Classical Archaeologist, Adelaide University Assoc. Fellow, @ics.bsky.social Former A/Director, @bsrome.bsky.social Co-director, faleriinoviproject.org 🏛️ Ancient wine & oil 🍇🍷 FSA FRHistS FHEA. 🔗: https://sas.academia.edu/EmlynDoddhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3mfpioc5vgk2xThoughtful, provocative and - most importantly - entertaining panel with @josephinequinn.bsky.social Alastair Blanshard, Salvatore Settis, Suzanne Marchand & Tom Harrison to end the first day of our British Museum/ @ics.bsky.social conference, “The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum”25 Feb 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpioc5vgk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3mf32tm6hxk27Looking forward to giving the Peter Sadler #Archaeology Lecture at the University of Kent this week, talking about our excavations at Falerii Novi 🏛️ 🏺 Thanks to Luke Lavan for the kind invitation to present before we head back into the field this summer.17 Feb 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf32tm6hxk27https://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3memeym27ec22Call for EOIs in an exciting new initiative by the Bulletin of the @ics.bsky.social (BICS) 🚨 🏺 The Emerging Editors Board is a unique opportunity for ECRs to gain editorial board experience and first-hand insight into the journal publication process. https://academic.oup.com/bics/pages/call-for-emerging-editors-board-members11 Feb 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3memeym27ec22https://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3mejh77fses2zGreat chat with Renee Krosch on #ABC #Radio Evenings about my recent work on ancient Italian olives and oil! Grateful for the invitation to come on and talk about archaeology and the ancient world on a major national broadcaster. Interview here, from 3:11:00 https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sydney-evenings/evenings/10630620210 Feb 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejh77fses2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3mdzkrqg3yk2oHad a great time writing this piece for @aunz.theconversation.com using my recently published research in the AJA @chicagojournals.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1086/737823). 🫒 READ HERE 👇: https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.s4ecmpqxq04 Feb 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzkrqg3yk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3mdlqfycw7s2aWe’ve still got a few open places for this brilliant hands-on mosaic making training event next week at @ics.bsky.social in London! Come along to have fun making, while thinking about ancient/modern practice and research with leading experts Ruaidhri Ryan and Will Wootton. @sas-news.bsky.social https://ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/hands-thinking-through-ancient-historical-mosaic-practice29 Jan 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlqfycw7s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3mcdgnq4szc2vToday 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. /113 Jan 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdgnq4szc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3mbtpyyedec2fLooking 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 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky07 Jan 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtpyyedec2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3mba4k45bm227The 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: https://doi.org/10.1484/J.JUA.5.137202 https://greekreporter.com/2025/12/30/ancient-city-syedra-hosted-olive-oil-workshops-excavations-reveal/30 Dec 2025 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mba4k45bm227https://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3mab5lowa7s2l🚨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 🧵18 Dec 2025 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mab5lowa7s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3m742r3mpxk24Looking 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! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Dec 2025 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m742r3mpxk24https://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3m5w7ki6n6k22Next 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: https://ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/developing-leading-major-project-classics18 Nov 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5w7ki6n6k22https://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3m4qqzupjs22sGreat 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 🍷🍇 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky03 Nov 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qqzupjs22shttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3m3aov6ppek2nNew 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. /115 Oct 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3aov6ppek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3m25jirr3xs2wFull 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 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25jirr3xs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3lz6xtyqrcs2mVery happy to be contributing to this event in support of the wonderful @britschoolathens.bsky.social 👏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6xtyqrcs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3lyg4jbx34k2n❗️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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.10537309 Sep 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyg4jbx34k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3lxwyfzn2js23Somehow 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) /103 Sep 2025 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxwyfzn2js23https://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3lvqwgm6be22pExcited 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: https://aaia.gr/aaia-2025-annual-general-meeting-and-annual-report-sydney/06 Aug 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqwgm6be22phttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3lvbu3vfngc2v🚨 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 👉 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cofs.2025.10133031 Jul 2025 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbu3vfngc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3lsju2xhojk2nExtremely 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 🙌 🏺 #Classicsbluesky26 Jun 2025 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsju2xhojk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/emlynkd.bsky.social/post/3lsbr5dzu7c2wNew #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 🎧: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6k40d5NQuW5BrWFnNM4Idn?si=IfiWuI9SQUGglgNF3vQbNQ23 Jun 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:a3wkbuifygr7vop6p7pbblq6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbr5dzu7c2w