Dr Milena Melfi: List of publications

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A Colossal Cult Statue Group from Dobër, Albania: Visual Narratives of East and West in the Countryside of Butrint

2020
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Journal article
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American Journal of Archaeology

Region: Lazio; Province: Rome; Site: Tivoli

2019
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Journal article
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Papers of the British School at Rome

Reconstruction of a Segment of the UNESCO World Heritage Hadrian’s Villa Tunnel Network by Integrated GPR, Magnetic–Paleomagnetic, and Electric Resistivity Prospections

2019
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Journal article
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Remote Sensing
<jats:p>Hadrian’s Villa is an ancient Roman archaeological site built over an ignimbritic tuff and characterized by abundant iron oxides, strong remnant magnetization, and elevated magnetic susceptibility. These properties account for the high-amplitude magnetic anomalies observed in this site and were used as a primary tool to detect deep archaeological features consisting of air-filled and soil-filled cavities of the tuff. An integrated magnetic, paleomagnetic, radar, and electric resistivity survey was performed in the Plutonium-Inferi sector of Hadrian’s Villa to outline a segment of the underground system of tunnels that link different zones of the villa. A preliminary paleomagnetic analysis of the bedrock unit and a high-resolution topographic survey by aerial photogrammetry allowed us to perform a computer-assisted modelling of the observed magnetic anomalies, with respect to the archaeological sources. The intrinsic ambiguity of this procedure was reduced through the analysis of ground penetrating radar and electric resistivity profiles, while a comprehensive picture of the buried archaeological features was built by integration of the magnetization model with radar amplitude maps. The final subsurface model of the Plutonium-Inferi complex shows that the observed anomalies are mostly due to the presence of tunnels, skylights, and a system of ditches excavated in the tuff.</jats:p>

Sanctuaries and Greek poleis: an architectural approach

2019
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Conference paper
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Conference in honour of John Boardman on his 90th birthday

A cast, a bird and a queen

2019
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Chapter

Corrigendum: Region: Lazio; Province: Rome; Site: Tivoli (Journal of Physical Chemistry (2019) 87 (326-329) DOI: 10.1017/S0068246219000138)

2019
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Journal article
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Papers of the British School at Rome
© 2019 Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved. Figure 2 of Gorrini, M., and Melfi, M. (2019) has been replaced with a revised figure, in order to protect the integrity of the excavation site.(Figure Presented).

Antinous Boy Made God

2018
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Book
The exhibition and the book&#39;s narrative highlight the range and variety of Antinous&#39; reception and shows how the fascination and reach of his image went well beyond antiquity into the modern world.

La ‘Lex Sacra von der Hallenstrasse’ e l’Asclepieio di Pergamo tra passato e presente

2018
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Chapter
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Aparchai. Studi Miscellanei in onore di Maria Letizia Lazzarini

Per Epirum. An alternative to the Adriatic. The territory of Hadrianopolis and the Drino valley in the Greek and Early Roman periods

2018
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Conference paper

The stele of Polybios: Art, text and Context in Second-Century BC Greece

2017
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Chapter
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Writing Matters. Presenting and perceiving monumental inscriptions in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

The archaeology of the Asclepieum at Pergamon

2017
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Chapter
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In Praise of Asclepius. Aelius Aristides, Selected Prose Hymns

Some thoughts on the cult of the Pantheon ('All the Gods'?) in the Cities and Sanctuaries of Roman Greece

2017
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Chapter
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Impact of Empire

La stele di Polibio: arte e politica nel Peloponneso del II secolo a.C.

2016
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Chapter
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Dromoi Studi sul mondo antico offerti a Emanuele Greco dagli allievidella Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene

Damophon of Messene in the Ionian coast of Greece

2016
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Chapter
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Hellenistic Sanctuaries Between Greece and Rome
This edited collection focuses on the archaeological material of this era and how it can elucidate the complex relationship between the various forces operating on, and changing the physical space of, sanctuaries.

Introduction: on sanctuaries and poleis

2016
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Chapter
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Hellenistic Sanctuaries Between Greece and Rome
This edited collection focuses on the archaeological material of this era and how it can elucidate the complex relationship between the various forces operating on, and changing the physical space of, sanctuaries.

The making of a colonial Pantheon in the colonies of Roman Greece

2016
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Chapter
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Hellenistic Sanctuaries Between Greece and Rome
This edited collection focuses on the archaeological material of this era and how it can elucidate the complex relationship between the various forces operating on, and changing the physical space of, sanctuaries.

Damophon of Messene in the Ionian coast of Greece

2016
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Chapter
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Hellenistic Sanctuaries

The making of a colonial Pantheon in the colonies of Roman Greece

2016
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Chapter
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Hellenistic Sanctuaries

Gods in Colour A Guide to the Exhibition

2015
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Book
Polychromy

Religion and society in early Roman corinth a forgotten coin hoard and the sanctuary of asklepios

2014
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Journal article
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Hesperia
© The American School of Classical Studies at Athens. This study focuses on the evidence from a coin deposit (IGCH 353) found in the Asklepieion of Corinth in order to gain fresh information on the survival and renovation of the cult place in the early colonial years. The aim is to contribute to questions such as when and where did normal civic and religious life resume in Corinth after the destruction of the city in 146 B.C., and to what extent did Roman decisions and local attitudes influence traditional cult places in newly founded Roman colonies.

Religion and communication in the sanctuaries of Roman Greece

2013
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Chapter
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Religion as communication system: networks and rituals in the traditional Greek sanctuaries of the Roman period

The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum Catalogue of Plaster Casts of Greek and Roman Sculpture

2013
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Book
The collection has recently been re-displayed and integrated.
Art

Asclepius - (B.L.) Wickkiser Asklepios, Medicine, and the Politics of Healing in Fifth-century Greece. Between Craft and Cult. Pp. xiv + 178, ills, maps. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Cased, £29, US$55. ISBN: 978-0-8018-8978-3.

2012
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Journal article
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The Classical Review

Geografia storica della valle del Drino

2012
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Chapter
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Hadrianopolis II risultati delle indagini archeologiche 2005-2010
Social Science

(M.) Scott Delphi and Olympia. The Spatial Politics of Panhellenism in the Archaic and Classical Period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xix + 356, illus. £55. 9780521191265.

2011
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Journal article
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies

Ritual spaces and performances in the Asklepieia of Roman Greece

2010
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Journal article
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Annual of the British School at Athens
This paper attempts to investigate the existence of performative rituals - such as processions, songs, dances, dramatic enactments of divine myths and genealogies - in sanctuaries of Asklepios during the Roman Imperial period in Greece. Because of their long life and their well-documented ritual practice, the sanctuaries of Athens, Epidauros, and Messene have been selected as case studies. Archaeological, literary, and epigraphical sources are used to identify the nature of the ritual performed, and to assign to them a topographical space within the sacred precinct. The period under consideration mostly coincides with the reign of the Antonine emperors, when the relatively peaceful environment allowed for an artistic revival, and cultural phenomena such as the Second Sophistic promoted the reappropriation of ancient Greek tradition and a renewed continuity with it, despite the historical discontinuity. Wealthy patrons belonging to the educated elite and holding the highest offices within the imperial bureaucracy were often responsible for the refoundation of sacred buildings, and of long-forgotten religious festivals. In this context, the promotion of performative spaces and rituals in the sanctuaries of Asklepios is interpreted as a product of the cultural and social environment of the second and early third centuries in Greece.

I santuari di Asclepio in Grecia

2007
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Book
Architecture

Il santuario di Asclepio a Lebena

2007
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Book
Aesculapius (Greek deity)

The sanctuary of Asclepius

2007
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Chapter
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Roman Butrint An Assessment
The urban fabric evolved, sometimes faltered, but was essentially sustained until the later 6th century A.D. This present volume is an assessment of the Roman archaeology, a compilation of studies and field reports that focuses upon the ...
History