BronzeAge – Andersen Design

Archeologists Look At Bronze Age Craft Production in a New Light

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Susan Mackenzie Andersen — Leave a reply

Andersen Design Vase made from a mold of a melon glazed in a variegated blue with a double layer at the top that flows down the form in an irregulated pattern

Looking beyond the economic realm and examining the sociopolitical role played by specialized craft production First published on Medium·May 7, 2020 Centralization vs Decentralization in the Bronze Age In Continue Reading →

Were Bronze Age Specialized Makers, Freemen or Slaves?

Posted on August 27, 2022 by Susan Mackenzie Andersen — Leave a reply

Centralization vs Decentralization in the Bronze Age In 2004 anthropologist Edward M. Schortman and Patricia Urban published Modeling the Roles of Craft Production in Ancient Political Economies, a research paper discussing trends Continue Reading →