Lisa Lodwick | |
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 Lodwick in 2019 | |
| Born | (1988-07-21)21 July 1988[1] |
| Died | 3 November 2022(2022-11-03) (aged 34) |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Awards | 2020 Book of the Year (Archaeology Awards) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology |
| Institutions | All Souls College, Oxford |
| Thesis | An Archaeobotanical Analysis of Silchester and the wider region across the Late Iron Age - Roman Transition (2014) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mark Robinson |
| Website | Official website |
Lisa Ann LodwickFSA (21 July 1988 – 3 November 2022) was a Britisharchaeologist who studied charred, mineralised and waterlogged macroscopic plant remains, and usedcarbon andnitrogen stableisotope analysis to understand the crop husbandry practices of theancient Romans.
Lodwick's pioneering archaeobotanical studies atCalleva Atrebatum demonstrated the import and consumption ofcelery,coriander andolives in Insula IX prior to theClaudian Conquest.[2][3] She jointly won the 2020 Book of the Year Award at theArchaeology Awards forLife and death in the countryside of Roman Britain.
Lodwick studied archaeology andanthropology atHertford College, Oxford. She graduated in 2009 and was awarded the Meyerstein Prize for best overall performance in theSchool of Archaeology.[4] In 2010, she completed a Master's Degree in European archaeology, also atHertford College.[5] She went on to receive aDoctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree from the School of Archaeology in 2014.[6] Herdoctoral thesis was titledAn archaeobotanical analysis of Silchester and the wider region across the late Iron Age-Roman transition.[7]
Lodwick heldpost-doctoral research positions at theUniversity of Reading from 2014 to 2017[6] and later atAll Souls College, Oxford.[5] She was due to start a position as alecturer inenvironmental archaeology at theUniversity of Cambridge in 2022.[1]
Lodwick was elected aFellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in November 2018.[8]
Lodwick co-authored the second and third books in the "New Visions of the Countryside of Roman Britain" monograph series published by the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. The third volume,Life and Death in the Countryside of Roman Britain, was written with Alexander Smith, Martyn Allen, Tom Brindle, Michael Fulford, and Anna Rohnbogner, and won theCurrent Archaeology's 2020Book of the Year Award.[9][10]
An advocate ofopen access publication in archaeology, Lodwick was a co-founder and editor-in-chief of theTheoretical Roman Archaeology Journal,[11] published by theOpen Library of Humanities, and a member of the editorial board of the journalBritannia published by theSociety for the Promotion of Roman Studies.[12]
Lodwick died on 3 November 2022, at the age of 34, frombreast cancer.[1][13]
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