Dr Catherine J. Frieman
Areas of expertise
- Archaeology 2101
- Archaeology Of Europe, The Mediterranean And The Levant 210105
- Social Theory 160806
- Sociology And Social Studies Of Science And Technology 160808
Research interests
Innovation in prehistoric societies; Flint, ground-stone and other lithic technologies; Trade and communication in 4th-2nd millennia BC Europe; European Neolithic and Bronze Age society; Adoption of metal; Prehistoric metallurgy; Flint daggers; Ornaments and identity;Material culture studies; Archaeological theory
Biography
Catherine Frieman is a lecturer in European archaeology in the School of archaeology and anthropology. Previously she was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art at the University of Oxford and a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Nottingham. She received a BA in archaeological studies from Yale University and an M.st and D.phil in archaeology from the University of Oxford. Catherine's D.phil examined the adoption of metal objects and metallurgy in 4th-2nd millennium BC northwest Europe through a close study of various lithic objects long thought to be skeuomorphs of metal.
Her primary research interests include innovation and conservatism, and she is a material culture and technology specialist with a particular specialism in stone tools. She has ongoing fieldwork in the UK, is Lead CI of an ARC Discovery project looking into human mobility and the diffusion of innovations in prehistoric Iberia and the Pacific and she has also worked on lithic material and technology from Neolithic sites in Vietnam. In addition to her research, Catherine is a passionate teacher and her contributions to education at the ANU have been recognised by teaching excellence awards from CASS, the Vice-Chancellor’s office and the Australian Office of Learning and Teaching.
Current student projects
Chair
Ru Griffiths - Scottish long cairns in their landscape and astronomical contexts (PhD)
Panel member
John Hayward - Rock art on Mirrar land, Northern Territory (PhD)
Jennifer Hull - Osseous technology in Neolithic Southeast Asia (PhD)
Rosalie Willows - Maker Culture in Copenhagen, DK (PhD)
Past student projects
Alex Broughton - Identifying Brothels in Roman Pompeii (Hons)
Kirsten Morrison - Barrow landscapes in Bronze Age Cornwall (Hons)
Emma Biggs - Chariot Burials of the Arras tradition (Hons)
Lisa Solling - Ritual landscapes in the Inka world (PhD)
Publications
- Roberts, B & Frieman, C 2015, 'Early metallurgy in western and northern Europe', in Chris Fowler, Jan Harding, and Daniela Hofmann (ed.), The Oxford handbook of Neolithic Europe, Oxford University Press, London, pp. 711-728.
- Frieman, C & Eriksen, B, eds, 2015, Flint Daggers in prehistoric Europe, Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK and Havertown, USA.
- Frieman, C & Eriksen, B 2015, 'Introduction. Flint daggers: A historical, typological and methodological primer', in Catherine J. Frieman and Berit Valentin Eriksen (ed.), Flint Daggers in Prehistoric Europe, Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK and Havertown, USA, pp. 1-9.
- Frieman, C 2015, 'Art thou but a dagger of the mind? Understanding lithic daggers in Europe and beyond', in Catherine J. Frieman and Berit Valentin Eriksen (ed.), Flint Daggers in Prehistoric Europe, Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK and Havertown, USA, pp. 161-165.
- Frieman, C 2015, 'Making a point: Re-evaluating British flint daggers in their cultural and technological contexts', in Catherine J. Frieman and Berit Valentin Eriksen (ed.), Flint Daggers in Prehistoric Europe, Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK and Havertown, USA, pp. 103-115.
- Frieman, C 2014, 'Double Edged blades : re-visiting the british (and Irish) flint daggers', Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, vol. 80, pp. 33-65.
- Needham, S, Parham, D & Frieman, C 2013, Claimed by the sea: Salcombe, Langdon Bay, and other marine finds of the Bronze Age, Council for British Archaeology, York.
- Frieman, C 2013, 'Innovation and Identity: The Language and Reality of Prehistoric Imitation and Technological Change', in Jeb J. Card (ed.), The Archaeology of Hybrid Material Culture, Southern Illinois University Press, Illinois, pp. 318-341.
- Frieman, C 2013, 'Lost and Found: A Flint Dagger from the River Thames at Henley', Oxoniensia, vol. 78, pp. 225-226.
- Frieman, C 2013, Southeast Kernow Archaeological Survey (SKAS): 2012 Geophysical surveys at Mountain Barrows, Pelynt, Cornwall, pp. 12-14.
- Frieman, C 2012, 'Flint daggers, copper daggers, and technological innovation in late neolithic Scandinavia', European Journal of Archaeology, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 440-464.
- Frieman, C 2012, 'Going to pieces at the funeral: Completeness and complexity in early Bronze Age jet 'necklace' assemblages', Journal of Social Archaelology, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 334-355.
- Frieman, C J 2012, 'The Development and Significance of Flint Daggers in Western Europe and Scandinavia: Innovation, Metal Adoption and the Creation of a Novel Form', Cultura Antiqua, 64 (1): 105-122. [in Japanese]
- Roberts, B & Frieman, C J 2012, 'Drawing Boundaries and Drawing Models: investigating the concept of the 'Chalcolithic frontier' in north-west Europe', in Michael J. Allen, Julie Gardiner, Alison Sheridan (ed.), Is there a British Chalcolithic? People, place and polity in the late 3rd millennium, The Prehistoric Society, London. 27-39.
- Frieman, C J 2012, Innovation and Imitation: Stone Skeuomorphs of Metal from 4th-2nd Millennia BC Northwest Europe, Archaeopress, Oxford.
- Frieman, C. J. 2011. Review of: Flint in Focus: Lithic biographies in the Neolithic and Bronze Age by A. Van Gijn. Leiden: Sidestone Press. Lithics 32.
- Frieman, C 2010, 'Imitation, identity and communication: The presence and problems of skeuomorphs in the Metal Ages', in Berit Valentin Eriksen (ed.), Lithic technology in metal using societies, Jutland Archaeological Society, Hojbjerg, Denmark, pp. 33-44.
- Frieman, C. J., Lamdin-Whymark, H., Bishop, B., and Pope, M., eds. 2010. Past lives through cold stone: Lithics 31.
- Shoda, S & Frieman, C 2009, 'Just a coincidence? The Similar but Contrasting History of Bronze Adoption in Northeast Asia and Northwest Europe', Programs and abstracts of the 3rd International Conference of the Society for the History of Asian Casting Technology, vol. N/A, pp. 79-80.
- Frieman, C. J. 2009. Skeuomorphs and stoneworking: a preliminary report. Lithics 29: 66-69.
- Frieman, C 2008, 'Islandscapes and 'islandness': The prehistoric Isle of Man in the Irish seascape', Oxford Journal of Archaeology, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 135-151.
- Frieman, C. J. and Bray, P. 2008. 'Archaeological Practice, Organisations and Legislation'; 'Archaeological Techniques'; 'Archaeological Materials'. In A handbook of British archaeology, (eds R. Adkins, L. Adkins and V. Leitch). London: Constable and Robinson.
- Bray, P & Frieman, C 2008, 'Archaeological techniques', in Adkins, R, Adkins, L, Leitch, V. (ed.), The handbook of British archaeology, Constable and Robinson Ltd, London, pp. 356-404.
- Frieman, C 2008, 'Skeuomorphs and stone-working: A preliminary report', Lithics, vol. 29, pp. 66-69.
- Frieman, C & Gillings, M 2007, 'Seeing is perceiving?', World Archaeology, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 4-16.
Projects and Grants
Grants are drawn from ARIES. To add Projects or Grants please contact your College Research Office.
- Beyond migration and diffusion: The prehistoric mobility of people & ideas (Primary Investigator)
