Department of Classical Studies
Emilia Oddo Assistant Professor Department of Classical Studies Tulane University

Emilia Oddo

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor
Reveal Email Address
Jones 210 C

Education

Ph.D., Classics, 2016. University of Cincinnati
MA, 2010. University of Cincinnati
MA, 2007. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Interests

Professor Oddo is an Associate Professor of Greek Archaeology. Her interests are centered on the archaeology of Crete in the Bronze Age. She is a specialist of the Late Bronze Age (Neopalatial period, ca. 1700-1470 BCE), particularly its ceramic production and consumption. Her current research is centered predominantly on the site of Knossos, where she is involved in the study and publication of several Neopalatial buildings (and their assemblages) excavated by Sir Arthur Evans and Duncan Mackenzie in the early 1900s. These experiences have led her to consider issues of method in archaeological practice, publishing on approaches to legacy data (i.e., processing finds from old excavations), artifacts contextual analysis, and on the consumption of ceramic style. 
 
Her current fieldwork project at Knossos (KLASP, https://www.ancientknossos.com/) represents an international collaboration with University College Dublin and the British School in Athens. More information can be found on the project’s website (https://www.ancientknossos.com/the-north-west-palace-project).
 

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Contributions

2025. (with C. Trainor and J. Day). “Everything Old is New Again: Knossos and Its Legacy.” Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Archaeological Record 25.3: 15–20.

2024. “Futures for Archive Archaeology: Struggles, Successes, and Methodologies.” (Invited keynote chapter) In J. Frey and R. Raja Trends in Archive Archaeology: Current Research on Archival Material from Fieldwork and its Implications for Archaeological Practice. Archive Archaeology Series, vol. 5. Brepols: 151–9.

2024. “Fragments of a Story. The Unsung Power of Ceramic Sherds.” (Invited chapter). In T. Claeys, L. Dautais, R. Dubois, K. Regnier, E. Tsafou, D. Vendramin, and D. Wolf (eds.) ScapeCon 2022: Towards an Archaeology of Fragmentation in the Aegean Bronze Age. Presses Universitaires de Louvain: 87–102.

2022. Knossos: The House of the Frescoes. The British School at Athens, Supplementary Volume 51.

with K. Chalikias, eds. 2022. South by Southeast: The History and Archaeology of Southeast Crete, from Myrtos to Kato Zakros. Archaeopress.

2022. “Navigating a World of Mountains, Coasts and Islands: Diachronic Evidence for a Connected Southeast Crete,” in South by Southeast: The History and Archaeology of Southeast Crete, from Myrtos to Kato Zakros (E. Oddo and K. Chalikias): 139-48

2019. “Pottery Styles and Social Dynamics at Neopalatial Myrtos-Pyrgos: Identifying Southeast Crete as a Ceramic Region.” American Journal of Archaeology 123.1: 19-44

Major Publications

Book Cover Knossos: The House of the Frescoes by - Emilia Oddo - Book Publication
Book Cover for South by Southeast South by Southeast: The History and Archaeology of Southeast Crete from Myrtos to Kato Zakros edited by Emilia Oddo, Konstantinos Chalikias - Volume Publication
Book cover for Terra Incognita Crete Exploring a Terra Incognita on Crete co-edited by Emilia Oddo - Book Publication

Website

https://tulane.academia.edu/EmiliaOddo

CV

Oddo CV.pdf

Courses

  • CLAS-2320: Greek Religion
  • CLAS-2340: Troy: Beyond the Myth
  • CLAS-3170: Greek Art and Archaeology
  • CLAS-3160: The Aegean Bronze Age