Lisa Lodwick
Lisa Lodwick is an archaeologist who studies charred, mineralised and waterlogged macroscopic plant remains, and uses carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis to understand the crop husbandry practices of the ancient Romans.
Lodwick's pioneering archaeobotanical studies at Calleva Atrebatum have demonstrated the import and consumption of celery, coriander and olive in Insula IX prior to the Claudian Conquest.Education
Lodwick graduated with a DPhil from the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford in 2014. In 2009 Lodwick won the Meyerstein Prize which is awarded to the candidate whose performance in the Second Public Examination has been adjudged the best in the year. Lodwick completed her undergraduate degree in Archaeology and Anthropology at Hertford College, University of Oxford in 2009.Career
Lodwick was a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Archaeology, University of Reading from 2014-2017. She is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. Lodwick advocates Open Access publication in archaeology. She is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, published by the Open Library of Humanities. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Britannia published by the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
Lodwick was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in November 2018.Select publications
