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Overview

  • Ivo van der Graaff is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. He earned his combined BA and MA in Mediterranean Archaeology from the University of Amsterdam, and his PhD in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin, with a focus on Greek and Roman art and architecture. Dr. van der Graaff has participated in archaeological research projects in the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, and Italy. He co-directs and collaborates on projects examining the ancient Bay of Naples and Etruria.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2024 Early Results of the 2023 Excavation Season at Oplontis Villa B.  E-Journal degli Scavi di Pompei.  11:1-23. 2024
    2024 La campagna di studio e scavo dell’Oplontis Project 2022.  Rivista di Studi Pompeiani.  34:283-287. 2024
    2023 Field Notes on Three Campaigns of Excavations at Oplontis B: 2019, 2021, and 2022.  FOLD&R.  554:1-27. 2023
    2023 Oplontis, 2021 Relazione di Scavo.  Rivista di Studi Pompeiani.  33:216-218. 2023
    2022 The viú Púmpaiianú and the Kaílú of Jupiter Meilichios.  Journal of Etruscan and Italic Studies.  125. 2022
    2021 Tracing procession routes for the principal cults in Pompeii.  The Open Arts Journal.  2021
    2020 The Row Houses of Oplontis B.  Journal of Roman Archaeology.  33:113-128. 2020
    2019 First Results of Three Seasons of Excavation at Oplontis B (2016-18).  FOLD&R.  430:1-25. 2019
    2018 Le fortificazioni arcaiche del Latium vetus e dell’Etruria meridionale in Journal of Roman Archaeology.  Journal of Roman Archaeology.  30:552-556. 2018
    2017 Historical Journals as Digital Sources: Mapping Architecture in Germany, 1914-24.  Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.  76:483-505. 2017
    2017 Use and reuse of amphorae. Wine residues in Dressel 2-4 amphorae from Oplontis Villa B (Torre Annunziata, Italy).  Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.  12:515-521. 2017
    2017 Minerva, urban defenses, and the continuity of cult at Pompeii.  Journal of Roman Archaeology.  30:281-298. 2017
    2016 Preliminary Notes on Two Research Campaigns at Oplontis B (2014-2015).  Fasti Online Documents & Research : Italia.  1-9. 2016
    2013 The Excavations at Oplontis Villa B: Preliminary Results of the 2012 and 2013 Seasons.  Fasti Online Documents & Research : Italia.  295:1-9. 2013
    2010 The Advantages and Limitations of Coring Survey: An Initial Assessment of the Poggio Colla Coring Project .  Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal.  0:53-53. 2010
    Oplontis, 2021 Relazione di Scavo.  Rivista di Studi Pompeiani.  33:216-218.

    Book

    Year Title
    2018 The Fortifications of Pompeii and Ancient Italy 2018

    Chapter

    Year Title
    2023 The Porta Stabia Gate and Fortification.  304-333. 2023
    2021 Evidence and Narrative in Digital Art History: Exploratory Methods for Weimar Architecture.  133-144. 2021
    2021 Oplontis: The Ancient Landscape, the Structures and their Relationship with the Resources of the Vesuvian Region".  103-114. 2021
    2020 Pompeii, Origins through Destruction 2020
    2019 Cultural Heritage and 3D Technologies in an Emerging Makerspace at the University of New Hampshire.  14-14. 2019
    2019 The Recovered Tympanum of Cubiculum 11: A New Document for the Study of City Walls.  489-500. 2019
    2019 A new enceinte for a new city.  44-81. 2019
    2019 City walls and the gods.  205-237. 2019
    2019 Contemporary fortifications in Italy and the Mediterranean.  174-204. 2019
    2019 Defense and the genesis of the community.  27-43. 2019
    2019 Establishing an image for Samnite Pompeii.  82-111. 2019
    2019 Prolegomena to the city walls of Pompeii.  9-26. 2019
    2019 The Fortifications of Pompeii and Ancient Italy Introduction.  1-+. 2019
    2019 The fortifications and Roman Pompeii.  144-173. 2019
    2019 The fortifications and the Roman colony.  112-+. 2019
    2018 Dal Casale Minervini alla Villa Imperiale.  201-222. 2018
    2016 Ten Seasons of Excavations at Oplontis.  22-27. 2016
    2015 The Recovered Tympanum of Cubiculum 11 at Villa A (‘of Poppaea’) at Oplontis (Torre Annunziata, Italy): A New Document for the Study of City Walls.  559-564. 2015

    Conference Paper

    Year Title
    Cultural Heritage and 3D Technologies in an Emerging Makerspace at the University of New Hampshire
    Digital Tools and the Publication of a World Heritage Site

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    Other Research Activities

    Teaching Activities

  • Greek Art and Architecture Taught course
  • Intro Med. Archaeology Taught course
  • Intro Med. Archaeology Taught course
  • Intro to Architectural History Taught course
  • Topics in Art History Taught course
  • Ancient Humanities Taught course 2024
  • Pompeii and the Bay of Naples Taught course 2024
  • Honors/From Digging to Digital Taught course 2023
  • Intro to Architectural History Taught course 2023
  • Independent Study: Art History Taught course 2022
  • Intro to Architectural History Taught course 2022
  • TopArtHist/Cities Ancnt Italy Taught course 2022
  • Intro Med. Archaeology Taught course 2021
  • Top/Roman Architectural Design Taught course 2021
  • Greek Art and Architecture Taught course 2021
  • Intro to Architectural History Taught course 2021
  • Ancient Humanities Taught course 2020
  • Top/Etruscan Art&PreRoman Ital Taught course 2020
  • Intro to Architectural History Taught course 2020
  • Honors/From Digging to Digital Taught course 2019
  • Roman Art and Architecture Taught course 2019
  • Greek Art and Architecture Taught course 2019
  • Intro to Architectural History Taught course 2019
  • Honors/From Digging to Digital Taught course 2018
  • Roman Art and Architecture Taught course 2018
  • Greek Art and Architecture Taught course 2017
  • Introduction to Art History Taught course 2017
  • Introduction to Art History Taught course 2017
  • Ancient World Taught course 2016
  • Introduction to Art History Taught course 2016

    • Education And Training

    Full Name

  • Ivo Van der Graaff

    • Mailing Address

  • University of New Hampshire

    Art and Art History

    30 Academic Way

    Durham, New Hampshire  03824

    USA