Gesualdo Busacca

My research is focused on human-animal relationships and their conceptualization in the "cognitive map" of prehistoric societies. Part of my work involves the study of human attitudes towards the animal world in small-scale societies and the analysis of animal depiction and symbolic architecture in prehistoric sites, with a specific attention to Göbekli Tepe and other Early Neolithic sites in the upper Tigris and Euphrates basins. While focusing primarily on prehistoric contexts, I wish to keep an eye on the contemporary world, in order to understand to what extent modern ontologies and scientific methodology influence our understanding of past and distant realities.

Before coming to Stanford, I received my BA in Classics by the Scuola Superiore di Catania (University of Catania, Italy) and my MA in Archaeology by the same institution, while spending long periods studying and doing fieldwork between Turkey and Israel.

 

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