Beth Minney
Thelma Beth is a PhD candidate in Classical Archaeology with a focus on religious material remains across the Roman Empire. Her current work investigates the role of material culture in reflecting the shifting identity construction of Punic communities as they were absorbed by Rome between the late Republic and early Empire. Beth uses religious practice as a proxy for identity expression to explore how these communities existing within spaces of active assimilation adapted their local traditions and affordances in accordance with their shifting priorities. She has excavated in both Greece and Italy and is currently a member of the UC Tharros project, focusing on a Punic-Roman urban site in Sardinia. Additional areas of academic interest include topics of cross-cultural transmission, digital approaches to spatial analysis, ethical curation, and reception studies around the intersection of cultural heritage with public engagement.