Dr Lisa M. Bendall

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Sinclair & Rachel Hood Lecturer in Aegean Prehistory
Tutorial Fellow at Keble College for Archaeology & Anthropology and Classical Archaeology & Ancient History
+44 (0)1865 278244
lisa.bendall@arch.ox.ac.uk

Research Interests

Aegean Prehistory; Linear B and other Bronze Age Aegean Scripts; Mycenaean religion, festivals and banqueting; archives, ancient and modern; history of decipherment; economic history.

Research Profile

I am a specialist in Linear B and Aegean Prehistory. I particularly focus on economy, religion, feasting and ceremonial banqueting, urbanisation and political geography.

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Keble College

Classics Department

Publications
Teaching

Lecturer and college tutor for Arch & Anth BA core papers in:

  • Honours Moderations Paper 1: World archaeology
  • Honours Moderations Paper 4: Archaeological and anthropological methods and techniques
  • Final Honours School 4: Urbanism and Society

Course convenor, lecturer, and college tutor for undergraduate courses in:

  • Classical Archaeology and Ancient History (CAAH) Mods option paper: Homeric Archaeology
  • Arch & Anth FHS option paper: Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Aegean
  • Arch & Anth and CAAH FHS option paper: The Archaeology of Minoan Crete

Course convenor, lecturer, and class supervisor for taught graduate option papers in:

  • Topics in Aegean Prehistory
  • Aegean Bronze Age Scripts
  • Aegean Bronze Age Religion
  • Aegean Bronze Age Trade: identities and interactions
  • Period Paper: Aegean 2000–1100 BC
Doctoral Supervision

I am happy to supervise on any aspect of the Aegean Bronze Age, including topics on scripts, religion, economy, banqueting, identities, trade and social interactions beyond the Aegean (especially Anatolia and the Eastern Mediterranean).

Past students

A drop of soul amidst the clay - Cognitive aspects of Mycenaean archives and archival texts
Miriam Mann (2023) ORA | DPhil Classical Archaeology | Supervisors: Chris Gosden and Lisa Bendall
Birds in the Aegean Bronze Age
Julia Binnberg (2017) ORA | DPhil Classical Archaeology | Supervisor: Lisa Bendall
The Context of Organic Residues in Archaeological Vessels of Ceramic and Bronze
Kristine Merriman (2014) ORA | DPhil Archaeological Science | Supervisors: Lisa Bendall and Mark Pollard

Key words: archives, gender and identity, inequality, interaction, maritime, religion, trade, urbanism, Linear B, Aegean Bronze Age scripts, earlier prehistory, later prehistory, Aegean Prehistory, Europe, W Asia, Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean