CRC 806 - Project Affiliation:

Project B1
The „Eastern Trajectory“: Last Glacial Palaeogeography and Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean and of the Balkan Peninsula

Project Z3
Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG)

Scientific Interests:

• Lithic Technology
• Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition
• Late Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans

Ph.D. Research Topic:

Working title: Dynamics of cultural adaptation of Early Homo sapiens along the Eastern Mediterranean South-to-North traverse

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Richter

Education:

Since January 2018: Ph.D. student at Institute for Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Cologne.

03/04/2017-25/09/2017: Erasmus+ Traineeship, Leiden University

Title: Mousterian Lithic Technology of Les Cottés, France

Supervisor: Ass. Prof. Dr. Marie Soressi

18/12/2014-14/03/2017: M.A. in Quaternary, Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Ferrara

Thesis: Il Levallois laminare di Grotta di Fumane (VR) nel quadro del Musteriano Finale italiano

Supervisor: Prof. Marco Peresani

15/09/2011-15/02/2015: B.A. in Sciences of Cultural Heritage – Archaeological Curriculum, University of Pisa.

Field Work and Research Assignments

September 2018: Excavation campaign at Aurignacian site Românești-Dumbrăvița I, Romania.

October 2017: Excavation campaign at Middle Palaeolithic site (MIS 4) Cuolèto de Nadale (VI), Italy.

July 2017: Excavation campaign at Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic site (MIS 3) Les Cottés (Vienne) France.

April-September 2017: Techno-typological analysis of the Les Cottés Mousterian 08 unit industry (Soressi campaigns 2006-2017).

September 2016-February 2017: Techno-typological analysis of Fumane Cave Final Mousterian A10-A11 units Levallois unipolar industry.

June-August 2016: Excavation campaign at Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic site (MIS 4-MIS 3) Fumane Cave (VR), Italy.

August 2015: Research traineeship in techno-typological analysis of Middle Palaeolithic site Bau de l’Aubesier lower units.

June-July 2015: Excavation campaign at Middle and Upper Palaeolithic site (MIS 3 and MIS 2) Rio Secco Cave (PN), Italy.

Publications:

Marco Peresani, Rossella Duches, Davide Delpiano, Jacopo Gennai, Diana Marcazzan, Nicola Nannini, Matteo Romandini, Alessandro Aleo, Arianna Cocilova. 2017. Il Musteriano delle unità A10 e A11 a Grotta di Fumane (VR). Risultati delle campagne di scavo 2014 e 2016. FOLD&R Italy: 397.

Gennai, J., Delpiano, D. & Peresani, M. 2017. The Laminar Levallois of A10-A11 of Grotta di Fumane (VR). [Poster] ESHE 7th Annual Meeting, Leiden (NL) 20th-24th September 2017.

Gennai, J. In Press. Techno-typologie de l’industrie lithique moustérienne 2006-2015/Techno-typological analysis of Les Cottés US08 Mousterian lithics. In: Soressi, M. (ed.) Les Cottés Saint-Pierre-de- Maillé (Vienne) Rapport de Fouille 2017. Service régional de l’archéologie de Poitou-Charentes.

Gennai J., 2017. Il Levallois laminare di Grotta di Fumane (VR) nel quadro del Musteriano Finale italiano. Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Quaternario, Preistoria e Archeologia. Published Master Thesis. Inforav, Informatica & Documentazione – Pubblitesi, Roma, ISBN 9788887096323

Scientific Meetings/Conferences

18th UISPP World Congress, Paris 04/06/2018 - 09/06/2018

EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna 08/04/2018 - 13/04/2018

23^RD EAA Meeting, Maastricht 30/08/2017 – 03/09/2017

7^TH ESHE Meeting, Leiden 21/09/2017 – 23/09/2017