Dimitri Van Limbergen

Archaeologists reveal second-largest Roman olive oil mill in the Roman Empire Ca' Foscari University of Venice is co-directing a major international archaeological mission in the Kasserine region of Tunisia. The excavations, focused on the area of ancient Roman Cillium, on the ...

Archaeologists reveal second-largest Roman olive oil mill in the Roman Empire.
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Excited to announce the closing workshop of our multidisciplinary research into the #archaeology of #wine in northern #Adriatic #Italy on Dec 1-2 in Verona! For those interested in participating online, please write anna.nicolussi@univr.it
For a sneak peek, go to: www.archaeoadwine.it 🍇 🍷

Finally out at Peeters: Vine-growing and winemaking in the #Roman World! +640 pages, 30 chapters and 1.6 kg of #ancient #vine and #wine awesomeness 🍇🍷😍, with @emlynkd.bsky.social & Academia Belgica 🙏

Order via the link below or write me for more info: www.peeters-leuven.be/detail.php?s...

Advancement and innovation in ancient wine research This article reviews how recent advances in archaeological and scientific methodologies have introduced a new era of research into ancient wine produc…

❗New open access paper out with @emlynkd.bsky.social on advances and innovations in ancient wine research, written by invitation for Current Opinion in Food Science 🍇 Proud on this effort to merge #ancient #history and #archaeology with modern #food #science ❗

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A book cover showing a Roman relief of two satyrs picking grapes from central vine tree, small wicker basket before each.

🍇 Interested in #Wine and #AncientRome?

Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens.

doi.org/10.16995/tra...

❗ Call for papers ❗

Economic Interactions in the Roman Northern Adriatic.
International conference, #Rome, Academia Belgica, May 7-8, 2026

To participate, send an abstract of max. 300 words to dimitri.vanlimbergen@univr.it, federica.riso@uclouvain.be & andrea.cipolato@unive.it by Sep 30, 2025!

Interested in joining this great session on roads and markets in #antiquity by Federica Riso for the 12th meeting of the Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana in sunny Palermo? Don't hesitate and send in your work to federica.riso@uclouvain.be ! 🔥https://aisuinternational.org/palermo-2025-home/ 🔥

The glorious paperback edition of our Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology arrives a mere year after its initial publication! Happy & proud of its strong sales 🍇🍷🔥

Honored & excited to have been invited to talk on #ancient wine in big clay jars at this unique #wine historical event by Simbenia, Antonio Arcadu and Domaine Kox at #Dalheim in Luxembourg on May 8! #dolia #qvevri #amphora #pithoi 🍇🍷

Ancient winemaking rises from the ashes of Pompeii The archaeological park in the city, which was destroyed in a volcanic eruption in AD79, has announced a plan to revive the tradition

Had a nice chat with James Imam for @thetimes.com on the new #vineyard and #winery in #Pompeii. Curious to see how these new #wines, made with ancient vine-growing techniques and clay jar #fermentation, will turn out! 🍇🍷

www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

Are you exploring resilience and antifragility in your research through history, archaeology, anthropology, digital humanities or other? Submit your abstract and join this exciting conference at UCLouvain, May 30-31, 2025! Paper proposals should be sent to valentina.limina@uclouvain.be by March 20!

A fragment of a marble relief showing a woman in a long robe pouring liquid from a barrel supported by a wooden frame. An inscription below, in Latin, mentions the deceased: Sentia Amarantis.

Working #women are frequently attested in the #Roman empire: the funerary stele of Sentia Amarantis depicts the deceased tapping wine from a barrel. She was an inn-keeper and died at the age of 45. The stele was set up by her husband.

From Augusta Emerita/Mérida, 3rd c. AD.

#ReliefWednesday 🏺

That also means free access to our #Roman #wine in #dolia paper! #archaeology #naturalwine #qvevri #classics 🍷

Finally!

Thx Jeremy!

Another (hopefully last!) round of proofs for our mammoth state of the art in the #archaeology of #Roman #vine and #wine. Should be out early 2025 at Peeters! @emlynkd.bsky.social 💪 😍 🍇 🍷

Less than a year after its publication, a second, more affordable paperback edition of our manual on #ancient #wine #archaeology is now available for preorder at Bloomsbury (out May 2025). Really happy to see that the #book is finding such a large audience! @emlynkd.bsky.social

Cover & proofs are in for our new, massive +660p #roman #wine state of the field at Peeters, edited together with @emlynkd.bsky.social & Maria Stella Busana! 30 chapters by Maureen Carroll, Gloria Olcese, Jean-Pierre Brun, Annalisa Marzano, Tamara Lewit and many more! #classics #archaeology 😍🍾🍷😮💚

Im Boden vergrabene Krüge: So stellten die Römer ihren Wein her Im alten Rom entstand der Wein in Keramikgefässen, die im Boden vergraben waren. Lange ignorierten Archäologen die Scherben dieser Krüge. Jetzt sind sie dem Herstellungsprozess auf der Spur, der versc...

Our #Roman #wine research has now reached Switzerland! Very grateful to Angelika Franz and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung for the coverage! 😍 🍷🙏
#archaeology #classics #antiquity #dolia #qvevri #caucasus #Italy

www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft...

What did Roman wine taste like? Much better than previously thought, according to new research Roman wines may have looked and tasted better than long assumed. The answer lies in their use of clay jars, a technique still used in modern winemaking in Georgia.

Wrote a short piece for The Conversation on my recent #Antiquity paper with Paulina Komar on #wine in #Roman #dolia!

Interested in #geophysics? Then apply for this #PhD #summer school at #Veii! Lectures & field training by top specialists in the field, June 18-22, 2024. The €600 fee includes accomodation, meals and local transport. Contact Ugo Fosco for more info! #Archaeology #Classics

Spending some work time in splendid Verona 💙

About one week left to submit your proposals and crazy ideas on winemaking in earthenware jars for our EAA session #804! Deadline is February 8.

About one week left to submit your proposals for our EAA session #909 on integrating data on ancient wine and olive oil presses! Deadline is February 8.

Delighted to share that my Antiquity paper with Paulina Komar on Roman wine fermentation in dolia is now published in FirstView at CambridgeCore! No OA, alas, but I have ten access codes to share, or you can message me for a pdf.

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Don't forget to send us your proposals for our EAA session #909 on how to build a brand new database and research network for ancient wine and oil production facilities in the Mediterranean. The deadline is February 8!

Working on the history and/or archaeology of winemaking in earthenware fermentation vessels? Don't hesitate to submit your paper proposal for our EAA session #804. The deadline is February 8!

Good questions! Yes, as far as we can tell, pruning was part of the yearly activities, and no, "strangling" does not seem to have been a problem, as it wasn't in later and pre-modern versions.

EAA session #804 'Make dolia great again', which I co-organize with Paulina Komar, is now officially open for paper submissions! Submit your proposals on the website until February 8: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/

The call for papers for EAA sessions is still open until February 8 (and not April 8, as I mistakenly announced earlier). Submit your proposals for session #909 on ancient presses on the website: submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2024/ !