Penelope Mary "Pim" Allison (born 1954) is a New Zealand academic archaeologist specialising in the Roman Empire.
[4][5] She joined the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester as a lecturer in 2006.
Many of her publications relate to houses and households in Pompeii, and gender and space in Roman military forts in Germany.
[2] Allison's research focuses on household archaeology as well as gender and space.
Her current interests have expanded to encompass households and their activities in the colonial outback in Australia and foodways material culture in the Roman and colonial worlds.