Assistant Director of Archaeology, British School at Rome; Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow, Macquarie University; Research Affiliate, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, Macquarie University
Dr Emlyn Dodd is an archaeologist investigating ancient wine and oil production across the Mediterranean. He has worked at sites including Pompeii in Italy and the Acropolis and Classical Agora in Athens, and currently directs excavation and survey projects in Italy and Greece, including the Roman city of Falerii Novi. He is also a specialist consultant at the Roman site of Antiochia ad Cragum in southern Turkey, with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Emlyn is also a passionate advocate of student equity and widening participation; he works closely with the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion at the University of Technology Sydney.
Experience
2021–present
Assistant Director for Archaeology, British School at Rome
2020–present
Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow, Macquarie University
2018–2021
Program Manager, University of Technology Sydney
2019–2020
Honorary Postdoctoral Associate, Macquarie University
2020–2020
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment
2019–2020
Greece Fellow, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
2015–2016
Gale Scholar, British School at Rome
Education
2018
Macquarie University, PhD
Publications
2020
Population decline and viticultural industry: societal transformation on Late Antique Delos (Greece).’ In The Resilience of the Roman Empire: regional case studies on the relationship between population and food resources, BAR
2020
Late Roman viticulture in Rough Cilicia: an unusual wine press at Antiochia ad Cragum, Journal of Roman Archaeology
2020
Wine and olive oil across the ancient Cyclades: a preliminary report and new thoughts on the development of Greek and Roman press technology, Mediterranean Archaeology
2020
Making the invisible, visible: An innovative 21st century approach to tertiary preparation, attainment and access for student equity, International Journal of Inclusive Education
2020
Roman and Late Antique wine production in the eastern Mediterranean, Archaeopress
2017
Pressing issues: a new discovery in the vineyard of region I.20, Pompeii, Archeologia Classica
2014
From Hispania to the Chalkidiki: a detailed study of transport amphorae from the Macquarie University Museum of Ancient Cultures, Chronika
Grants and Contracts
2020
Travelling Fellowship
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Australian Academy of the Humanities
2020
Landscape Award
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British School at Athens
2020
Early-Career Award
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Australasian Society for Classical Studies
2020
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
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Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment, Macquarie University
2020
Gale Graeco-Roman Travelling Scholarship
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Macquarie University
2019
Greece Fellowship
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Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
2015
Gale Scholarship
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British School at Rome
Professional Memberships
Member, Australasian Society for Classical Studies
Member, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens