Making Stone Tools Speak: Beyond Classification in the Study of an Archaeological Lithic Assemblage / Dr. Fabio Santaniello (PhD, Laboratorio Bagolini: Archeologia, Archeometria, Fotografia of the University of Trento, Italy) & Prof. Stefano Grimaldi (Professor of Anthropology and Prehistoric Archeology, Department of Humanities, University of Trento)

Stefano Grimaldi (Ph.D. 1996, La Sapienza University of Rome) is Professor of Anthropology and Prehistoric Archeology at the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento (Italy). He is also President of the Italian Institute of Human Paleontology. He is the director of the Riparo Mochi excavation (Italy). His research interests are centered on methodologies for defining mobility strategies of hunter-gatherers.

Fabio Santaniello (Ph.D. 2016, University of Trento, Italy) is a laboratory technician at the Laboratorio Bagolini: Archeologia, Archeometria, Fotografia of Trento University. His research interests include lithic technology, archaeometry, functional analyses, and experimental archaeology. He is the director of the Fontana Ranuccio excavation (Italy). His research addresses various topics in Paleolithic and Neolithic archaeology, including small tools’ significance within the Lower Palaeolithic, the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition, Gravettian mobility strategies, and chert heat-treatment during the Early Neolithic.