Postdoctoral Researcher Trier University
Ancient History, Classical Archaeology
Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Contact:
ritondale@uni-trier.de
manuela.ritondale@imtlucca.it
+49 651-201 1352 / +39 3331824130
April 2011 – July 2012
June 2011 – Dec. 2012
March 2022 – May 2022
Nov. 2013 – June 2022
July 2022 – Nov. 2022
Dec. 2022 – Nov. 2025
since Nov. 2025
Scientific Director at the Municipal Archaeological Museum of Ventotene
Archaeologist-consultant at Terna SpA, Rome
Data steward at the Van Gogh Museum
Double doctorate PhD; Analysis & Management of Cultural Heritage (Italy) and Mediterranean Archaeology (Netherlands), University of Groningen & IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
Postdoctoral research associate at Glasgow School of Art, School of Simulation and Visualisation. As part of the UK project UNPATH’D Waters: Marine and Maritime Collections in the UK
Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital Heritage-Inclusivity, Innovation, and Curation, appointed under the Dutch Sector Plan for Social Sciences and Humanities within the theme Cultural Heritage and Identity: Material and Intangible Heritage. Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts
Postdoctoral research associate at ERC MarDepend, Trier University
Sept. 2001 – Dec. 2006
Jan. 2007 – July 2012
June 2012 – July 2012
May 2013 – Sept. 2013
2016 – 2019
2019 – 2020
Sept. 2023 – June 2024
Bachelor Degree in “Underwater Archaeology”, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo. 110/110 cum laude.
Master degree in “Society, Culture and History of the Ancient World”, the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. 110/110 cum laude.
4th Italian School of Virtual Archaeology – within the European FP7 Network of Excellence V-MUST (Virtual Museum Transnational Network). Virtual Archaeology, 3D modelling, computer graphics, photogrammetry, and laser scanning.
Training in Animation & 3D modeling (stage)
CINECA, VIS.IT LAB (Visual Information Technology Laboratory) 3D modelling of cultural scenarios based on archaeological and historical sources (software Blender); Rome, Italy.
Training in Computational Archaeology
Model exploration methodologies (2019 ExModelo Summer School, organised by the CNRS – Institut des Systèmes Complexes, Paris).
Agent-Based modelling, network science, and semantic technology for archaeological research (2018 Barcelona Summer School in Digital Archaeology, organised by the University of Barcelona, Autonomous University of Barcelona, SIRIS Academic).
Spatial analysis, predictive modelling, and GIS ( 2016 ERASMUS+ Mobility at the University of Groningen).
International Coaching Diploma
The International Coaching & Counselling Institute; The Hague, Netherlands.
Dutch University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO); University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Ritondale, M. (accepted and in press). Coastal attractiveness and shipwreck probability: Some theoretical and practical remarks for modelling ancient seafaring in coastal areas. In K. Baika (Ed.), Mediterranean Harbour Cities. Honor Frost Foundation Open Access Research Series. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
Ritondale, M. (under revision – major revisions requested). [Manuscript under double-blind peer review]. International Journal of Heritage Studies. Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
Ritondale, M. (2024). Review of The maritime transport of sculptures in the ancient Mediterranean, by K. Velentza. MARMORA: An International Journal for Archaeology, History and Archaeometry of Marbles and Stones, 20.
Ritondale, M. (2023). Archaeological predictive modelling in underwater contexts: Utility and challenges. In Proceedings of the 2023 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (pp. 913–917).
Ritondale, M. (2022). Shipwrecking Probability in Mediterranean Territorial Waters: a Cultural Approach to Archaeological Predictive Modelling. PhD thesis, University of Groningen / IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. 350 pp. doi.org/10.33612/diss.219256868
Brughmans, T., Hanson, J., Mandich, M., Romanowska, I., Rubio-Campillo, X., Carrignon, S., Collins-Elliott, S., Crawford, K., Daems, D., Fulminante, F., de Haas, T., Kelly, P., Moreno Escobar, M., Paliou, E., Prignano, L. & Ritondale, M., (2019). “Formal Modelling Approaches to Complexity Science in Roman Studies: A Manifesto”, Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal 2(1), 4. doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/traj.367
Ritondale, M. (2018). Review of Travellers, Merchants and Settlers in the Eastern Mediterranean, 11th–14th Centuries, by D. Jacoby. Journal of Greek Archaeology, 3, 504–508.
Ritondale, M. (2016). Review of Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World on Display, by P. Levitt. Predella. Journal of Visual Arts, 39–40, 131–134.
Ritondale, M., Coletto, M., & Caldarelli, G. (2015). Application of network analysis to the trade routes of antiquities passing through the Pontine Islands. Conference abstract, 188–189.
Ritondale, M. (2014). Deep discoveries from the seabed of the Pontine Islands: The shipwrecks of Ventotene, Santo Stefano and Zannone. Assemblage, 13, 26–38.
Gambin, T., Ritondale, M., & Zarattini, A. (2010). I cinque relitti di Ventotene. In Lazio e Sabina 6: Atti del Convegno (Roma 4–6 marzo 2009). Rome: Edizioni Quasar.
2013
2015
2021
2025
2025
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, PhD Scholarship.
ERASMUS+ Mobility Consortium.
Catharine van Tussenbroek Scholarship; Research project about testing methods for archaeological network models carried out at the Barcelona Complexity Lab (Faculty of Physics), and the DIDPATRI unit (“Didàctica del Patrimoni, Museografia comprehensive I Noves technologies”) at the University of Barcelona.
Start-up Grant (Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen) – co-applicant.
Open Access Book Fund (University of Groningen) – Grant supporting the open-access publication of PhD thesis.