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4 - Entangled Networks

The Transfer of Technical Knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2023

Michael Loy
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University of Cambridge
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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 Greece
Exploring Economic and Political Networks through Data Modelling
, pp. 145 - 188
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Entangled Networks
  • Michael Loy, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Connecting Communities in Archaic Greece
  • Online publication: 13 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009343794.004
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  • Entangled Networks
  • Michael Loy, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Connecting Communities in Archaic Greece
  • Online publication: 13 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009343794.004
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  • Entangled Networks
  • Michael Loy, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Connecting Communities in Archaic Greece
  • Online publication: 13 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009343794.004
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