Code
01D01017
Duration
01 October 2017 → 30 September 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Humanities
- Archaeology
- Theory and methodology of archaeology
- Other history and archaeology
Keywords
millstones
volcanic rocks
provenance
networks
archaeometry
metallurgy
hubs
Athens
Laurion
Thorikos
Project description
The proposed research studies the import, distribution and use of millstones in Thorikos and the Laurion, focusing on the provenance and function of these artefacts, to gain more insight into exchange networks from Early Bronze Age into Classical period as well as in the economic and technological choices made in the studied area.