Jane E Francis

Biographic Data

ID3599691
NAMEJane E Francis
GIVEN NAMESJane E
FAMILY NAMEFrancis
SIGNATUREFRANCIS J E
AFFILIATIONSConcordia University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS15
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Medals and Awards celebration 2025

    Open AccessJane E Francis, Jane Francis et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal2025References: 4

    The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) annual Medals and Awards recognise achievements in researching, communicating and teaching a wide range of geographical knowledge. The speeches and citations are a record of the 2025 celebrations, which occurred at the Society on 2 June 2025, with contributions from Dariusz Wójcik, Murray Gray, Gillian Rose, Børge Ousland and Susan J Smith

  • Roman Crete

    Jane E Francis, Anna KouremenosEDITORBOOKRoman Crete2016

  • Honey, Greco‐Roman

    Open AccessJane E FrancisCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2015

    Honey was the main sweetener of antiquity, produced in the Greco‐Roman period through beekeeping. It was a valuable commodity used in ritual activities, medicinal treatments, and as a preservative, but was also a major ingredient in many recipes and was added to wine to make mulsum . Ancient authors like Varro, Pliny, Columella, and Palladius wrote extensively about the qualities of honeys from different regions; that from Mount Hymettus in Attic…

  • Experiments With an Old Ceramic Beehive

    Open AccessJane E FrancisARTICLEOxford Journal of Archaeology2012References: 13

    Ceramic beehives are frequently identified on archaeological sites in Greece and occur in large numbers. Their existence is at odds with the accounts of Roman authors, who disdain the use of clay for beekeeping and praise materials like wicker and wood, which have left no archaeological traces. The reason for the rejection of terracotta hives is unanimously that they are too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer, but temperature experiment…

  • Archaeologies of the Greek Past

    Jane E Francis, Susan E AlcockARTICLEPhoenix2004Cited by: 10

  • Ceramic fabric analysis and survey archaeology

    Open AccessJennifer Moody, Harriet Lewis Robinson et al.ARTICLEThe Annual of the British School…2003Cited by: 5References: 15

    Macroscopic Fabric Analysis, the systematic study and description of ceramic fabrics with the aid of a handlens and other simple equipment, has grown in importance along with systematic archaeological survey. Microscopic Fabric Analysis, or ceramic petrology, is better known, but more expensive and time-consuming. Using examples drawn from Sphakia Survey material, the authors show that Macroscopic Fabric Analysis of large pottery collections with…

  • Gortyn

    Jane E Francis, Jane Francis et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology2003

  • A 50-Million-Year-Old Fossil Forest from Strathcona Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

    Open AccessJane E FrancisARTICLEARCTIC1988

    The remains of a fossil forest are buried within a sedimentary sequence of Eocene age (approximately 50 million years old) near Strathcona Fiord, Ellesmere Island. Large petrified tree stumps are preserved in their original growth positions in coals of the Eureka Sound Group, a sequence of sandstones, siltstones and coals deposited in a delta/floodplain environment. The dimensions of 83 stumps were recorded and their positions plotted on a plan o…