Elena Fiorin
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Elena Fiorin
@elenafiorin.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist 💀
Animal and travel lover 🌍 🐶
Current project: the #Bioarchaeology of communal health: infectious diseases, medical care, and funerary practices in #medieval and early modern northern Italy (BioComm)
Former MSCA
Sapienza University of Rome
Yesterday I presented a talk entitled:

‘𝙩𝒓𝙖𝒄𝙞𝒏𝙜 𝙝𝒆𝙖𝒍𝙞𝒏𝙜 𝙧𝒆𝙢𝒆𝙙𝒊𝙚𝒔 𝒕𝙝𝒓𝙤𝒖𝙜𝒉 𝒕𝙞𝒎𝙚: 𝒅𝙚𝒏𝙩𝒂𝙡 𝙘𝒂𝙡𝒄𝙪𝒍𝙪𝒔 𝒂𝙣𝒂𝙡𝒚𝙨𝒊𝙨 𝙖𝒏𝙙 𝙢𝒆𝙙𝒊𝙘𝒂𝙡 𝙥𝒓𝙖𝒄𝙩𝒊𝙘𝒆𝙨’

At the summer school organised by Trento university - AMARCH2025

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May 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Living and Dying between Wars and the #BlackDeath: New
Bioanthropological Perspectives from Northern #Italy

A big thanks to @chrischeung.bsky.social for giving the opportunity to disseminate the results of the BioComm project.

This is just the beginning of our collaboration!
#HongKong #CUHK
April 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today I gave my first talk here in #hongkong on infectious diseases in the #medieval period, medieval #leprosy treatments, and the potential of dental calculus analysis!

A huge thanks to @chrischeung.bsky.social
#CUHK
#Sapienza
#NextGenerationEU
March 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Thanks to @chrischeung.bsky.social for inviting me to give this talk at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

It will be an exciting opportunity to share the results of the BioComm project!
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#CUHK #Sapienza #NextGenerationEU
March 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Dear colleagues,
We invite you to submit contributions to Session # 248 at the upcoming European Association of Archaeologists (#EAA) 2025 Conference in Belgrade.
📅 deadline: February 6, 2025
🔗 Submit here: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2025/login
Emanuela Cristiani, Elena Fiorin & Lisa-Marie Shillito
January 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Bioarchaeology lab has finally started!
Here the students approaching the study of human skeletal remains for the first time!
#biaorchaeology #archaeology
#universityofverona
January 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Reposted by Elena Fiorin
Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️

So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?

We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary

#WomeninSTEM

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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November 25, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Visiting the Lombard exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Cividale
#earlymedieval #italy #archaeology
November 23, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Reposted by Elena Fiorin
𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱
Open Access

This ground-breaking book brings together scholars to address the question of how recent work in genetics, zoology, and epidemiology can allow a rethinking of the Black Death.

directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.50...
November 22, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Reposted by Elena Fiorin
Dygger, Flaterere, Picarde, Rowlande, Torkoplere - those and another 1060 names for dogs from the a medieval manuscript https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/dog-names-middle-ages/ #DogNames
1,065 Unique Dog Names from the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net
Looking for the perfect name for your dog? A late medieval treatise may have just what you need—it lists 1,065 unique names for dogs.
www.medievalists.net
November 13, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Reposted by Elena Fiorin
Started up a bioarch starter pack 🤩
Let me know if you want to be added or have suggestions 😊
#archaeology #bioarchaeology

go.bsky.app/N5yfURb
November 17, 2024 at 10:50 AM
I am spending my Monday at the computer but I am dreaming about the archaeological excavation of this summer… #mondaymood #troughbackmemories
▶️Instagram: ArcheoSanDonato
November 18, 2024 at 4:08 PM
My #firstpost is about my #Research interests ⬇️

• Biological anthropology
• Medieval archaeology
• Funerary archaeology
• Palaeopathology
• Dental anthropology
• Dental calculus analysis
• Ancient diet/medicine
• Medical care in medieval Europe
November 17, 2024 at 10:57 PM