Astrid Lindenlauf

Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Astrid Lindenlauf headshot

Contact

Phone 610-526-5640
Location Old Library 228
On Leave
2024-25

Department/Subdepartment

Education

Ph.D., University College, London

Areas of Focus

Classical art and archaeology, practices of disposal and recycling, fortifications and urban development; intellectual history of archaeology

Biography

In my research I aim to challenge the entrenched oppositions between archaeology, philology, history and sociology, following the tradition of material culture studies. I have investigated patterns of disposal and recycling in ancient Greece, biographies of artefacts and other key issues in the field of Classical Art and Archaeology, including questions of absolute chronology. Currently I explore the urban development of ancient Athens by studying the successive walls from the Mycenaean period to the 18th century A.D. Apart from published data this project uses my new documentation of the city-walls in the Kerameikos of Athens. I am also interested in the use and perception of Athenian vases. My teaching repertory at Bryn Mawr College includes courses at both undergraduate and graduate level. I offer courses on Greek Vase Painting, the Villa dei Papiri, on Ancient Landscapes, and on the Archaeology of Rubbish and Recycling.