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Christopher S. LIGHTFOOTamorium@amoriumexcavations.org (Cell) (646) 418 3898 (W) (212) 650 2711 Education St. John's College, University of Oxford, England (1978-1981): Doctor of Philosophy, Sub-faculty of Ancient History, University of Oxford Thesis: The Eastern Frontier of the Roman Empire with Special Reference to the Reign of Constantius II (AD 337-361). St. John's College, University of Oxford, England (1973-1977): First Class, Bachelor of Arts, Honour School of Literae Humaniores
Employment Present post: Associate Curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1993-present: Director, Amorium Excavations Project, Afyon , Turkey 1992-1995: Visiting Lecturer, Dept. of Archaeology and History of Art, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 1986-1992: Assistant Director, Administration & Research, British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 1982-1986: Research Assistant, Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, The British Museum, London Field Work Excavations:
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Membership of Academic Institutions ARIT (American Research in Turkey) Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Awards BIAA Travel Scholarship 1979 St. John's College Travel Bursary 1980 University of Oxford , Craven Committee Research Grants 1981, 1982, 1993 and 1994 The Tessa and Mortimer Wheeler Fund at the Society of Antiquaries of London, for work in Adana , Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep Museums 1984 The M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation, Publication Grant, for the Afyon Glass Catalogue 1989 The Hugh Last and Donald Atkinson Funds, Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, for the Satala Survey 1989 and for the Amorium Excavation Project 1993 British Academy Major Research Grant, for the Satala Survey 1990 The M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation, Fellowship Award 1991, for research into Roman glass in Asia Minor British Academy Major Research Grants, for Amorium 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 The Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust, for Amorium 1996 BIAA Major Research Grant, for Amorium 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 Dumbarton Oaks 1995-6, 1996-7, 1997-8, 1998-9, 2000-1, 2001-2, 2002-3, 2003-4 and 2004-5 Project Grants for Amorium BIAA Supplementary Research Grant 1995 (for work on the Satala Survey Report), 1996 (for the Antalya Museum Greek Coin Hoards Research Project) and 2000 (for Post-excavation Work, Amorium Excavations Project) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grant from the Adelaide Milton de Groot Fund, for Amorium in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 The Leon Levy Foundation, Grants for Amorium in 2005, 2006, and 2007 Honorary Fellow, British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (1995) Honorary Research Associate, Department of Archaeology, University of Durham (for 1996-2005) Publications For Amorium Excavations Project Publications, see the main website page Books: A Catalogue of Glass Vessels in Afyon Museum. Oxford 1989 (BAR International Series 530). (Editor, with D.H. French) The Eastern Frontier of the Roman Empire. Oxford 1989 (BAR International Series 553), including the article “Sapor before the walls of Amida” (pp. 285-94). (Editor) Recent Turkish Coin Hoards and Numismatic Studies. Oxford 1991 (Oxbow Monograph 7), including the article (with M. Söylemez) “The Tigris-Euphrates Archaeological Reconnaissance Project Numismatic Notes” (pp. 313-31). Review, Martin Price, Minerva 2/6 (1991), 41-42; Andrew Burnett, The Numismatic Chronicle 152 (1992), 205-207. (With M. Arslan) Anadolu Antik Camları, Yüksel Erimtan Koleksiyonu. Ancient Glass of Asia Minor, the Yüksel Erimtan Collection. Ankara 1992. (With M. Arslan) Greek Coin Hoards in Turkey. Ankara 1999. Contributions: Entries in D.B. Harden et al., Glass of the Caesars. Milan 1987. İ. Temizsoy, Gaziantep Museums. Ankara 1989. (English translation). G. Algaze, et al., “The Tigris-Euphrates Archaeological Reconnaissance Project, 1989 and 1990 Reports,” Anatolica 17 (1991), 175-240. M. Arslan, Roman Coins. Ankara 1993. C. Taskıran, Silifke (Seleucia on Calycadnus) and Environs. Ankara 1994. V. Bahsaliyev, The Archaeology of Nakhichevan. Istanbul 1997 (English translation). O. Belli, Urartian Irrigation Canals in Eastern Anatolia. Istanbul 1997 (English translation). O. Bingöl, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Ankara 1998 (English translation). I. Bingöl, A Catalogue of Ancient Jewellery in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara. Ankara 1999. (English translation, with revisions). M. Arslan, “Tiara Identifies New Coin of the Cappadocian King Ariarathes VI,” Minerva 10/4 (July/August 1999), 52. (English translation) Entries in V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus. The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York 2000). E.J. Milleker (ed.), The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West (New York 2000), 25-7, 54-67. Entries in S. Walker and P. Higgs (eds.), Cleopatra. Regina d'Egitto (Milan 2000), 55-9. M. Torelli (ed.), The Etruscans (Milan 2000), 616 no. 250. T. Sipahi, “New Evidence from Anatolia regarding Bull-Leaping Scenes in the Art of the Aegean and the Near East,” Anatolica XXVII (2001), 107-125 (English translation). Byzantium : An Oecumenical Empire, Athens 2002, 76-7 no. 13. Entries in Metropolitan Mueum of Art Bulletin (Fall 2000), 13-4; MMABull (Fall 2001), 11-2; MMABull (Fall 2003), 8. Ancient glass entries in MMABull (Summer 2001), 18-24. Entry in Byzantium: An Oecumenical Empire. Athens 2002, 76-77 no. 13. Articles: “The Site of Roman Bezabde,” in S. Mitchell (ed.), Armies and frontiers in Roman and Byzantine Anatolia. Oxford 1983 (BAR International Series 156), 189-204. “A Roman Glass Flask in Gaziantep Museum,” Anatolian Studies 35 (1985), 123-129. “Tilli - a Late Roman Equites Fort on the Tigris?” in Philip Freeman and David Kennedy (eds.), The Defence of the Roman and Byzantine East. Oxford 1986 (BAR International Series 297), 509-529. “A Group of Early Roman Mold-blown Flasks from the West,” Journal of Glass Studies 29 (1987), 11-21. “Roman Double Finger Rings,” Jewellery Studies 2/1985 (1987), 11-23. “Facts and Fiction - the Third Siege of Nisibis (AD 350),” Historia 37/1 (1988), 105-125. (With M. Yazıcı) “Two Roman Samovars (Authepsae) from Caesarea in Cappadocia,” Antiquity 63/239 (1989), 343-349. “Some Types of Roman Cut-glass Vessels Found in Turkey,” 1st International Anatolian Glass Symposium, April 26th-27th, 1988. Istanbul 1990, 7-15. “Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth Century Perspective,” Journal of Roman Studies 80 (1990), 115-126. (With M. Yazıcı) “A Roman Tomb-group Containing Two Samovars (Authepsae) from Kayseri, Turkey,” Opuscula Romana XVIII:8 (1990), 131-138. “Three Cast Vessels from Anatolia,” Annales du 11e Congrès de l'Association pour l'Histoire du Verre. Amsterdam 1990, 85-94. “Satala Yüzey Araştırması, 1989,” VIII. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı. Ankara, 28 Mayıs-1 Haziran 1990. Ankara 1991, 299-309. “A Group of Roman Perfume Bottles from Asia Minor,” Erol Atalay Memorial. Izmir 1991 (Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi, Arkeoloji Dergisi 1), 107-112. (With J.D. Healey) “A Roman Veteran on the Tigris,” Epigraphica Anatolica 17 (1991), 1-7. “Glass in the Iron Age,” in A. Çilingiroğlu and D. French (eds.) Anatolian Iron Ages. Oxford 1991 (Oxbow Monograph 13), 67-74. (With J. Naveh) “A North Mesopotamian Aramaic Inscription on a Relief in the Tigris Gorge,” ARAM 3:1&2 (1991) [1993], 319-37. “Satala Yüzey Araştırması, 1990,” IX. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı. Çanakkale, 27-31 Mayıs 1991. Ankara 1992, 289-302. “Roma İmparatorluğunun Doğu Sınırı ve Satala,” 1992 Yılı Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi Konferansları. Ankara 1993 (in Turkish, with English summary), 118-128. “Some Examples of Ancient Cast and Ribbed Bowls from Turkey,” Journal of Glass Studies 35 (1993), 22-38. “Glass from Üçtepe,” Annales du 12e Congrès de l'Association pour l'Histoire du Verre. Vienne - Wien, 26-31 août 1991. Amsterdam 1993, 89-98. “A Catalogue of the Glass Finds, Sagalassos 1990,” in M. Waelkens (ed.), Sagalassos I, First General Report on the Survey (1986-1989) and Excavations (1990-1991). Leuven 1993 (Acta Archaeologica Lovaniensia Monographiae 5), 173-195. “Provincie Romane, Assyria,” Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale (2nd. suppl. 1971-1994) IV. Nepal-Roma. Rome 1996, 643-645. “The Coins from Tille,” in R. Ashton (ed.), Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey. London 1996 (Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 29), 139-145. “The Coins from Satala,” in R. Ashton (ed.), Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey. London 1996 (Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 29), 145-150. “Survey Work at Satala, A Roman Legionary Fortress in North-East Turkey,” in R. Matthews (ed.), Ancient Anatolia. Fifty Years' Work by the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. London 1998, 273-284. (With R. Ashton & A. Özme), “Ancient and Mediaeval Coins in Bolvadin”, Anatolia Antiqua 8 (2000), 171-192. “Bizans Döneminde Afyonkarahisar,” in I . Küçükkurt et al. (eds.), Afyonkarahisar Kütüğü Vol. 1 (Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Yayını 35), Ankara 2001, 113-124. “The Pendant Possibilities of Core-Formed Glass Bottles,” The Metropolitan Museum Journal 36 (2001), 59-66. “Constantine's Porphyry Column Reinstated,” in N. Basgelen and B. Johnson (eds.), Istanbul. Selected Themes, Istanbul 2002, 27-31. “Byzantine Anatolia: Reassessing the Numismatic Evidence,” Revue Numismatique 158 (2002), 229-239. “Ancient Glass at The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Two Recent Acquisitions,” Annales du 15e Congrès de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre, New York 2001, Corning 2003, 18-22. “From East to West : The Early Roman Glass Industry”, in D. Foy and M.-D. Nenna (eds.), Échanges et commerce du verre dans le monde antique, Monographies instrumentum 24, Montagnac 2003, 341-347. “Anomalies Amongst Early Roman Mould-Blown Glass Vessels,” Annales du 16e Congrès de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre, Nottingham 2005, 85-88. Short reports: “A Fragment of Roman Cameo Glass,” in J. Himton (ed.), Excavations in Southwark 1973-76, Lambeth 1973-79. London 1988 (LAMAS/SAS Joint Publication 3), 374-378. “Glass Collections in Afyon and Gaziantep Museums,” Anatolian Studies 38 (1988), 10-11. “Glass Studies,” Anatolian Studies 39 (1989), 8-9. “Roman Legions at Satala, a Frontier Fortress in North-east Turkey,” Image 29 (1990), 26-27. “Rescue Archaeology in Turkey,” Classical Association News 3 (1990), 14-15. “Glass Studies 1989,” Anatolian Studies 40 (1990), 12-13. “Satala Survey 1989,” Anatolian Studies 40 (1990), 13-16. “Euphrates and Tigris Archaeological Reconnaissance Project 1989,” Anatolian Studies 40 (1990), 19-24. “Glass Studies,” Anatolian Studies 41 (1991), 14-15. “Satala Survey,” Anatolian Studies 41 (1991), 15-17. “Tigris-Euphrates Archaeological Reconnaissance Project,” Anatolian Studies 41 (1991), 20. (With M. Arslan and C. Tibet), “A Group of Unknown Coins in Antalya Museum,” Numismatic Circular CVI/1 (1998), 7-8. “Hittite Vases with Minoan Links Excite Archaeologists,” Minerva 9/1 (Jan/Feb. 1998), 3-4. “A Bridge Too Far: Rome Beyond the Euprates,” AJA 103 (1999), 325-6. “The New Cypriot Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,” Minerva 11/3 (May/June 2000), 18-23. “Recent Important Acquisitions,”Journal of Glass Studies 43 (2001), 196 no. 3. “Ancient ‘Nails' (Curator's Choice),” Archaeology Odyssey 6/6 (November/December 2003), 15. Reviews: B. Isaac, Limits of Empire. The Roman Army in the East. Oxford 1990. The International History Review XIV/1 (1992), 111-114. A.D. Lee, Information and Frontiers. Roman Foreign Relations in Late Antiquity. Cambridge 1993. The International History Review XVII/3 (1995), 565-570. Stephen Mitchell, with Sarah Cormack, Robin Fursdon, Eddie Owens & Jean Öztürk, Cremna in Pisidia. An Ancient City in Peace and in War. London 1995. Journal of Roman Archaeology 11 (1998), 665-668. D. Kennedy, with contributions from J. Bunbury, K. Butcher, S. Campbell, E. Csapo, H. Devijver, R. Ergeç, P. Freeman, D. Graf, J. Kennedy, M. A. Speidel and M. P. Speidel, and with assistance from M. C. Bishop, R. Burgess J. Dobbins and D. French, The Twin Towns of Zeugma on the Euphrates. Rescue Work and Historical Studies. JRA Suppl. 27. Portsmouth, RI, 1998. Journal of Roman Archaeology 14 (2001), 643-648. Stanley Ireland , Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Coins in the Museum at Amasya (Ancient Amaseia), Turkey. London 2000. Numismatic Chronicle 161 (2001), 370-374. N. Pollard, Soldiers, Cities, and Civilians in Roman Syria. Ann Arbor 2000. The International History Review XXIV/1 (2002), 114-117. Warwick Ball, Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire. London and New York 2000. The International History Review XXIV/2 (2002), 381-384. J. Devreker, H. Thoen, F. Vermeulen, et al., Excavations in Pessinus: the so-called Acropolis. From Hellenistic and Roman cemetery to Byzantine castle, Ghent 2003), Journal of Roman Archaeology 17 (2004), 716-719. Forthcoming: Ancient Glass in the Royal Scottish Museum. “Armenia and the Eastern Marches,” Cambridge Ancient History Vol. 12 (new edition). |