Chloe Morris

University of Michigan

John Williams White Fellow

Research Topic: Forging a Kingdom: The Role of Metals in the Negotiation of Social Power in Iron Age and Archaic Macedonia

Chloe Morris is a PhD candidate in the University of Michigan’s Interdepartmental Program in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology. Her dissertation reexamines the narrative of state formation in Iron Age-Archaic Macedonia by studying power negotiations and regional prestige networks of metal objects. She earned a B.A in Classics at Texas Tech University, an M.A in Greek Art and Archaeology from King’s College London, and an M.A in Classics at Texas Tech University. She has participated in excavations throughout northern Greece, including at Argilos, Kerdylion, Neo Rysio/Kardia, and currently serves as a trench supervisor in the Pella Urban Dynamics Project.