An exciting four-week program uncovering ancient Etruscan, Roman and Lombard civilization! The Summer School is taking place from July 27 to August 23, 2015, with two weeks shifts.
The “la Biagiola” program is open to archaeology or anthropology students or simply to students interested in learning more about the subject. We provide an exciting opportunity for a first-hand experience in archaeological fieldwork. You’ll take part in an exploration of an ancient site in Tuscany, working alongside expert archaeologists and foreign students.
This program is offered in collaboration with the cultural heritage office of Tuscany, the regional authority that manages archaeological sites and monuments. Additionally to first-hand experience in archaeological excavation and study, you will be able to enjoy many of the wonders of Tuscany, from cultural and historical monuments that span over 3,000 years, to gorgeous natural sites.
For more information, visit www.culturaterritorio.org
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On February 27-28, 2015, the Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) in Boston, MA will host “Mobilizing the Past for a Digital Future: the Potential of Digital Archaeology.” The proceedings will be live streamed. Registration for attending the workshop in person closes on February 5.
This two-day, NEH-sponsored workshop brings together pioneers in archaeology and computing to discuss the use, creation, and implementation of mobile tablet technology to advance digital archaeology, i.e., fully digital recording systems to create born-digital data in the field. Session themes are aimed at facilitating presentation, demonstration, and discussion on how archaeologists around the world use tablets or other digital tools in the field and lab and how best practices can be implemented across projects. The workshop highlights the advantages and future of mobile computing and its challenges and limitations. The workshop consists of formal paper sessions and opportunities for informal discussion of the issues and themes at moderated discussions, demonstrations, round tables, and speaker meals. The workshop’s goal is to synthesize current practices and establish a blueprint for creating best practices and moving forward with mobile tablets in archaeology.
Organizers: Erin Walcek Averett (Creighton University), Derek Counts (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Jody Gordon (Wentworth Institute of Technology), and Michael K. Toumazou (Davidson College)
http://uwm.edu/mobilizing-the-past/
European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) 2015 Meeting, Glasgow, 2-5 September 2015
Session Theme: Legacies & Visions
Sacred Places, Sacred Spaces: Landscape Transformation and Inheritance
http://eaaglasgow2015.com/session/sacred-places-sacred-spaces-landscape-transformation-and-inheritance/
Organisers:
Caron Newman, Newcastle University, caron.newman@newcastle.ac.uk
Vicky Manolopoulou, Newcastle University, v.manolopoulou@newcastle.ac.uk
Yasemin Özarslan, Koç University, yozarslan@ku.edu.tr
Much recent archaeological research has been concerned with religious transformative processes and their legacy in the present-day landscape. The structure of the modern environment is often anchored in the networks and spaces that evolved in response to religious practices and economic and cultural support systems. Throughout Europe and beyond, the cultural inheritance of religious orders and groupings has structured and influenced much of the modern landscape. The artefacts of religion and beliefs are represented as still-functioning institutions, relict features and as more subtle influences on property boundaries and settlement formation, for example. Religious institutions, buildings and features have had a significant impact on the development of the wider landscape and have played a key role in the way people engage with their environment, creating a sense of place and helping to shape people’s cultural identity. This session invites papers on all aspects of the landscape legacy of sacred places and spaces across periods and disciplines.
The call for abstracts is now open until the 16th February 2015. Abstracts can be submitted through the EAA website at: <http://eaaglasgow2015.com/call-for-papers/>.
Mediterranean Archaeology in Minorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) 2015 Campaign
Session #1: August 10-28
Session #2: August 31- September 18
3 weeks course in a Protohistoric archaeological site in a unique Mediterranean island
You will learn about: Fieldwork methods, Lab work, Indigenous, Punic and Roman Archaeology
You will explore: Mediterranean Nature, Culture, History, Geology and Traditions
The main a
im of fieldwork is that of approaching the talaiotic culture to students through different tasks related to an archaeological excavation. Fieldwork will be combined with lab work, lectures, workshops as well as excursions to discover the natural environment of an island which was declared Reserve of the Biosphere by the UNESCO in 1993. During the course free days will be available to students so they can explore and enjoy the traditional horse festivals, whose origins date back to the medieval period, which take place in several towns in Menorca during summertime.
The Field School
For 2015 Sa Cudia Cremada Field School offers archaeological courses for students interested in gaining first- hand experience on fieldwork and laboratory tasks. We welcome university students, professionals as well as everybody who is interested in Archaeology and Mediterranean Protohistory (Iron Age). Thus, previous experience on the subject in not required. 2015 courses will take place in several sessions with a length of 3 weeks each. During the course, students will dig in the settlement’s sanctuary during the first half of the day, whereas the second part will be devoted to lectures, laboratory tasks and workshops.
Fees and Contact Information
3 weeks course: 1,200 Euro, including: fees, materials, accommodation, transportation to the site/ the accommodation, excursions, insurance
and snack during school time (Transportation to/from Menorca and meals outside school time are not included).
For further information and signing up for the course, please contact:
Email: sacudiafieldschool@gmail.com
Skype: sacudiafieldschool
You can also find us via facebook and twitter:
https:/ /www.facebook.com/ cudiacremada
https:/ /twitter.com/SaCudiaCremada
The American Research Center in Sofia (www.arcsofia.org) is pleased to announce its first summer Archaeological Field School at Parthicopolis (Bulgaria) with excursions to archaeological sites in Bulgaria, Greece and Republic of Macedonia
Field School/Excavation Directors: Dr. Emil Nankov (ARCS), Vladimir Petkov (Archaeological Museum, Sandanski)
Duration: June 1 (arrival to Sofia) – June 29, 2015 (departure from Sofia)
Eligibility: advanced undergraduate and graduate students of American universities in the fields of Archaeology, Anthropology, Classical Studies, Ancient History and related studies
Program Fee: $1500
Students will arrive in Sofia on June 1 and will spend two days exploring the archaeology and history of its Roman predecessor, Serdica. On June 2, the Team will begin an archaeological journey, visiting sites and museums in Sofia and in Plovdiv. We will arrive in the city of Sandanski on June 5, the home base of the ARCS excavations at Parthicopolis. The excavation team will reside in a hotel in Sandanski during the 3-week excavation season. Archaeological work is conducted Monday-Friday with additional excursions to southwest Bulgaria, northern Greece and Republic of Macedonia on Saturdays. The Team will be accompanied back to Sofia on June 28, where they will stay one night, departing from Sofia on June 29.
Project Location: The Roman and Late Antique Parthicopolis is located under the modern town of Sandanski, SW Bulgaria. All fieldwork will take place on the site. The project base will be located in the town of Sandanski, situated 160 km south of Sofia (Bulgaria), 150 km north of Thessaloniki (Greece) and 230 km northwest of Skopie (Republic of Macedonia).
Situated on the slopes of Pirin Mountain next to a tributary of Struma River (ancient Strymon), Parthicopolis took off as a Macedonian colony, called Alexandropolis, in the lands of the unrelenting Maedi founded by the young Alexander the Great in 339 BC. Receiving the name of Parthicopolis during the reign of Trajan (AD 98-117), the city continued to thrive during the Roman and Late Antique periods, when it became a leading center for the establishment of early Christianity in the province of Macedonia. The current ARCS Field School will focus upon a sequence of architectural remains located near the atrium of the Bishop’s Basilica dated to 4th-6th c. AD.
The Program offers one excavation session, lectures and field trips, continuing for three weeks. The students will be required to participate in the excavations five days each week, as well as attend the ten lectures and the three field trips. There will be one day off each work week. Study trips are arranged to archaeological sites and museums in Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia and northern Greece. Among the sites included are Petrich, Melnik, Strumica, Stobi and Amphipolis/Thessaloniki. The program covers room, board and field trips. The program does not include: airfare to Bulgaria, dinners and meals on non work days. Participants will be provided with a certificate upon completion of the program.Students are expected to arrange for medical insurance and to obtain visas, if applicable.
Prospective students should submit an application to Dr. Emil Nankov (apo@arcsofia.org) by February 15, 2015.
You can also see the posting at AFOB: http://www.archaeological.org/fieldwork/afob/18123
For a full description and application, follow this link: http://arcsofia.org/node/75
Call for Papers
Operationalizing hybridization in the Mediterranean. A multiscalar approach on material culture during the Bronze and Iron Ages
ID: RI22 (main theme: Reconfiguring identities)
The call for abstracts is now open until the 16th February 2015.
Abstracts can be submitted by following this link: http://eaaglasgow2015.com/call-for-papers/
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Session Abstract
Concepts of hybridity and hybridization have been variously interpreted and conceptualized in archaeological studies. For many years, though, the discussion remained restricted to the theoretical arena, arguing about the proper terminology and definitions. A few attempts to operationalize an archaeology of hybridity have been made in the last years, keeping the question still vibrant. What have these theories brought to archaeological studies and vice versa? How can we, as archaeologists, translate this fruitful debate into the interpretation of archaeological data?
Within the field of the archaeology of the Central-Eastern Mediterranean, this session hopes to stimulate discussion, through a focus on material culture, on the different dynamics of borrowing, negotiating and reconfiguring multifaceted identities. We invite contributions dealing with communities and societies of the Bronze and Iron Ages.
Particularly welcome are papers investigating hybridization not only at the colonial large-scale of analysis, but also integrating inter- and intra-regional approaches: hybridization can be addressed both as the result of encounters of different societies and inside one discrete social scenario. Traces of this entanglement may be exemplified by the relations between Egypt and Palestine that, during Bronze Age, progressively led to a hybrid Egypt-Palestine set of cultural practices.
We are looking for papers dealing specifically with material culture, but inviting speakers to expand the narrative to the cultural, social and economic significance behind material culture itself, such as production and consumption, behavioural routine, dietary habits, mobility and network patterns, attribution of gender, architecture, etc.
Full session details at this link: http://eaaglasgow2015.com/session/operationalizing-hybridization-in-the-mediterranean-a-multiscalar-approach-on-material-culture-during-the-bronze-and-iron-ages/
Organizers:
Francesca Chelazzi (Archaeology / School of Humanities, University of Glasgow)
Peter Van Dommelen (Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University)
Angela Massafra (Archaeology / School of Humanities, University of Glasgow)
University of Glasgow Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith PhD Scholarship Competition 2015/16:
Consuming Identities in the ‘Cradle of Civilisations’ – Food Consumption and the Emergence of Social Complexity in Greater Mesopotamia
Supervisors: Dr Claudia Glatz (Archaeology/School of Humanities) and Dr. Jaime Toney (School of Geographical and Earth Sciences)
This project will shed new light onto practices of food consumption and identity in the proverbial
‘Cradle of Civilizations’ by investigating the role of specific organic substances in the (re-)production
and negotiation of social status and cultural identities at a time when the world’s first urban societies
developed in greater Mesopotamia. Drawing on recent anthropological and archaeological theories of
emergent social complexity and the role of food consumption in these processes, the proposed
project will examine questions of diet and food habits using a tightly integrated framework of historical,
iconographic and archaeological contextual analysis in conjunction with methods derived from organic
geochemistry to isolate and identify the residues of perishable substances on pottery and lithic tools.
Of particular interest will be substances generally associated with socially significant consumption
events such as wine and beer, whose preference may indicate social and cultural differences in
consumption practices in the study region. Secondary products of livestock-rearing such as milk,
yoghurt and cheese, will be investigated to provide insights into the relationships of settled farmers
and more mobile pastoral groups and their connections with the highland regions of the Zagros. The
question of the local production or importation of such substances will also be addressed. The focus
region of the project comprises the south Mesopotamian plains and the Zagros piedmonts of modern-day
Iraq from the fifth to the second millennium BC.
Candidates interested in being considered for funded PhD study on this project are encouraged to make informal contact with the Lead Supervisor (claudia.glatz@glasgow.ac.uk) in the first instance. Further information, including details of how to apply, can be found on the Postgraduate Research web pages:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/postgraduateresearch/scholarships/kelvinsmith/shortlistedscholarshipprojects/
The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday, 23 January 2015. Applications should be emailed to Adeline Callander (adeline.callander@glasgow.ac.uk).
At <http://www.qscience.com/page/books/uclq-cas> is this downloadable book:
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UCL Qatar Series in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
ISSN: 2312-5004
Volume 1
Craft and science: International perspectives on archaeological ceramics
Edited by Marcos Martinón-Torres
ISBN: 978-9927-101-75-5
Foreword (selection)
Ceramics are among the most abundant materials recovered in archaeological sites. Traditionally, they have served as the main staple for archaeologists to establish chronological sequences within sites and cultural affiliations between sites. They are also a primary source for a wealth of information about past economies, social structures and ritual behaviour. In addition, ceramics preserve in their bodies the traces of countless forms of experimentation, knowledge transmission, technical ingenuity and artistic sensitivity, transcending the boundaries between art, craft and science both in their original production, and in their current study.
As a sustained area of research, the study of ceramics has historically served as a prime arena for innovation, both through the pioneer application of instrumental analyses and as a core foundation and testing ground for influential archaeological theories. Inevitably, some research methods are well-established in some regions, whereas they are still emerging in others. Also the integration between science-based approaches and archaeological theory is uneven. However, emerging academic traditions, and those in less-resourced regions, should not be overshadowed by the more established paradigms. While it is impossible to keep up with all the work carried out on archaeological ceramics worldwide, it is essential that researchers continue to exchange and compare their methods, results and ideas, and that these are made available to a broader archaeological readership.
This book aims to facilitate this exchange and update of information on diverse approaches to archaeological ceramics across much of the world.
About the Editor
Marcos Martinón-Torres is Professor of Archaeological Science at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, where he co-ordinates an MSc in the Technology and Analysis of Archaeological Materials and supervises several research students working on ancient materials and technologies across the world. His research interests include material culture and technology, the applications of science to archaeological problems, and the interplay between archaeology, anthropology, science and history. Ongoing projects focus on Renaissance alchemy in Europe, Pre-Columbian metallurgy in America, and the logistics behind the making of the Chinese Terracotta Army.
Chapters
Foreword – PDF
Pots as signals: Explaining the enigma of long-distance ceramic exchange – PDF
Lessons from the Elephant’s Child: Questioning ancient ceramics – PDF
Inferring provenance, manufacturing technique, and firing temperatures of the Monagrillo ware (3520–1300 cal BC), Panama’s first pottery – PDF
The use of andesite temper in Inca and pre-Inca pottery from the region of Cuzco, Peru – PDF
50 left feet: The manufacture and meaning of effigy censers from Lamanai, Belize – PDF
Molding the ‘collapse’: Technological analysis of the Terminal Classic molded-carved vases from Altun Ha, Belize – PDF
Ceramic technology and the global world: First technological assessment of the Romita ware of colonial Mexico – PDF
Pottery production in Santa Ponsa (Majorca, Spain) from the Late Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age (1100–50 BC): Ceramics, technology and society – PDF
Archaeometric investigation of Punic lamps from Ibiza (Balearic Islands, Spain) – PDF
Ceramic technology between the Final Bronze Age and the First Iron Age in NE Italy: The case of Oppeano (Verona) – PDF
Hispanic terra sigillata productions documented on the Catalan coast: Some unexpected results and new issues – PDF
The ways of the lustre: Looking for the Tunisian connection – PDF
Capodimonte porcelain: A unique manufacture – PDF
Late Neolithic pottery productions in Syria. Evidence from Tell Halula (Euphrates valley): A technological approach – PDF
Assyrian palace ware definition and chaîne opératoire: Preliminary results from Nineveh, Nimrud, and Aššur – PDF
Messages impressed in clay: Scientific study of Iron Age Judahite bullae from Jerusalem – PDF
The geochemistry and distribution of Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic wares of the territory of ancient Sagalassos (SW Turkey):
A reconnaissance study – PDF
The colour and golden shine of early silver Islamic lustre – PDF
Experiments with double chamber sunken up-draught kilns – PDF
Petro-mineralogical and geochemical characterisation of Middle Neolithic Bükk Culture fine ware from Garadna, NE Hungary – PDF
Archaeometric investigation of Celtic graphitic pottery from two archaeological sites in Hungary – PDF
Archaeometric investigation of Buda white ware (12th–14th century AD, North Hungary): Initial questions and first results – PDF
The ceramic technology of the architectural glazed tiles of Huangwa Kiln, Liaoning Province, China – PDF
Parallel developments in Chinese porcelain technology in the 13th – 14th centuries AD – PDF
Luminescence dating of ceramic building materials: application to the study of early medieval churches in north-western France and south-eastern England – PDF
Computerised documentation of painted decoration on pottery vessels using 3D scanning – PDF
Insights into manufacturing techniques of archaeological pottery: Industrial X-ray computed tomography as a tool in the examination of cultural material – PDF
Thermal shock resistance of tempered archaeological ceramics – PDF
The second life of ceramics: a new home in a lime environment – PDF
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