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- Connecting Communities in Archaic Greece
- British School at Athens Studies in Greek Antiquity
- Connecting Communities in Archaic Greece
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Economic Networks
- 3 Economic Networks
- 4 Entangled Networks
- 5 Political Networks
- 6 Political Networks
- 7 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Entangled Networks
The Transfer of Technical Knowledge
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2023
- Connecting Communities in Archaic Greece
- British School at Athens Studies in Greek Antiquity
- Connecting Communities in Archaic Greece
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Economic Networks
- 3 Economic Networks
- 4 Entangled Networks
- 5 Political Networks
- 6 Political Networks
- 7 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The dataset discussed in this chapter is coinage, specifically the first coinage minted in the Aegean Basin. The start of this chapter considers to what extent coinage was first used as either an economic or a political tool, and, therefore, whether any patterns in the dataset will reveal more about political or economic networks. In presenting continuities of the dataset using a network analytical model, this chapter illustrates how the spread of coinage across the Aegean from Ionian innovators is indicative of a pattern in the spread of technology. This pattern is juxtaposed with the distribution of amphoras pattern, indicating that there is a qualitatively similar economic pattern, albeit separated with a large time-lag. This pattern is a useful reminder that different types of economic network laid the foundations for one another, and that material evidence may not always be contemporary with the formation of networks.
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- Connecting Communities in Archaic GreeceExploring Economic and Political Networks through Data Modelling, pp. 145 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023