James received his B.A. in Classics and Archaeology from Stanford University in 2017. From 2017–2018 he was in Turkey with a Fulbright Research Grant. While there, he studied amphoras and amphora lids in the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology. He has worked on the Marzamemi II shipwreck excavation in Sicily and at Burgaz in Turkey. His interest is in Roman trade and economy, particularly in Late Antiquity. His current focus is related to the phenomena of amphora reuse and standardization in the eastern Mediterranean during this period.
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