The way Homer describes objects and the way they are used in Iron Age Greece.

What is it about?

Homer often describes objects. The description however is more about who has used or owned the object -- its biography -- than what it looks like or is made of. This article links up these Homeric object genealogies with archaeological evidence for how antique artefacts were used and deposited in the Early Iron Age of the Aegean. It thereby tries to link up debates in classical archaeology with those in anthropology and prehistory.

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