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CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Manuela Capano

E-mail: manuela.capano@unina2.it

Nationality: Italian

WORK EXPERIENCES

June 2010 – present (3 years), contract with CMCC (Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici; Lecce –

Italy) within the ERC project “AFRICA GHG - analysis of plant biomass and soil samples for the radiocarbon content”.

Scientific direction: Prof. R. Valentini. Main activities: Chemical pretreatment, combustion and graphitization of wood

samples for radiocarbon analysis with AMS (work performed at CIRCE – Caserta, Italy).

March – May 2010 (2 months), contract with Dendrodata s.a.s. Scientific direction: Dr. O. Pignatelli. Main activities:

Chemical pretreatment, combustion and graphitization of wood samples for radiocarbon analysis with AMS (work

performed at CIRCE – Caserta, Italy).

August 2009 – February 2010 (7 months), contract with Second University of Naples, department of Environmental

Science - CIRCE (Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage). Scientific direction: Dr. C.

Lubritto. Main activities: I) Preparation and graphitization of archaeological samples for radiocarbon analysis with

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry; II) Tree ring project including dendrochronological and radiocarbon analysis on

modern wood; III) Methodological research about cellulose extraction.

January – June 2009, 2 contracts with P.A.V.A. foundation and INNOVA. Scientific direction: Prof. F. Terrasi. Main

activities: I) Preparation and graphitization of archaeological samples for radiocarbon analysis with Accelerator Mass

Spectrometry; II) Methodological research about cellulose extraction; III) Tree-ring project about the dating of

dendrochronological curves with wiggle-matching AMS (work performed at CIRCE – Caserta, Italy).

May – October 2008 (5 months), contract with Second University of Naples, department of Environmental Science -

CIRCE (Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage). Scientific direction: Dr. C. Lubritto.

Main activities: I) Preparation and graphitization of archaeological samples for radiocarbon analysis with Accelerator

Mass Spectrometry; II) Tree ring project including dendrochronological, radiocarbon and stable isotope analyses on

modern wood; III) Methodological research about cellulose extraction.

September 2007 (1 month), contract with Dendrodata s.a.s. (Verona – Italy). Scientific direction: Dr. O. Pignatelli.

Main activities: Dendrochronological analysis and dendro-morphological cataloguing of archaeological wood samples.

May 2006 – May 2007 (1 year), contract with INNOVA - CIRCE (Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and

Environmental heritage, Caserta – Italy). Scientific direction: Prof. F. Terrasi. Main activities: I) Preparation and

graphitization of archaeological samples for radiocarbon analysis with Accelerator Mass Spectrometry; II) Sample

preparation for Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry; III) Tree-ring project about the dating of dendrochronological curves

with wiggle-matching.

December 2004 – May 2005 (6 months), contract with IID (Italian Institute of Dendrochronology, Verona – Italy).

Scientific direction: Prof. L. Fasani. Main activities: I) Dendrochronological analysis of archaeological, historic and

modern wood; II) Macroscopic identification of botanic wood species; III) Sample cataloguing of the Institute

xylotheque.

TRAINING

April 2012 (1 month), stage at CEZA (Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie, Mannheim – Germany), in the

framework of the PhD course. Scientific direction: Dr. B. Kromer. Main activities: I) Pre-treatment of wooden samples

for radiocarbon dating with AMS; II) Calibration of radiocarbon dating.

April – July 2011 (3 months), stage at Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (Hemmenhofen – Germany), in the framework of

the PhD course. Scientific direction: Dr. A. Billamboz. Main activities: I) Dendrochronological analysis of

archaeological wood (dating of the wood and identification of the construction phases of the settlements); II) Sampling

of cores from living trees in the forest; III) Wood species identification of archaeological deteriorated wooden materials.

November – December 2008 (6 weeks), stage at Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (Hemmenhofen – Germany). Scientific

direction: Dr. A. Billamboz. Main activities: I) Dating of the wood and the context finding; II) Paleo-environmental

reconstruction; III) Reconstruction of the forest resource management of ancient populations.

October – May 2007 (2 weeks), stage at the University of Salento, Lecce, department of Cultural Heritage (Italy).

Scientific direction: Prof. G. Fiorentino. Main activities: Wood anatomy studying and microscopic identification of

charred wooden materials.

February – April 2007 (3 months), stage at Dendrodata s.a.s. (Verona – Italy) and CNFB (National Centre for the Study

and Conservation of Forest Biodiversity, Mantova – Italy). Scientific direction: Dr. O. Pignatelli and F. Mason. Main

activities: I) Forestry studying; II) Tree coring for dendrochronological analysis; III) Sample stereomicroscopic

analysis; IV) Dendrochronological analysis of archaeological and modern woods.

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January – April 2006 (4 months), stage at CIRCE (Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental

heritage, Caserta – Italy). Scientific direction: Prof. F. Terrasi. Main activities: Sample preparation and graphitization

for radiocarbon analysis with Accelerator Mass Spectrometry.

April – August 2004 (3 months), participation to the archaeological excavation of Poggiomarino (Napoli – Italy).

Scientific direction: Prof. C. Livadie. Main activities: excavation activity and wood sampling for dendrochronological

analysis.

February 2004 (2 weeks), stage at Civic Museum of Rovereto (Italy). Scientific direction: Dr. I. Pezzo. Main activities:

Dendrochonological analysis.

September 2002 (2 weeks), participation to the archaeological excavation of S. Vincenzo al Volturno (Isernia – Italy).

Scientific direction: Prof. F. Marazzi. Main activities: excavation activity, archaeological material cataloguing and

treatment in the laboratories of S. Vincenzo al Volturno site.

2002 (30 hours), course on “Ceramic Archaeological material Restoration”. Prof.: A. La Porta

2002 (30 hours), course on “Drawing of archaeological materials, level II”. Prof.: A. Heil

2001 (30 hours), course on “Drawing of archaeological materials, level I”. Prof.: A. Heil

2000 (30 hours), course on “Wood Restoration Methodologies”. Prof.: T. Auricchio

EDUCATION

2009 – 2012 (3 years), European Doctorate in Metodologie conoscitive per la Conservazione e la Valorizzazione dei

Beni Culturali (Cognitive methods for the Conservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage) at the department of

Letters and Cultural Heritage, Second University of Naples (S. Maria Capua Vetere (CE) – Italy). Tutors: Prof. S. Gigli

and Prof. F. Terrasi. Dissertation title: The sanctuary of goddess Mephitis in the Ansanto Valley. Study of the wooden

artifacts: technology, wood conservation state analysis and dating.

2007 – 2008, Master II level in “Epistemologia – didattica delle discipline: progettare per formare” at Calabria

University (Cosenza – Italy).

1998 – 2005, Degree in Conservation of Cultural Heritage – Archaeology – Archaeometry at Suor Orsola Benincasa

University (Naples – Italy). Tutors: Prof. C. Livadie and Prof. L. Fasani. Dissertation title: Contribution to South Italy

dendrochronological curve. Dendrochronological analysis on Quercus sp. samples from the protohistoric site of

Poggiomarino.

1993 – 1998, High School Diploma on Classic Liceum (Naples – Italy).

PUBLICATIONS

Journal papers

In press Tandoh J.B., Marzaioli F., Battipaglia G., Capano M., Castaldi S., Lasserre B., Marchetti M., Passariello I., Terrasi F.,

Valentini R. Biomass growth rate of trees from Cameroon based on 14

C analysis and growth models, Radiocarbon.

S. Nonni, F. Marzaioli, M. Secco, I. Passariello, M. Capano, C. Lubritto, S. Mignardi, C. Tonghini, F. Terrasi. 14

C

mortar dating: the case of the medieval Shayzal citadel, Syria, Radiocarbon.

2013

E. Allevato, F. Fedele, F. Terrasi, M. Capano, G. Di Pasquale (2013). High-resolution archaeoenvironmental study of a

cultic episode at a statue-menhir Copper Age site (Ossimo Anvòia, italian Alps), in Radiocarbon 55/1, p. 49-58.

Marzaioli F., Nonni S., Passariello I., Capano M., Ricci P., Lubritto C., De Cesare N., Eramo G., Castillo J.A.Q.,

Terrasi F. (2013). Accelerator mass spectrometry 14

C dating of lime mortars: Methodological aspects and field study

applications at CIRCE (Italy), in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 294, p. 246-251.

2012

M. Capano, F. Marzaioli, I. Passariello, O. Pignatelli, N. Martinelli, S. Gigli, I. Gennarelli, N. De Cesare, F. Terrasi

(2012). Preliminary radiocarbon analyses of contemporaneous and archaeological wood from the Ansanto Valley

(Southern Italy), in Radiocarbon 54/3-4, p. 701-714.

I. Passariello, P. Simone, J. Tandoh, F. Marzaioli, M. Capano, N. De Cesare, F. Terrasi (2012). Characterization of

different chemical procedures for 14

C dating of buried, cremated and modern bone samples at CIRCE, in Radiocarbon

54/3-4, p. 867-877.

2011

F. Marzaioli, V. Fiumano, M. Capano, I. Passariello, F. Terrasi (2011). Forensic Applications of 14

C at CIRCE, in

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 269, p. 3171–3175.

G. Schicchitano, C.R. Spampinato, L. Ferranti, F. Antonioli, C. Monaco, M. Capano, C. Lubritto (2011). Uplifted

Holocene shorelines at Capo Milazzo (ME Sicily, Italy): Evidence of co-seismic and steady-state deformation, in

Quaternary International 232, p. 201-213.

F. Marzaioli, C. Lubritto, S. Nonni, I. Passariello, M. Capano, F. Terrasi (2011). A novel methodology for mortar

radiocarbon dating, in Analytical Chemistry 83 (6), p. 2038-2045.

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2010

Fedele F., Terrasi F., Capano M. (2010). Datazioni radiocarboniche AMS per l’area a statue-menhir di Ossimo

“Anvòia”, Valcamonica: primi risultati, in Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 18, 2010, p. 19-32.

X. Ruan, Y. Guan, W. Wu, H. Wang, S. Jiang, M. He, Z. Xiong, K. Liu, F. Terrasi, M. Capano (2010). Radiocarbon

dating of an ancient pottery workshop in Hepu, China, in Radiocarbon 52 (2), p. 479-482.

M. Capano, F. Marzaioli, C. Sirignano, S. Altieri, C. Lubritto, A. D’Onofrio, F. Terrasi (2010). 14

C AMS measurements

in tree rings to estimate local fossil CO2 in Bosco Fontana forest (Mantova, Italy), in Nuclear Instruments and Methods

in Physics Research B 268, p. 1113–1116.

Submitted

M. Capano, S. Altieri, F. Marzaioli, C. Sirignano, O. Pignatelli, N. Martinelli, I. Passariello, P. Ricci, S. Gigli, F.

Terrasi. Widespread fossil CO2 in the Ansanto Valley (AV – Italy): dendrochronological, 14

C and 13

C analyses on tree

rings, submitted to Radiocarbon.

Book chapters

2012

I. Passariello, N. Castaldo, F. Marzaioli, M. Capano, G. Vecchio, M. Pucci, F. Terrasi (2012). Datazioni

radiocarboniche sulle sepolture delle necropoli romane di Palma Campania località Jerola e Nola località Torricelle e

della necropoli altomedievale di Tufino località Masseria Pagano: analisi preliminari, in Territorio e Archeologia.

Contributi per lo studio dell’Ager Nolanus (edited by Nicola Castaldo). Marigliano, p. 259-296.

M. Capano (2012). Gli xoana in Italia, in Per la conoscenza dei Beni Culturali. IV. Ricerche del dottorato in

Metodologie conoscitive per la Conservazione e la Valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali 2005-2010. Seconda Università

degli Studi di Napoli. Santa Maria Capua Vetere, p. 65-74.

2011

I. Passariello, N. Castaldo, F. Marzaioli, M. Capano, G. Vecchio, F. Terrasi (2011). Dati preliminari delle analisi

radiometriche su alcuni campioni osteologici e paleobotanici dell’area archeologica di Marigliano, in Territorio e

Archeologia nell’area dell’antico Clanis/Regi Lagni. I recenti scavi in via Sentino a Faibano e in via Nuova del Bosco

a Marigliano (edited by G. Vecchio e N. Castaldo). Marigliano, p. 71-80.

M. Capano, S. Altieri (2011). Radiocarbon and stable isotope analyses in tree rings to detect pollution effects in the

years, in Pollution Monitoring (edited by: A. C. Ortiz and N. B. Griffin), cap. 5, p. 115-131. Nova Science Publishers

editor.

2010

M. Capano (2010). Approccio allo studio del legno archeologico, in Per la conoscenza dei Beni Culturali. III. Ricerche

del dottorato in Metodologie conoscitive per la Conservazione e la Valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali 2005-2010.

Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli. Santa Maria Capua Vetere, p. 195-211.

Capano M., Passariello I., Marzaioli F., Terrasi F., Allevato E., Di Pasquale G. (2010). Analisi del supporto ligneo della

“Tavola di Acerenza”: individuazione della specie arborea e datazione radiocarbonica. In Leonardo da Vinci. Presunto

autoritratto lucano: gli studi scientifici (edited by Capasso L. e Barbateli N.), Marte editrice, p.29-36.

2007

Capano M., Pignatelli O. (2007). Dendrochronological analysis of Fraxinus oxycarpa Bieb. defoliated by Tomostethus

nigritus F. (Hym.: Tenthredinidae) at Bosco della Fontana (MN), in Canopy Analysis and Dynamics of a Floodplain

Forest (edited by Giannelle D., Travaglini D., Mason F., Minari E., Chirici G. and Chemini). Rapporti Scientifici, 2.

Cierre Grafica Editore.

TITLES

Expert in the field FIS/07 (physic methodologies for the cultural heritage) at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University (Naples,

Italy)

LANGUAGES

Mother language: Italian

English: readings skills: intermediate (B level); writing skills: intermediate (B level); verbal skills: intermediate (B level)

French: readings skills: intermediate (B level); writing skills: beginner (A level); verbal skills: beginner (A level)

CONFERENCES (selected presentations)

2013 (April 8-12, Ghent) at “Radiocarbon and Archaeology” congress, talk titled: “Radiocarbon dating of wooden

carvings from the Mephitis sanctuary in the Ansanto Valley (AV-Italy). Tests on restoration material removal”; talk

titled: “Radiocarbon dating of mortars: potential of the cryosonic technique”.

2012 (July 9-12, Paris) at “Radiocarbon” congress, poster titled: “Effect of fossil CO2 on trees. Dendrochronological,

radiocarbon and δ13

C analyses on Quercus sp. from the Ansanto Valley (South Italy)”; talk titled: “Radiocarbon

analysis of tree rings from Cameroon”.

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2011 (October 19-13, Engelberg) at “Eurodendro” congress, poster titled: “The wooden findings from the Mephitis

goddess sanctuary in the Ansanto valley (South Italy): attempt of dendrochronological analysis and wood species

identification”.

2011 (April 10-15, Cyprus) at “Radiocarbon and Archaeology” congress, poster titled: “Chemical procedures to remove

the restoration materials from the wooden carvings of Mephitis goddess sanctuary (Avellino – Italy)”; talk titled:

“Characterization of different chemical treatment procedures on inumated, cremated and modern bone samples at

CIRCE”

2010 (October 20-22, Izmir) at “COST ACTION IE0601 (Interaction between Wood Science and Conservation of

Cultural Heritage)” congress, poster titled: “Preliminary analysis on microscopic characters of wooden carvings from

Mephitis goddess sanctuary (Avellino –Italy)”.

2010 (September 13-17, Athens) at “ECAART (European Conference on Accelerators in Applied science and

Technology)” congress, poster titled: “Forensic applications of 14

C at CIRCE”.

2010 (May 10-14, Tampa) at “Archaeometry” congress, talk titled: “Characterization of a new protocol for the mortar

dating: 13

C and 14

C evidences”.

2010 (May 2-7, Vienna) at “EGU (European Geosciences Union General Assembly)” congress, poster titled: “Potential

of a multi-isotopic and dendroecological approach to study the impact of a traffic road on Quercus robur individuals

of a natural reserve in North Italy”.

2009 (October 26-30, Mallorca) at “Eurodendro” congress, poster titled: “Dendrochronological and 14

C measurements

in Bosco Fontana forest (Mantova, Italy): estimation of local fossil CO2 analysing tree rings”.

2009 (June 22-26, Złotniki Lubańskie) at “ESIR. European Society for Isotope Research” congress, poster titled:

“Traffic road effects on Bosco Fontana forest (Mantova, Italy): first results from tree ring widths and carbon, nitrogen

and oxygen isotopes”.

2009 (April 16-19, Otočec) at “TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology)” congress, poster titled:

“Tree ring analysis of Bosco Fontana forest (Mantova, Italy): estimation of pollution diffusion using

dendrochronology and 14

C measurements”.

2008 (September 14-19, Rome) at “AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry)” congress, poster titled: “14

C AMS

measurements in tree rings to estimate local fossil CO2”.

2008 (August 31 – September 5, Île de Giens) at “SFIS (Sociétè Françaises des Isotopes Stables)” congress, poster

titled: “Impact of traffic pollution on Pinus pinea tree growht as revealed by tree-ring width and C and N isotope

analysis”.