of Documentation and Graphic on North-Eastern Slopes of Palatine
Hill, Rome, Italy;
b. Specialist Archaeological Illustration, Border Archaeology Ltd, UK;
c. 3D Modelling and Archaeology.
2. Specialist Finds and Ceramic Analysis:
a. Ceramic Pottery Drawings, Photos and 3D Models;
b. Scientific Analysis of Pottery: Petrography;
c. Scientific Analysis of Pottery: Chemical Analyses.
3. Papers and Presentations.

CIfA Application:
Porftolio of Work
Alessandro Ceccarelli
BA, MA, PhD (Candidate)
a. Supervisor of Documentation and Graphic on North-Eastern Slopes of Palatine Hill,
Rome, Italy.
Excavation on the North-Eastern Slope of
the Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy. Director: Dr
Clementina Panella.
Main role: As a supervisor of
Archaeological documentation, I had to
manage a team of graphics and illustrators
on site. Besides producing drawings and
supervising the staff, my main role was to
connect my department to other branches
of the research team in order to have an
understanding of the whole excavation
project and general tasks. The Palatine Hill
is a very complex and crucial site for
understanding a number of occupational
phases, from the early stages of urban
formation to the decline of the empire, in
the very heart of Rome. Decision making
was an essential skill for that role, since
time and financial resources were
particularly limited. High level efficiency
was essential.
Official list of Supervisors (“Coordinatori”),
Team Sapienza:
http://archeopalatino.uniroma1.it/it/cont
ent/team-sapienza
Tasks: Create permanent records of
artefacts, archaeological sites and
buildings within the broad field of research
archaeology in Rome, Italy.
Main Skills: Digital Photogrammetry; 3D
Modelling; Digital Illustration; AutoCAD;
ArcGIS.
Main Software: ArcGIS, Adobe Photoshop,
Illustrator, Agistoft Photoscan.

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b. Specialist Archaeological Illustrator.
Main role: create permanent records of artefacts,
archaeological sites and buildings within the field of
British commercial archaeology.
Main Skills: Digital Photogrammetry; 3D Modelling;
Digital Illustration; AutoCAD; ArcGIS.
Main Software: ArcGIS, Adobe Photoshop,
Illustrator, Agistoft Photoscan.
Description: Extremely high level of competence
and time efficiency. A large number of digital
drawings and 3D Models have to be produced in a
limited amount of time available. The role is
designed for an autonomous, self-sufficient
specialist who is highly experienced not only in
archaeology, but also in coding languages, graphic
design and 3D modelling. As part of the Digital
Team of Border Archaeology, individual tasks has to
fit in the broader picture of the whole company’s
priorities, which varies from financial and human
resources, deadlines and secondary urgencies;
therefore, communication within the Digital Team
and with other branches of the company is
essential. Daily and weekly meetings with Directors
and Site Managers allow to have a continuous
understanding of ongoing field work and post-
excavation matters, and to reassess priorities and
tasks accordingly.
Subsidiary tasks include experimenting new
technologies, assessing potential of nuanced
approached for improving quality and financial
outcomes, and developing new methods for
archaeological field work and digital documentation.
N.B.: These are examples of illustrated works
produced by the author.

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Specialist Archaeological Illustrator:
c. 3D Modelling and Archaeology.

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a. Ceramic Pottery Drawings, Photos, and 3D Models.

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3D Model of Pottery. Indus Civilisation, North-Western India, end of third millenium BCE.
Pottery studied, analysed, and drawn by A. Ceccarelli; 3D Model produced by A. Ceccarelli.

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b. Scientific Analysis of Pottery: Petrography.
Ceramic Thin-Sections, Petrography.
These thin-sections have been produced by
Alessandro Ceccarelli in India, April 2016. The author
designed a portable laboratory for ceramic thin-
sections, which has been presented in July 2016 at
the following conference: European Association for
South Asian Archaeology and Art (EASAA), Cardiff
University - Indus Civilisation and Protohistoric
Ceramic Industries in North-Western India: a
Compositional and Technological Reassessment.
Below, photos of some ceramic thin-sections, 30um;
50x and 25x magnification.

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c. Scientific Analysis of Pottery: Chemical Analyses.
Compositional Analysis, X-Ray Diffraction and X-Ray Fluorescence.
These ceramic powder have been sampled by Alessandro Ceccarelli in India, April 2016. In order to analyse samples,
the author used facilities at UCL and British Museum, London.

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3. Papers and Presentations:
University of Oxford (OUAS) - Harappan neighbours:
trades between the Indus Valley and Sumer in the
third Millennium BCE, 15th
November 2014
University College London, Institute of Archaeology
(SAMS) - The gifts of the Indus and Saraswati rivers:
trades between the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia
in the 3rd Millennium BCE, 17th
June 2015
Victoria and Albert Museum, London - India, Past
and Future: Digitising Objects, 8th
October 2015
Durham University, Allchin Symposium on the
Archaeology of South Asia - Archaeology of the
Aryan Myth: the Painted Grey Ware and the Link
between the Indus Civilisation and Proto-Historic
Cultures in North-Western India, 4th
-6th
December
2015
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, India - Past
and Future: the role of Digital Technologies in
Documenting and Promoting South Asian Art and
Archaeology, 20th
January 2016
University of Cambridge, McDonald Institute for
Archaeology - Many Sherds, Many Cultures: Indus
Pottery, - Painted Grey Ware and the Myth of the
Aryan Invasion in North-Western India, 15th
February 2016
Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian
Ocean World (CSSA), UCL - From the Indus
Civilisation to the Protohistoric Period in North
Western India: a Technological and Compositional
Study of Ceramic Industries as a Medium for Tracing
Phenomena of Social Change and Continuity in the
Bronze Age of South Asia, 8th
June 2016
European Association for South Asian Archaeology
and Art (EASAA), Cardiff University - Indus
Civilisation and Protohistoric Ceramic Industries in
North-Western India: a Compositional and
Technological Reassessment, 4th - 8th July 2016
Link to Conference Papers: https://ucl.academia.edu/AlessandroCeccarelli/Conference-Presentations

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