Fabiana Grilli is a PhD candidate in Archaeology and Art History (XXXIX cycle) at the University of Naples Federico II. Her doctoral research focuses on the Iron Age communities of south-eastern Sicily, with particular attention to the indigenous necropolises in the area of ancient Leontinoi, their funerary contexts, and material culture (supervisor: Prof. M. Pacciarelli). Her research aims to reconstruct the chronology and cultural development of these communities between the 9th and 7th centuries BC, as well as to investigate their interactions with the Greek colonial world. Her research interests include the archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Italy, funerary archaeology, the study and classification of archaeological materials, and cultural interactions in the central Mediterranean. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Naples Federico II, where she also earned a diploma from the Postgraduate School in Archaeological Heritage. She is currently conducting a research stay at the University of Vienna under the supervision of Prof. Petra Amann.