Ohio University faculty member since 1995.
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Education
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati (1989)
Specializations
- Greek, Roman and Egyptian Archaeology
- Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age Economy
- Linear B and other Aegean Scripts
- Food Studies for the Ancient Mediterranean
Courses Taught
- CARS 2000 The Wonders of the Ancient Mediterranean
- CARS 2010 Greek Archaeology
- CARS 2020 Roman Archaeology
- CARS 2030 Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
- CARS 2040 Egyptian Archaeology
- CARS 2170 Food, Drink, and Identity in the Ancient World
- CARS 3420 Women in the Ancient Mediterranean
Research and Publications
Paper: “Agrimia in the Knossos Tablets,” in Aegean Scripts. Proceedings of the 14 th Mycenological Colloquium, Copenhagen 2-5 September 2015, M.-L. Nosch and H. Landenius Enegren (eds), Ingunabula Graeca Vol. CV, 1, Roma 2017, 391-416.
Paper: “Managing the Wild: Deer and Agrimia in the Late Bronze Age Aegean,” in PHYSIS: L’environnement naturel et la relation homme-milieu dans le monde égéen protohistorique , Touchais, Gilles, Robert Laffineur, and Françoise Rougemont, eds. Aegaeum 37, 2014, 391-399.
Paper: “Deer in the Linear B Tablets.” in Études mycéniennes 2010: Carlier, Pierre, Charles de Lamberterie, Markus Egetmeyer, Nicole Guilleux, Françoise Rougemont, and Julien Zurbach, eds . Pasiphae 10, 2012, 357-382.
Encyclopedia article: ‘Redistribution’ in The Encyclopedia of Ancient History , R. Bagnall (ed.) Wiley-Blackwell 2013. 1500 words.
Encyclopedia articles: “Agriculture, Greek,” (1220 words); “Animal Husbandry,” (1000 words), Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, 2010.
Paper: “Wheat and Barley in Mycenaean Society: 15 years later,” in Colloquium Romanum II, L. Godart – A. Sacconi (eds), Pasiphae 2, Rome 2008, 621-639.
Chapter 2, “How to Begin: an Introduction to Linear B Conventions and Resources,” in A Companion to Linear B. Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World , Y. Duhoux and A. Morpurgo Davies (eds), Peeters, Louvain 2008, 25-68.
Paper: “Models in Linear B Landholding: an Analysis of Methodology”, in J. Bennet and J. Driessen (eds.), A-NA-QO-TA Studies presented to J. T. Killen , Minos 33-34 (1998-1999), Salamanca 2002, 223-250.
Paper: “Wine in Bronze Age Crete: the Textual Evidence,” 95-104, in A. K. Mylopotamikaki (ed.) Oinos palaios hedupotos: to kretiko krasi apo ta proistorika os ta neotera khronia , Hypourgeio politismou archaeiologiko institouto Kretes 2002.
Paper: “Trade in Wine, Perfumed Oils and Foodstuffs: The Linear B Evidence and Beyond,” 125-138, in V. Karageorghis and Ch. Stamatakis (eds.) Sea Routes: Interconnections in the Mediterranean 16th-6th c. BC. Proceedings of the International Symposium, Rethymnon, Crete Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2002.
Article: “Frau: 1. Minoische und Mykenische Kultur,” Der Neue Pauly , Band 12/2. Verlag J. B. Metzler: Stuttgart. Link to ALICE record
Chapter 2: “Bridging the Gap: the Continuity of Greek Agriculture from the Mycenaean to the Historical Period”, in Prehistory and History:Class, Ethnicity and Political Economy , David Tandy (ed.), Critical Perspectives on Historic Issues: 10, Black Rose Books, 2001, 41-84. Link to OhioLINK record
Paper: “Perishable Goods in Mycenaean Texts”, Floreant Studia Mycenaea. Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Mycenaean and Aegean Texts , S. Deger-Jalkotzy and G. Nightingale (eds.). Salzburg, 1999, 463-485. Link to OhioLINK record
Appendices A and B on Bronze Age and Iron Age Aegean and Cypriote burials with horses, in L. Edmunds, “The Horse and the Maiden.” Dec. 20, 1999.
Chapter: “The Terracotta Disks from Alambra, Cyprus”, in J. E. Coleman et al., Alambra. A Middle Bronze Age Settlement in Cyprus . SIMA CXVIII, 1996, 218-233.
Paper: “Linear A Commodities: a Comparison of Resources” in Politeia , R. Laffineur and W-D. Niemeier (eds.), Aegaeum 12 (1995), Liege, 133-154. Link to ALICE record
Chapter 17: “Wine and Viticulture in the Linear A and B Texts of the Bronze Age Aegean” in the Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Origins and Ancient History of Wine Gordon and Breach 1995, pp. 269-286. Link to OhioLINK record
Book: Wine in the Mycenaean Palace Economy , Aegaeum 10 (1994), Liege. Link to ALICE record
Paper: “Wheat and Barley in Mycenaean Society,” Mykenaika. 9th International Colloquium on Mycenaean and Aegean Texts, Athens, Greece, Oct. 2-6 1990 ; J.-P. Olivier (ed.) BCH Supplement XXV, 1992, pp. 473-495.
Response to V. Aravantinos “The Inscribed Sealings from Thebes,” in T. G. Palaima (ed.), Aegean Seals, Sealings and Administration , Aegaeum 5, Liege 1990, pp. 168-170. Link to ALICE record
Article: “Subsistence Rations at Pylos and Knossos,” Minos 24 (1989), pp. 89-124.