About me

Hello!

I’m Dr. Veronica (McGeehan Liritzis) Maxwell, an Aegean Archaeologist and Archaeometallurgist at the Open University based in the UK.

I am an archaeologist specialising in the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of mainland Greece and the Aegean (5th–3rd millennium BCE). My research explores the role, development and impact of early metallurgy and its interplay with the societies of mainland Greece, the Aegean and its neighbours.

My work has developed along two main strands. The first is the interdisciplinary study of copper-based artefacts and evidence for metalworking, a thread that began at Oxford University and the British School at Athens in the 1980s and continued through my participation in and direction of collaborative archaeological projects with Greek and international institutions. The second strand was teaching Classical Studies with the Open University, where I spent over three decades sharing my passion for the ancient world with students before retiring from teaching in 2022.

I am currently working on the metal artefacts and metalworking evidence from Sarakenos Cave in Central Greece, a site with occupation spanning the 5th to 3rd millennium BCE, the key timeframe for the inception to establishment of metallurgy.

My research is available online via these websites:

• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2186-875X
• Academia.edu:  https://open.academia.edu/VeronicaMaxwell
• Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Veronica-Liritzis-Maxwell
• Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-maxwell12/