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- Title
A CAMEL DRIVER IN THE ACHAEMENID PERSIAN EMPIRE: SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF A NON-ELITE PROFESSIONAL AND THE PERSEPOLIS FORTIFICATION ARCHIVE.
- Authors
SAMUELS, J. TROY
- Abstract
This paper applies social network analysis in a study of the Persepolis Fortification archive to gain a more holistic picture of life in Achaemenid Persepolis. In particular, the paper focuses on translating the data from the archive into a series of network relations and visualizations and then identifying and examining a group of influential non-elites. These data allow for a particularly thorough examination of non-elite social, economic, and cultural choices. One particular non-elite individual, Dakizidda the camel driver, is used as a case study to elucidate the non-elite experience at Persepolis from a social network perspective.
- Subjects
PERSEPOLIS (Iran); CAMELEERS; ACHAEMENID dynasty, 705 B.C.-330 B.C.; SOCIAL networks; FORTIFICATION
- Publication
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, 2016, Vol 59, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0076-0730
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.2041-5370.2016.12035.x