Anita Casarotto

Anita Casarotto (PhD, 2018, Leiden University) is an archaeologist specialized in landscape archaeology and digital methodologies. Her research focuses on reconstructing ancient settlement dynamics and land use, with particular attention to the protohistoric and Roman periods and the impact of colonial and imperial processes on local populations in the Western Mediterranean.
Her work adopts an integrated methodological approach, combining field survey, topographic mapping, and stratigraphic excavation with spatial analysis and quantitative methods in GIS. She applies predictive modelling to investigate rural organization and ancient settlement patterns, as well as to assess archaeological potential in support of cultural heritage management, contributing to territorial monitoring and spatial planning.
She is also engaged in the valorisation and analysis of legacy survey data, promoting open data practices and digital platforms for sharing archaeological information. In collaboration with the AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica) and the KNIR (Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut in Rome), she coordinates the Fasti Online Survey portal, an open-access platform for publishing field survey data. She serves on the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal FOLD&R Survey Series.
She has contributed to topographic research projects in Italy and the Western Iberian Peninsula. In Portugal, she coordinates the GAP – Guarda Archaeological Project, a multidisciplinary and international program of excavation, survey, and remote sensing, carried out in collaboration with the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, and the Museu do Município da Guarda (Beira Interior). The project involves students from Italy, Portugal, and the Netherlands and integrates public archaeology initiatives aimed at the local community. It focuses on settlement pattern analysis, ritual contexts, and productive activities of the pre-protohistoric, Roman, and medieval periods in the Côa Valley and the mountainous areas of the Serra da Estrela, within the ancient Roman province of Lusitania. Particular attention is given to mining and metallurgical sites and their relationship with the surrounding rural landscape.

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