Ian Morris este profesor de istorie la Stanford University si membru al Stanford Archaeology Center. Dintre lucrarile publicate, mentionam: Burial and Ancient Society (1987), Death‑Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity (1992), Archaeology as Cultural History (2000), The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models (2005), The Greeks: History, Culture and Society (2005), The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco‑Roman World (2007), The Dynamics of Ancient Empires (2009).