Jodie Lewis
Archaeologist
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Jodie Lewis FSA is a British archaeologist specialising in the study of prehistory. She is a lecturer at the University of Bradford.[2] She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2015.[3][4] Before joining Bradford in 2022, Lewis lectured at the University of Wales, Bangor, the University of West of England, and the University of Worcester. She is a council member of The Prehistoric Society.[5]
Jodie Lewis | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Bristol |
| Thesis | Monuments, ritual and regionality: the Neolithic of Northern Somerset (2001) |
| Richard J. Harrison[1] | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology |
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Education
Lewis went on her first archaeological dig while studying for her A-levels.[6] She went on to study archaeology at the University of Bristol, where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995, a Master of Arts degree in 1996, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 2001.[7] Lewis became interested in mortuary archaeology during her undergraduate degree. Lewis' PhD was supervised by Richard J. Harrison.[1]
Career
Lewis worked at the University of Wales, Bangor and University of West of England as a lecturer for one and two years respectively.[7]
After completed her PhD, Lewis joined the staff of the University of Worcester in 2002.[7] Lewis developed her thesis into a monograph published by Archaeopress in 2005; the book and the thesis it was based on were both titled Monuments, ritual and regionality: the Neolithic of Northern Somerset.[8] In a review for the Prehistoric Society, Clive Bond described the book as "refreshing" and "worthy of reading by all not familiar with Somerset prehistory. A diversity of evidence is synthesised and succinctly presented".[9]
In the 2008–09 academic year, Lewis carried out investigations at Priddy Circles with funding from the Society of Antiquaries and the Mendip Society.[10]
In 2011, Lewis edited a book on the archaeology of Mendip, and in a review Andrew Reynolds remarked that "With any luck this well-produced book will succeed in bringing the impressive archaeology of the Mendips to a much wider audience".[11]
At Worcester, Lewis was course leader for an undergraduate and a post-graduate course in archaeology (Archaeology and Heritage Studies BA, and Archaeology MRes).[7] Lewis' fieldwork projects there involved working with local community groups and training students from the University of Worcester. In 2019, Lewis led a team of Worcester's students and volunteer archaeologists in an excavation at Priddy in Somerset. During the work they discovered a timber circle, the first to be found in the county.[12]
Lewis joined the University of Bradford as a lecturer in 2022. She is programme leader for BSc Archaeology and BA Heritage and Archaeology[2]
Selected publications
Book
- Lewis, Jodie (2005). Monuments, Ritual and Regionality: The Neolithic of Northern Somerset. BAR British Series. Vol. 401. Archaeopress. doi:10.30861/9781841718804. ISBN 1-84171-880-7.
- Lewis, Jodie, ed. (2011). The Archaeology of Mendip: 500,000 Years of Change and Continuity. Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1-905223-28-2.
Chapters
- Lewis, Jodie; Mullin, David (2012). "Between the Channel and the Chalk: A Regional Perspective on Grooved Ware and Beaker Pottery from the Mendip Hills, Somerset". In Peare, Susan (ed.). Recent Archaeological Work in South-Western Britain. Papers in honour of Henrietta Quinnell. Archaeopress. pp. 49–59.
- Lewis, Jodie; Mullin, David (2012). "West of Wessex but only just: round barrow construction on the Mendip Hills, Somerset". In Britnell, Bill; Silvester, Bob (eds.). Reflections on the Past: Essays in Honour of Frances Lynch. Cambrian Archaeological Association. pp. 194–209.
Articles
- Lewis, Jodie; Mullin, David; Allen, Martyn; Baker, Polydora; Blinkhorn, Paul (2012). "'…An Assemblage of Ponderous Stones': Recent Archaeological Fieldwork at Stanton Drew Stone Circles". Archaeological Journal. 169 (1): 87–126. doi:10.1080/00665983.2012.11020912. S2CID 162728920.
- Bradley, Richard; Lewis, Jodie; Mullin, David; Branch, Nicholas (2015). "'Where water wells up from the earth': Excavations at the findspot of the Late Bronze Age hoard from Broadward, Shropshire" (PDF). The Antiquaries Journal. 95: 21–64. doi:10.1017/S0003581515000177. S2CID 131163241.
- Lewis, Jodie; Mullin, David (2016). "Excavations at a Cropmark henge near Bredon, Worcestershire". Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society. 25: 17–36.
- Lewis, Jodie; Rosen, Caroline; Booth, Rona; Davies, Paul; Allen, Martyn; Law, Matt (2019). "Making a significant place: excavations at the Late Mesolithic site of Langley's Lane, Midsomer Norton, Bath and North-East Somerset" (PDF). Archaeological Journal. 176 (1): 1–50. doi:10.1080/00665983.2019.1551507. S2CID 166605900.
