Emma Ljung

Position
Senior Lecturer in the Princeton Writing Program
Office
304 New South
Bio/Description

Emma Ljung, a classical archaeologist, examines Mediterranean landscapes and their influence on classical Greek and Roman societies. She is especially interested in smaller communities and the economic problem-solving mechanisms shaped by their cultural and natural constraints. She currently directs the Santa Susana Archaeological Project, an excavation that seeks to understand the complex history of a Roman villa in the central Alentejo, Portugal.