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Department of Archaeology

 

Biography

Research Associate, MOBILE Project, University of Cambridge (2023 – present)

PhD Archaeology, University of Cambridge (2020 – 2024)
•    Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP
•    Cambridge Trust Scholar (Honorary)
MSc Geographical Information Science, University of Leicester (Distinction) (2016 – 2017)
BSc (Hons) Applied Geology, University of Plymouth (2010 – 2013)
 

Key Publications

Key publications: 

Lewis, J. (2024). Estimating the scale-dependent influence of natural terrestrial corridors on the positioning of settlements: A multi-scale study of Roman forts in Wales. Journal of Archaeological Science, 170, 106055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2024.106055

Litvine, A. D., Lewis, J., & Starzec, A. W. (2024). A multi-criteria simulation of European coastal shipping routes in the ‘age of sail.’ Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 666. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-02906-9

Lewis, J. (2023). Explaining Known Past Routes, Underdetermination, and the Use of Multiple Cost Functions. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-023-09621-w

Lewis, J. (2022). 2nd c. CE defenses around small towns in Roman Britain structured by road network connectivity. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047759421000775

Lewis, J., 2021. Probabilistic Modelling for Incorporating Uncertainty in Least Cost Path Results: a Postdictive Roman Road Case Study. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theoryhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-021-09522-w

Lewis, J., 2020. Visibility of the Gask Ridge road from simulated Watchtowers: A Monte Carlo testing approach. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102482

Teaching and Supervisions

Teaching: 

I have been a Teaching Assistant for A11/B5/BG5/AS1: From Data to Interpretation / Foundation Statistics

Research supervision: 

I have been an Undergraduate Supervisor for A11/B5/BG5/AS1: From Data to Interpretation / Foundation Statistics

Other Professional Activities

Peer reviewer for Science Advances; Journal of Archaeological Science; Journal of Open Archaeology; Journal of Open Archaeology Data; Journal of Field Archaeology

Job Titles

Research Associate, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

General Info

Not available for consultancy
Research Expertise / Fields of study: 
Archaeological Theory
Computational and Quantitative Archaeology

Contact Details

Jl2094 [at] cam.ac.uk
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Cambridge
CB2 3ER

Affiliations

Person keywords: 
Computational archaeology
Spatial statistics
Movement modelling
Network science
Subjects: 
Archaeology
Themes: 
Environment, Landscapes and Settlement
Rethinking Complexity
Geographical areas: 
Britain
Europe
Mediterranean
Periods of interest: 
Classical - Roman
Iron Age