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Dr. Vana Orfanou

Dr. Vana Orfanou

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow

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Project: CHANGING WORLD - Changing worldviews at the end of the European Bronze Age: Societal insights from technology and lifeways before and after the Mycenaean palatial collapse in Greece (1300-1000 BC)

Worldviews are infused in materials and expressed through technology. Changing World aims to evaluate how deep social transformations during late prehistory in the Greek mainland interfered with cultural processes through the lens of metallurgical technology. As the Mycenaean palaces collapsed in the 13th-12th c. BC, Late Bronze Age Greek society witnessed dramatic cultural changes. This had a profound impact on most aspects of every day life including social organisation, modes of communication, as well as human interactions with the natural environment and, thus, technologies. Examining metal and metallurgical tools and by-products from 1300 to 1000 BC will provide unique insights into the impact of the palatial collapse on the management of raw materials, the decision-making processes over production and use of the metal objects, and the local and long-distance trade and exchange networks.

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