Kevin Dicus (Ph.D., Michigan) is associate professor of Classics at the University of Oregon. His interest is the archaeology of Italy during the mid to late Republican period. Since 2006 he has worked as Excavation Supervisor for the Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia, for which he is has co-authored the first volume of the excavation report (OUP). Other interests include material culture theory, formation processes in the archaeological record, the sacred landscape of the Tolfa Mountains north of Rome, and waste management strategies in ancient urban settings, which is the subject of a current book project.
