Leonardo Carmignani
Postdoc
- Name
- Dr. L. Carmignani Ph.D.
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- l.carmignani@arch.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6066-1818
Dr Leonardo Carmignani is a postdoctoral researcher in the Neanderthal Legacy research project.
More information about Leonardo Carmignani
Office days
Monday to Friday
Research
My fascination lies in the realm of human technology and its evolutionary dynamics. Currently, my research is primarily dedicated to generating novel data that contribute to the ongoing discussions surrounding the possible cultural interactions between Neanderthals, our closest extinct relatives, and modern humans.
Teaching activities
I teach in the Bachelor's program, focusing on the topics of human technological evolution and the methods employed in stone tool studies. I also offer internships and co-supervise BA students.
Curriculum vitae
In 2011, I received my Ph.D. from the University of Siena and Nanterre University, exploring the Neanderthal technological behavior in the Italian peninsula during the Late Middle Paleolithic.
I pursue my research in Spain (IPHES) and France (IPH), undertaking further research on blade and bladelet technology in the Middle Paleolithic within a second international Ph.D.
I actively participate in several excavation projects across various locations. These include Melka Kunture in Ethiopia, Abris du Maras and Les Cottes in France, Atapuerca in Spain, as well as several sites in Italy.
From 2014 and 2016, I conducted field excavation as a principal investigator at Grotta Mario Bernardini (Italy).
Since September 2020, I have held the position of senior researcher in the VICI (NWO) project titled "Neandertal Legacy: Contacts and Interactions in Europe 40,000 years ago," led by Professor M.A. Soressi.
Postdoc
- Faculteit Archeologie
- World Archaeology
- Human Origins
- Marciani Giulia Carmignani Leonardo Djakovic Igor Roussel Morgan Arrighi Simona Rossini Matteo Boschin Francesco Ronchitelli Annamaria Benazzi Stefano Moroni Adriana Soressi Marie (2025), The Uluzzian and Châtelperronian: No Technological Affinity in a Shared Chronological Framework, Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 8: 3.
- Carmignani L., Djakovic I., Zhang P., Teyssandier N., Zwyns N. & Soressi M. (2025), An Initial Upper Palaeolithic attribution is not empirically supported at Shiyu, northern China, Nature ecology & evolution 9: 34-37.
- Carmignani L., Soressi M.A., Ronchitelli A. & Boschin F. (2024), IUP Technological Signatures or Mousterian Variability?: The Case of Riparo l'Oscurusciuto (Southern Italy), Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 7: 31.
- Carmignani L. & Soressi M. (2023), Ahead of the Times: Blade and Bladelet Production Associated with Neandertal Remains at the Bau de l’Aubesier (Mediterranean France) Between MIS 7 and MIS 5d, PaleoAnthropology 2023(n.1): 1-33.
- Carmignani L., Martini I., Spagnolo V., Dominici C., Rossini M., Scaramucci S. & Moroni A. (2021), Middle and early upper Pleistocene human occupations in Southern Italy. A reassessment of the assemblages from Cala d’Arconte, Capo Grosso and Cala Bianca, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 40(Part A): 1-15 (103256).
- Carmignani L., Martini F. & Sarti L. (2020), Le produzioni litiche dello strato F. In: Sarti L. & Martini F. (Eds.), Il Musteriano di Grotta del Cavallo nel Salento (Scavi 1986-2005): cultura e ambienti. Millenni. Studi di Archeologia preistorica no. 23. Firenze: Museo e Istituto Fiorentino di Preistoria “Paolo Graziosi”. 155-246.
- Carmignani L. & Sarti L. (2018), Blade and bladelet reduction systems in the Italian Middle Paleolithic: the case of Grotta del Cavallo, (Nardò – Lecce). In: Borgia V. & Cristiani E. (Eds.), Palaeolithic Italy: advanced studies on early human adaptations in the Apennine peninsula. Leiden: Sidestone Press Academics. 37-58.
- Guerri M., Ricci G., Carmignani L., Romagnoli F., Sarti L. & Martini F. (2017), Revisione delle industrie litiche di Grotta Spagnoli B (Foggia), Studi di Preistoria e Protostoria: Preistoria e Protostoria della Puglia - 2017. no. 4 145-152.
- Carmignani L. & Romagnoli F. (2017), Revisione dell'industria litica musteriana di Grotta Mario Bernardini (Nardò, Lecce), Studi di preistoria e protostoria: Preistoria e Protostoria della Puglia . no. 4: Istituto italiano di preistoria e protostoria. 139-144.
- Sarti L., Romagnoli F., Carmignani L. & Fabio M. (2017), Grotta del Cavallo (scavi Sarti): tradizione e innovazione nella sequenza musteriana sulla base dell'indicatore litico, Studi di Preistoria e Protostoria: Preistoria e Protostoria della Puglia . no. 4: Istituto italiano di preistoria e protostoria. 131-138.
- Calattini M. & Carmignani L. (2017), Aspetti tecnologici e tipologici del Musteriano finale di Grotta delle Mura (Bari), Studi di Preistoria e Protostoria: Preistoria e Protostoria della Puglia . no. 4: Istituto italiano di preistoria e protostoria. 131-138.
- Carmignani L., Tarantini M. & Monaci N. (2017), Catene operative di produzione litica nell'Eneolitico del Gargano: un primo approccio tecnologico e spaziale, Studi di Preistoria e Protostoria: Preistoria e Protostoria della Puglia . no. 4 389-395.
- Carmignani L. (27 March 2017), From the flake to the blade. The technological evolution of the blade phenomenon in southern Europe. Co-existence, interaction and alternation of two concepts of tools (Dissertatie. IPHES , Historia i Historia de Art, Universitat Rovira Virgili). Tarragona. Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Sala R., Moncel M. H.
- Carmignani L., Moncel M.H., Fernandes P. & Wilson L. (2017), Technological variability during the Early Middle Palaeolithic in Western Europe: reduction systems and predetermined products at the Bau de l'Aubesier and Payre (South-East France), PLoS ONE 12(6): e0178550.
- Carmignani L. (2017), Between the flake and the blade: associated systems of production at Riparo Tagliente (Veneto, northern Italy), Journal of Lithic Studies 4(1): .
- Romagnoli F, Trenti F., Nannini L., Carmignani L., Ricci G., Lo Vetro D., Martini F. & Sarti.L. (2016), Raw-Material Procurement and Productive Sequences in the Palaeolithic of Southern Italy: the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Areas. An Integrated Approach to the Reconstruction of Human Behaviour. Tomasso A., Binder D., Martino F., Porraz G., Simon. P. & Naudinot N. (Eds.), RESSOURCES LITHIQUES, PRODUCTIONS ET TRANSFERTS ENTRE ALPES ET MÉDITERRANÉE: ACTES DE LA JOURNÉE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ PRÉHISTORIQUE FRANÇAISE NICE 28-29 MARS 2013. . Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française no. 5. Paris: Société préhistorique française. 186-205.
- Carmignani L. & Romagnoli F. (2012), Grotta del Cavallo (Nardò, Lecce): problemi di terminologia e di definizione intorno al concetto di laminarità nel Paleolitico medio, Atti della XLVII Riunione Scientifica Preistoria e Protostoria della Puglia. : Istituto italiano di preistoria e protostoria. 657-661.
- Carmignani L. (15 June 2011), Le ultime espressioni del Musteriano nell'Italia del Sud-Est. Variabilita tecnologiche e comportamenti tecno-economici in un contesto peninsulare. I casi studio di Grotta del Cavallo e Grotta Mario Bernardini. "'Les dernières manifestations moustériennes dans le Sud-Ouest de l’Italie. Variabilité technologique et comportements techno-économiques en contexte péninsulaire : Etudes des cas de Grotta del Cavallo et Grotta Mario Bernardini. Nardo (Lecce). " (Dissertatie, Anthropologie, ethnologie, prehistoire "'and'' Facolta di Lettere e Filosofia, University Paris Ouest Nanterre La Defence (France) "and'' University of Siena (Italy)). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Boeda E. , Sarti L.