Knowledge Networks and Craft Traditions in the Ancient World

Katharina Rebay-Salisburyis a research associate at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research centres on studying human representations, identities and social relations in the Late Bronze and Iron Age of Central Europe. Before moving to Leicester, Dr. Rebay-Salisbury worked asa Research Associate in the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK. Together with Marie Louise Sørensen she investigated changing burial rites in the European Bronze Age, in particular focusing on the introduction of cremation. Ann Brysbaert presently works at the Universiteit Leiden, Faculteit Archeologie under a Senior Gerda Henkel - Marie Curie Senior Research Fellowship. She was previously Professor in Archaeology and Ancient Materials and Technologies at DIKEMES, Greece as well as Honorary Lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK. Together with Lin Foxhall she initiated the Tracing Networks programme in 2007. For 2010-2012, she was awarded a Senior Humboldt. Lin Foxhall is Professor of Greek Archaeology and History at the University of Leicester, UK. She has also held posts at Oxford University and University College London. At present she is the Principal Investigator of the large collaborative research programme 'Tracing networks' funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Her research expertise falls squarely between Archaeology and Ancient History, with a focus on archaic and classical Greece.