Staff Profiles

Introduction

Until March 2011 I was Reader in Archaeology; following retirement, I am now a Visiting Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. My principal research interests remain ceramics, ancient economics and technology, especially in the Roman Empire.

Research Interests

1: the Roman economy: The Archaeology of the Roman Economy (Batsford/University of California Press, 1986), and 'Archaeological evidence and ancient economies', in Bang, P. et al. (eds), Ancient economies, modern methodologies: Archaeology, comparative history, models and institutions. 2006 Bari: Edipuglia; Pragmateiai 12: 109-36.

2: ancient technology: 'Archaeology and technology', in Bintliff, J. (ed.), Blackwell companion to archaeology. Oxford: Blackwell 155-73, and 'Technological innovation and economic progress in the ancient world: M. I. Finley re-considered', Economic History Review 53.1 (2000): 29-59.

I held a British Academy Research Readership from September 2005 to 2007, and conducted research into 'The Roman economy: material perspectives'. The published outcomes of that project, combining economics, technology and material culture, included: 'Late Hellenistic and early Roman invention and innovation: the case of lead-glazed pottery', (American J. Archaeology 111.4 (2007): 653-71) and 'Learning to consume: consumption and consumerism in the Roman Empire' (Journal of Roman Archaeology 21 (2008) 64-82).

Archaeological methodology: see the textbook written for first-year students, Archaeology: an Introduction (with Tom Moore, fifth edition, Routledge, 2010). This book has a electronic companion (hosted by Routledge at http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/greene/) containing relevant on-line information sources.

• Greene K. Rhosica vasa as metalwork rather than earthenware: an interpretation reinforced by philological analysis. Facta: a Journal of Roman Material Culture Studies 2008, 2, 231-233.
• Jackson M, Greene K. Ceramic Production. In: Oleson, J.P, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp.496-519.
• Greene K. Historiographical and Theoretical Approaches. In: JP Oleson, ed. Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp.62-90.
• Greene K. Inventors, invention, and attitudes towards technology and innovation. In: JP Olesen, ed. Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp.800-820.
• Greene K. Learning to consume: consumption and consumerism in the Roman Empire. Journal of Roman Archaeology 2008, 21, 64-82.
• Greene K. Archaeology: An Introduction - 4th Edition: The Online Companion (updated version). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 2007. Available at: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/kevin.greene/wintro/.
• Greene K. Late hellenistic and early Roman invention and innovation: The case of lead-glazed pottery. American Journal of Archaeology 2007, 111(4), 653-671.
• Greene K. Archaeological data and economic interpretation. In: Bang, PF; Ikeguchi, M; Ziche, HG, ed. Ancient Economies, Modern Methodologies: Archaeology, comparative history, models and institutions. Bari: Edipuglia, 2006, pp.109-136.
• Greene K. 'Energy', 'Engineering', 'Inventions', 'Machines', 'Technology'. In: Shipley, G., Vanderspoel, J., Mattingly, D., Foxhall, L, ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• Greene K. Evolutionary metaphors and the roman economy. In: Lo Cascio, E, ed. Innovazione tecnica e progresso economico nel mondo romano : atti degli Incontri capresi di storia dell'economia antica (Capri, 13-16 aprile 2003). Bari: Edipuglia, 2006, pp.271-302.
• Greene K. Roman pottery: models, proxies and economic interpretation. Journal of Roman Archaeology 2005, 18(1), 34-56.
• Greene K. The economy of Roman Britain: representation and historiography. In: Bruhn, J., Croxford, B., Grigoropoulos D, ed. TRAC 2004: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Durham. Oxford, UK: Oxbow, 2005, pp.1-15.
• Greene K. Archaeology and technology. In: Bintliff J, ed. A Companion to Archaeology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004, pp.155-73.
• Greene K. Archaeology: An Introduction. London: Routledge, 2002.
• Greene K. Pots and Plots in Roman Britain. In: Aldhouse-Green, M., Webster, P, ed. Artefacts and Archaeology: Aspects of the Celtic and Roman World. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2002, pp.235-256.
• Greene K. Industry and technology. In: Bowman A.K., Garnsey P., Rathbone D, ed. The Cambridge Ancient History: Vol. 11, High Empire, AD 70-192. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp.741-68.
• Greene, K. 'Defining the Romano-British economy: the significance of pottery and the army'. Acta Rei Cretariae Rom Fautorum 1997, (35), 27-32.
• Greene K. Surveying instruments of Greece and Rome. Journal of Roman Studies 2003, 93, 323-324.
• Greene KT. Industry and Technology. In: Bowman, A.K., Garnsey, P., Rathbone, D, ed. The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp.741-768.
• Greene K. Technological innovation and economic progress in the ancient world: M. I. Finley re-considered. Economic History Review 2000, 53(1), 29-59.
• Greene K. The excavations of San Giovanni di Ruoti, vol 1, The villas and their environment. American Journal of Archaeology 1999, 103(3), 577-579.
• Greene K. The excavations of San Giovanni di Ruoti, vol 2, The small finds. American Journal of Archaeology 1999, 103(3), 577-579.
• Greene K. V. Gordon Childe and the vocabulary of revolutionary change. Antiquity 1999, 73(279), 97-109.
• Greene K. V. Gordon Childe and the vocabulary of revolutionary change (Urban revolution, neolithic revolution). Antiquity 1999, 73(279), 97-109.