Dr Camilla Zeviani

Dr Camilla Zeviani is a Research Associate at Magdalene College.

Dr Camilla Zeviani is an archaeologist specialising in Etruscan settlement patterns, territoriality, and urbanisation dynamics in pre-Roman Italy. She completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2023, with a thesis focused on the rural landscape and settlement organisation during the urbanisation of Etruria (7th–5th centuries BCE). Currently a post-doctoral researcher at Kiel University, she is part of the interdisciplinary CRC 1266 project, investigating transformations from Mediterranean Etruria to Baltic Denmark. Her research integrates archaeological fieldwork, GIS analysis, and statistical modelling, and she has conducted fieldwork across Italy and the UK.

Dr Zeviani is an Affiliated Scholar of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. At the Cambridge Archaeology department, she serves as Teaching Assistant for a module on archaeological methods and theory, for which she also provides supervisions.

Beyond her academic work, Dr Zeviani contributes to collaborative research projects, international conferences, and student mentorship. She holds dual Italian and US nationality.

Research Interests

Dr Camilla Zeviani is currently a post-doctoral researcher at Kiel University, Germany, working on the CRC 1266 - Scales of Transformation E4 subproject. This collaborative initiative compares patterns of centralisation and demographic dynamics during the Iron Age in continental Europe (Germany, France, and Denmark) and the Mediterranean (Etruria).

The project is notable for its comparative and multidisciplinary approach, focusing on understudied regions to enhance understanding. As part of this research, Dr Zeviani has published papers (with some in press, under review, and in preparation) and presented at conferences such as the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) and the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA).

Dr Zeviani applies advanced quantitative methods to Etruscan settlement data, aiming to modernise Etruscology—a traditionally Classical Archaeology-oriented field—by introducing approaches widely used in other archaeological disciplines. Her work seeks to refine and challenge existing models of Etruscan centralisation and territorial dynamics, offering fresh insights into the socio-political landscapes of Mediterranean Iron Age societies.

In September 2024, she led a survey around the plateau of ancient Tarquinia, an area previously studied primarily for its ritual aspects. The survey revealed numerous ceramic spreads of Etruscan date, highlighting the potential for uncovering significant new data.

Professional Affiliations

  • Affiliated Scholar. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. University of Cambridge.
  • Research Associate. Magdalene College. University of Cambridge.
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher. Kiel University. Germany.

Selected Publications

Books

Scarsella E., Zeviani C. (eds.). Accepted by Archaepress. Submission: November 2024. A blessing and a
curse: Mediterranean mountain societies in prehistory between Idyll and Violence, LEPG
conference proceedings (May 2022), Oxford: Archaeopress.

Stoddart, S., Aldred, O., Zeviani, C. (eds.). 2023. The Personality and Legacy of Fox (1923-2023).
Cambridge: Magdalene College

Peer reviewed articles

Zeviani, C. In preparation. Invisible Etruscans. A study on rural landscape and settlement organisation
during the urbanisation of Etruria (7th-5th centuries BCE). European Journal of Archaeology.

Quatrelivre C., Zeviani C., Bilotti G., Scholtus L., Nakoinz O., Stoddart, S. In preparation. Come together.
Connecting demography and centralisation processes in the European Iron Age. Antiquity.

Zeviani, C., Bilotti, G., Simmons, C., Stoddart, S. under review. Pointing out the pattern. Modelling
human-environmental dynamics in Etruria during the 1st millennium BCE. Journal of Archaeological
Science. Reports.

Zeviani, C, approved. Urbanization halted. Regional politics and demographic changes between the
7th and the 5th centuries BCE. A case from North Etruria. World Archaeology.
Encyclopedia

Zeviani C., di Paola G., Stoddart S. Submitted. City and territory in Etruria, D. Maras D. (ed.). The
Etruscans. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Conference proceedings

Stoddart S., Zeviani C. In press. Città Aperte Revisited (1993-2023). In S. Santocchini (ed.) Dal Tirreno al
Mare Sardo. Studi per Marco Rendeli. Studi Etruschi.
Zeviani, C. 2023. Cerveteri. The Personality and Legacy of Fox (1923-2023). Cambridge: Magdalene
College.

Zeviani C. 2022. Boundaries and Frontiers in Northeastern Etruria: Researching Community and Family
Identity through Boundary Stones. Frontières. Revue d’archéologie, histoire & histoire del’art. Vol. 5,
43-51.

Chapters in edited volumes

Engelbogen F., Nakoinz O., Knitter D., Zeviani C., Stoddart S., Strohm S., Günther G., Alliata V., Löptien
U. In press. Indicators of Transformation Processes: Change Profiles as a Method for Identifying
Indicators. J. Müller, W. Kirleis, N. Taylor (eds.) Perspectives on Socio-environmental Transformations
in Ancient Europe. Cham: Springer.

Stoddart, S., Zeviani C. 2022. The Power of Different Places in Etruria. L. Magnini, C. Bettineschi, L.
Burigana (eds.). Traces of Complexity. Studi in onore di Armando De Guio. Mantova: SAP, 99-106.

Related websites

Department of Archaeology: Camilla Zeviani