SANTA SUSANA PROJECT
Project Directors
Dr. Emma Ljung teaches archaeology and heritage management in the Writing Program at Princeton University. She received her PhD in Classical Archaeology from the Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University (2012), and holds an MA in Classical Art & Archaeology from Princeton (2007) as well as a BA in Classical Archaeology & Ancient History from Lunds Universitet (2003). She has excavated extensively across the Mediterranean including sites in Greece, Cyprus, and Portugal. Her research focuses predominantly on the ancient economy, heritage management, and cultural landscapes in the ancient world, and her dissertation From Indemnity to Integration: Economic Decline in Late Hellenistic Aitolia has won numerous international awards and grants. An expert on field survey, Emma hopes the Santa Susana team will uncover data to aid in our understanding of economic behavior, especially in terms of landscape use over time, as well as the many post-depositional processes that impact landscape archaeology and surface artifact survey.
Rui Mataloto is the archaeologist and cultural officer for the Municipality of Redondo, Portugal. He holds an MA in Prehistory and Archaeology from the University of Lisbon and has worked as a professional archaeologist in the Alentejo region for over a decade. He also serves as a researcher for UNIARQ, the Center for Archaeology at the University of Lisbon, and as vice president of the PortAnta Archaeological Cooperative. He has published extensively on the archaeology of Alto Alentejo, including the Carta Arqueológica de Redondo (2001) and many articles on topics in the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman Republican periods. Rui's research interests encompass lithics, prehistoric landscapes, and interactions between indigenous Alentejans and Roman settlers. He hopes to rediscover the mosaics at Santa Susana mentioned by early 20th century Portuguese archaeologists.
For more information about our team, see the Santa Susana Project website and social media.
Rui Mataloto is the archaeologist and cultural officer for the Municipality of Redondo, Portugal. He holds an MA in Prehistory and Archaeology from the University of Lisbon and has worked as a professional archaeologist in the Alentejo region for over a decade. He also serves as a researcher for UNIARQ, the Center for Archaeology at the University of Lisbon, and as vice president of the PortAnta Archaeological Cooperative. He has published extensively on the archaeology of Alto Alentejo, including the Carta Arqueológica de Redondo (2001) and many articles on topics in the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman Republican periods. Rui's research interests encompass lithics, prehistoric landscapes, and interactions between indigenous Alentejans and Roman settlers. He hopes to rediscover the mosaics at Santa Susana mentioned by early 20th century Portuguese archaeologists.
For more information about our team, see the Santa Susana Project website and social media.
