Henry started following the work of Billie Jean Collins, Emory University, Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies.
Henry changed a CV.
Henry started following 2 journals.
Henry This evening I am leaving for Egypt to participate in a short field season at Abydos. This time I even have a security clearance, which means I'll actually be able to leave the dighouse.
Graduate Student, Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology
Thesis Title: Archaeology of Empire in Achaemenid Egypt
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Margaret Cool Root
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About
My research focuses on all aspects of the material culture of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and on the various theoretical and methodological currents that intersect with them, e.g. archaeology of empires, networks, formation processes, constructions of identity, etc. The case study I am addressing in my dissertation research is that of the period of Achaemenid rule in Egypt, ca. 525-404 BCE. At the same time I am keeping a broader, empire-wide perspective to my scholarship.
I have been trained as a classicist and classical archaeologist, and these fields are still my intellectual home, but I maintain strong interests in Near Eastern studies, anthropology, ancient history and art history, as the techniques and methodologies of each of these fields have important bearings on my own. I also have an interest in epistemology, in respect to both archaeology and ancient history, and I am developing skills in ceramics, numismatics, and sigillography.
