Dr Emlyn Dodd
@emlynkd.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @ics.bsky.social, Uni of London
Former A/Director, British School at Rome
Archaeologist 🏺 Ancient wine & oil 🍇🍷
Co-director, faleriinoviproject.org 🏛️
FSA FRHistS FHEA.
🔗: https://sas.academia.edu/EmlynDodd
Former A/Director, British School at Rome
Archaeologist 🏺 Ancient wine & oil 🍇🍷
Co-director, faleriinoviproject.org 🏛️
FSA FRHistS FHEA.
🔗: https://sas.academia.edu/EmlynDodd
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Paperback publication day for Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology with @divali.bsky.social 🎉🎉 only a year after hardcover! 🏺 🍇🍷
Still in full colour throughout and at the bargain price of £22: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/methods-i...
Still in full colour throughout and at the bargain price of £22: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/methods-i...
Today we started teaching the first ever co-designed and taught joint MA module between the University of London (ICS/KCL) and British Museum (Greece & Rome)!
The module provides hands-on experience in a real-world #museum environment, with half the classes taught behind the scenes at the BM.
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The module provides hands-on experience in a real-world #museum environment, with half the classes taught behind the scenes at the BM.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Today we started teaching the first ever co-designed and taught joint MA module between the University of London (ICS/KCL) and British Museum (Greece & Rome)!
The module provides hands-on experience in a real-world #museum environment, with half the classes taught behind the scenes at the BM.
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The module provides hands-on experience in a real-world #museum environment, with half the classes taught behind the scenes at the BM.
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Looking forward to hosting this joint @ics.bsky.social / @bsrome.bsky.social event with Peter, @christophersmith.bsky.social, @profyarrow.bsky.social and @kathryntempest.bsky.social in a few weeks!
‘Myth, History and Archaeology’
Please do share and come along if in London 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
‘Myth, History and Archaeology’
Please do share and come along if in London 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
January 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Looking forward to hosting this joint @ics.bsky.social / @bsrome.bsky.social event with Peter, @christophersmith.bsky.social, @profyarrow.bsky.social and @kathryntempest.bsky.social in a few weeks!
‘Myth, History and Archaeology’
Please do share and come along if in London 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
‘Myth, History and Archaeology’
Please do share and come along if in London 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
The oileries at Syedra are fantastic (and v well preserved!) but to find urban/intramural oil production is not as unusual as this write up states. One only needs to look at the extensive data presented in our 2024 JUA article: doi.org/10.1484/J.JU...
greekreporter.com/2025/12/30/a...
greekreporter.com/2025/12/30/a...
Ancient City of Syedra Hosted Over 100 Olive Oil Workshops, Excavations Reveal - GreekReporter.com
Archaeologists uncover over 100 olive oil workshops in ancient Syedra, revealing the city's major role in Mediterranean trade and daily life.
greekreporter.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The oileries at Syedra are fantastic (and v well preserved!) but to find urban/intramural oil production is not as unusual as this write up states. One only needs to look at the extensive data presented in our 2024 JUA article: doi.org/10.1484/J.JU...
greekreporter.com/2025/12/30/a...
greekreporter.com/2025/12/30/a...
🚨PUBLISHED🚨 The #Archaeology of #Olive #Oil Production in #Roman & pre-Roman #Italy 🫒
READ: doi.org/10.1086/737823
➡️Good data for Neolithic & BA olive exploitation & cultivation
➡️Possible earliest rotary olive crusher in the Med (7th c. BCE)
➡️Roman era oil prod widely & larger-scale across Italy
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READ: doi.org/10.1086/737823
➡️Good data for Neolithic & BA olive exploitation & cultivation
➡️Possible earliest rotary olive crusher in the Med (7th c. BCE)
➡️Roman era oil prod widely & larger-scale across Italy
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December 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🚨PUBLISHED🚨 The #Archaeology of #Olive #Oil Production in #Roman & pre-Roman #Italy 🫒
READ: doi.org/10.1086/737823
➡️Good data for Neolithic & BA olive exploitation & cultivation
➡️Possible earliest rotary olive crusher in the Med (7th c. BCE)
➡️Roman era oil prod widely & larger-scale across Italy
🧵
READ: doi.org/10.1086/737823
➡️Good data for Neolithic & BA olive exploitation & cultivation
➡️Possible earliest rotary olive crusher in the Med (7th c. BCE)
➡️Roman era oil prod widely & larger-scale across Italy
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Reposted by Dr Emlyn Dodd
Now out, the field report of the 2024 campaign at Falerii Novi! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
THE FALERII NOVI PROJECT: THE 2024 SEASON | Papers of the British School at Rome | Cambridge Core
THE FALERII NOVI PROJECT: THE 2024 SEASON - Volume 93
www.cambridge.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Now out, the field report of the 2024 campaign at Falerii Novi! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Looking forward to our next @ics.bsky.social – British Museum seminar with another terrific group of speakers, incl @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social @drmaimusie.bsky.social, Eleanor Newman & Joe Skinner. Register at link below!
Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race & the representation of the other
Mon 15 Dec, 4pm, Senate House
Full details: shorturl.at/dbH6p
Speakers include: Hardeep Dhindsa (Birmingham Museums Trust), Mai Musié (UoL), Eleanor Newman (Oxford), Joseph Skinner (Newcastle)
Mon 15 Dec, 4pm, Senate House
Full details: shorturl.at/dbH6p
Speakers include: Hardeep Dhindsa (Birmingham Museums Trust), Mai Musié (UoL), Eleanor Newman (Oxford), Joseph Skinner (Newcastle)
Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race and the representation of the other
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December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Looking forward to our next @ics.bsky.social – British Museum seminar with another terrific group of speakers, incl @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social @drmaimusie.bsky.social, Eleanor Newman & Joe Skinner. Register at link below!
Next week! ‘Developing and Leading a Major Project in Classics’ - @ics.bsky.social researcher training event 🏺
Talks & expert contribution from: Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Alex Mullen, Ellen Swift & Corisande Fenwick.
1pm-3pm, 27 Nov
Senate House, London
INFO+REGISTER: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Talks & expert contribution from: Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Alex Mullen, Ellen Swift & Corisande Fenwick.
1pm-3pm, 27 Nov
Senate House, London
INFO+REGISTER: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Developing and leading a major project in Classics
ics.sas.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Next week! ‘Developing and Leading a Major Project in Classics’ - @ics.bsky.social researcher training event 🏺
Talks & expert contribution from: Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Alex Mullen, Ellen Swift & Corisande Fenwick.
1pm-3pm, 27 Nov
Senate House, London
INFO+REGISTER: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Talks & expert contribution from: Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Alex Mullen, Ellen Swift & Corisande Fenwick.
1pm-3pm, 27 Nov
Senate House, London
INFO+REGISTER: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Great evening speaking to 125 people at the British School at Athens fundraising event! My lecture on all things #Ancient #Greek #wine was accompanied by a fascinating talk and tasting of modern Greek wines by Alix Robinson 🍷🍇 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Great evening speaking to 125 people at the British School at Athens fundraising event! My lecture on all things #Ancient #Greek #wine was accompanied by a fascinating talk and tasting of modern Greek wines by Alix Robinson 🍷🍇 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
Reposted by Dr Emlyn Dodd
This past week, the archaeology team @stephenkay.bsky.social @emlynkd.bsky.social @levine.bsky.social & Sara Fabbri returned to Paros, Greece, for a second season of geophysical survey.
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This past week, the archaeology team @stephenkay.bsky.social @emlynkd.bsky.social @levine.bsky.social & Sara Fabbri returned to Paros, Greece, for a second season of geophysical survey.
New fieldwork this week on Paros, #Greece! 🏺 🏛️
Ground-Penetrating Radar survey adjacent to excavations at #Hellenistic and #Roman houses and a sculpture workshop. 3D modelling of structural remains will also tie in with subsurface features captured by radar. /1
Ground-Penetrating Radar survey adjacent to excavations at #Hellenistic and #Roman houses and a sculpture workshop. 3D modelling of structural remains will also tie in with subsurface features captured by radar. /1
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New fieldwork this week on Paros, #Greece! 🏺 🏛️
Ground-Penetrating Radar survey adjacent to excavations at #Hellenistic and #Roman houses and a sculpture workshop. 3D modelling of structural remains will also tie in with subsurface features captured by radar. /1
Ground-Penetrating Radar survey adjacent to excavations at #Hellenistic and #Roman houses and a sculpture workshop. 3D modelling of structural remains will also tie in with subsurface features captured by radar. /1
Full MA class ready for another year of Wine, Oil and Grain in Greece and Rome! 🍇🍷🫒🌾 🏺
Mediterranean triad…or is it?? After the next 10 weeks of bringing together archaeological, historical and scientific evidence, hopefully the students will be able to tell you
Mediterranean triad…or is it?? After the next 10 weeks of bringing together archaeological, historical and scientific evidence, hopefully the students will be able to tell you
Teaching began today on ICS Intercollegiate Module: Wine, Oil and Grain in Greece and Rome: Production to Consumption convened by Dr Emlyn Dodd.
Students will learn how wine, oil and grain shape(d) the physical, cultural and economic landscapes of the Mediterranean: shorturl.at/6mW5k
Students will learn how wine, oil and grain shape(d) the physical, cultural and economic landscapes of the Mediterranean: shorturl.at/6mW5k
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Full MA class ready for another year of Wine, Oil and Grain in Greece and Rome! 🍇🍷🫒🌾 🏺
Mediterranean triad…or is it?? After the next 10 weeks of bringing together archaeological, historical and scientific evidence, hopefully the students will be able to tell you
Mediterranean triad…or is it?? After the next 10 weeks of bringing together archaeological, historical and scientific evidence, hopefully the students will be able to tell you
Very happy to be contributing to this event in support of the wonderful @britschoolathens.bsky.social 👏
Lecture and Wine-tasting 🍷 including a lecture by Dr Emlyn Dodd (ICS), a tasting of six Greek wines led by Alix Robinson and a raffle.
📆 Tue 21 October 2025
⏰ 17:30-20:30
📍 Location: Westminster Cathedral Hall, London
🎫 £76 per person
🔗 More info: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/wine-...
📆 Tue 21 October 2025
⏰ 17:30-20:30
📍 Location: Westminster Cathedral Hall, London
🎫 £76 per person
🔗 More info: www.bsa.ac.uk/events/wine-...
September 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Very happy to be contributing to this event in support of the wonderful @britschoolathens.bsky.social 👏
❗️Our recent work around the #ancient tower at Palaiopyrgos (Paros) is published in JAS Reports 🎉 🏺
We used multi-method #survey & #geophysical prospection to better understand landscapes of #agriculture and production in the rural #Cyclades.
READ OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
We used multi-method #survey & #geophysical prospection to better understand landscapes of #agriculture and production in the rural #Cyclades.
READ OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
September 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
❗️Our recent work around the #ancient tower at Palaiopyrgos (Paros) is published in JAS Reports 🎉 🏺
We used multi-method #survey & #geophysical prospection to better understand landscapes of #agriculture and production in the rural #Cyclades.
READ OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
We used multi-method #survey & #geophysical prospection to better understand landscapes of #agriculture and production in the rural #Cyclades.
READ OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Somehow managed to have not one, but TWO books published this month! 🎉 Thrilled to see these out:
👉 Vine-growing and Winemaking in the #Roman World (w/ @divali.bsky.social, M.S. Busana)
👉 Between Global and Local: Glocal Refractions in Roman Material Culture and Society (w/ R. Montoya González)
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👉 Vine-growing and Winemaking in the #Roman World (w/ @divali.bsky.social, M.S. Busana)
👉 Between Global and Local: Glocal Refractions in Roman Material Culture and Society (w/ R. Montoya González)
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September 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Somehow managed to have not one, but TWO books published this month! 🎉 Thrilled to see these out:
👉 Vine-growing and Winemaking in the #Roman World (w/ @divali.bsky.social, M.S. Busana)
👉 Between Global and Local: Glocal Refractions in Roman Material Culture and Society (w/ R. Montoya González)
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👉 Vine-growing and Winemaking in the #Roman World (w/ @divali.bsky.social, M.S. Busana)
👉 Between Global and Local: Glocal Refractions in Roman Material Culture and Society (w/ R. Montoya González)
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Excited to be back in Sydney for the Australian #Archaeological Institute at Athens AGM! I’ll be giving the keynote, "Island Towers and Agricultural Landscapes", reflecting on a decade's worth of work in the #Cyclades 🏺
20th August 2025, University of Sydney. Details: aaia.gr/aaia-2025-an...
20th August 2025, University of Sydney. Details: aaia.gr/aaia-2025-an...
AAIA 2025 Annual General Meeting and Annual Report (Sydney) – Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
aaia.gr
August 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Excited to be back in Sydney for the Australian #Archaeological Institute at Athens AGM! I’ll be giving the keynote, "Island Towers and Agricultural Landscapes", reflecting on a decade's worth of work in the #Cyclades 🏺
20th August 2025, University of Sydney. Details: aaia.gr/aaia-2025-an...
20th August 2025, University of Sydney. Details: aaia.gr/aaia-2025-an...
🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨
We were invited to write for Current Opinion in Food Sciences to review major advancements in #ancient #wine research and the big research questions these methods are helping us to understand 🍷 🏺 w/ @divali.bsky.social
Read open access here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
We were invited to write for Current Opinion in Food Sciences to review major advancements in #ancient #wine research and the big research questions these methods are helping us to understand 🍷 🏺 w/ @divali.bsky.social
Read open access here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
July 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨
We were invited to write for Current Opinion in Food Sciences to review major advancements in #ancient #wine research and the big research questions these methods are helping us to understand 🍷 🏺 w/ @divali.bsky.social
Read open access here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
We were invited to write for Current Opinion in Food Sciences to review major advancements in #ancient #wine research and the big research questions these methods are helping us to understand 🍷 🏺 w/ @divali.bsky.social
Read open access here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Reposted by Dr Emlyn Dodd
🍇 Interested in #Wine and #AncientRome?
Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens.
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens.
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
July 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🍇 Interested in #Wine and #AncientRome?
Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens.
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens.
doi.org/10.16995/tra...
Extremely productive excavation season at Falerii Novi once again! Some very helpful material coming from the hard work of our @ics.bsky.social @bsrome.bsky.social team 🙌 🏺 #Classicsbluesky
June 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Extremely productive excavation season at Falerii Novi once again! Some very helpful material coming from the hard work of our @ics.bsky.social @bsrome.bsky.social team 🙌 🏺 #Classicsbluesky
New #podcast episode featuring me, @wmarybeard.bsky.social and Jane Rempel chatting with Nick Groat & Phil Withington all about human interactions with #wine in the #ancient #Mediterranean 🍷🍇 🏺
#ClassicsBluesky
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/6k40...
#ClassicsBluesky
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/6k40...
Episode 2 - Wine and the Rise of Mediterranean World
5 ½ Moments when Alcohol Shaped the World · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New #podcast episode featuring me, @wmarybeard.bsky.social and Jane Rempel chatting with Nick Groat & Phil Withington all about human interactions with #wine in the #ancient #Mediterranean 🍷🍇 🏺
#ClassicsBluesky
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/6k40...
#ClassicsBluesky
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/6k40...
Reposted by Dr Emlyn Dodd
Week 2 in Falerii Novi! Digging, documenting and drawing contexts inside the BSR/ICS trench ☀️
June 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Week 2 in Falerii Novi! Digging, documenting and drawing contexts inside the BSR/ICS trench ☀️
Reposted by Dr Emlyn Dodd
In our series 'Meet the Fellows', we get to know our Fellowship. This edition sees Elizabeth Gilkey chat with Senior Lecturer at @ics.bsky.social, @emlynkd.bsky.social.
www.sal.org.uk/2025/05/meet...
www.sal.org.uk/2025/05/meet...
Meet the Fellows: Dr Emlyn Dodd FSA - Society of Antiquaries of London
The Society of Antiquaries is proud to bring together a distinguished community of scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts dedicated to the study and stewardship of the material past. In our new Meet...
www.sal.org.uk
May 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In our series 'Meet the Fellows', we get to know our Fellowship. This edition sees Elizabeth Gilkey chat with Senior Lecturer at @ics.bsky.social, @emlynkd.bsky.social.
www.sal.org.uk/2025/05/meet...
www.sal.org.uk/2025/05/meet...
Join our wonderful @ics.bsky.social community as an Early-Career Research Associate! We have 4 openings tenable 2025-28.
🏛️ formal institutional affiliation+email with ICS, SAS & Uni of London
💰 £500 p.a. research allowance
📚 ICS Library access+mentoring
INFO 👉 ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/fello...
🏛️ formal institutional affiliation+email with ICS, SAS & Uni of London
💰 £500 p.a. research allowance
📚 ICS Library access+mentoring
INFO 👉 ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/fello...
Early Career Research Associates
ics.sas.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Join our wonderful @ics.bsky.social community as an Early-Career Research Associate! We have 4 openings tenable 2025-28.
🏛️ formal institutional affiliation+email with ICS, SAS & Uni of London
💰 £500 p.a. research allowance
📚 ICS Library access+mentoring
INFO 👉 ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/fello...
🏛️ formal institutional affiliation+email with ICS, SAS & Uni of London
💰 £500 p.a. research allowance
📚 ICS Library access+mentoring
INFO 👉 ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/fello...
Paperback publication day for Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology with @divali.bsky.social 🎉🎉 only a year after hardcover! 🏺 🍇🍷
Still in full colour throughout and at the bargain price of £22: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/methods-i...
Still in full colour throughout and at the bargain price of £22: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/methods-i...
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Paperback publication day for Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology with @divali.bsky.social 🎉🎉 only a year after hardcover! 🏺 🍇🍷
Still in full colour throughout and at the bargain price of £22: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/methods-i...
Still in full colour throughout and at the bargain price of £22: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/methods-i...
Back staying with one of my favourite balconies in the world at the Australian Archaeological Institute 🙏 🏛️ so many PhD and Postdoc memories here, and now giving the AAIA Annual Lecture 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
April 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Back staying with one of my favourite balconies in the world at the Australian Archaeological Institute 🙏 🏛️ so many PhD and Postdoc memories here, and now giving the AAIA Annual Lecture 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky