One might say that archaeology runs in Claudio Bizzarri's blood, given the strong family tradition in that field. He received his degree in 1994 with a thesis on the topography of the Etruscan city of Orvieto-Velzna. This was also the subject of a paper read at the annual AIA meeting in San Diego in 1995 and has subsequently been dealt with in various publications in Italy. His doctoral dissertation from the University of Perugia, coordinated by Prof. Mario Torelli, was on imported figured Attic pottery in Inner Etruria and the subject was also discussed in a paper presented at the annual 1997 AIA meet in Chicago.

He has had ample field experience, mainly in Umbria and Tuscany, where he has participated in and directed numerous archaeological excavations for the Soprintendenza Archeologica per l'Umbria, in collaboration with Italian and foreign universities, specializing in speleological archaeology.

He is founding member of Archeostudio, a firm of archaeological consultants, and chairman of Speleotecnica, a firm which has studied, salvaged and made available to the public the historical underground aspects of the city of Orvieto.

The University of South Carolina-Aiken invited him to their campus as visiting assistant professor for the spring semester 2000.

He has frequently given lectures and site visits for groups of American university students interested in archaeology and is consultant for the realization of the archaeological and environmental park of Orvieto, for the resystemization of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Orvieto and for the terracotta museum in Marsciano.

Currently he is the recipient of a four-year research grant from the Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche e Storiche dell'Antichità, Università degli Studi of Macerata and field director for the University excavations in Orvieto (on the probable site of the Etruscan federal sanctuary of Fanum Voltumnae). He is also field director of the Florida State University (Tallahassee) excavations of Poggio delle Civitelle (an Etruscan Roman settlement not far from Perugia dating from the 5th century BC to the 4th century AD). He has been designated by the American Institute of Archaeology as 2001-2002 Kress Foundation Lecturer.