Lauren Alberti

Lauren graduated magna cum laude with her BA in Anthropology and Classical Studies at the University of New Mexico. She received an MA in Classics with an emphasis in Classical Archaeology and a certificate in Geographic Information Science at the University of Arizona. While in this program, she investigated the exclusivity of the Mycenaean state-sponsored feast by analyzing the built environment of potential feasting locales. Lauren also received an MA in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of New Mexico. For this thesis, she explored Greek sympotic drinking behavior contextualized within the concept of the metron.

Lauren has participated in archaeological projects in Greece, Italy, Ireland, and the American Southwest. She is also a collaborator for the WebAtlas of Ceramic Kilns in Ancient Greece (https://atlasgreekkilns.arizona.edu/). Her research interests include the socio-political implications of communal drinking events, sympotic poetry (particularly archaic Greek), identity construction and manipulation, and GIS.