Personal profile
Biography
I received my MPhil (2012) and DPhil (2018) in Classical Archaeology at Lincoln College, Oxford, with the support of a Clarendon Scholarship. Before coming to St. Andrews, I was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2018-2019) and a Getty-American Council of Learned Societies Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art (2021-2022). I conduct fieldwork in the Athenian Agora (2008-present), where I supervise excavations in the neighborhood behind the Stoa Poikile. My research has been supported by the Archaeological Institute of America, the American Philosophical Society, the Samuel Kress Foundation, and the Onassis Foundation. I am an alumnus and Senior Associate Member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
Teaching activity
My teaching focuses on the archaeology and art of the Mediterranean basin, particularly in the region of the Greek East, from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. My honours modules include ‘Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Greek World’, 'Greek Sculpture', ‘In the Footsteps of the Greeks’ (study in Greece), and 'The Colours of Ancient Art'.
Research interests
Greek and Roman archaeology; monuments and topography of Athens and Attica; social, religious, and economic dimensions of ancient art; artistic production; marble sculpture
Profile Keywords
Greek and Roman archaeology and art; monuments and topography of Athens and Attica; Greek and Roman sculpture; making art in antiquity
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Award Date: 1 Jul 2018
Master of Philosophy, University of Oxford
Award Date: 1 Jun 2012
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Marble statuettes of the Roman period
Martens, B., 8 Jul 2025, Princeton, NJ: American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 462 p. (Athenian Agora; vol. 39)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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A gymnasion assemblage lost at sea? The statues from the Antikythera shipwreck reconsidered
Martens, B., 29 Sept 2025, In: Annual of the British School at Athens. First View, p. 1-53Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond Pentelikon: imported white marbles in Athenian sculptural workshops of the Roman period
Maniatis, Y., Martens, B. & Tambakopoulos, D., 4 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 181, 106336.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A tripod ‘worth seeing’ in the Olympieion at Athens (Paus. 1.18.8)
Martens, B., 7 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Roman Studies. 113, 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Delos and the Late Hellenistic art trade: archaeological directions
Martens, B., 1 Oct 2021, In: American Journal of Archaeology. 125, 4, p. 535-570 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A New Shrine of the Egyptian Gods in Athens
Martens, B. (Speaker)
11 Jul 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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A Big Foot Si(gh)ting at the BM: Stories of a Colossal Statue from Bassae
Martens, B. (Speaker)
26 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The Antikythera Statues and Their Ancient Display Contexts
Martens, B. (Speaker)
29 Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Commercial Fortune in Late Archaic Athens: A New Shop Building North of the Eridanos River
Martens, B. (Speaker)
6 Jan 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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A Relief of the Palmyrene God Shadrafa from the Northwest Slope of the Acropolis
Martens, B. (Speaker)
20 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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American Council of Learned Societies-Getty Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art
Martens, B. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Appointment
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