Travelling objects: cross-cultural exchange and interaction in the Western Mediterranean in the Early Iron Age

My research focuses on issues relating to the dynamics of cross cultural contact and exchange in the Western Mediterranean (in particular, Southern France and North Eastern Spain) between the late seventh and the late sixth century BC, a period of great innovation and changes in both regions. My work focuses on the ways in which some of the objects acquired through encounter with traders from different cultural backgrounds were integrated in the material culture of these regions, how they were perceived in the geographical and social contexts in which they were acquired and how they could be used to establish or maintain identities and statuses.