Andrew Ian Wilson (born 29 February 1968) is a British classical archaeologist and Head of School of Archaeology at the

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. He was director of the Oxford Institute of Archaeology from 2009 to 2011. Wilson's main research interests are the economy of the Roman world,

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and

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water supply, and ancient technology.

Early life and education

Wilson was educated at the Perse School,

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, and at

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, where he studied Literae Humaniores (

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) from 1987 to 1991. From 1991 to 1993 he worked as a computer consultant for the electronics firm Eurotherm, before returning to

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to study for his doctorate (1993 to 1997), a social and technological study on water management and usage in

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, supervised by John Lloyd.

Academic career

From 1996 to 2000 he was a Fellow by Examination in Classical Archaeology at

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, and spent nine months at the

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as a Rome Scholar in 1999 and 2000. In 2000 he became University Lecturer in Roman Archaeology at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Wolfson College; and in 2004 was appointed

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, and Fellow of

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. Wilson was Director of the Oxford Institute of Archaeology from 2009 to 2011, and was Head of the

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from 2013. He is Chairman of the Society for Libyan Studies, and is on the editorial and advisory boards of several periodicals: ''Ancient West and East''; ''Facta: A journal of Roman Material Culture Studies''; and ''

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''. With Alan Bowman, he directs the Oxford Roman Economy Project (OxREP).The Oxford Roman Economy Project: Co-directors
/ref> Wilson's research marshals archaeological data to address historical questions about ancient society, technology and economy. He has co-directed excavations in

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(modern

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), and

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with Josephine Crawley Quinn and Elizabeth Fentress, and has participated in excavation and fieldwork projects in Thamusida,

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, on the Tunisian isle of Jerba, in the Libyan desert region Fazzan, Yeronisos on

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and Al-Andarin in

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. , he has published over ninety articles and reviews and is co-editor of the monograph series ''Oxford Studies in the Roman Economy'' for

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Recent works

; Books * ''Quantifying the Roman Economy: Methods and Problems'', Oxford Studies in the Roman Economy, Vol. 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009 (co-editor), ; Selected articles and book chapters * ''Urban Production in the Roman World: The View from North Africa'', Papers of the British School at Rome, Vol. 70, 2002, pp. 231–273 * ''Machines, Power and the Ancient Economy'',

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, Vol. 92, 2002, pp. 1–32 * ''The Spread of Foggara-based Irrigation in the Ancient Sahara'', in Mattingly, David John; McLaren, Sue; Savage, Elizabeth; al-Fasatwi, Y.; Gadgood, Khaled (eds.), The Libyan Desert: Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage, London: The Society for Libyan Studies, 2006, pp. 205–216,
''The Economic Impact of Technological Advances in the Roman Construction Industry''
in Lo Cascio, Elio (ed.), Innovazione tecnica e progresso economico nel mondo romano, Bari: Edipuglia, 2006, pp. 225–236, * ''The Metal Supply of the Roman Empire'', in Papi, Emanuele (ed.), Supplying Rome and the Roman Empire,

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, supplement 69, 2007, pp. 109–125, * ''Hydraulic Engineering'', in Oleson, John Peter (ed.), Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 285–318, * ''Machines'', in Oleson, John Peter (ed.), Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 337–366, * ''Large-scale Manufacturing, Standardization, and Trade'', in Oleson, John Peter (ed.), Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 393–417, * ''Economy and Trade'', in Bispham, Edward (ed.), The Short Oxford History of Europe, Vol. 2: Roman Europe, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 170–202, * ''Villas, Horticulture and Irrigation Infrastructure in the Tiber Valley'', in Coarelli, Filippo; Patterson, Helen (eds.), Mercator Placidissimus: The Tiber Valley in Antiquity. New Research in the Upper and Middle River Valley, Proceedings of the Conference Held at the British School at Rome, 27–28 February 2004, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2009, pp. 731–768,

References

External links

Personal website
at Oxford University – incl. publications in PDF format for download

at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford
Oxford Roman Economy Project

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Andrew British classical archaeologists Historians of antiquity British economic historians Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Fellows of Wolfson College, Oxford Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford People from Hertford 1968 births Living people People educated at The Perse School Professors of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire

Early life and education

Academic career

Recent works

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