Rodrigo Araújo de Lima

Bachelors degree in International Relations from Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU) (2011), Bachelors degree in Geography from the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages, and Human Sciences (FFLCH-USP) (2020), Masters degree in Archaeology from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of the University of São Paulo (MAE-USP), where he produced his dissertation titled The Columns of Heracles/Melqart at the End of the Bronze Age: The Use of GIS in Understanding Phoenician Expansion in Tartessian Territory (funded by CAPES), under the supervision of Professor Cristina Kormikiari (MAE-USP). He is currently a PhD candidate in Archaeology at the same institution under the supervision of Professor Kormikiari and Professor Romero Tori (Poli-USP), with a cotutelle agreement with the University of Bristols Department of Anthropology and Archaeology under the supervision of Professor Tamar Hodos (UoB). His thesis (funded by FAPESP, process 2018/08593-4) concluded in 2025, focuses on creating an interactive three-dimensional simulation of the establishment of a Roman colony beneath the Punic city of Carteia, in the region of the Columns of Heracles/Melqart, in order to generate hypotheses about organization and to assess the maintenance or innovation of multiple urban identities following the arrival of Rome. In 2021, he completed his cotutelle period (funded by FAPESP, process 2020/11832-0) in Bristol, UK. He is currently an Associate Researcher at the Laboratory of Studies on the Ancient City (Labeca) of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of the University of São Paulo. My pronouns: he, him, they, them. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)