Dennys Frenez

About

I obtained my PhD in archaeology from the University of Bologna (Italy) in 2011. I am currently investigating long-range trade and cross-cultural interactions between urban level societies in South and Middle Asia during the Bronze Age, with a specific focus on the Indus Valley and Southeastern Arabia. My research involves a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, including the study of ancient administrative and writing systems, traditional technologies and crafts, iconography and art styles, socio-economic and political organisation. I directed archaeological excavations in India and the Sultanate of Oman and worked on archaeological collections with several museums and archaeological expeditions in India, Pakistan, Oman, UAE, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, establishing an extensive network of academic and research partnerships. I organised international conferences and exhibitions, published several edited volumes, and papers in monographs and peer-reviewed journals. I am a member of scientific committees and reviewer for several scholarly journals. Since 2017, I have been working as the adviser for archaeology and executive editor of the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism of the Sultanate of Oman.

Employment

• Oman Ministry of Heritage and Culture Adviser for Archaeology and Heritage Sector
  2017 - Present

Education

• University of Bologna PhD
  ? - 2011
• University of Bologna MA Thesis
  ? - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (39)

• The Early Iron Age collective tomb LCG-1 at Dibbā al-Bayah, Oman: Long-distance exchange and cross-cultural interaction
  Antiquity 2021 DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2020.224
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• The Jalalabad seal, A reappraisal
  Journal of Archaeological Studies 2021 DOI: 10.22059/jarcs.2021.323646.143020
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• A non-Egyptian ‘Egyptian’ stone vessel from Ras Al-Jinz RJ-2, Sultanate of Oman: Critical review of an entrenched hypothesis
  Archaeological Research in Asia 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5513691
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• A non-Egyptian «Egyptian» stone vessel from Ras Al Jinz RJ-2, Sultanate of Oman: Critical review of an entrenched hypothesis
  Archaeological Research in Asia 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2021.100321
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• Carnelian and Agate Beads in the Oman Peninsula during the Third to Second millennia BC
  In the Shadow of the Ancestors. The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman: Second Expanded Edition 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5513728
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• The Indus Civilization Trade with the Oman Peninsula
  In the Shadow of the Ancestors. The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman: Second Expanded Edition 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5513716
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• Bead Production in the Late Neolithic Communities of Coastal Oman
  In the Shadow of the Ancestors. The Prehistoric Foundations of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman: Second Expanded Edition 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5513740
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• How Did a Chimaera Get Lost in Margush? Indus-Related Seals from Bronze Age Oases Along the Amu Darya and Murghab Rivers
  Tales of Three Worlds: Archaeology and beyond: Asia, Italy, Africa: A tribute to Sandro Salvatori 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5513758
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• Mirrored signs. Administrative and scriptorial information in the Indus Civilization clay sealings
  Studies on Indus Script (Conference on Indus Script, Mohenjodaro, 2020) 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5513821
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• I Primi Mercanti Vallindi in Oman = The Earliest Indus Traders in Oman
  Sognatori: 40 Anni di Ricerche Archeologiche Italiane in Oman = Dreamers: 40 Years of Italian Archaeological Research in Oman 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5513905
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