Post Doctoral Fellows

Jill Hilditch

jill.hilditch@utoronto.ca

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Degrees and Institutions from which they were received

BA Archaeology/Geology     (University of Bristol)
MSc Archaeomaterials     (University of Sheffield)
PhD Archaeology         (University of Exeter)

Areas of Academic Interest

Aegean Bronze Age archaeology; Cycladic pottery; reconstruction of ancient ceramic technologies, especially through the integration of petrographic and chemical analysis; geoprospection and experimental archaeology; material culture approaches within archaeology.

Current research interests

Current research interests include:
-    reconstruction of Bronze Age Cycladic interaction networks and ‘islandscapes’, at sites such as Kavos-Dhaskalio on Keros (EBA); Skarkos on Ios (EBA); Zas Cave and Grotta on Naxos (FN-EBA);
-    the late Middle Bronze Age communities of the Cyclades and their response to growing Minoan influence within the Aegean, particularly at Akrotiri on Santorini (MBA-LBA).

Recent Publications

Ammerman, A.J., Iliopoulos, I., Bondioli, F., Filippi, D., Hilditch, J., Manfredini, A.,
Pennisi, L. & N.A. Winter (2009) “The clay beds in the Velabrum and the earliest tiles in Rome” in Journal of Roman Archaeology, Fasicule 1, pp 7-30.

Hilditch, J., Kiriatzi, E., Psaraki, K. & V. Aravantinos, V. (2008) “EHII Pottery from Thebes: An Integrated Typological, Technological and Provenance Study”, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Hilditch, J. (2007) “Petrographic analysis of the ceramic fabrics”, in C. Renfrew, C. Doumas, L. Marangou and G. Gavalas (eds.) Keros, Dhaskalio Kavos: The Investigations of 1987-1988, KEROS I. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Monograph Series, pp. 238-263.

Awards and Fellowships

2005-2008  – AHRC PhD Award holder
2002-2005  – Williams Fellow in Ceramic Petrology, Fitch Laboratory