Graduate Student, Archaeology
Graduate Student
University of Sheffield Dept. Archaeology
Thesis Title: Crafting Continuity and Change: Ceramic Technology of the Early Helladic Peloponnese, Greece.
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Dr Peter Day
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About
Crafting Continuity and Change: Ceramic Technology of the Early Helladic Peloponnese, Greece.
PhD Abstract
The project comprises of an integrated analytical programme on ceramics of the Early Bronze Age from mainland Greece, centred on Early Helladic sequences (c. 3000-2100 BC) at a number of sites in the Peloponnese. Using a combination of macroscopic, petrographic, microstructural (by scanning electron microscopy – SEM) and chemical analyses (by instrumental neutron activation analysis- INAA), this project will investigate the patterns of pottery production, exchange and consumption during this time of intense social and economic change.
The material under study has been recovered from a number of sites within the Korinthia and Argolid, these include the settlement site of Tsoungiza and survey site 204 of the Nemea Valley Archaeological project, material from the Gymnasium area of Ancient Korinthos, Korakou and a number of Ephoreia excavations within the Argolid.
The project will explore the scale, level and location of resource exploitation and possible production centres. Based within an agency-centred theoretical framework, the analytical programme will allow reconstruction of the production technology of pottery recovered from the study area. Through reconstructing the chaîne opératoire, it will reveal much about the nature of the technology being utilised, the identity of producing groups and issues of cultural transmission.
Qualifications
BSc Archaeology (University of Leicester 2004)
MA Professional Archaeological Practice (University of Leicester 2005)
MSc Archaeomaterials (University of Sheffield 2006)
Awards and Scholarships
Fitch Laboratory Bursary, British School Athens (2010)
Field Experience
Before undertaking my PhD I worked as a commercial field archaeologist for just over two years. This work included archaeological excavation and recording, surveying and watching briefs at a number of sites throughout the UK.
Affiliations
Society for American Archaeology
Ceramic Petrology Group
Contact Information
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