Conference Presentations by Holly Bartlet Balicki
Paper presented in Session 529. BEYOND IDENTITIES: CRAFTING INFORMATION IN THE OLD WORLD FROM THE... more Paper presented in Session 529. BEYOND IDENTITIES: CRAFTING INFORMATION IN THE OLD WORLD FROM THE BRONZE AGE UNTIL THE LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM BCE, 29th EAA Annual Meeting (Belfast, Northern Ireland, 30th August – 2nd September 2023).
Papers by Holly Bartlet Balicki
The International Trade Around Mediterranean, SOMA 23. Publisher: Archaeopress, Oxford
This paper presents the results of a pilot study intended to investigate the applications of form... more This paper presents the results of a pilot study intended to investigate the applications of formal Social Network Analysis (SNA) to the study of ancient Greek trade in the Black Sea region. Data from ancient sources and published amphora assemblages from key sites were analysed in NodeXL, with a main focus on the material culture network represented by the amphorae. Despite issues with the size and comparability of this pilot study dataset, the results demonstrate interesting trends in the levels and types of connectivity in the amphora network, including a key but varied role of Aegean producers and small trade-oriented sites.
Big Data in Archaeology: Proceedings of the 4th Conference of the Greek Chapter of the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA-GR) 21-22 October 2021, 2024
This paper presents the results of research conducted to investigate the contribution of network ... more This paper presents the results of research conducted to investigate the contribution of network approaches when exploring past interaction and connectivity within trade, using Greek transport amphorae data. Using social network analysis (SNA), a tool used to investigate social structure, static amphorae distribution data are brought together in a relational and dynamic way. A specific dataset generated from amphorae data collected from nineteen sites around the Black Sea, between the seventh and first centuries BCE, was used in the SNA. The Black Sea was an integral part of the protoglobal ancient world, however, for historical reasons, this region has been secondary to the interests of western scholars. Using the Black Sea as a case study not only revealed patterns in trade dynamics in this region, but also served to bring Black Sea studies to the foreground when studying the ancient Mediterranean. SNA was conducted over two case studies, applying bipartite and co-occurrence network approaches. This approach transformed small and disparate datasets into a cohesive body of evidence, helping to reveal dynamic patterns within the dataset through network graphs and metrics. This research has provided a proof of concept for SNA as a tool that can be used to investigate patterns related to trade dynamics through transport amphorae distributions. The results help to understand nuances between methodological approaches to material culture networks investigating ancient trade and demonstrates how patterns revealed using SNA can encourage researchers to ask new and valuable questions about archaeological data.
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