Dr Jody Joy

Jody Joy (BA, MA, PhD, FSA) is the curator with responsibility for European Archaeology.

He specializes in the archaeology of northwest Europe during the first millennium BC with a focus on art and technology. He also researches and writes about issues surrounding the display and storage of human remains in museums. Before coming to MAA in 2014, Jody worked at the British Museum where he was Curator of European Iron Age Collections for eight years.

In 2020, Jody was awarded a Headley Fellowship by the Art Fund to research the Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. One of the outputs of this research was a recent exhibition, Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region, which received more than 145,000 visitors. Over the nearly 20 years Jody has worked in museums, he has curated numerous other exhibitions on varied subjects including, the Archaeology of Childhood, the Celts and the Mesolithic site at Star Carr, Yorkshire.

Jody’s research projects have examined the technology of Iron Age cauldrons and their role as feasting vessels and the role of so-called Celtic Art in Iron Age society. Most recently, along with colleagues from the British Museum, he has completed a decade-long project to research and publish the well-known Iron Age hoards from Snettisham, Norfolk.