Stefano Cespa (Classical Archaeology) is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tübingen in the project “Island Economies: A Comparative Study of Island Communities in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period” and in the project “Pantelleria ‒ Bridgehead of Carthage and outpost of Rome. From the Punic base to the Roman town: archaeological research on the fortification and the public place”. He is member of archaeological projects in some of the most significant  archaeological sites in the Mediterranean: in Tunisia (Carthage, Abbir Cella, Althiburos) and on the islands of Pantelleria, Sicily (Solunto), Sardinia (Nora), where he applies new methodologies in archaeology, such as drone and photogrammetric surveys, aerial and Lidar photography, geo-referenced data processing, 3D surveys and models.His main field of research is Punic-Roman archaeology, with particular reference to urban planning, topography, private architecture and water systems in antiquity. Combining archaeological and literary sources, his research focuses on the use of the resource “water” in particular in arid and semi-arid areas and islands, to understand how ancient societies of the Classical period dealt with water scarcity issues in all of its aspects (searching, transporting, collecting, storing, using, discharging).