MA, University of Texas, Austin
BA, Trinity University
Leticia specializes in the art and archaeology of ancient Greek and Near
Eastern worlds, with a particular focus on cultural and artistic interactions in
Western Asia (e.g., Ionians, Phrygians, Lydians, Persians). Her current book
project, Between Greece and Anatolia: Borderland Vision and Experience in
Archaic Ionia, constitutes a critical reappraisal of visual and material culture
produced and consumed in Archaic Ionia, especially under Achaemenid
Persian hegemony, utilizing contemporary borderlands theory to reveal more
nuanced ways of thinking about art and identity associated with the
discursive 'margins' of the ancient world.
Eastern worlds, with a particular focus on cultural and artistic interactions in
Western Asia (e.g., Ionians, Phrygians, Lydians, Persians). Her current book
project, Between Greece and Anatolia: Borderland Vision and Experience in
Archaic Ionia, constitutes a critical reappraisal of visual and material culture
produced and consumed in Archaic Ionia, especially under Achaemenid
Persian hegemony, utilizing contemporary borderlands theory to reveal more
nuanced ways of thinking about art and identity associated with the
discursive 'margins' of the ancient world.
Leticia is an active archaeologist and has been involved in excavation and
survey at sites in both Greece and Turkey. Since 2019 she has worked at
Antiochia ad Cragum on Turkey’s southern coast where she supervises the
excavation of a Roman bath complex. She is also conducting research at the
Aegean site of Assos, where she is examining material emerging from a
newly uncovered Kybele sanctuary.
Recent Publications:
L. R. Rodriguez. “Alashia Reborn?: Replicating and ‘Repatriating’ Heritage in
Cyprus.” In L. Summerer, M. Kiessel, H. Kaba, eds. New Approaches Toward
Recording, Preserving and Studying Cultural Heritage in Divided Cyprus:
Problems and Opportunities. Special Issue of Arkin University of Creative Arts
and Design (ARUCAD) Journal. Kyrenia: ARUCAD Press (2023, refereed) 175-
190.
L. R. Rodriguez. “The Small Bath at Antiochia ad Cragum.” In M. Hoff, B. Can,
R. Townsend, eds. From Pirate Base to Roman City: The Excavations of
Antiochia ad Cragum in Rough Cilicia: An Interim Report. Oxford: Oxbow
Books (expected October 2024).
R. Townsend, eds. From Pirate Base to Roman City: The Excavations of
Antiochia ad Cragum in Rough Cilicia: An Interim Report. Oxford: Oxbow
Books (expected October 2024).
L. R. Rodriguez. Review of S. Langin-Hooper, Figurines in Hellenistic
Babylonia: Miniaturization and Cultural Hybridity. Cambridge: Cambridge UP
(2019), in Rhea Classical Reviews 2021.12.09.
L. R. Rodriguez. Review of C. M. Draycott, R. Raja, K. E. Welch, W. T. Wooton,
eds. Visual Histories of the Classical World: Essays in Honour of R. R. R.
Smith. Studies in Classical Archaeology, 4. Turnhout: Brepols (2018), in Bryn
Mawr Classical Review 2021.01.30.
Babylonia: Miniaturization and Cultural Hybridity. Cambridge: Cambridge UP
(2019), in Rhea Classical Reviews 2021.12.09.
L. R. Rodriguez. Review of C. M. Draycott, R. Raja, K. E. Welch, W. T. Wooton,
eds. Visual Histories of the Classical World: Essays in Honour of R. R. R.
Smith. Studies in Classical Archaeology, 4. Turnhout: Brepols (2018), in Bryn
Mawr Classical Review 2021.01.30.