Robyn Veal's Research Details
  • Research Focus
  • Resource economics
    • Natural Resource Economics in the Ancient World
    • Wood or Wood Charcoal? Questioning sustainability
    • A quantitative model for the ancient fuel supply to Pompeii AD 79
    • Overview of Charcoal Analysis
    • Field Collection
  • Projects
    • Select Project Collaborations
    • Pompeii & Campania
  • Conferences
  • Outreach
  • Contact

Grants and Awards

2016 Hughes Hall Research Grant £750
2015 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research: research grant £5,040 ('Forest exploitation and
               sustainability in province and empire' project)
2014-16 University of Cambridge: Vice chair of university wide Postdoctoral Network  Also departmental
               postdoctoral (co) representative (2014-16 ).
2014
Department of Archaeology Postdoctoral workshop grant £500 for 'The Economic Utility of Olive.' 
2014-13  McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research: laboratory testing and field work grant  £7,440, and
              £7,500 respectively for 'Forest exploitation and sustainability in province and empire.'
   
2013 McDonald Institute Monographs: book subvention for ‘Fuel and Fire in the Ancient Roman World: towards
             an economic understanding,’  ca. 50% of costs
2013 Hughes Hall College, appointed Tutor (from September), (part-time academic advising and pastoral care)
2013 Hughes Hall College Cambridge, Research Fellowship, membership of Senior Common
              Room, Governing Body, Development and Gresham Rd Building Committees (from May)
2012 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Anniversary Fellowship (Dec 2012-Feb 2016),
              University of
Cambridge.   'Forest Exploitation and Sustainability in Central Italy and Provincial Britain
              in the Roman Period.'
2012 (For expenditure 2013), €1500 Oxford Roman Economy Project and £5,000 (Private donor)
             for conference for which I was co-organizer: ‘Fuel and Fire in the Ancient Roman World’
2011  Ralegh Radford Rome Fellow (British School at Rome) Oct 2011- Jun 2012.  Residential/research funding.
2010  British Academy Small Grant (with Prof Andrew Scott, Royal Holloway  University, London):          
             'Measuring the Burn Temperature of Pompeiian Wood Fuel Charcoals:Implications for Energy
              Consumption and Ancient Forest Management.'
2010  Australian Academy of Humanities Publication Subsidy Award for 'Fuelling Pompeii'
2009  Australasian Society for Classical Studies Early Career Researcher Award (1 of 2 awarded nationally)
2008  Carlyle Greenwell Research Award (University of Sydney) field and laboratory costs
2005  University of Sydney Post-Graduate Award (2005-2008) (full-time PhD scholarship)
2004  Maureen A Byrne Memorial Prize for best dissertation in Archaeology IV (30,000 words)
1990  Australian Graduate Management Award (dux of MBA)
1982  Australian Oceanographic Data Centre (Australian Navy) final year u/g science cadetship ($6,000)


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  • Research Focus
  • Resource economics
    • Natural Resource Economics in the Ancient World
    • Wood or Wood Charcoal? Questioning sustainability
    • A quantitative model for the ancient fuel supply to Pompeii AD 79
    • Overview of Charcoal Analysis
    • Field Collection
  • Projects
    • Select Project Collaborations
    • Pompeii & Campania
  • Conferences
  • Outreach
  • Contact