Dr. Davide Zori
Associate Professor of History in the BIC
Baylor Interdisciplinary Core
BIC Courses: World Cultures I and II, Social World I and II
Dr. Davide Zori's research concentrates on the Viking expansion into the North Atlantic. He conducts archaeological fieldwork in Iceland addressing the interaction of the Norse settlers with new environments, the construction of a migrant society, and the subsequent evolution of endemic political systems. He employs a multidisciplinary approach combining material culture and written evidence. Dr. Zori joined the BIC in 2014. He also teaches The Vikings and The Early Middle Ages for the History Department.
Education
- 2010 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
- 2004 M.A. University of California, Los Angeles, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
- 2002 B.A. University of Florida, Departments of History and Anthropology
Recent Publications
- Davide Zori: "The Norse in Iceland," Oxford Handbooks in Archaeology (Oxford University Press, 2016)
- Davide Zori: "Gift Exchange with the Saintly Dead in Medieval Icelandic Miracle Stories," Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 47/I: 85-105 (2016)
- Davide Zori and Jesse Byock (eds.): Viking Age Archaeology in Iceland: Mosfell Archaeological Project, Brepols Publishers, Turnhout (2014)
- Davide Zori: "Interdisciplinary Modelling of Viking Age and Medieval Settlement in the Mosfell Valley," Viking Age Archaeology in Iceland: The Mosfell Archaeological Project, Brepols Publishers, Turnhout (2014)
- Davide Zori, Jesse Byock, Egill Erlendsson, Steven Martin, Thomas Wake, and Kevin Edwards: "Feasting in Viking Age Iceland: Sustaining a Chiefly Political Economy in a Marginal Environment," Antiquity 87 (335): 150-165 (2013)
Press
"Beer, Beef, and Politics: Findings at Viking Archaeological Site Show Power Trumping Practicality"