Dr Flint Dibble
Marie-Sklowdowska Curie Research Fellow
School of History, Archaeology and Religion
- DibbleW@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29225 11402
- John Percival Building, Room Room 2.64, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
Overview
Hello! I am an archaeologist whose research focuses on foodways in ancient Greece. My research touches on topics of urbanism, climate change, religious ritual, and everyday life. My current project, ZOOCRETE: The Zooarchaeology of Historical Crete: A Multiscalar Approach to Animals in Ancient Greece, combines archaeological, textual, and biomolecular evidence for the human management and consumption of animals. From animals herded in the landscape to large-scale sacrificial feasts, animals were a central component to the development and resilience of citizen-states during the first millennium BCE.
Publication
2021
- Dibble, F. and Finné, M. 2021. Socioenvironmental change as a process: Changing foodways as adaptation to climate change in South Greece from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age. Quaternary International 597, pp. 50-62. (10.1016/j.quaint.2021.04.024)
- Dibble, F. 2021. Bones around town: Taphonomic patterns from civic feasting and residential dining contexts at Late Archaic Azoria, Crete. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 36, article number: 102771. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102771)
2020
- Dibble, F. and Fallu, D. J. 2020. New data from old bones: A taphonomic reassessment of Early Iron Age beef ranching at Nichoria, Greece. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 30, article number: 102234. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102234)
2019
- Dibble, W. F. 2019. The Agora Bone Well, by Maria A. Liston, Susan I. Rotroff, and Lynn M. Snyder [Book Review]. American Journal of Archaeology 123(4) (10.3764/ajaonline1234.Dibble)
2018
- Dibble, W. F. 2018. Animal bones. In: Tsipopoulou, M. ed. Chalasmenos I: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement. House A.2. Prehistory Monographs INSTAP Academic Press, pp. 87-92.
2016
- Weiberg, E. et al. 2016. The socio-environmental history of the Peloponnese during the Holocene: Towards an integrated understanding of the past. Quaternary Science Reviews 136, pp. 40-65. (10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.042)
2015
- Dibble, W. F. 2015. Data collection in zooarchaeology: incorporating touch-screen, speech-recognition, barcodes, and GIS. Ethnobiology Letters 6(2), pp. 249-257. (10.14237/ebl.6.2.2015.393)
2014
- Sullivan, A. P. and Dibble, W. F. 2014. Site formation processes. In: Smith, C. ed. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology 2014 Edition. New York, NY: Springer, pp. 6687., (10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_211)
Articles
- Dibble, F. and Finné, M. 2021. Socioenvironmental change as a process: Changing foodways as adaptation to climate change in South Greece from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age. Quaternary International 597, pp. 50-62. (10.1016/j.quaint.2021.04.024)
- Dibble, F. 2021. Bones around town: Taphonomic patterns from civic feasting and residential dining contexts at Late Archaic Azoria, Crete. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 36, article number: 102771. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102771)
- Dibble, F. and Fallu, D. J. 2020. New data from old bones: A taphonomic reassessment of Early Iron Age beef ranching at Nichoria, Greece. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 30, article number: 102234. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102234)
- Dibble, W. F. 2019. The Agora Bone Well, by Maria A. Liston, Susan I. Rotroff, and Lynn M. Snyder [Book Review]. American Journal of Archaeology 123(4) (10.3764/ajaonline1234.Dibble)
- Weiberg, E. et al. 2016. The socio-environmental history of the Peloponnese during the Holocene: Towards an integrated understanding of the past. Quaternary Science Reviews 136, pp. 40-65. (10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.042)
- Dibble, W. F. 2015. Data collection in zooarchaeology: incorporating touch-screen, speech-recognition, barcodes, and GIS. Ethnobiology Letters 6(2), pp. 249-257. (10.14237/ebl.6.2.2015.393)
Book sections
- Dibble, W. F. 2018. Animal bones. In: Tsipopoulou, M. ed. Chalasmenos I: The Late Minoan IIIC Settlement. House A.2. Prehistory Monographs INSTAP Academic Press, pp. 87-92.
- Sullivan, A. P. and Dibble, W. F. 2014. Site formation processes. In: Smith, C. ed. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology 2014 Edition. New York, NY: Springer, pp. 6687., (10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_211)
Biography
Academic Appointments
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow, Cardiff University, School of History, Archaeology, and Religion. 2021-present.
Lecturer, Dartmouth College, Department of Classics. 2020-2021.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, American School for Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science. 2017-2020
Education
University of Cincinnati (UC), Department of Classics. Ph.D., Classical Archaeology. Dissertation: "Politika Zoa: Animals and Social Change in Ancient Greece." Supervisor: Kathleen Lynch. Committee: Jack Davis, Paul Halstead, Antonis Kotsonas, and Alan Sullivan. 2017.
ASCSA. Senior Associate Member: 2017-2020; Student Associate Member: 2012-2014; Regular Member: 2011-2012.
University of Sheffield, Department of Archaeology. Visiting Postgraduate in Environmental Archaeology. Thesis: "Diachronic Changes in Animal Use at Iron Age through Early Roman Knossos: Lifestyle and Economic Choices in a Changing Environment." Supervisor: Paul Halstead. 2011.
UC, Department of Classics. M.A., Classical Archaeology. Thesis: "The Archaeology of Food in Athens: The Development of an Athenian Urban Lifestyle." Supervisors: Kathleen Lynch and Eleni Hatzaki. 2010.
University of Pennsylvania (Penn), College of General Studies. Post-Baccalaureate Program in Classical Studies. 2005-2006.
Penn, Department of Classics. B.A., Classical Civilization. Honors Thesis: "Magic, Drugs, and Magic Drugs: A Survey of Wormwood in the Greek Magical Papyri." Supervisor: Peter Struck. 2004.
Fellowships and Awards
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship, European Commission (Grant Agreement Number: 101026314). "ZOOCRETE: The Zooarchaeology of Historical Crete: A Multiscalar Approach to Animals in Ancient Greece." 2021-2023. (€224,933.76)
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, ASCSA. "Eating Animals in Context: Zooarchaeology at Azoria." 2017-2020 ($105,000).
Louise Taft Semple Fellowship, UC Classics. 2007-2011; 2014-2017 ($15,500-$22,500 per annum plus tuition and conference and summer research travel expenses).
Olivia James Traveling Fellowship, Archaeological Institute of America (AIA). "From Village Lifestyle to Urban Lifestyle: Variability in Human-Animal Interaction in Ancient Greece." 2013-2014 ($25,000).
Cedric Boulter Memorial Research Fellowship, UC Classics. "When Life Gives You Lemons... The Differential Preservation of Zooarchaeological Remains at Nichoria." 2014 ($500).
Doreen Canaday Spitzer Fellowship, ASCSA. "From Palaces to Poleis: The Changing Role of Animals in the Economy and Lifestyle of Ancient Greece." 2012-2013 ($11,500 plus room and board).
Heinrich Schliemann Fellowship, ASCSA. For participation in the Regular Member Program. 2011-2012 ($11,500 plus room and board).
Graduate Student Research Fellowship, University Research Council of UC. "Changing Faunal Assemblages in Historic Knossos." 2011 ($3,000).
Marion and Dorothy Rawson Research Fellowship, UC Classics. 2009 ($1,000) for study of ceramics at Pompeii; 2011 ($500) for study of sediments from Nichoria.
Niarchos Fieldwork Fellowship, Penn. 2007 ($5,000).