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Department of 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ

 

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

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

Other publications: 

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.

Publication

Journal articles

2018

  • Joy, JP., 2018. Snettisham: shining new light on an old treasure Jewellery History Today (31),
  • 2016

  • Joy, J., 2016. Hoards as collections: re-examining the Snettisham Iron Age hoards from the perspective of collecting practice World 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ, v. 48
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  • 2014

  • Joy, J., 2014. ‘Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble’: Iron Age and Early Roman Cauldrons of Britain and Ireland Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, v. 80
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  • 2013

  • Joy, JP., 2013. Cauldrons from Chiseldon British 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ,
  • 2011

  • Joy, J., 2011. ‘Fancy Objects’ in the British Iron Age: Why Decorate? Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, v. 77
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  • 2009

  • Joy, J., 2009. Reinvigorating object biography: reproducing the drama of object lives WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY, v. 41
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  • 2008

  • Joy, J., 2008. Llyn Cerrig Bach: A Study of the Copper Alloy Artefacts from the Insular La Tène Assemblage. By P. Macdonald. University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2007. Pp. xvi + 295, col. pls 4, pls 6, figs 26, tables 19. Price: £60.00. ISBN 978 0 7083 2041 9. Britannia, v. 39
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  • 2007

  • Joy, J., 2007. The Sedgeford Hoard. By M. Dennis and N. Faulkner. Tempus, Stroud, 2005. Pp. 95, pls 28, illus. Price: £12.99. ISBN 978 0 7524 3438 4. Britannia, v. 38
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  • Books

    2017

  • Baldwin, A. and Joy, J., 2017. A Celtic Feast The Iron Age Cauldrons from Chiseldon, Wiltshire
  • 2016

  • Joy, JP., Gunn, I., Harknett, S-J. and Wilkinson, E., 2016. Hide and Seek: Looking for Children in the Past
  • 2010

  • Joy, J., 2010. Iron Age Mirrors A Biographical Approach
  • 2009

  • Joy, J., 2009. Lindow Man
  • Book chapters

    2015

  • Joy, JP., 2015. Connections and separation? Narratives of Iron Age art in Britain and its relationship with the Continent
  • Joy, JP., 2015. Approaching Celtic Arts
  • Joy, JP. and Hunter, F., 2015. A Connected Europe, c. 500-150 BC
  • Joy, JP., 2015. 'Things in Process: Biographies of British Iron Age Pits
  • 2014

  • Joy, JP., Meeks, N. and Mongiatti, A., 2014. Precious metal torcs from the Iron Age Snettisham Treasure: metallurgy and analysis
  • Joy, JP., 2014. Brit-art: Celtic art in Roman Britain and on its frontiers
  • Joy, JP., 2014. Looking death in the face: Different attitudes towards bog bodies and their display with a focus on Lindow Man
  • 2012

  • Joy, JP., 2012. Kunst in der Provinz Britannia
  • Joy, JP., Cartwright, C., Meeks, N., Hook, D. and Mongiatti, A., 2012. Organic cores from the Iron Age Snettisham torc hoards: technological insights revealed by scanning electron microscopy
  • 2011

  • Joy, JP., 2011. The Iron Age
  • 2008

  • Joy, JP., 2008. Reflections on Celtic Art: a re-examination of mirror decoration
  • 2007

  • Giles, M. and Joy, J., 2007. Mirrors in the British Bronze and Iron Age: Performance, Revelation, and Power
  • 2002

  • Joy, JP., 2002. Biography of a medal: people and the things they value
  • Teaching and Supervisions

    Teaching: 

    I am involved in teaching of the following courses:

    G30 Museums: History, Theory and Practice

    Research supervision: 

    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

    Job Titles

    Senior Curator (91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ), Museum of 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ and Anthropology

    General Info

    Not available for consultancy
    Research Expertise / Fields of study: 
    Museum Studies
    Material Culture
    Artefact Analysis & Technology
    Art and Iconography
    Archaeological Theory

    Contact Details

    Museum of 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ and Anthropology
    Downing Street
    jpj32 [at] cam.ac.uk
    Cambridge
    CB2 3DZ
    01223 (3)33494

    Affiliations

    Subjects: 
    91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ
    Themes: 
    Material Culture
    Heritage
    Geographical areas: 
    Europe
    Periods of interest: 
    Copper/Bronze Age
    Iron Age