Lisa M. Bendall

Dr. Lisa M. Bendall serves as the Sinclair & Rachel Hood Lecturer in Aegean Prehistory at the University of Oxford and holds a Tutorial Fellowship at Keble College for Archaeology & Anthropology and Classical Archaeology & Ancient History within the School of Archaeology.

Her research centers on Aegean Bronze Age civilizations with specialized expertise in Linear B decipherment, Mycenaean religious practices, ceremonial banqueting systems, economic structures, and archival methodologies. She investigates urbanisation patterns, political geography, and cross-cultural interactions between the Aegean, Anatolia, and the Eastern Mediterranean through archaeological and epigraphic analysis.

Dr. Bendall actively supervises doctoral research in Aegean Bronze Age studies, mentoring candidates on topics spanning script analysis, ritual practices, trade networks, and social identity formation. Her supervision portfolio includes completed dissertations examining cognitive aspects of Mycenaean archives, avian symbolism in Bronze Age contexts, and organic residue analysis in ceramic vessels.