Dr. Eva Ftancesca Martellotta
Dr Eva F. Martellotta is an archaeologist and postdoctoral researcher, exploring the butchery practices of early human groups in the southern Caucasus. Her work seeks to combine the study of animal remains and stone artefacts to better understand how these groups obtained food and made tools. She aims to shed light on a very important period in human evolution, specifically the moment when Homo sapiens arrived in southwest Europe, by looking at marks left on bones and what they reveal about human interactions with the environment.
Eva received a BA in Archaeological Sciences from ‘Sapenza’ University of Rome, followed by an MA summa cum laude in Quaternary, Prehistory and Archaeology from the University of Ferrara, both institutions in Italy. In 2023, she earned her PhD from Griffith University in Australia, where she was awarded the International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and the Research Output Excellence Scholarship. She will start the Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2025.