"Against the backdrop of the threat of war with Persia and an imminent Spartan invasion which resulted in the overthrow of Hippias (510 BCE), it is considered that a political transition occurred because Greece was both geologically and politically disposed to adopt this labour-intensive silver technology which helped to initiate, fund and protect the radical social experiment that became known as Classical Greece."
Wood, J. R. (2023). Other ways to examine the finances behind the birth of Classical Greece. Archaeometry, 65(3), 570–586. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12839 #OpenAccess #OA #Article #Research #Archaeology #Archaeodons #History #Economy #Silver #Greece #Histodon #HIstodons #Academia #Academic @archaeodons @histodon @histodons
"In particular, I make a response to Wood’s suggestion in Archaeometry (2022, first view, ‘Other ways to examine the finances behind the birth of Classical Greece’) that the end of the production of lead votive figurines in Sparta might have been caused by Athenian restrictions to Laurion lead exports, drawing on new LIA of the Spartan lead votives and wider considerations concerning the trade, cost and volume of lead in the 7th to 5th century bce Mediterranean."
Lloyd, J. T. (2023). Spartan dependence on Laurion lead. Archaeometry, 65(5), 1044–1058. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12870 #OpenAccess #OA #Research #Archaeology #Archaeodons #History #Histodon #Histodons #Greece #Commerce #Mediterranean #Sparta #Trade #Economy #Academia #Academic @archaeodons @histodon @histodons
