Elliott Fuller

I’m a PhD candidate in Bronze Age Aegean archaeology and a member of the MACS (Mediterranean Archaeology Collaborative Specialization) program. I earned my B.A. with honours and distinction at the University of Victoria, and my MA at Brock University. In my current doctoral research, I examine five Aegean Bronze Age harbour sites and look for characteristics which unite them as an analytical category, through granular analysis of ecological and cultural material.

My research interests centre on liminality broadly conceived—coastal interfaces between land and sea, semi-peripheral regions, marginalized peoples, as well as artifacts and historical periods that do not fit neatly into established scholarly frameworks. My goal is to recover the lived experiences of actors who are typically overlooked in archaeological narratives of social complexity—sailors, merchants, foreigners, and other people who often existed on the fringes of society. Another recent interest of mine has been to understand the environmental and economic impact of shipbuilding on coastal communities.

I’ve participated in excavations in Italy and Greece, at sites ranging from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. Currently, I’m working with the BEARS (Bays of East Attica Regional Survey) project to uncover the long-term history of a coastal region.

Research Interests: Maritime and coastal archaeology; ports and harbours; liminality and marginality; environmental history