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As an interdisciplinary scholar, I am both a papyrologist and an archaeologist! I excavate at two sites in Egypt (NYU's Amheida excavations and UC Berkeley's el Hibeh excavations), and I work regularly with the archives and collections in the Hearst Museum at UC Berkeley. My primary interests include Greek and Demotic papyrology, the archaeology of Greco-Roman Egypt, and the materiality of ancient textual artifacts. I am passionate about diversifying the fields of Egyptology and Archaeology to include those accounts of people who have been historically oppressed.

Lisa C. Pieraccini works on the art and archaeology of the first millennium BCE in Italy, with special emphasis on the Etruscans and early Romans. She lived in Italy for many years where she taught and conducted research in Rome and southern Etruria. Her interests include Etruscan craft connectivity, international trade, funerary art and ritual, and issues of identity. Dr.

I excavate the prehistoric site of Mycenae and the classical sanctuary of Nemea, both in Greece. As a specialist in ceramics, I work with material culture and involve many students in my research, here and abroad. Currently I am working on the earliest manifestations of Greek religious ritual through permanent architectural establishments and recognized paraphernalia - such as figurines.

Education

B.A. 1987 University of Texas at Austin

M.A. 1989, Ph.D. 1993 University of Pennsylvania

Benjamin W. Porter a associate professor of Near Eastern Archaeology in the University of California, Berkeley's Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. Porter is an archaeologist who investigates how past Middle Eastern and Mediterranean societies built resilient communities and institutions in arid and semi-arid zones. He directs field archaeology projects in Jordan at the Iron Age capitals of Dhiban and Busayra. He also co-directs a museum collections project at the Hearst Museum that is researching evidence from Peter B.

B.A. 1978 Wesleyan University

M.A. 1981, Ph.D. 1987 University of Michigan

Research Interests:  Roman archaeology, ancient economy, material culture studies, text-based archaeology, pottery analysis

My research focuses on the history of the Roman empire.