In the Footsteps of Glaucus of Chios. Tradition and Innovation in Aegean Metal Technologies

Abstract

The lecture aims to present the results of an ongoing research on early metal technologies in ancient Ionia, focusing both on technical aspects of production and use of metal objects as well as the socio-cultural significance of technological transfer and knowledge creation in ancient Greece.

Keywords

• Ancient Greece
• Ionia
• Turkey
• Early Iron Age
• Archaic period
• technology
• knowledge