"Contextualizing Roman Pigments" Brown Bag Lecture

Hilary Becker, assistant professor of classics at University of Mississippi, will deliver a public lecture titled "Contextualizing Roman Pigments: Ancient Trade and Modern Science." The discovery of the only known pigment shop in ancient Rome revealed an array of colors in their raw, mineral form waiting to be sold to wall painters. Roman pigments provide an opportunity to explore how ancient and modern science can be used in archaeology, revealing what pigments were present in the shop and, potentially, from where they originated, as well as exploring the supply-side economy of Roman painting and the steps by which these pigments went from the mine, to a shop, to the walls of a Roman house. Click the "Link" below for more information.