Lunch club talk with visiting scholar Márcio Teixeira-Bastos. Title TBA. 

Marcio Teixeira-Bastos earned his Ph.D in archaeology from the University of São Paulo (2016), a double doctorate at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University. Teixeira-Bastos also pursued a Foreign PhD student fellowship at the Durham University (2013-2014). His dissertation deals with the production and distribution of Roman clay lamps by means of thin-section analysis, spatial analysis and comparative research. Marcio is engaged in a variety of studies such as, spatial and material analysis, the changes that underwent from Roman to Byzantine periods, with a special interest in their religion and cult contexts, as manifested in the material culture, also the contacts in the Mediterranean, ancient pottery, Microarchaeology, ancient networks, Jewish Diaspora in North Africa, Judaism and Christianity in Israel. Currently, his research deals with spatial analysis (GIS), virtual reality (VR) and Digital mapping in order to investigate archaeological sites in Israel and approach the encounter between Roman Paganism and Judaism, and the rise of Christianity in the East during Late Antiquity. The methods and theoretical interests include spatial analysis, network analysis, global heritage, socio-politics, cultural identities, and materiality which are framed within a broad discussion about Digital Humanities and Archaeology. Teixeira-Bastos’s research reflects his efforts to, improve thematic interests, methods, and approaches, use archaeological evidence for historical analysis, and develop new interdisciplinary methods and approaches.