Towards a Spatial Archaeology of Crafting Landscapes

Discussions of spatial relationships are persistent features research on the organization craft production. Despite centrality issues, correspondence between patterning and economic remains relatively under-theorized, especially around questions power control. Drawing from literature ecology, specialization landscape archaeology, I develop an approach that considers scales patterning, projection elites institutions articulation elements crafting landscape. This recognizes complex sets factors affecting ultimately produces a more robust understanding how ancient systems were organized. These ideas explored through case study Late Bronze Early Iron Age metal production in Caucasus, clarifying organizational logics economy highlighting this industry differed significant ways other contemporary metal-producing regions Near East.