Joey Williams
I hold a PhD in Mediterranean archaeology from the Classics Department at the University at Buffalo (2014). I received a MA in Classical Archaeology from the University of Arizona (2007) and a BA from Hendrix College (2004). Since 2010 I have co-directed the archaeological excavation of a 1st c. BCE tower enclosure near Redondo, Portugal, and in 2013 I co-directed the survey and excavation a Roman villa in the same region. In addition, I have led summer programs at the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia in Lisbon and participated in several archaeological projects elsewhere in Portugal and Italy.
My dissertation, Surveillance, Visibility, and the Colonial Encounter in the Early Roman Central Alentejo, Portugal: 100 B.C.E. – 100 C.E., focuses on material culture, colonization theory, and landscape archaeology with a particular lens on vision and (in)visibility analysis in an understudied region of the Roman Empire. My research involves the analysis of the role of surveillance in the process of conquest and colonization, particularly in the negotiation of control over landscapes. This work allows me to investigate the intersections between technology, economy, environment, and society, and in doing so offer a substantive critique of empire. Much of my work endeavors to recognize the negative effects of empire, industry, and colonialism on conquered regions.
In addition to Mediterranean archaeology, I also study Latin epigraphy, Roman ceramic and metallurgical technologies, and the history of the Iberian peninsula generally. I work as a teacher, archaeologist, editor, author, and freelance researcher on several different projects. I served as a doctoral assistant for the 2011-2012 academic year at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, and I am currently a lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma.
My dissertation, Surveillance, Visibility, and the Colonial Encounter in the Early Roman Central Alentejo, Portugal: 100 B.C.E. – 100 C.E., focuses on material culture, colonization theory, and landscape archaeology with a particular lens on vision and (in)visibility analysis in an understudied region of the Roman Empire. My research involves the analysis of the role of surveillance in the process of conquest and colonization, particularly in the negotiation of control over landscapes. This work allows me to investigate the intersections between technology, economy, environment, and society, and in doing so offer a substantive critique of empire. Much of my work endeavors to recognize the negative effects of empire, industry, and colonialism on conquered regions.
In addition to Mediterranean archaeology, I also study Latin epigraphy, Roman ceramic and metallurgical technologies, and the history of the Iberian peninsula generally. I work as a teacher, archaeologist, editor, author, and freelance researcher on several different projects. I served as a doctoral assistant for the 2011-2012 academic year at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, and I am currently a lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma.
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The Summer School in Roman Pottery Studies is a four-week program designed to introduce the participants to Roman pottery analysis. In 2020, it will be held at Lugnano in Teverina, a hill town in the Tiber Valley just north of Rome, which is considered one of the most attractive small towns in Italy. Via the train station at Attigliano-Bomarzo, it has good connections to Rome and Orvieto, as well as other destinations.
Students will learn the fundamentals of Roman pottery through seminars, field trips, and the hands-on exploration of a ceramic assemblage. In the first half of the summer school, overall concepts and the single ceramic classes with their characteristics, function, date, and provenience will be presented. In the second half, participants will apply their knowledge to a pottery assemblage excavated near Lugnano. This element is designed to give the participants practical experience by working under the supervision of the directors with the final goal of publishing the assemblage if the participants wish.
Conferences and Sessions by Joey Williams
Five sessions revolve around new insights from landscape archaeological projects, developments in the economy, the process of military expansion, processes of centralization and urbanization, and the ritual and religious sphere. A key goal of the conference is to discuss how the Portuguese panorama compares to other areas in the Iberian peninsula, and to foreground its contribution to current debates about Roman expansion and incorporation in the Central and Western Mediterranean.
With a view to assess the potential of integrating best practices in archaeological approaches and methodology, different national and disciplinary research traditions and historical frameworks will be explicitly discussed. As such, the conference aims to explore ways to collaborate more closely between various Mediterranean areas and research projects, and to develop a shared research agenda.
The Summer School in Roman Pottery Studies is a four-week program designed to introduce the participants to Roman pottery analysis. In 2020, it will be held at Lugnano in Teverina, a hill town in the Tiber Valley just north of Rome, which is considered one of the most attractive small towns in Italy. Via the train station at Attigliano-Bomarzo, it has good connections to Rome and Orvieto, as well as other destinations.
Students will learn the fundamentals of Roman pottery through seminars, field trips, and the hands-on exploration of a ceramic assemblage. In the first half of the summer school, overall concepts and the single ceramic classes with their characteristics, function, date, and provenience will be presented. In the second half, participants will apply their knowledge to a pottery assemblage excavated near Lugnano. This element is designed to give the participants practical experience by working under the supervision of the directors with the final goal of publishing the assemblage if the participants wish.
Five sessions revolve around new insights from landscape archaeological projects, developments in the economy, the process of military expansion, processes of centralization and urbanization, and the ritual and religious sphere. A key goal of the conference is to discuss how the Portuguese panorama compares to other areas in the Iberian peninsula, and to foreground its contribution to current debates about Roman expansion and incorporation in the Central and Western Mediterranean.
With a view to assess the potential of integrating best practices in archaeological approaches and methodology, different national and disciplinary research traditions and historical frameworks will be explicitly discussed. As such, the conference aims to explore ways to collaborate more closely between various Mediterranean areas and research projects, and to develop a shared research agenda.