Gabii Project

Some action shots from AISCOM - Associazione Italiana per lo Studio e la Conservazione del Mosaico! Recognize anyone 👀

Exciting News Gabines! Our Field Director Anna Gallone and Topography Director Tyler Johnson will be presenting at the Italian Association for the Study and Conservation of Mosaics (AISCOM) tomorrow! Their presentation will include new data and research regarding the use of Gabine stones in floor revetments. If you are at the AISCOM Colloquium, make sure to check it out!

For everyone attending the AIA’s Annual Meeting this year in San Fransisco, make sure to check out the Gabii talks!

Today, Caitlyn Pallas will be presenting “Radioactive Mortar: The Application of Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) on Bulk Samples of Mortar from Roman Urban Sites” from 5:30–7:30 p.m. in the Lightning Session (Continental 7, Ballroom Level).

On Saturday, January 10th, there are three talks:

G. Martinez will present “Broadening Least-Cost Paths: Iterating the Roads East of Rome” from 8:25–8:45 a.m. in session 7B: Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (Golden Gate 8, Lobby Level).

Dr. Marcello Mogetta will then present “A New Monumental Complex at Gabii Revealed: Results of the 2025 season of Gabii Project” from 11:30—11:50 a.m. in session 8I: Roman Waterworks: New Data from the Field (Golden Gate 8, Lobby Level).

Following shortly after, Dr. Parrish Wright, Dr. Marilyn Evans, and Dr. Laura Banducci will be presenting “Republican Feasts and Dumps: Examining Structured Deposits in Gabii’s Cuniculi” from 11:55–12:15 p.m. in session 8H: Making the Most of Legacy Data (Golden Gate 7, Lobby Level).

We are very excited to see that excavations at Gabii involving the recently uncovered monumental basin were chosen as one of the top 7 most impactful archaeological discoveries for Italy for 2025! Click the link on our story to read the article!

Early Action Applications are due TOMORROW!! Make sure to get yours in to secure your spot in the 2026 Field Season! Check out our website to find out more information about the upcoming field season and applications at gabiiproject.org

Hello Everyone! The Rome Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, the Gabii Project, and John Cabot University are proud to invite you to the upcoming lecture of Tuesday, December 2, 2025. at 6:30 PM.

This talk will focus on the evidence uncovered in the so-called A-B areas, documenting the birth of enucleated settlements in pre-urban centers, the establishment of a quasi-orthogonal urban grid in the late 5th century BCE, the construction of private houses in the mid-Republican times, and the repurposing of the block with a small burial ground and the installation of a quarry of the local bedrock during the Empire. The dynamics that led to this last transformation, the co-existence of industrial activities and tombs traditionally relegated to outside the perimeter of cities, give us the opportunity to explore perceptions of “urban” and “not urban” spaces.

Anna Gallone is a Roman archaeologist and lecturer at John Cabot University whose research focuses on urban development in Tyrrhenian Italy and the Romanization of central and southern Italy. She has served as the field director of the Gabii Project since 2007, and was awarded the AIA prize for digital archaeology in 2024 for her editorial work on A Cemetery and Quarry from Imperial Gabii.

This lecture has been selected as the 2025–2026 Ernest R. Graham Lecture in Ancient Architecture by the Archaeological Institute of America.

The talk will last 40 minutes, followed by a Q&A session.

The event is open to all AIA members, the general public, and the JCU community, but registration is required to access the New Campus in John Cabot University.

Attention Gabines! Early Action applications to the 2026 Field School (June 7th — July 11th) are due December 2nd! For further details about the field school with the Gabii Project, please check our website at gabiiproject.org

Happy International Archaeology Day! We hope that you are able to celebrate by participating in archaeology day events near you. Plus, if you are interested in gaining more hands–on experience in archaeology, applications for The Gabii Project’s 2026 Field School are now open: https://www.archaeological.org/fieldwork/gabii-project/.

In light of International Archaeology Day tomorrow, we are excited to share the following reports about excavations at Gabii! Check these out!

https://showme.missouri.edu/2025/hidden-for-centuries-mizzou-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-roman-water-basin/?dm_i=7IQU,HNSD,6Y0V8E,2Y74J,1

We are very excited to announce that the University of Missouri (Mizzou) has received a Collaborative Research Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of our digital publishing program through the proposal titled "Recreating Urban Biographies in Roman Italy: The Gabii Project Reports”! Three new interactive online publications developed in partnership with University of Michigan Press (www.fulcrum.org/gabii) will present stratigraphic and spatial data excavated from Areas, C, D, F, and I of the site, linking narrative, archive, and visualization of an archaeological sequence spanning over 1,500 years of occupation at Gabii. If you are interested in learning more about the research the Gabii Project supports, please check out our website gabiiproject.org. You should also check out our sister site and the museum at Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina MANP.

Stay tuned to learn more about the upcoming volumes supported by this Collaborative Research Grant!

Just like that, the 2025 Fieldschool at Gabii has come to an end! Thank you to everyone who helped make the project happen, and we are excited for the next season! Stay tuned to learn more about the student application process for next season…🏺⛏️🏺

Curious about where Gabii Project staff and students come from? The Gabii Project accepts students and staff from all over! This year we had the pleasure of welcoming students and staff from the University of Missouri, Carleton University, Yale, University of North Texas, Kalamazoo College, University of Michigan, and more!