Jodie Lewis

FSA
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Bristol
ThesisMonuments, ritual and regionality: the Neolithic of Northern Somerset (2001)
Doctoral advisorRichard J. Harrison[1]
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology
Sub-discipline
Institutions

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]

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 is course leader for an undergraduate and a post-graduate course in archaeology (Archaeology and Heritage Studies BA, and Archaeology MRes).[7] Lewis' fieldwork projects have 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.[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

References

  1. 1 2 Lewis, Jodie (2005). Monuments, Ritual and Regionality: The Neolithic of Northern Somerset. BAR British Series. Vol. 401. Archaeopress. p. iii. doi:10.30861/9781841718804. ISBN 1-84171-880-7.
  2. 1 2 "Dr Jodie Lewis, Lecturer at the University of Bradford". www.bradford.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Dr Jodie Lewis". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Dr Jodie Lewis Appointed Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries". 5 May 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "The Council | The Prehistoric Society". www.prehistoricsociety.org. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Lewis, Jodie (2019). "Foreword". In Williams, Howard; Wills-Eve, Benedict; Osborne, Jennifer (eds.). The Public Archaeology of Death. Equinox Publishing. p. xi. ISBN 978-1-78179-593-4.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Jodie Lewis". University of Worcester. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  8. ↑ Lewis, Jodie (2005). Monuments, Ritual and Regionality: The Neolithic of Northern Somerset. BAR British Series. Vol. 401. Archaeopress. p. i. doi:10.30861/9781841718804. ISBN 1-84171-880-7.
  9. ↑ Bond, Clive (2007). "Book Review: Monuments, ritual and regionality: the Neolithic of Northern Somerset, by J. Lewis". The Prehistoric Society. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "University of Worcester Institute of Science and the Environment Annual Report on Research-Related Activities, 2008-2009" (PDF). University of Worcester. 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  11. ↑ Reynolds, Andrew (2011). "Book reviews - Jodie Lewis (ed.). The archaeology of Mendip: 500,000 years of continuity and change. xvi+424 pages, 254 b&w & colour illustrations, 22 tables. 2011. Oxford: Heritage (imprint of Oxbow); 978-1-905223-28-2 hardback £35". Antiquity. 85 (330): 1500–1501. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00062372. ISSN 0003-598X. S2CID 163704742.
  12. ↑ "Somerset's first timber circle found". Current Archaeology. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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