Chiara Levato, M. A.

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  • Chiara Levato studied at the “Aldo Moro” University of Bari in Italy with a master thesis on iron oxide and iron hydroxide mining in prehistoric times. From October 2016 she works as PhD student for the Department of Mining Archaeology of the Deutsches Bergbau Museum of Bochum. Her doctoral project is about the Palaeolithic ochre mines of Tzines on Thasos Island (Greece) and it focuses on the microscopic analysis of use-wear traces on mining macrolithic tools.

    • 2018
      Internship on use-wear analysis of macro-lithic tools at the UMR 8215 – Trajectoires. Maison Archéologie Ethnologie, Nanterre, France
    • 2017
      Internship on use-wear analysis of macro-lithic tools at the UMR 8215 – Trajectoires. Maison Archéologie Ethnologie, Nanterre, France
    • seit 2016
      PhD student at the Rub Research School of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum research assistant of the department of Mining Archaeology of the Deutsches Bergbau Museum Bochum
    • 2012
      M.A. in Humanities at the “Aldo Moro” University of Bari, Italy
    • 2000 – 2013
      Member of Grotta della Monaca prehistoric mine Research Mission of “Aldo Moro” University of Bari in collaboration with “Enzo dei Medici” Regional Centre of Speleology – Research Commission for Mining Archaeology, Italy
    • Ochre mining
    • Macrolithic tools
    • Use-wear analysis
    • Prehistory
    • LEVATO, C., 2016. Iron Oxides Prehistoric Mines. A European overview. In: C. Billard et al., eds., Autour de l´hématite. Circulation et transformation au cours de la Préhistorie récente. Actes de la Table-Ronde international. Anthropologica et Praehistorica, 126/2015, pp. 9-23.
    • LEVATO, C., & LAROCCA, F., 2016. The prehistoric iron mine of Grotta della Monaca (Calabria, Italy). In: C. Billard et al., eds., Autour de l´hématite. Circulation et transformation au cours de la Préhistorie récente. Actes de la Table-Ronde international. Anthropologica et Praehistorica, 126/2015, pp. 25-37.
    • LAROCCA, F., & LEVATO, C., 2013. From the imprint to the tool: the identification of prehistoric mining implements through the study of digging traces. The case of Grotta della Monaca in Calabria (Italy). In: P. Anreiter et al., eds., Mining in European History and its Impact Environment and Human Societies. Proceeding for the 2nd Mining in European History Conference of the FZ HIMAT. Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press. pp. 21-26
    • GARAVELLI, A., LAROCCA, F., LEVATO, C., & PINTO, D., 2012. Prehistoric Mines of the Upper Esaro Valley. Poster presented at II Mining in European History-Conference. The Impact of Historic and Prehistoric Mining Activities on the Environment and Societies in Europe, Innsbruck, Austria.
    • GARAVELLI, A., LAROCCA, F., LEVATO, C., & PINTO, D., 2012. Grotta della Miniera, Sefro (Marche, Italy). Poster presented at II Mining in European History-Conference. The Impact of Historic and Prehistoric Mining Activities on the Environment and Societies in Europe, Innsbruck, Austria.
    • LEVATO, C., 2003. Le “grave” del Crotonese e le grotte lungo l’istmo di Catanzaro. In: F. Larocca, ed., Calabria profonda. Guida alla conoscenza del patrimonio sotterraneo regionale. Roseto Capo Spulico: Centro Regionale di Speleologia “Enzo dei Medici”. pp. 55-71
    • LAROCCA, F., LEVATO, C., & MARINO, S., 2003. Enzo dei Medici: un pioniere della ricerca speleologica in Dalmazia e in Calabria. Speleologia, 49(XXIV), pp. 36-45.