Associate Professor
210F Ellis Hall
Tel. (740) 597-2108
E-mail: palmerr@ohio.edu
Ohio University faculty member since 1995.
education
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati (1989)
Specializations
- Greek Archaeology
- Bronze Age Economy
- Linear B Script
- Women in the Mediterranean
Courses Taught
- CLAR 211: Greek Archaeology
- CLAR 213: Near Eastern Archaeology
- CLAR 361: Greek Cities and Sanctuaries
- CLAR 363: Aegean Archaeology
- CLAR 451: Mycenaean Society
- CLAS 312: Greek Tragedy
- CLAS 343: Women in the Ancient Mediterranean
- CLAS 351X: On-Site Survey of Greek History
- Greek and Latin (all levels)
Research and Publications
Paper: “Models in Linear B Landholding: an Analysis of Methodology”, in J. Bennet and J. Driessen (eds.), A-NA-QO-TA Studies presented to J. T. Killen, Minos 33-34 (1998-1999), Salamanca 2002, 223-250.
Paper: “Wine in Bronze Age Crete: the Textual Evidence,” 95-104, in A. K. Mylopotamikaki (ed.) Oinos palaios hedupotos: to kretiko krasi apo ta proistorika os ta neotera khronia, Hypourgeio politismou archaeiologiko institouto Kretes 2002.
Paper: “Trade in Wine, Perfumed Oils and Foodstuffs: The Linear B Evidence and Beyond,” 125-138, in V. Karageorghis and Ch. Stamatakis (eds.) Sea Routes: Interconnections in the Mediterranean 16th-6th c. BC. Proceedings of the International Symposium, Rethymnon, Crete Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2002.
Article: “Frau: 1. Minoische und Mykenische Kultur,” Der Neue Pauly, Band 12/2. Verlag J. B. Metzler: Stuttgart. [Link to ALICE record]
Chapter 2: “Bridging the Gap: the Continuity of Greek Agriculture from the Mycenaean to the Historical Period”, in Prehistory and History:Class, Ethnicity and Political Economy, David Tandy (ed.), Critical Perspectives on Historic Issues: 10, Black Rose Books, 2001, 41-84. [Link to OhioLINK record]
Paper: “Perishable Goods in Mycenaean Texts”, Floreant Studia Mycenaea. Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Mycenaean and Aegean Texts, S. Deger-Jalkotzy and G. Nightingale (eds.). Salzburg, 1999, 463-485. [Link to OhioLINK record]
Appendices A and B on Bronze Age and Iron Age Aegean and Cypriote burials with horses, in L. Edmunds, “The Horse and the Maiden”, www.rci.rutgers.edu/~edmunds, Dec. 20, 1999.
Chapter: “The Terracotta Disks from Alambra, Cyprus”, in J. E. Coleman et al., Alambra. A Middle Bronze Age Settlement in Cyprus. SIMA CXVIII, 1996, 218-233.
Paper: “Linear A Commodities: a Comparison of Resources” in Politeia, R. Laffineur and W-D. Niemeier (eds.), Aegaeum 12 (1995), Liege, 133-154. [Link to ALICE record]
Chapter 17: “Wine and Viticulture in the Linear A and B Texts of the Bronze Age Aegean” in the Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Origins and Ancient History of Wine Gordon and Breach 1995, pp. 269-286. [Link to OhioLINK record]
Book: Wine in the Mycenaean Palace Economy, Aegaeum 10 (1994), Liege. [Link to ALICE record]
Paper: “Wheat and Barley in Mycenaean Society,” Mykenaika. 9th International Colloquium on Mycenaean and Aegean Texts, Athens, Greece, Oct. 2-6 1990; J.-P. Olivier (ed.) BCH Supplement XXV, 1992, pp. 473-495.
Response to V. Aravantinos “The Inscribed Sealings from Thebes,” in T. G. Palaima (ed.), Aegean Seals, Sealings and Administration, Aegaeum 5, Liege 1990, pp. 168-170. [Link to ALICE record]
Article: “Subsistence Rations at Pylos and Knossos,” Minos 24 (1989), pp. 89-124.