CRC 1266 - Scales of Transformation

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Archaeological Colloquium: „Beyond the house: reconsidering outdoor spaces in the Greek Neolithic“

Apr 19, 2021 from 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM

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Dr. Evita Kalogiropoulou • Department of Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Lunchtime Seminar: “Exhibition Task Force: Everything remains different? – Getting to the point and sharpening research content!”

Apr 21, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM

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"Exhibition Task Force: Everything remains different? – Getting to the point and sharpening research content!"
Anna Elena Reuter et al.

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Biweekly Colloquium: “Social change and textile technology: a comparative perspective on the Aegean, Italy, and central Europe during the first millennium BC”

Apr 26, 2021 from 04:15 PM to 05:45 PM

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Dr. Bela Dimova  •  British School at Athens

Social change and textile technology: a comparative perspective on the Aegean, Italy, and central Europe during the first millennium BC

This paper will explore the roles which textiles and textile technology played in periods of social change among different societies in the Aegean, the Italic peninsula, and central Europe. We will focus on two main themes: social stratification and the changing organisation of production. During the 8th–5th century BC, societies in different parts of Europe underwent parallel developments, including the increase in visible hierarchies and the growth of settlements, sometimes categorised as urban. The conspicuous consumption of textiles, played an important role in this process. Elites used textiles in different ways in key arenas of social competition – burials, weddings, religious activities. The archaeological record for this includes remains of cloth in burials, iconography of dress and furnishings, in addition to literary sources. We will explore the parallels and different regional traditions in the ways elites used textiles to assert and materialise local identities or wider connections, to show off wealth or demureness. The organisation of textile production offers another perspective on social change, by considering the issues of standardisation, specialisation, and the growing importance of exchange. While some aspects of textile manufacture changed (e.g., yarn manufacture), others did not. Despite the limited evidence for textile workshops, households remained important sites of production, which tells us something both about the nature of the craft and the socio-economic context in which it was practiced.

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Archaeological Colloquium: „Waldveränderungen in der hessischen Mittelgebirgszone vom Neolithikum bis zur Römerzeit - Spiegelbild anthropogener und klimatischer Einflüsse“

May 03, 2021 from 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM

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Dr. Astrid Stobbe • Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main

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Biweekly Colloquium: “Animated stones and animal sacrifices in the highlands of Odisha (India): environment as socio-cosmic order”

May 10, 2021 from 04:15 PM to 05:45 PM

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Prof. Dr. Roland Hardenberg  •  Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main

Animated stones and animal sacrifices in the highlands of Odisha (India): environment as socio-cosmic order

This presentation focuses on the ritual practices of swidden cultivators in the highlands of Odisha (India) called Dongria Kond, who are recognised as one of the many tribal societies and original inhabitants (“Adivasi”) of this area. Like other Kond tribes, they regularly practice large scale buffalo sacrifices to their earth goddess, who is represented by a stone setting in the center of each village. The earth goddess is regarded as the mother of the Kond and is responsible for their well-being. However, she is only one of the many deities and spiritual beings who according to the Kond populate their environment. The sun and the moon, the wind and the rain, mountains and hills, plants and animals, forests and rivers – the whole socio-cosmic space is, in the view of the Kond, populated by various powers with whom they maintain relationships. Ritual practices such as the buffalo sacrifices are major occasions when these relationships are activated and maintained through communication, possession and the sacrifice of animals and food. Some of these divine actors are represented by stones of varying sizes, including large megaliths representing the husband of the earth goddess. The presentation will particularly focus on the nexus between stones, deities, social categories, sacrificial offerings, and local notions of well-being.

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Archaeological Colloquium: „Die Wewelsburg - Von Mythen und Legenden. Ein Ort des dark heritag“

May 17, 2021 from 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM

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Kirsten John-Stucke, M.A. • Kreismuseum Wewelsburg

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Biweekly Colloquium: “The (Re)Shaping of Pompeii in the Early Imperial Period: New insights from the Porta Stabia neighbourhood”

May 31, 2021 from 04:15 PM to 05:45 PM

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Prof. Dr. Steven Ellis  •  Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati

The (Re)Shaping of Pompeii in the Early Imperial Period: New insights from the Porta Stabia neighbourhood

Much is already well known about the urban shape of Pompeii by the time of its destruction in 79 CE.  And though good inroads have been made into the various developments over time that brought it to this shape, still not all of these readings benefit from the sub-soil excavations of more recent years that have targeted the episodic growth spurts of the city.  This lecture draws on some recent excavations at Pompeii to show the extent to which some of the most pivotal changes to the city occurred in the early Imperial period.  These excavations, under the auspices of the University of Cincinnati and the American Academy in Rome, targeted two town blocks of the city, as well as several adjacent, civic structures (the fortification wall and gate, the streets, and the Quadriporticus); the excavations covered more than ten separate building plots (c. 4000m2) made up of shops, houses, and hospitality establishments.  This ‘behind-the-scenes’ view of some of the latest excavations at Pompeii opens up an entirely new perspective on the city, with a special focus on the developments that reshaped the city - both socially and structurally - in the early Imperial period. 

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Archaeological Colloquium: „Urban Elite Culture - A Survey and Methodological Study of Aristocracy and Civic Elites in Trading Towns of the Southwestern Baltic (12th-14th c.)“

Jun 07, 2021 from 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM

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Dr. Luisa Radohs • University of Münster

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Biweekly Colloquium: “Motherhood and environment in Bronze Age Central Europe”

Jun 14, 2021 from 04:15 PM to 05:45 PM

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Dr. Katharina Rebay-Salisbury  •  Austrian Archaeological Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Motherhood and environment in Bronze Age Central Europe

Motherhood includes a range of cultural choices and practices in addition to the biological framework of sexual reproduction, which are subject to research within the ERC-Starting Grant funded project ‘The value of mothers to society’. This presentation will present the latest findings from new analytical approaches such as tracing the stress of pregnancies and childbirth in female skeletons, applying organic residue analysis to understand what prehistoric baby bottles contained, and using peptide analysis in children’s dental enamel to determine their sex. In the spirit of the Cluster of Excellence ROOTS, this talk will aim to focus on how changing environments may influence strategies of mothering and childrearing.

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Archaeological Colloquium: „Process and Dynamics of the Transition to Farming in the Mediterranean (7000-5500 BC)“

Jun 21, 2021 from 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM

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Dr. Thomas P. Leppard • Department of Anthropology, Florida State University / Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University

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Biweekly Colloquium: “The chalcolithic ›mega site‹ of Valencina de la Concepción (Seville): New investigations in the Northern Sector”

Jun 28, 2021 from 04:15 PM to 05:45 PM

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Dr. Thomas Schuhmacher  •  German Archaeological Institute (Madrid Department)

The chalcolithic ›mega site‹ of Valencina de la Concepción (Seville): New investigations in the Northern Sector

The ›mega-site‹ of Valencina de la Concepción extends throughout the northeast limit of the Aljarafe Plateau, 6 km to the West of modern-day Seville in the South of Spain. It consists of a huge necropolis area with several monumental tombs and a settlement area which covers an area of about 200 hectares. In the margin of a project financed by the DFG the German Archaeological Institute investigates the Northern sector of this ›mega-site‹ by means of geophysical surveys, excavations and scientific studies. The geomagnetic survey of a surface of more than 19 ha. revealed a concentric system of at least five ditched enclosures and one smaller rectangular one, as well as a large amount of pits, semi-circular huts excavated in the ground, as well as possible hypogea. For the first time we have also been able to sequence the infill of almost all chalcolithic ditches by means of manual drillings. During the excavations carried out in the municipal plot of Cerro de la Cabeza a dense sequence of chalcolithic pits, semi-excavated huts and workshops have been documented and first stratigraphic cuts through some of the ditches have been undertaken. The chrono-typological definition of the ceramics, as well as a series of 14C dates obtained by AMS begin to reveal the sequence of the settlement. Beginning in the late Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic (end of the 4th millennium BC) it experiments its peak occupation during the Middle Chalcolithic (first half of the 3rd millennium BC). During its transition to the Late Chalcolithic (mid 3rd millennium BC) there seems to be a reduction in the size of the settlement, seeming to become even more reduced during the Bell-Baker phase. At about 2200 BC the excavation of ditches as well as the settlement itself suddenly ends. We also present some evidence that seems to indicate a short and not very intense re-occupation of the Cerro de la Cabeza area during the later Early Bronze Age (beginning of the 2nd millennium BC).

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Archaeological Colloquium: „What does a craft approach to Bronze Age metalworking look like, and what does it do?“

Jul 05, 2021 from 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM

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Dr. Maikel H. G. Kuijpers • Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University

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