Eric C. De Sena was born in White Plains, N.Y. and raised in the town of Somers, N.Y. He currently lives and works in Rome, Italy.

Principal research interests: Roman archaeology and history, Roman society, the ancient Roman economy, Rome and the north European provinces, archaeological ceramics, archaeometry, archaeological theory and methods.

Academic summary:

¤ Assistant Professor of Ancient Art and Archaeology, John Cabot University
¤ Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Saint Mary's College, Rome Program
¤ PhD in Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, U.K.
¤ M.A. in Art History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
¤ Non-matriculating studies at l'Università "La Sapienza" di Roma.
¤ B.A. in Mediterranean Archaeology at the State University of New York at Albany.

Sample of Publications:

E.C. De Sena (ed.), Archaeological Materials from the Ecole Francaise de Rome Ostia Water Supply Project: Catalogue and Broader Implications (in preparation).

E.C. De Sena and H. Dobrzanska (eds.), The Roman Empire and Beyond: Political, Social and Economic Relations along Rome's Northeastern Frontier (in preparation).

E.C. De Sena, E. Bukowiecki, H. Dessales, J. Dubouloz, G. Poccardi. 2007. The École Française de Rome Castellum Aquae Project at Ostia (2003-2005): an interim report. Archaeologiae. Research by Foreign Missions in Italy 3.1.

E.C. De Sena and E. Rivello. 2007. Refuse or Re-use? Analysis and interpretation of a pottery deposit excavated near the aqueduct of Ostia Antica. In D. Malfitana, J. Lund, J. Poblome (eds.), Old Pottery in a New Century. Innovating Perspectives on Roman Pottery Studies.

E.C. De Sena. 2005. An assessment of wine and oil production in Rome's hinterland: ceramic, literary, art historical and modern evidence. In A. Klynne and B. Santilli Frizell (eds.) Roman Villas around the Urbs. Interaction with Landscape and Environment. (www.isvroma.org).

E.C. De Sena and H. Dessales (eds.). 2004.Archaeological Methods and Approaches: Industry and Commerce in Ancient Italy. BAR-IS 1262.

E.C. De Sena and J.I. Ikäheimo. 2003. The supply of imported and local pottery and related goods to Pompeii: evidence from the Casa delle Vestali excavations. European Journal of Archaeology 6.3: 301-322.

E.C. De Sena. 2003. Seeing the Trees and the Forest. Toward a more Refined Understanding of Socio-Cultural Systems in Classical Antiquity: the Case of Olive Oil in Ancient Latium. Archaeologiae. Research by Foreign Missions in Italy 1: 11-32.

L.A. Ford and E.C. De Sena. 2003. Proto-Common Ware in Pompeii: Defining a Ceramic Tradition. In A. Gibson (ed.), Prehistoric Pottery: People, Pattern and Purpose. BAR-IS 1156: 65-70.

E.C. De Sena. 2002. Reflections on the Supply of Domestic Pottery in Ostia, AD 50-450: Evidence from the DAI/AAR Excavations. Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 47: 274-286.

S. Wisseman, P. Sarin, R. Ousterhout, E.C. De Sena, and W. Williams. 2002. Fresco Pigments from Byzantine Cappadocia, Part II. In E. Jerem and K.T. Biro (eds.), Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Archaeometry, Budapest, Hungary. BAR-IS 1043.

E.C. De Sena and E.S. Friedman. 1997. An Investigation of the Sources of Bronze Age pottery from Goltepe and Kestel, Turkey by Neutron Activation. In J.R. Druzic, P.B. Vendiver, J. Merkel and J. Stewart (eds.), Materials Issues in Archaeology V: 239-246.

E.C. De Sena, S. Landsberger, J.T. Peña, and S. Wisseman. 1995. Analysis of Ancient Pottery from the Palatine Hill in Rome. J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 196.2: 223-234.