Dr. Claire Calcagno
Claire Calcagno is a maritime archaeologist with an interest in the archaeology of the ancient Central Mediterranean region and maritime exchange systems. She has conducted fieldwork at coastal and shipwreck sites around the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and taught at universities in the U.K. and the U.S. As an independent scholar following her post-doc at M.I.T. she has oriented her research to the historiography of maritime archaeology, and the influence of technology on the evolution of the discipline. Her work as an academic translator ranges from books on biblical archaeology to medieval Venetian manuscripts. Claire holds degrees from Harvard University (A.B. in art history) and the University of Oxford (M.St. & D.Phil. in maritime archaeology).
Books by Claire Calcagno
La seconda vita di una fenice
Ritratto di una nave punica risorta in una città siciliana
Honor Frost (edited by Claire Calcagno & Elena Flavia Castagnino Berlinghieri) | Forthcoming
Poco più di cinquant’anni fa, l’archeologa marina Honor Frost guidava un’équipe interdisciplinare che avrebbe portato alla scoperta di un eccezionale relitto punico al largo della costa occidentale della Sicilia. Le fasi di ricerca, scavo e…
The Second Life of a Phoenix
Portrait of a Punic Ship Resurrected in a Sicilian Town
Honor Frost (edited by Claire Calcagno & Elena Flavia Castagnino Berlinghieri) | Forthcoming
Over half a century ago, maritime archaeologist Honor Frost led an interdisciplinary team that uncovered an exceptional Punic shipwreck off the western coast of Sicily. The excavation, study, and conservation of the shipwreck—dated to the…
