Biography
Jody Joy has worked as a curator at MAA since May 2014. Prior to that he was Curator of European Iron Age Collections at the British Museum for 8 years.
His main interests concern art and technology and he is currently involved in research projects examining: the technology of Iron Age cauldrons and their role as feasting vessels; Iron Age torcs and their relationship with the human body; and the role of so-called Celtic art in Iron Age society. He is also interested in human remains, particularly exploring issues surrounding display and storage in museums.
Research
The archaeology of northwest Europe during the first millennium BC
Iron Age art
Material culture studies
Human remains in museum collections
Key Publications
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Books:
2017. (with A. Baldwin).ÌýA Celtic Feast: The Iron Age Cauldrons from Chiseldon, Wiltshire. London, British Museum Press.Ìý(Finalist for the Current 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ Book Awards)
2016. (with I. Gunn, S.-J. Harknett and E. Wilkinson).ÌýHide and Seek: Looking for Children in the Past. Cambridge, Museum of 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ and Anthropology.
2010.ÌýReflections on the Iron Age: biographies of mirrors. Oxford, BAR British Series 518.
2009.ÌýLindow Man. London, British Museum Press (reprinted 2013)
Books in preparation:
(with J. Farley)ÌýThe Snettisham Treasure. London, British Museum Press.
Journal Articles:
2016. Hoards as Collections: re-examining the Snettisham Iron Age hoards from the perspective of collecting practice.ÌýWorld 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµÌý48(2): 239-53.
2014. ‘Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble’: Iron Age and Early Roman Cauldrons of Britain and Ireland.ÌýProceedings of the Prehistoric SocietyÌý80: 327-62.
2011. Fancy objects in the British Iron Age: why decorate?ÌýProceedings of Prehistoric SocietyÌý77: 205-29.
2009. Reinvigorating object biography: reproducing the drama of object lives.ÌýWorld 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµÌý41(4): 540-56.Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý
Book Chapters:
2018. Feasting and Commensal Rituals in the Iron Age. In C. Haselgrove, P. Wells and K. Rebay-Salisbury (eds.),ÌýOxford Handbook of the European Iron Age. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
2016. Approaching Celtic Art. In J. Farley and F. Hunter (eds.),ÌýCelts: art and identity, pp. 36-51. London, British Museum Press
2016. (with F. Hunter). A Connected Europe, c. 500-150 BC. In J. Farley and F. Hunter (eds.),ÌýCelts: art and identity, pp. 52-79. London, British Museum Press.
2016. Stylistic Variations in Early Celtic Art. In J. Farley and F. Hunter (eds.),ÌýCelts: art and identity, pp. 56-7. London, British Museum Press.
2015. Things in Process: Biographies of British Iron Age Pits. In D. Böschung, P.-A. Kreuz and T. Kienlin (eds.),ÌýBiography of Objects: Aspekte eines kulturhistorischen Konzepts, pp. 125-41. Cologne, Morphomata.
2015. Connections and separation? Narratives of Iron Age art in Britain and its relationship with the Continent. In H. Anderson-Whymark, D. Garrow and F. Sturt (eds.),ÌýContinental Connections: Exploring cross-Channel relationships from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age, pp. 145-65. Oxford, Oxbow Books.
2014. Brit-art: Celtic Art in Roman Britain and on its Frontiers. In C. Gosden, S. Crawford and K. Ulmschneider (eds.),ÌýCeltic Art in Europe: Making Connections, pp. 315-24. Oxford, Oxbow Books.
2014. Looking death in the face: different attitudes towards bog bodies and their display with a focus on Lindow Man. In A. Fletcher, D. Antoine and JD Hill (eds.),ÌýRegarding the Dead: human remains in the British Museum, pp. 10-19. London, British Museum Research Publication no. 197.
2014. (with A. Mongiatti and N. Meeks). Precious metal torcs from the Iron Age Snettisham Treasure: metallurgy and analysis. In E. Pernicka and R. Schwab (eds.),ÌýUnder the Volcano: Proceedings of the SMEIA held in Mannheim, Germany, 20-22 April 2010, pp. 135-56. Rahden, Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH.
2012. Kunst in der Provinz Britannia. In R. Röber, M. Jansen, S. Rau and C. von Nicolai (eds),ÌýDie Welt der Kelten: Zentren der Macht – Kostbarkeiten der Kunst, pp. 489-97. Ostfildern, Jan Thorbecke Verlag.
2012. (with C. Cartwright, N. Meek, D. Hook and A. Mongiatti). Organic cores from the Iron Age Snettisham torc hoard; technological insights revealed by scanning electron microscopy.ÌýProceedings of SEM and microanalysis in the study of historical technology, materials and conservation, London, September 2010.
2011. Exploring status and identity in later Iron Age Britain: re-interpreting mirror burials. In T. Moore and X.-L. Armada (eds),ÌýAtlantic Europe in the first millennium BC: crossing the divide,Ìýpp. 468-487. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
2011. The Iron Age. In T. Insoll (ed.),ÌýThe Oxford Handbook of the 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ of Ritual and Religion, pp. 405-424. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
2008. Reflections on Celtic Art: a re-examination of mirror decoration. In D. Garrow, C. Gosden & J.D. Hill (eds)ÌýRethinking Celtic art, pp. 78-99. Oxford, Oxbow Books.
2007. (with M. Giles). Mirrors in the British Iron Age. In M. Anderson (ed.),ÌýThe book of the mirror: an interdisciplinary collection exploring the cultural story of the mirror, pp. 16-31. Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
2002. Biography of a medal: people and the things they value. InÌýMaterial Culture: the archaeology of twentieth-century conflict, J. Schofield, W. G. Johnson & C. M. Beck (eds), pp. 132-42. London, Routledge.Ìý Reviewed:ÌýHistorical 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµÌý2004 38(2): 135-6
2016. Hide and Seek: What happened to ancient children? British 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ (May/June): 42-7.
2013. (with A. Baldwin and J. Hood). The cauldrons from Chiseldon. British 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ (January/February): 36-41.
2009. Lindow Man. British 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ 107: 23.
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Teaching and Supervisions
I am involved in teaching of the following courses:
G30 Museums: History, Theory and Practice
I am interested in supervising students who wish to study for an MPhil or a PhD in the following topics:
The 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ of northwest Europe during the first millennium BC
Museum & Heritage Studies