J. Theodore Peña
office
MFAC 332 (Department of Classics)
phone
(716) 645-2154 x 105
email
tpena@acsu.buffalo.edu
title
Director
academic appointment
Chair/Associate Professor, Department of Classics
education
Ph.D.; University of Michigan, Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology (1987).
M.A.: University of Michigan, Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology (1980).
B.A.: Wesleyan University, majors in Classics and Archaeology (1978).
research interests
Roman archaeology, the archaeology of Roman and pre-Roman Italy
Economic archaeology
Material culture studies
Text-based archaeology
Pottery analysis, ceramic technology, ceramic compositional analysis
research projects
Director, Palatine East Pottery Project (Rome, Italy) (2001-present)
Co-Director, Statonia Archaeological Project (Bomarzo, Italy) (1996-2001)
research grants
National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
National Geographic Society
selected publications
Roman pottery and the archaeological record (Cambridge, 2007).
The Urban Economy during the Early Dominate: Pottery Evidence from the Palatine Hill (British Archaeological Reports International Series 784, 1999).
The Mobilization of State Olive Oil in Roman Africa: the Evidence of Late Fourth-Century Ostraca from Carthage (Journal of Roman Archaeology supplementary series 28, 1998) 116-238.
offices in professional organizations
Chair, Pomerance Science Medal Award Committee, Archaeological Institute of America (2008-present).
Chair, Archaeology in Higher Education Committee, Archaeological Institute of America (2007-present).
Chair, Program Committee, Archaeological Institute of America (2002-05).
Chair, Fellowships Committee, Archaeological Institute of America (1998-2001).
major honors and awards
Post-doctoral Fellowship in Archaeological Materials Analysis, Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution (1990).
Rome Prize/Kress Fellowship, American Academy in Rome (1983-85).
Danforth Fellowship (1978-1983).