Emlyn Dodd is a Greek and Roman archaeologist specialising in the study of ancient wine and oil, along with agriculture, technology and trade more broadly. He has published extensively, including the book Roman and Late Antique Wine Production in the Eastern Mediterranean (2020), and recent articles in the American Journal of Archaeology and Antiquity. He has also appeared across radio and tv, including with National Geographic and the BBC, writes regularly for public-facing media, including several articles in The Conversation, and has featured in international media, including The Guardian, NBC News and The Washington Post.
Emlyn co-directs the Falerii Novi Project, including large-scale excavations at this Roman city in central Italy. He also directs a survey project in the Cyclades, investigating the production of wine and oil, with a focus on the identification and distribution of agricultural technology and knowledge in the Classical to Late Antique eras. He is an active collaborator with the Antiochia ad Cragum Archaeological Research Project (Gazipasa, Turkey) and has previously worked at Delos, the Athenian Agora and Acropolis (Greece); Pompeii, Oplontis, Carsulae and in Sicily (Italy).
Emlyn was named Macquarie University's Early Career Researcher of the Year in 2023. He is Research Fellow at the British School at Rome, Research Affiliate at the Australian Archaeological Institute in Athens, an Honorary Fellow at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) and Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Society of Antiquaries London. He has won competitive funding and awards from the British Academy, Leverhulme Foundation, Australian Academy of the Humanities, British School at Athens, Museum of Cycladic Art, and the Australasian Society for Classical Studies among others. He is also a passionate student equity advocate, practitioner and researcher and has worked closely with widening participation and equity programs at the University of Technology Sydney and Western Sydney University.
Experience
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2020–presentHonorary Postdoctoral Fellow, Macquarie University
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2023–presentLecturer in Classical Studies, University of London
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2021–2023Assistant Director for Archaeology, British School at Rome
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2018–2021Program Manager, University of Technology Sydney
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2019–2020Honorary Postdoctoral Associate, Macquarie University
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2019–2020Greece Fellow, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
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2020–2020Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment
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2015–2016Gale Scholar, British School at Rome
Education
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2018Macquarie University, PhD
Publications
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2023The Falerii Novi Project, Papers of the British School at Rome
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2023The spectacle of production: a Roman imperial winery at the Villa of the Quintilii, Rome, Antiquity
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2022The archaeology of wine production in Roman and pre-Roman Italy, American Journal of Archaeology
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2022The Falerii Novi Project: the 2021 season, Papers of the British School at Rome
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2022Wine, oil, and knowledge networks across the Graeco-Roman Cyclades (Greece), Papers of the British School at Rome
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2020Making the invisible, visible: An innovative 21st century approach to tertiary preparation, attainment and access for student equity, International Journal of Inclusive Education
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2020Late Roman viticulture in Rough Cilicia: an unusual wine press at Antiochia ad Cragum, Journal of Roman Archaeology
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2020Population 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
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2020Roman and Late Antique wine production in the eastern Mediterranean, Archaeopress
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2020Wine and olive oil across the ancient Cyclades: a preliminary report and new thoughts on the development of Greek and Roman press technology, Mediterranean Archaeology
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2017Pressing issues: a new discovery in the vineyard of region I.20, Pompeii, Archeologia Classica
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2014From Hispania to the Chalkidiki: a detailed study of transport amphorae from the Macquarie University Museum of Ancient Cultures, Chronika
Grants and Contracts
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2022Petros Goneos Award
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- Co-I
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- Museum of Cycladic Art
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2022Grant
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- PI
- Funding Source:
- British Academy/Leverhulme Foundation
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2020Travelling Fellowship
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- Australian Academy of the Humanities
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2020Landscape Award
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- British School at Athens
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2020Early-Career Award
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- Funding Source:
- Australasian Society for Classical Studies
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2020Gale Graeco-Roman Travelling Scholarship
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- Funding Source:
- Macquarie University
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2020Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- Role:
- Funding Source:
- Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment, Macquarie University
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2019Greece Fellowship
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- Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
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2015Gale Scholarship
- Role:
- Funding Source:
- British School at Rome
Professional Memberships
- Member, Australasian Society for Classical Studies
- Member, Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
- Member, British School at Athens
Research Areas
- History And Archaeology (21)
- Archaeology (2101)
Honours
FRHistS FSA
- Website
- @emlynkd
- Article Feed
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For media enquiries,
emlyn.dodd@mq.edu.au - ORCID
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