Maurizio Forte, Professor of Classical Studies

Please note: Maurizio has left the "Computational Media, Arts & Cultures" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Maurizio Forte, PhD, is William and Sue Gross Distinguished Professor of Classical Studies Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University. He was a pioneer in digital archaeology and the first archaeologist working in a Supercomputing Center (CINECA) in the 80-90s.
He is also the founder and Director of the DIG@Lab (for a digital knowledge of the past) at Duke University and director of the ArchaeoDrone lab (Chianciano, Italy). His main research topics are: digital archaeology, Etruscan and Pre-Roman archaeology, classical archaeology, AI (artificial intelligence) and neuro-archaeology. His primary archaeological research questions concern the development, transformation and decline of ancient cities and the diachronic study of archaeological landscapes.
Archaeological fieldwork and excavations: Vulci (Italy), Doganella (Italy), Selinunte (Italy) Agrigento - Valley of the Temples (Italy), Catalhoyuk (Turkey).
Virtual Museums: Western Han Dynasty (Hong Kong) The Trajan's Puzzle (Rome); Regium Lepidi (Reggio Emilia, IT), Vulci 3000 (Italy)

He was professor of World Heritage at the University of California, Merced, (School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts) and Director of the Virtual Heritage Lab. He was Chief of Research at CNR (Italian National Research Council) of “Virtual Heritage: integrated digital technologies for knowledge and communication of cultural heritage through virtual reality systems”, Senior Scientist at CNR’s Institute for Technologies Applied to the Cultural Heritage (ITABC), and Professor of "Virtual Environments for Cultural Heritage" in the “Master of Science in Communication Technology-Enhanced Communication for Cultural Heritage”at the University of Lugano.  He received his bachelor’s degree in Ancient History (archaeology), and a Diploma of specialization in Archaeology, from the University of Bologna, and his PhD in Archaeology from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.  He has conducted archaeological fieldwork and research projects in Italy as well as Ethiopia, Egypt, Syria, Kazakhstan, Peru, China, Oman, India, Honduras, Turkey, USA and Mexico.  In 2010-15 he is director of the 3D-Digging project at Çatalhöyük and since 2014 he is the director of the Vulci 3000 Project.

He is editor and author of several books including “Virtual Archaeology” (1996), Virtual Reality in Archaeology (2000), “From Space to Place” (2006), “La Villa di Livia. Un percorso di ricerca di archeologia virtuale” (2008), “Cyberarchaeology (2012),  Regium lepidi 220: Archeologia e nuove tecnologie per la ricostruzione di Reggio Emilia in eta' Romana (2017); Digital Methods and Remote Sensing in Archaeology (co-editor S. Campana, 2017); and he has written more than 200 scientific papers. He got several international awards such as the Best paper award at VSMM 2002, 2010; E-content Award 2005, 2008; Tartessos Prize on Virtual Archaeology (2010), National Geographic Award (2016), NEH-AIA research award for archaeological research 2018, NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication Program (2021). 

Dig@Lab: Bay 10 Rm A258 Smith Warehouse

Web:  

http://duke.academia.edu/MaurizioForte, 138,815 Followers in Academia.edu (11/6/2022)

http://classicalstudies.duke.edu/people?Gurl=%2Faas%2FClassics&Uil=maurizio.forte&subpage=profile http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=18330193&trk=tab_pro https://diglab.duke.edu/ https://sites.duke.edu/ccma/

https://sites.duke.edu/vulci/

NeuroArchaeology: NeuroARTifact

▪ disegnare con... MAURIZIO FORTE | Ferdani | DISEGNARECON (univaq.it) On line interview about virtual and cyberarchaeology (in Italian)

▪ (144) Maurizio Forte, Principles of Cyberarchaeology - YouTube

▪ (144) Maurizio Forte (Duke Univ.), Vulci 3000 Project - a digital challenge in cyberarchaeology - YouTube

▪ Article on “Current Archaeology Magazine” 

▪ Reggio Emilia. Creating a Virtual Roman World, pp.36-40 

▪ Interview on Cyber-archeology at ABC Australia 

▪ http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/archaeology3a-current-threats2cfuture-possibilities/6633840

▪ Cyber Archaeology – 3D Modeling unpeels the Neolithic at Çatalhöyük  

▪ in “World Archaeology”, n.61 Oct.-Nov.2013  

▪ Virtual Archaeologists Recreate Parts of Ancient Worlds,  

▪ Michael Bawaya 

▪ Science 8 January 2010: 140-141.

▪ A high tech look to ancient civilizations 

▪ http://today.duke.edu/2013/03/maurizioforte

▪ Under the Tuscan sun 

▪ http://today.duke.edu/2014/06/etruscan

▪ Cyber Archaeology at Çatalhöyük, Voiceameica Radio show 

▪ http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/74248/cyber-archaeology-at-catalhoyuk

▪ Keynote speech at Calday (UC Berkeley) 

▪ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1DRlvrg7Ts

▪ The Past: Digital Archeology and History - Our Digital Life (Ep. 1) 

▪ Our Digital Life - UCTV Prime

▪ http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=23716

▪ Preserving and sharing the past in 3D 

▪ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVFbtFar9BM

▪ Teleimmersive Heritage 

▪ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skdgeUB3mJk

▪ New Perspectives, New Technologies (keynote speaker at IUAV, University of Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy) 

▪ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skdgeUB3mJk

▪ Reconstructing China: the Virtual Western Han Dynasty (video documentary made in collaboration with the grad students M.Valesi, P. Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, F.Galeazzi) 

▪ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPnxBJTAVw8

▪ Cyberarchaeology at the Duke University 

▪ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1rKCycuE6E

▪ Second Life and Cyberarchaeology Part2-3 

▪ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yemyLVK9VHk ▪             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X8b2joPKG8

▪ Q&A with “Cyber-Archeologist” Maurizio Forte

▪ http://myuctv.tv/2012/06/14/qa-with-cyber-archeologist-maurizio-forte/

▪ World Heritage Class Digitally preserves Fort Ross 

▪ http://www.ucmerced.edu/news/world-heritage-class-digitally-preserves-fort-ross

▪ 3-D Archaeology at Çatalhöyük UC Merced Library November 15 - December 17, 2010 

▪ http://crha.ucmerced.edu/sites/crha/files/public/3Dexhibit_cata_flyer_rev.pdf

▪ The Western Han Dynasty Exhibit Debuts at UC Berkeley 

▪ http://worldheritage.ucmerced.edu/western_han_dynasty

▪ http://worldheritage.ucmerced.edu/sites/worldheritage/files/public/acknow%20hanok.pdf

▪ Ancient Roman Road Gets Virtual Life 

▪ http://newsok.com/ancient-roman-road-gets-virtual-life/article/3190256 

Contact Info:

Office Location:	233 Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 684-3244
Email Address:
Web Pages:	http://duke.academia.edu/MaurizioForte http://diglab.org/

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• CLST 241.01, ETRUSCANS Synopsis

  Smith Wrhs B271, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

  (also cross-listed as ARTHIST 196.01)

• ARTHIST 305L.001, VIRTUAL MUSEUMS Synopsis

  Smith Wrhs A266, Tu 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as ARTSVIS 305L.001, CLST 240L.001, ISS 305L.001, VMS 332L.001)

• ARTHIST 305L.01L, VIRTUAL MUSEUMS Synopsis

  Smith Wrhs A266, Th 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as ARTSVIS 305L.01L, CLST 240L.01L, ISS 305L.01L, VMS 332L.01L)

• ARTHIST 733L.001, VIRTUAL MUSEUMS Synopsis

  Smith Wrhs A266, Tu 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as ARTSVIS 733L.001, CLST 733L.001, CMAC 733L.001, ISS 733L.001)

• ARTHIST 733L.01L, VIRTUAL MUSEUMS Synopsis

  Smith Wrhs A266, Th 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as ARTSVIS 733L.01L, CLST 733L.01L, CMAC 733L.01L, ISS 733L.01L)

Office Hours:

By appointment
Office Location: Allen 227

Education:

Ph.D.

La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)

1993

Curriculum Vitae  Bio

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Giorgi, A; Menicocci, S; Forte, M; Ferrara, V; Mingione, M; Alaimo Di Loro, P; Inguscio, BMS; Ferrara, S; Babiloni, F; Vozzi, A; Ronca, V; Cartocci, G, Virtual and Reality: A Neurophysiological Pilot Study of the Sarcophagus of the Spouses., Brain sciences, vol. 13 no. 4 (April, 2023), pp. 635 [doi]  [abs]
2. Forte, M; Trinks, I; Hinterleitner, A; Klein, M; LoPiano, A; McCusker, K; Schiel, H; Schlögel, I; Trausmuth, T; Vonkilch, A; Wallner, M; Neubauer, W, Multimodal Remote Sensing Applications in the Etruscan-Roman City of Vulci, Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 47 no. 8 (January, 2022), pp. 501-521 [doi]  [abs]
3. Forte, M; Danelon, N; Johnston, D; McKusker, K; Newton, E; Morelli, G; Catanzariti, G, Vulci 3000: A digital challenge for the interpretation of Etruscan and Roman cities, in Digital Cities Between History and Archaeology, edited by Forte, M; Murteira, H (2020), pp. 13-36, Oxford University Press, USA, ISBN 9780197501122  [abs]
4. Zhao, Y; Forte, M; Kopper, R, VR Touch Museum, 25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings (August, 2018), pp. 741-742, IEEE, ISBN 9781538633656 [doi]  [abs]
5. Lercari, N; Shiferaw, E; Forte, M; Kopper, R, Immersive Visualization and Curation of Archaeological Heritage Data: Çatalhöyük and the Dig@IT App, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, vol. 25 no. 2 (June, 2018), pp. 368-392, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs]