The archaeology of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Updated Term 4 2023
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The following resources are trustworthy resources you can use for this assignment. If an article mentions more than one of the archaeologists, we have put a link to it under each of the archaeologists mentioned. Because this is an HSC topic some of the Google results will be documents and presentations created by other students. Don't assume they got everything right! Be sure to evaluate any source you find to make sure it is accurate (here's a refresher if you need one). |
Academic articles
These are articles written by experts working in this field, including the archaeologists whose work you are investigating. You may not be able to access entire articles using Google, but we have a resource on finding and using academic articles.
Estelle Lazer
The Pompeii Cast Project website
Pompeii podcasts - NSW Education (2023)
Can you dig it: What really happened in Pompeii - ABC (2017) (podcast)
Dr Estelle Lazer on 'Stolen lives: Returning identities to Pompeian victims of the AD79 eruption - Sydney Ideas (2016) - This is a recording of a talk by Estelle Lazer. Unfortunately it doesn't include her visual presentation but the talk is still informative (and easy to listen to)
Skeletal analysis reveals Pompeii myths are getting long in the tooth - University of Sydney (2016)
Scanning the past - Philips (2015)
Scientists hope to learn how Pompeiians lived, before the big day - New York Times (2015) [archive*] *what does [archive] mean?
Dr Estelle Lazer helped uncover the true story of Pompeii - Conversations with Richard Fidler (2013) (podcast)
Review: Resurrecting Pompeii - American Journal of Archaeology (2012)
The fat, hairy women of Pompeii - New Scientist (1994) [archive]
The Pompeii Cast Project website
Pompeii podcasts - NSW Education (2023)
Can you dig it: What really happened in Pompeii - ABC (2017) (podcast)
Dr Estelle Lazer on 'Stolen lives: Returning identities to Pompeian victims of the AD79 eruption - Sydney Ideas (2016) - This is a recording of a talk by Estelle Lazer. Unfortunately it doesn't include her visual presentation but the talk is still informative (and easy to listen to)
Skeletal analysis reveals Pompeii myths are getting long in the tooth - University of Sydney (2016)
Scanning the past - Philips (2015)
Scientists hope to learn how Pompeiians lived, before the big day - New York Times (2015) [archive*] *what does [archive] mean?
Dr Estelle Lazer helped uncover the true story of Pompeii - Conversations with Richard Fidler (2013) (podcast)
Review: Resurrecting Pompeii - American Journal of Archaeology (2012)
The fat, hairy women of Pompeii - New Scientist (1994) [archive]
Penelope Allison
Placing individuals: Pompeian epigraphy in context - University of Leicester (2016) - A paper written by Penelope Allison
Behind the collapse of Pompeii's "House of the Gladiators" - Inside Story (2010)
Pompeiian households: An analysis of material culture (2008) - Digital copy of Penelope Allison's book
Everyday life in Pompeii revealed - Science Daily (2007)
Ancient Romans preferred fast food - ABC Science (2007)
Rethinking Pompeii - Australian National University (2005)
The household in historical archaeology - Australasian Historical Archaeology (1998) - A paper written by Penelope Allison. Skip to the section on Pompeii
Room use in Pompeii houses - Pompeii Revisited: The Life and Death of a Roman Town (1994)
Placing individuals: Pompeian epigraphy in context - University of Leicester (2016) - A paper written by Penelope Allison
Behind the collapse of Pompeii's "House of the Gladiators" - Inside Story (2010)
Pompeiian households: An analysis of material culture (2008) - Digital copy of Penelope Allison's book
Everyday life in Pompeii revealed - Science Daily (2007)
Ancient Romans preferred fast food - ABC Science (2007)
Rethinking Pompeii - Australian National University (2005)
The household in historical archaeology - Australasian Historical Archaeology (1998) - A paper written by Penelope Allison. Skip to the section on Pompeii
Room use in Pompeii houses - Pompeii Revisited: The Life and Death of a Roman Town (1994)
Jaye Pont
Australian archaeologists at Pompeii - Ancient History Support Material - Scroll down to the section on Jaye Pont Australians in Pompeii - Rob Brown Archaeologist blog (2010) A reconsideration of red slip tableware at Pompeii (2007) - Jaye Pont's thesis available for download from Macquarie University Pompeii pottery may rewrite history - ABC Science (2004) Student and supervisor journals - Archaeology's Interactive Dig (2001-2003) - The experiences of archaeologists working on a dig at Pompeii |
Steven Ellis
Ancient Roman life preserved at Pompeii - National Geographic [archive] Presentation by Stephen Ellis on the wine bars of Pompeii - Getty (2021) - The presentation goes for about the first 30mins of the video Digging deeper into Pompeii's past - Archaeology (2019) - This is page 3 of an article about pre-Roman Pompeii. Stephen Ellis is only mentioned on this page but you can use the page numbers on the bottom to read the full article for context On the record with Steven Ellis - The Oberlin Review (2017) Pompeii revealed - WVXU (2014) - Radio interview with Stephen Ellis No scrounging for scraps: Research uncovers the diets of the middle and lower class in Pompeii - Phys.org (2014) Aussie digs up past in Pompeii - The Leader (2013) The use and misuse of 'legacy data' in identifying a typology of retail outlets at Pompeii (2008) - article by Stephen Ellis The Pompeiian bar: Archaeology and the role of food and drink outlets in an ancient community (2004) - Article by Stephen Ellis |
Wilhelmina Jashemski
Pompeii Food and Drink Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski - Archaeological Institute of America Gardens of the Roman Empire: Pompeii - Database of gardens compiled by Wilhelmina Jashemski Archaeological evidence for plants in Ancient Vesuvian gardens - Paper by Wilhelmina Jashemski Gardens of the Roman Empire - AJA Online (2020) - Review of a book written by Wilhemlina Jashemski The natural history of Pompeii (2002) - Book edited by Wilhelmina Jashemski Food and wine gardens: Pompeii - Archaeology (2018) Smith College exhibit shows what ancient ruins reveal about garden medicine - Gazette (2017) Pompeian historian Wilhelmina Jashemski - Washington Post (2008) The natural history of Pompeii - Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2003) - Review of a book written by Wilhelmina Jashemski Wilhelmina F. Jashemski - 1996 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement - Archaeological Institute of America (1996) |
Luigi Capasso
Bones of the victims at Roman Herculaneum - Heritage Daily (2020) Accidents, injuries, and illness in the ancient city: lessons for world health today - Harvard University (2018) - Use ctrl F to search for Capasso's name to find the relevant section Friends, Romans, countrymen... Lend me your rears! - Powered by Osteons (2011) Herculaneum victims of the volcanic eruptions of Vesuvius in 79 AD - The Lancet (2000) - Article written by Luigi Capasso Mortality in Herculaneum before volcanic eruption in 79 AD - The Lancet (1999) - Article written by Luigi Capasso Lice buried under the ashes of Herculaneum - The Lancet (1998) - Article written by Luigi Capasso Work-related syndesmoses on the bones of children who died at Herculaneum - The Lancet (1998) - Article written by Luigi Capasso |
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