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    • Gretchen E. Meyers

    Assistant Professor of Classics
    Classics
    717-291-4367
    Goethean Hall
    Office: GOE-109
    Office Hours: M 3:00-4:00 / W 2:30-3:30
    Summary: Roman and Etruscan archaeology; the Tiber River and Roman topography; ancient Roman space and urban theory; Augustan literature; Roman civilization
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    Education


    • Ph.D. Classical Archaeology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003
    Dissertation: Etrusco-Italic Monumental Architectural Space 900-400 BC: An Examination of Approach and Access
    • MA. Latin, The University of Texas at Austin, 1994
    Master’s Report: The Distinction Between Public and Private in Vitruvius’ de Architectura
    • BA. Classical Studies, Duke University, 1992




    Research Interests

    EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
    • 2004-present, Director of Archaeological Materials, Mugello Valley Archaeological Project (Poggio Colla), Italy
    • 2001-2002, Supervisor & Research Consultant, Mugello Valley Archaeological Project (Poggio Colla), Italy
    • 2001, Archivist, Gisela Richter Collection of Documents and Memorabilia, American Academy in Rome Library
    • 2000, Cataloguer, American Academy in Rome Library, Original Drawings of Lucy Shoe Meritt, Profiles of Western Greek Mouldings
    • 1998-1999 Visiting Scholar, The American Academy in Rome
    • 1997-1998 Supervisor, Excavations at Poggio Civitate (Murlo), Italy
    • 1993 The American Academy in Rome Summer Archaeology Program
    • 1993 Excavations at Cosa, Italy
     

    Grants & Awards

    • Rollins College Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Scholarship (2005 & 2006)
    • Critchfield Faculty Research Grant (Rollins College) (2004 & 2006)
    • American Academy in Rome, Rome Prize Finalist (2000)
    • Archaeological Institute of America Graduate Student Travel Award
    • University of Texas at Austin Continuing Fellowship (1998-1999)
    • Etruscan Foundation Graduate Scholarship
    • Phi Beta Kappa (1992)
     

    Publications

    PUBLICATIONS:
    • “Poggio Colla: a N. Etruscan settlement of the 7th-2nd c. BC.” co-authored with P. G. Warden, M. L. Thomas and A. Steiner, Journal of Roman Archaeology 18 (2005), 252-266.

    • “Vitruvius and the Origins of Roman Spatial Rhetoric,” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 50 (2006), 67-86.

    • “The Divine River: Ancient Roman Identity and the Image of Tiberinus” in C. Kosso and A. Scott, eds. The Nature and Function of Water, Baths, Bathing, and Hygiene from Antiquity through the Renaissance (Brill 2009), 233-248.

    Under Review
    • “Hellenistic Roof Tiles from the N. Etruscan Site of Poggio Colla (Vicchio): Production and Usage,” submitted August 2009.

    In Preparation
    • The Ideology and Innovation of Monumental Architecture in Etruria and Early Rome: Papers in Honor of Ingrid Edlund-Berry, G. E. Meyers and M. L. Thomas, editors

    BOOK REVIEWS
    • M. Duccio, ed., Santuari etruschi in Casentino (2004: Comunità Montana del Casentino), Etruscan Studies 11 (2008).

    • H. Patterson, ed. Bridging the Tiber: Approaches to Regional Archaeology in the Middle Tiber Valley (2004: The British School at Rome) in American Journal of Archaeology 111 (2007)

    MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
    • P. G. Warden, A. Steiner, M. Thomas, G. Meyers, and A. Castor (contributors), "Poggio Colla," in L. Cappuccini, C. Ducci, S. Gori, L. Paoli (edd.), Museo Archeologico Comprensoriale del Mugello e della Val di Sieve. Catalogo dell’esposizione (Aska edizioni 2009). [Catalog of the permanent exhibition of material from Poggio Colla at the Museo Comprensoriale del Mugello e della Val di Sieve, Dicomano, Italy].

    • “New Light on the Etruscans: Fifteen Years of Excavation at Poggio Colla," Exhibition at the Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX January 25-May 17 2009 (P. G. Warden, A. Steiner, M. Thomas, G. Meyers, J. Galloway, organizers)
     

    Presentations

    SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS:
    • January 2009, “Defining Monumentality in Archaic Etruria: The Case of the Etruscan palazzi,” Archaeological Institute of America, Philadelphia, PA
    • September 2008, “Textiles and Etruscan Ritual: An Analysis of Weaving Tools from the N. Etruscan Sanctuary at Poggio Colla (Vicchio, Italy) (poster presentation), XVII Congresso Internazionale di Archeologia Classica, Rome
    • April 2008, “Living Waters: Hybrid River Gods and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean,” Central Pennsylvania Consortium Mediterranean Studies Conference, Lancaster, PA
    • January 2007, “Terracotta Tiles and Roof Technology at the N. Etruscan Settlement of Poggio Colla,” [poster presentation co-authored with Jess Galloway and Lauren Jackson], Archaeological Institute of America, San Diego, California