About
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About
In the Gabii Project Finds Lab - June 2017 (photo credit: E. Jenkinson )
My research focuses on artefacts, and how ancient users interacted with objects through their whole use-life: their production, sale, transport, use, re-use, repair, and deposition. This has stemmed from an interest in ancient food and cooking technologies and an interest in garbage and site formation processes.
My methods include both traditional naked-eye examination (employing less traditional techniques like use wear analysis), archaeometry (specifically ceramic petrography), and digital visual applications (3D modelling). I’m also a fan of quantitative methods in the study of pottery.
I am currently Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. I co-direct archaeological investigations at the site of Gabii, Italy, 18 km East of Rome. I am also directing the re-study of artefacts from Lake Leamy Park, in Gatineau, Canada (see Unknown Ottawa).
With Shawn Graham, I co-direct Carleton’s Cultural Heritage Informatics Lab (χLab).
This website details my current and past research, along with relevant and interesting photos and links.
I am happy for people reach out about guest lectures and virtual classroom visits. The courses I teach have benefited greatly from the co-operation and generosity of friends and colleagues.
In the Winter/Spring of 2022, I was a Margo Tytus Visiting Scholar at the University of Cincinnati.
My current research, fieldwork, and lab work is funded by an Ontario Early Researcher Award (2022-2027), an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2023-2026), a Partnership Engage Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2024-2026).