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Marco Milella

About

After graduating in Natural Sciences at the University of Bologna in 2005, I obtained a PhD at the same University in 2010. Specifically, my research focus during my PhD was on the study of entheses (skeletal attachment sites of muscles and ligaments) and their modification in relation to sex, age and physical activity. I participated in the archaeological excavations of Bronze Age burials in South-Western Kazakhstan (Chirik Rabbat and Senghir Tam) in 2006 and 2007. In 2010, I began my post-doc in Prof. Zollikofer's group at the Anthropological Institute & Museum, University of Zürich, Switzerland.

Research Interests

Neolithic transition in Central Europe.

Other scientific interests:

• Study of skeletal attachment sites of muscles and ligaments for the detection of general levels of stress, specific physical activities and social stratifications in ancient populations.
• Application of microscopic techniques for the study of skeletal trauma from a bio-archeological and a forensic perspective.
• Funerary archeology and taphonomy with particular interest in funerary rituals and practices of intervention and treatment of the corpse or skeleton.

Publications

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Contact

Anthropologisches Institut
Universität Zürich-Irchel
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH- 8057 Zürich

Office phone: +41 44 635 5428
E-mail: marco.milella(at)aim.uzh.ch