Andrea U. De Giorgi (NHC Fellow, 2023–24)

Fellowship Work Summary, 2023–24

Andrea U. De Giorgi drafted four chapters of his manuscript, Aqua: Water Resources and the Expansion of the Roman State (tentative title). While at the NHC, he also completed his edited volume, Antioch on the Orontes: History, Society, Ecology, and Visual Culture (Cambridge University Press, June 2024), for which he also wrote an introductory essay and coauthored (with Gunnar Brands) “Building Programs and Natural Disasters: The Archaeology of Roman and Late Roman Antioch.” He also authored and coauthored a host of other essays, to wit:

• De Giorgi, Andrea U., S. Barker, S. Bernard, M. Brennan, and G. Fontana. “Building Cosa I: The Energetics Model of the Polygonal Walls.” To be submitted to Antiquity.
• De Giorgi, Andrea U. “The 17-O Excavation: The Correspondence,” and “The Nymphaeum.” In The Princeton Excavations of Antioch: Sector 17-O, edited by A. Eder. Turnhout: Brepols, 2024. (Revision of an essay written two years previous.)
• De Giorgi, Andrea U., and A. A. Eger. “Anazarbos: Chronicles from a Late Antique Capital.” In A Festschrift in Honor of Alan Stahl, edited by Lee Mordechai, David Yoon, and Merle Eisenberg. Turnhout: Brepols. Forthcoming.
• De Giorgi, Andrea U., G. Brocard, J.P. Goiran, A. Conforti, F. Preusser, Q. Vitale, G. Jouve, L. Darras, C. Benech, C. Oberlin, E. Pons-Branchu, L. Mattio, C. Vittori, M. Leporati-Persiano, and A. Bertini. “Double Tombolo Formation by Regressive Barrier Growth and Submergence: The Case of Orbetello, Italy.” Marine Geology. Forthcoming.
• De Giorgi, Andrea U., M. Rönnberg, Y. Becker, M.M. Hald, C. Cha, S. Murgolo, T. Müller, C. Schmidt, L. Vieting. “Die Merkantile Zentralortfunktion von Cosa. Vorbericht zur Grabungskampagne 2023.” Kölner und Bonner Archaeologica 13/14 (2023/24): 1–14. Forthcoming.
• De Giorgi, Andrea U. “Antioch on the Orontes: The Urban Image.” In The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Syria and the Near East (4th century BCE–8th Century CE), edited by R. Raja. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Revised, originally submitted three years previous.)
• De Giorgi, Andrea U. “The Foundation of Cosa: Context, Plans, and Resources.” In The Routledge Handbook of the Archaeology of Urbanism in Italy in the Age of Roman Expansion, edited by F. Colivicchi and M. McCallum, 169–89. London: Routledge. (Revised, originally submitted two years previous.)
• De Giorgi, Andrea U. “Old Frameworks and New Data: Orbetello, Cosa, and the Making of the Colony.” In Roman Urbanism: Recent Discoveries and New Directions, edited by M. Millett and A. Launaro, 63–80. The Laurence Seminar, Cambridge University. Oxford: Oxbow. (Revised, originally submitted in August 2023.)