Since 1986 the Archaeological Mission at Tell Afis is directed by Stefania Mazzoni. She is an Italian archaeologist. After completing the studies at the University la Sapienza of Rome (where she was born), she became lecturer in 1975, associate professor in 1980 and full professor in 2001 at the University of Pisa; since 2006 she teaches at the University of Florence. She has started her field activity in Syria in 1968 in the missions of the University of Rome la Sapienza at Tell Mardikh/Ebla, Tell Fray, Tell Tuqan and Tell Afis. Since 2008 she is also director of the archaeological mission at Uşaklı Höyük (Turkey).
Deputy Director
Serena Maria Cecchini is Deputy-director of the Tell Afis Mission since 1986. She taught Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Bologna.
