Dr Giulia Boetto


Institution: Centre Camille Jullian (Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, MCC)
Country: France

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Giulia Boetto obtained the PhD in 2006. She is the first class researcher in Nautical and Maritime Archaeology at the French National Centre for Scientific research (CNRS) and she is based at the Centre Camille Jullian (UMR7299, Aix-Marseille Univerisity, CNRS) in Aix-en-Provence, France. Dr. Boetto’s research focuses on ancient ships (typology and function) through archaeological, written, iconographic, ethnological and archaeometric sources within two main topics: 1. Interrelation between ships, in particular service boats, and harbours, and 2. Eastern Adriatic ancient shipbuilding. In the AdriaS project she will contribute to the study of the evolution of ancient shipbuilding and seafaring in the Adriatic.


INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSABILITIES

  • Visiting Researcher at the Ecole Française de Rome (from 1/02 to 30/04/2018)
  • Deputy director of the Research Unit Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-en-Provence, France (from 2016)
  • Senior Researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and member of the Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-en-Provence, France (from 2007)

EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY BOARDS

  • Member of the Advisory Board on Archaeological Research of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (from 2017)
  • Member of the Advisory Board of The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (from 2017)
  • Responsible of the Formation Unit “Nautical Archaeology” of the Master of Maritime and Coastal archaeology of Aix Marseille University (from 2013)
  • Member of the Underwater Operations Commission of the French National council of the Archaeological Research (from 2012)
  • Member of the Scientific Council of the National Park of Port Cros, France (from 2011)

GRANTS, AWARDS AND PROJECTS

2017 and 2018: “Label Archéologie” of the “Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres”, Institut de France, Paris, for the Research Programme “ADRIBOATS – Navires et navigation en Adriatique orientale dans l’Antiquité” of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD EXPERIENCE

  • 4-22/09/2017: Research Programme “ADRIBOATS – Navires et navigation en Adriatique orientale dans l’Antiquité” – 3rd excavation campaign of the shipwreck of Kamensko, Kupa River, Karlovac, Croatia (co-direction with K. Zubcic, HRZ, Zagreb)
  •  23-30/09/2017: Research Programme “ADRIBOATS – Navires et navigation en Adriatique orientale dans l’Antiquité” – 1st excavation campaign of the Late Antique shipwreck of Debeljak, Premantura, Croatia (co-direction with I. Koncani Uhac, AMI, and M. Uhac, Min. Kulture)
  • 9-13/04/2018: Regional Archaeological Museum “Museo Lilibeo”, Marsala, Sicily - Honor Frost Foundation Project, Assessment of the current state of conservation of the Punic Ship and guidelines for its restoration and new display (co-direction with H. Bernard-Maugiron, ARC-Nucléart-Grenoble, R. Giglio, SBCA-Trapani)
  • 23-24/04/2018: Naples, Italy – Project for the conservation of the Roman shipwrecks of Naples, in collaboration with Archaeological Superintendence of Naples-MIBACT, School of the Superior Institute for Conservation and Restoration in Rome (ISCR) and ARC-Nucléart-Grenoble

PUBLICATIONS

  • Koncani Uhac, I., Boetto, G., Uhac, M. 2017 (eds). Zambratija. Prapovijesni šivani brod / Prehistoric sewn boat / Una barca cucita preistorica / Un bateau cousu préhistorique, exhibition catalogue, Katalog 85, Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula, 70 p.
  • Koncani Uhac, I., Boetto, G., Uhac, M. 2017. Zambratija: la nave cucita più antica del Mediterraneo. In R. Auriemma (ed.), Nel mare dell'intimità. L'archeologia subacquea racconta l'Adriatico, exhibition catalogue, Gangemi, Trieste, p. 83.

SUMMER SCHOOLS / TRAINING / WORKSHOPS

Organisation

  • 3-10/06/2017: Ars Nautica Seafaring through the Ages - Summer School on Nautical Heritage of the Mediterranean, Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia (co-organisation with I. Radic Rossi)
  • 7-8/03/2018: De l’épave au musée : étude, conservation, restauration et exposition des navires antiques en Italie et en Europe / Dal relitto al museo: studio, conservazione, restauro e esposizione di navi antiche in Italia e in Europa / From the wreck to the museum: study, conservation, restoration and exhibition of ancient ships in Italy and Europe, International Worshop, Ecole française de Rome / Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro, Roma, Italy (co-organisation with B. Davidde-Petriaggi)

 

Participation - Communications

  • 5/06/2017: Ships, boats and harbours in the ancient Mediterranean, Ars Nautica Seafaring through the Ages - Summer School on Nautical Heritage of the Mediterranean, Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • 16/06/2017 : Eléments de propulsion et de gréement des fouilles du port antique de Naples, Rencontres internationales Instrumentum - Les modes de transport dans l'Antiquité et au Moyen Âge. Mobiliers d'équipement et d'entretien des véhicules terrestres, fluviaux et maritimes, Musée départemental de l’Arles antique, Arles, France (co-author with P. Poveda, Ch. Zazzaro)
  • 16/06/2017: Objets de navigation maritime sur le site du Près aux Pêcheurs, Antibes, Rencontres internationales Instrumentum - Les modes de transport dans l'Antiquité et au Moyen Âge. Mobiliers d'équipement et d'entretien des véhicules terrestres, fluviaux et maritimes, Musée départemental de l’Arles antique, Arles, France (co-author with S. Raux, I. Daveau)
  • 19/10/2017: A Preliminary Study of the Remains of Four Vessels Found in the Ancient Harbour of Naples, Italy, Under the Mediterranean - The Honor Frost Foundation International Conference, be held on the Anniversary of the Centenary of Honor Frost’s Birth on the Island of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (co-author with Ch. Zazzaro and P. Poveda)
  • 8/11/2017: Roman River Barge from Kupa, IV International Archaeological Colloquium - Roman Ceramic and Glass Manufactures Production and Trade in the Adriatic region and beyond, Crikvenica, Croatia (co-author with K. Zubcic and A. Divic)
  • 24/02/2018: The Kupa river in antiquity: a preliminary reconstruction of a fluvial landscape and its navigation practices, Flusstäler, Flussschiffe, Flusshäfen – Befunde aus Antike und Mittelalter. River valleys, river vessels, river harbours – Records from Antiquities and Medieval times, Universität Jena, Jena, Germany (co-author with K. Zubcic and A. Divic)
  • 8/03/2018: I relitti del porto antico di Napoli: scavo, recupero e risultati degli studi, De l’épave au musée : étude, conservation, restauration et exposition des navires antiques en Italie et en Europe / Dal relitto al museo: studio, conservazione, restauro e esposizione di navi antiche in Italia e in Europa / From the wreck to the museum: study, conservation, restoration and exhibition of ancient ships in Italy and Europe, International Worshop, Ecole française de Rome / Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro, Roma, Italy (co-author with D. Giampaola and V. Carsana)

 

Participation - Posters

  • 20-24/10/2017: Identification of wood used in the construction of the two horeiae-type vessels Toulon 1 and 2 (1st century AD, France), Under the Mediterranean - The Honor Frost Foundation International Conference, be held on the Anniversary of the Centenary of Honor Frost’s Birth on the Island of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (co-author with A. Ferreira Dominguez, F. Guibal)
  • 20-24/10/2017: The 2013 Investigation of the Harbour of the Roman Colony Pula, Under the Mediterranean - The Honor Frost Foundation International Conference, be held on the Anniversary of the Centenary of Honor Frost’s Birth on the Island of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (co-author with M. Uhac and I. Koncani Uhac)

INVITED TALKS

  • 19/09/2017: Svjedočanstvo navigacije rijekom Kupom u rimsko doba : brod natovaren ciglama iz Kamenskog, Karlovac / Un témoignage de la navigation sur la Kupa à l’époque romaine : le chaland chargé de briques de Kamensko, Karlovac, Archaeological Museum Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (co-author with K. Zubcic and A. Divic)
  • 20/09/2017: Svjedočanstvo o plovidbi Kupom tijekom rimskog razdoblja: brod s teretom opeka iz Kamenskog kod Karlovcac, Aquatika, Karlovac, Croatia (co-author with K. Zubcic and A. Divic)

EXHIBITIONS

  • 7/07/2017-3/09/2017: Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula, Croatia; 27/02/2018- 25/03/2018: Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Croatia; 5/04/2018 – 6/05/2018: Muzej grada Sibenika, Sibenik, Croatia, co-organisation with I. Koncani Uhac and M. Uhac of the exhibition “Zambratija - prapovijesni šivani brod / Zambratija - prehistoric sewn boat
  • 8/12/2017-16/02/2018: Trieste, Italy, participation to the exhibition “Nel mare dell'intimità. L'archeologia subacquea racconta l'Adriatico / In the sea of intimacy. The underwater archaeology tells the story of Adriatic”

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Dr. Giulia Boetto is first class researcher in Nautical and Maritime Archaeology at the French National Centre for Scientific research (CNRS) and she is based at the Centre Camille Jullian (UMR7299, Aix-Marseille Univerisity, CNRS) in Aix-en-Provence, France. Dr. Boetto achieved her bachelor degree in Classical Letters in 1993 (University of Turin) and a post graduation Master in Classical Archaeology in 1998 (University of Turin). She obtained one-year University of Turin’s scholarship at the C. Camille Jullian in 1995, and short scholarships of the Centre for Maritime Archaeology in Roskilde (1997), NATO-CNR (1999) and Ecole française of Rome (2005). Parallel to her schooling, Dr. Boetto worked as free-lance (contractual) land and underwater archaeologist for the Italian Ministry of Culture and in 1997 she moved in Ostia (Rome) in charge for the EU funded projects Navis I and Navis II and others research activities of the Museum of the Ships (Fiumicino) and of the Archaeological Superintendence of Ostia. In 2004, she has been in charge of the study of the shipwrecks discovered in the Roman silted harbour of Naples. She completed her PhD in Letters and Human Sciences at the University of Provence “The Fiumicino ships (Italy): architecture, materials, types and functions. Contribution to the study of the harbour system of Rome under the Empire”, in 2006. From 2007, she is permanent first class researcher at CNRS. Dr. Boetto’s research focuses on ancient ships (typology and function) through archaeological, written, iconographic, ethnological and archaeometric sources within two main topics: 1. Interrelation between ships, in particular service boats, and harbours based on fieldwork in Western Roman Mediterranean harbours, Ostia-Portus, Naples, Toulon and Antibes; 2. Eastern Adriatic ancient shipbuilding in the frame of the Franco-Croatian projects in Pakoštane, Caska bay (University of Zadar) and Istria (Archaeological Museum of Istria). Dr. Boetto teaching activity is addressed to Master students of the Aix-Marseille University in particular within the frame of the new Master programme on the Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (MoMArch).

Dr. Boetto is also interested in the development of the photogrammetric techniques in shipwreck survey and ship 3D reconstruction and modelling. She is the editor of the session Portus, Ostia and the Ports of the Roman Mediterranean of the 2008 17th International Congress of Classical Archaeology (2010), with Simon Keay and Batellerie Gallo-Romaine. Pratiques régionales et influences maritimes méditerranéenne (2011), with Patrice Pomey and André Tchernia. 

 

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • 2010-2013: CASKA-Navires et navigation en Dalmatie romaine, Coordinator, financed by the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MAE), the CNRS and C. Camille Jullian. This project is the French contribution to the international project CISSA ANTIQUA;
  • 2012-2014 : ANR POL-TEVERE: delta du Tibre, Italie (paléo-environnements et paléo-pollutions), Researcher, financed by the French National Research Agency;
  • 2007-2011: Portus project, Researcher, financed by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Archaeological Superintendency of Rome, University of Southampton, British School at Rome;
  • 2009-2012: ANR-Entrepôts et lieux de stockage du monde gréco-romain antique, Researcher, financed by the French National Research Agency;
  • 2010-2012: Telo Martius: study of the Roman harbour and shipwrecks of Toulon, Coordinator with J.-P. Brun and M. Pasqualini, financed by the French Ministry of Culture, CNRS and C. Camille Jullian;
  • 2011-2012 : Portus in the Economy of the Roman Mediterranean, Researcher, financed by the ARCH, BSR, British Academy, Archaeological Superintendency of Rome.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Giulia Boetto published numerous articles, including: 

  • Boetto, G., “Les épaves comme sources pour l’étude de la navigation et des routes commerciales : une approche méthodologique” in S. Keay, ed., Ports Networks in the Roman Mediterranean, Rome, 2012: 154-173. 
  • Boetto, G., Radić Rossi, I., Marlier, S., Brusić, Z., eds., “L’épave de l’Antiquité tardive de Pakoštane, Croatie (fin IVe-début Ve siècle apr. J.-C.). Résultats d’un projet de recherche franco-croate” in Archaeonautica (2012) 17: 105-151.
  • Boetto, G., Ghelli, A., Germoni, P., “Due relitti rinvenuti a Isola Sacra, Fiumicino (Rm): primi dati sullo scavo e sulla struttura delle imbarcazioni” in Archaeologia Maritima Mediterranea (2012) 9: 15-38. 
  • Daveau, I., Boetto, G., “Une épave romaine dans le port d’Antibes” in Archaeologia Maritima Mediterranea (2012) 9: 127-137. 
  • Boetto, G., Rousse, C., “Traditions régionales d’architecture navale en Adriatique à l’époque romaine” in Histria Antiqua (2012) 21: 427-441. 
  • Boetto, G., Radić Rossi, I., “Šivani brod u uvali Caska na Pagu : rezultati istraživačke kampanje 2011” in Histria Antiqua (2012) 21: 609-622.. 
  • Koncani Uhac, I., Boetto, G., Uhac, M. 2017 (eds). Zambratija. Prapovijesni šivani brod / Prehistoric sewn boat / Una barca cucita preistorica / Un bateau cousu préhistorique, exhibition catalogue, Katalog 85, Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula, p. 70.
  • Koncani Uhac, I., Boetto, G., Uhac, M. 2017. Zambratija: la nave cucita più antica del Mediterraneo. In R. Auriemma (ed.), Nel mare dell'intimità. L'archeologia subacquea racconta l'Adriatico, exhibition catalogue, Gangemi, Trieste, p. 83.
  • Boetto, G., Ghelli, A., Germoni, P. 2017. New Roman shipwrecks from Isola Sacra (Rome, Italy). In J. Gawronsky, A. Van Holk, J. Schkkenbroek (eds), Ships and Maritime Landscapes, Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Amsterdam 2012, Barkhuis Publishing, Eelde, p. 260-266.
  • Boetto, G., Koncani Uhac, I., Uhac, M. 2017. Sewn ships from Istria (Croatia). In J. Litwin (ed.), Baltic and Beyond, Change and continuity in shipbuilding, Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology (ISBSA 14), Gdańsk 2015, National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk, p. 189-198.
  • Boetto, G., Radic Rossi, I. 2017. Ancient Ships from the Bay of Caska (Island of Pag, Croatia). In J. Litwin (ed.), Baltic and Beyond, Change and continuity in shipbuilding, Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology (ISBSA 14), Gdańsk 2015, National Maritime Museum, Gdańsk, p. 279-288.
  • Goiran, Ph., Salomon, F., Vittori, C., Delile, H., Christiansen, J., Oberlin, Ch. Boetto, G., Arnaud, P., Mazzini, I., Sadori, L., Poccardi, G/, Pellegrino, A. 2017High chrono-stratigraphical resolution of the harbor sequence of Ostia: palaeo-depth of the basin, ship draught, and dredging, Journal of Roman Archaeology, Suppl. 104.
  • Koncani Uhac, I., Uhac, M., Boetto, G. 2017. Il relitto di Zambratija, Croazia (XII-X sec. a. C.). In M.C. Morozzo Della Rocca, F. Tiboni (eds), Atti del convegno / Proceedings, 2° Convegno nazionale, Trasire mare, Cultura navale e marittima, Genova 2016, GoWave, Genova, p. 215-220.


Projects






Participation

CISSA ANTIQUA Roman multi-stratified settlement and port in the bay of Caska at the island of Pag
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Veli Školj/Pakoštane Well preserved hull remains of the Late Roman ship
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The Shipwreck of Gnalić - Mirror of Renaissance World Gagliana grossa, 1583