About
Mediterranean, sometime Classical, archaeologist.
I am currently studying stoneworking traditions in the volcanic tuff masonry of Archaic Campania in their regional context, while continuing my research on the relationship between the ancient Romans, their volcanic landscape, and their built environment as director of the “Quarry provenience and Archaeological Dating of the Roman-Area Tuffs in Antiquity” (QUADRATA) Project.
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Other Publications
P. Brocato, D. Diffendale, D. Di Giuliomaria, M. Gaeta, F. Marra, N. Terrenato, 2019. “A Previously Unidentified Tuff in the Archaic Temple Podium at Sant’Omobono, Rome and its Broader Implications.”
Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 32,1, 114–136.
D.P. Diffendale, 2019. “
Disiecta Fictilia: Republican-era moldmade architectural terracottas from the
magazzino at Sant’Omobono.” In P. Brocato, M. Ceci & N. Terrenato (Eds.), Ricerche nell’area dei templi di Fortuna e Mater Matuta. Vol. II. Università della Calabria.
D.P. Diffendale, 2019. “A note on the provenience of the Late Archaic terracottas.” In Brocato, Ceci & Terrenato (Eds.), Vol. II.
D.P. Diffendale, F. Marra, M. Gaeta & N. Terrenato, 2018. “Combining geochemistry and petrography to provenance Lionato and Lapis Albanus tuffs used in Roman temples at Sant’Omobono, Rome, Italy.”
Geoarchaeology.
https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21702
D.P. Diffendale, P. Brocato, N. Terrenato & A.L. Brock, 2016. “Sant’Omobono: an interim
status quaestionis.”
Journal of Roman Archaeology 29, 7–42.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047759400072032
D.P. Diffendale 2016, “Five Republican monuments. On the supposed building program of M. Fulvius Flaccus.” In P. Brocato, M. Ceci & N. Terrenato (Eds.)
Ricerche nell’area dei templi di Fortuna e Mater Matuta. Vol. I. Università della Calabria, pp. 141–166.
