Associate Professor
210H Ellis Hall
Tel. (740) 597-2102
E-mail: lancaste@ohio.edu
Education
Wolfson College, Oxford University, England, Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Archaeology, 1996
Lincoln College, Oxford University, England, Master of Philosophy in Classical Archaeology, 1991
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia Bachelor of Architecture, Magna Cum Laude, 1987
Ohio University faculty member since 1997.
Specializations
- Roman Archaeology/Architecture/Construction
- Topography of Ancient Rome
Courses Taught
- CLAR 212: Roman Archaeology
- CLAS 254: Rome Under the Caesars
- CLAR 362: The Archaeology of Roman Cities
- CLAR 364: Craft & Technology in the Roman World
Research and Publications
Books and Articles
Review of Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome by G. Aldrete (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007) In American Journal of Archaeology Online Reviews 112.1 (2008) [Link to PDF file]
“The Brick Relieving Arch and Urban Redevelopment in Ancient Rome” In A. Leone, D. Palombi and S. Walker (eds.), Res Bene gestae: Ricerche di storia urbana su roma antica in onore di Eva Margareta Steinby (Quasar 2007): 133-144 [Link to OhioLINK record]
“Chapter 10: Roman Construction and Engineering”, In J.P. Oleson (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World (Oxford University Press, 2007): 256-284 [Link to OhioLINK record]
“The Colosseum for the general audience.” Review of K. Hopkins and M. Beard, The Colosseum (Harvard University Press 2005) in Journal of Roman Archaeology 20 (2007): 454-459 [Link to ALICE record]
Review of Roman Theatres. An Architectural Study by F. Sear (Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology 2006). In American Journal of Archaeology Online Reviews 111.4 (2007) [Link to PDF file]
“The Lightweight Volcanic Scoria in the Concrete Vaults of Imperial Rome: Some Evidence for the Trade and Economy of Building Materials”, In C. C. Mattusch, A. A. Donohue, and A. Brauer (eds.), Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science, and Humanities (Acta of the XVIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Boston August 23-26, 2003 (Oxford 2006): 212-216 [Link to OhioLINK record]
“Large Freestanding Barrel Vaults in the Roman Empire: A Comparison of Structural Techniques”, In M. Dunkeld, J. Campbell, H. Louw, M. Tutton, B. Addis, C. Powell, and R. Thorne (eds), Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens’ college, Cambridge University 29th March-2nd April Vol. 2 (Cambridge 2006): 1829-1844 [Link to PDF file]
“The Process of Building the Colosseum: the Site, Materials, and Construction Techniques”, Journal of Roman Archaeology 18 (2005) 57-82
Concrete Vaulted Construction: Innovations in Context . Cambridge University Press 2005. [Link to ALICE record]
“The Lightweight Volcanic Scoria in the Concrete Vaults of Imperial Rome: Some Evidence for the Trade and Economy of Building Materials” In Acta of the XVIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Boston 2003 (forthcoming)
“The Organization of Construction for the Superstructure of the Colosseum”, in R. Rea, H.-J. Beste, and L.C. Lancaster, “Il cantiere del Colosseo,” Roemische Mitteilungen 109 (2002) 341-375.
“Building Trajan’s Markets II: The Construction Process”, American Journal of Archaeology 104 (2000) 755-85 [Link to full text (PDF format)].
“Amphitheatrum,” addendum on Colosseum in E.M. Steinby (ed.), Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae Vol. 5 (Quasar, 1999) 223 [Link to ALICE record].
“Mercati di Traiano,” addendum on Trajan’s Markets in E.M. Steinby (ed.), Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae Vol. 5 (Quasar, 1999) 276 [Link to ALICE record].
“Building Trajan’s Column”, American Journal of Archaeology 103 (1999) 419-439 [Link to full text via JSTOR, restricted access].
“Reconstructing the Restorations of the Colosseum after the Fire of 217″, Journal Roman Archaeology 11 (1998) 146-174
“Building Trajan’s Markets”, American Journal of Archaeology 102 (1998) 283-308 [Link to full text via JSTOR, restricted access].
“The Date of Trajan’s Markets: An Assessment in the Light of Some Unpublished Brick Stamps”, Papers of the British School at Rome 63 (1995) 25-44.
Awards and Honors
Recipient of 2007 James R. Wiseman Book Award from the Archaeological Institute of America for Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome: Innovation in Context. (Cambridge University Press 2005)
Ohio University Office of Nationally Competitive Awards Service Award 2004
Outstanding Alumni Award of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech, 2003
Rome Prize Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome, September 2001- July 2002
Grant from Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, September 2001-July 2002
M. Aylwin Cotton Fellowship in Mediterranean Archaeology, Guernsey, Channel Islands, September 1996-September 1997
Grant in Aid of Research, British School at Rome, September-November 1993
Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in the History of Art, July 1992
Overseas Research Student Grant, Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the United Kingdom 1993-94, 1989-91
Recipient of Outstanding Student in the College of Architecture Award 1987, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Recipient of the Michelle Currie Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Design 1986, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University