Jodie Lewis

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Jodie Lewis
FSA
Academic background
Education University of Bristol
Thesis Monuments, ritual and regionality: the Neolithic of Northern Somerset (2001)
Doctoral advisor Richard J. Harrison [1]
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]

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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

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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. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Dr Jodie Lewis". Society of Antiquaries of London. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Dr Jodie Lewis Appointed Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries". 5 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "The Council | The Prehistoric Society". www.prehistoricsociety.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. 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. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. 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. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2021. 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. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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