I am a European prehistorian specializing in the pre-Roman Iron Age. My interests include the archaeological interpretation and analysis of complex societies, particularly as reflected in mortuary contexts
Betrayal of the Humanities: The University during the Third Reich, 2022
How do we make sense of the indefensible? The search for rational explanations for the Holocaust ... more How do we make sense of the indefensible? The search for rational explanations for the Holocaust and its attendant horrors has preoccupied scholars for almost a century and attempts to understand it have ranged from systemic, birds-eye view analyses to first-person, worms-eye view narratives, with variable success. Although biographies of several key figures in prehistoric German archaeology under National Socialism have appeared in the last two decades, they have largely been confined to descriptive chronological narratives with little or no consideration of post-1945 life histories. This case study utilizes a comparison of the career trajectories of prehistorians Hans Reinerth and Herbert Jankuhn, top-ranking officials in the Rosenberg Office and the Ahnenerbe, respectively, to reveal the complexity and diversity of the motivations that led archaeologists to the NSDAP and affected the actions they engaged in between 1933 and 1945. The very different pre-, peri- and post-war experiences of these two archaeologists reveal the extent to which the German university system first fostered and then turned a largely blind eye to the activities of archaeologists engaged in underwriting the ideological program of German National Socialism.
Cooking with Plants in Ancient Europe and Beyond: Interdisciplinary approaches to the archaeology of plant foods, 2022
Archaeologically and historically derived sources of evidence about the cultural evolutionary and... more Archaeologically and historically derived sources of evidence about the cultural evolutionary and socio-economic history of the production and consumption of ancient alcohol have been significantly increased recently by breakthroughs in various areas of scientific analysis. At the same time public interest in craft brews and other forms of culturally enriched alcoholic beverages in west-central Europe and the Americas has resulted in an unprecedented appetite for research-based information about their origins and cultural foundations. This presents an opportunity for archaeologists and historians to partner with researchers in chemistry, agriculture, biology and the brewing industry in developing outreach initiatives whose goals include educating the general public about the disciplines involved in the study of the science and culture of ancient alcohol. The pedagogical potential of partnerships between universities and local museums, breweries and other businesses in the study of ancient alcohol is illustrated by a recent initiative developed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, also known as Brew City, USA. Free download: https://www.sidestone.com/books/cooking-with-plants-in-ancient-europe-and-beyond
Review of: Wendling, H., Augstein, M., Fries-Knoblach, J., Ludwig, K., Schumann, R., Tappert, C.,... more Review of: Wendling, H., Augstein, M., Fries-Knoblach, J., Ludwig, K., Schumann, R., Tappert, C., Trebsche, P. & Wiethold, J. (Hrsg.) (2019). Übergangswelten – Todesriten: Forschungen zur Bestattungskultur der europäischen Eisenzeit. (Beiträge zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte Mitteleuropas, 86). Langenweissbach: Beier & Beran. 331 Seiten, 201 Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme. ISBN 978-3-95741-089-4
Rezension zu: Ludwig Wamser, Mauenheim und Bargen. Zwei Grabhügelfelder der Hallstatt- und Frühla... more Rezension zu: Ludwig Wamser, Mauenheim und Bargen. Zwei Grabhügelfelder der Hallstatt- und Frühlatènezeit aus dem nördlichen Hegau. Compiled by Andrea Bräuning, with contributions by Wolfgang Löhlein, Corina Knipper, Marcus Stecher, Elisabeth Stephan and Joachim Wahl. Forschungen und Berichte zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Baden-Württemberg volume 2. Dr. Ludwig Reichert, Wiesbaden 2016. € 59.00. ISBN 978-3954902163. 500 pages with 58 plates, some in colour, 7 maps
Rezension zu: Patrice Brun/Bruno Chaume (Dir.), Vix et les éphèmères principautés celtiques. Les ... more Rezension zu: Patrice Brun/Bruno Chaume (Dir.), Vix et les éphèmères principautés celtiques. Les VIe et Ve siècles avant J.-C. en Europe centre-occidentale. Actes du colloque de Châtillon-sur- Seine (27–29 octobre 1993). Editions Errance, Paris 1997. ISBN 2-87772-132-9. 408 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen.
Archaeologists act both as curators and interpreters of collective memory as represented by the m... more Archaeologists act both as curators and interpreters of collective memory as represented by the material record of past human populations. The significance of archaeological evidence to political systems is demonstrated by the frequency with which such evidence is used to lend ...
The intersectionality of space, time and identity is expressed in the human built environment to ... more The intersectionality of space, time and identity is expressed in the human built environment to varying degrees but is especially salient in monumental defensive architecture. In prehistoric European contexts the style and execution of fortification systems are traditionally interpreted as the result of a combination of functional requirements and the expression of communal identity. Applying the conceptual framework provided by cultural geography to the interpretation of recent discoveries at the Early Iron Age hillfort settlement of the Heuneburg on the upper Danube in southwest Germany, we suggest that individual, even idiosyncratic decision-making may have played a larger role in the design of some defensive systems than previously supposed. The potentially transgressive nature of such architectural power-plays requires an interpretive approach that explicitly addresses both the political and agential aspects of human geography.
LA ARQUEOLOGÍA FUNERARIA DESDE UNA PERSPECTIVA DE GÉNERO: II JORNADAS INTERNACIONALES DE ARQUEOLOGÍA Y GÉNERO, 2012
"The 1989 Chacmool Conference on the Archaeology of Gender resul... more "The 1989 Chacmool Conference on the Archaeology of Gender resulted in a ground-breaking volume with the same title, one of the first attempts to present the work of scholars interested in the archaeology of gender in a single publication. I published a critique of the state of Iron Age gender studies in west-central Europe (Arnold 1991) in that volume, focusing particularly on the elite burial of the so-called Vix “princess” and its androcentric interpretation as a “transvestite male priest”. Revisiting the topic of the archaeology of gender in Iron Age Europe after two decades suggests that significant progress has been made since 1989. An overview of recent approaches to Iron Age gender archaeology in the context of mortuary analysis is presented, including a discussion of more recent work on the Vix burial itself (Knüsel, 2002; Rolley, 2003)."
The complex interplay between dress and identity has long been a subject of analysis in several f... more The complex interplay between dress and identity has long been a subject of analysis in several fields of study, but until recently, the approach to gender in archaeological mortuary contexts has tended to default to a reductionist binary structure. The concept of intercategorical intersectionality (McCall Signs, 30(3), 1771–1800, 2005) as applied to dress and its material correlates both confounds and challenges this problematic and restricted view of gender in prehistoric societies. Data from an area of Europe in which Iron Age populations marked an interconnected set of social roles through the medium of personal adornment in mortuary contexts reveal significant ambiguities, including two related and apparently significant patterns: the relative under-representation of adult males as compared to females (with a correspondingly large “indeterminate” gender category) and what appears to be an exclusively (and improbably) “female” subadult elite group buried in tumuli. The complex interdigitization of gender with other social roles in mortuary contexts suggests that our interpretations of the early Iron Age burial program must be correspondingly flexible to do justice to this intersectional complexity.
Functional societies, like functional individuals, engage in a selective winnowing of past events... more Functional societies, like functional individuals, engage in a selective winnowing of past events in the creation of their identities. They do this by both remembering and forgetting, partly out of necessity in order to manage an overwhelming amount of information and partly to minimize traumatic experiences that might otherwise lead to an inability to function normally. At the group level this process takes place in two ways: the conservation or the destruction of heritage. The conservation of the past is a form of selective editing at several levels -- not all sites are chosen for excavation and only a small number of those that are excavated are highlighted in publications, heritage tourism or museum exhibits for example -- while the destruction of the past literally erases some sites or evidence and thereby ensures that it will not be available in physical form for study or symbolic manipulation by potentially hostile interest groups.
Archaeological chronologies tend to conflate temporalities from all cultural contexts in a region... more Archaeological chronologies tend to conflate temporalities from all cultural contexts in a region without consideration for the different depositional trajectories and life histories of the objects that serve as the basis of those chronologies. Social variables, such as gender, age, status, and individual mobility, act on artifacts in ways that must be identified and differentiated in order for seriations derived from one context to be applicable in another. This article presents evidence from early Iron Age contexts in Southwest Germany to illustrate this phenomenon and discusses its ramifications from the perspective of a case study focusing on the mortuary landscape of the Heuneburg hillfort on the Danube River. Gender in particular is strongly marked in this society and can be shown to affect the depositional tempo of certain artifact categories, which have different social lives and depositional fates depending on context. Artifact assemblages vary not only in terms of archaeological context and temporality but also are impacted by the social personae of the human agents responsible for, or associated with, their deposition.
Betrayal of the Humanities: The University during the Third Reich, 2022
How do we make sense of the indefensible? The search for rational explanations for the Holocaust ... more How do we make sense of the indefensible? The search for rational explanations for the Holocaust and its attendant horrors has preoccupied scholars for almost a century and attempts to understand it have ranged from systemic, birds-eye view analyses to first-person, worms-eye view narratives, with variable success. Although biographies of several key figures in prehistoric German archaeology under National Socialism have appeared in the last two decades, they have largely been confined to descriptive chronological narratives with little or no consideration of post-1945 life histories. This case study utilizes a comparison of the career trajectories of prehistorians Hans Reinerth and Herbert Jankuhn, top-ranking officials in the Rosenberg Office and the Ahnenerbe, respectively, to reveal the complexity and diversity of the motivations that led archaeologists to the NSDAP and affected the actions they engaged in between 1933 and 1945. The very different pre-, peri- and post-war experiences of these two archaeologists reveal the extent to which the German university system first fostered and then turned a largely blind eye to the activities of archaeologists engaged in underwriting the ideological program of German National Socialism.
Cooking with Plants in Ancient Europe and Beyond: Interdisciplinary approaches to the archaeology of plant foods, 2022
Archaeologically and historically derived sources of evidence about the cultural evolutionary and... more Archaeologically and historically derived sources of evidence about the cultural evolutionary and socio-economic history of the production and consumption of ancient alcohol have been significantly increased recently by breakthroughs in various areas of scientific analysis. At the same time public interest in craft brews and other forms of culturally enriched alcoholic beverages in west-central Europe and the Americas has resulted in an unprecedented appetite for research-based information about their origins and cultural foundations. This presents an opportunity for archaeologists and historians to partner with researchers in chemistry, agriculture, biology and the brewing industry in developing outreach initiatives whose goals include educating the general public about the disciplines involved in the study of the science and culture of ancient alcohol. The pedagogical potential of partnerships between universities and local museums, breweries and other businesses in the study of ancient alcohol is illustrated by a recent initiative developed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, also known as Brew City, USA. Free download: https://www.sidestone.com/books/cooking-with-plants-in-ancient-europe-and-beyond
Review of: Wendling, H., Augstein, M., Fries-Knoblach, J., Ludwig, K., Schumann, R., Tappert, C.,... more Review of: Wendling, H., Augstein, M., Fries-Knoblach, J., Ludwig, K., Schumann, R., Tappert, C., Trebsche, P. & Wiethold, J. (Hrsg.) (2019). Übergangswelten – Todesriten: Forschungen zur Bestattungskultur der europäischen Eisenzeit. (Beiträge zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte Mitteleuropas, 86). Langenweissbach: Beier & Beran. 331 Seiten, 201 Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme. ISBN 978-3-95741-089-4
Rezension zu: Ludwig Wamser, Mauenheim und Bargen. Zwei Grabhügelfelder der Hallstatt- und Frühla... more Rezension zu: Ludwig Wamser, Mauenheim und Bargen. Zwei Grabhügelfelder der Hallstatt- und Frühlatènezeit aus dem nördlichen Hegau. Compiled by Andrea Bräuning, with contributions by Wolfgang Löhlein, Corina Knipper, Marcus Stecher, Elisabeth Stephan and Joachim Wahl. Forschungen und Berichte zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Baden-Württemberg volume 2. Dr. Ludwig Reichert, Wiesbaden 2016. € 59.00. ISBN 978-3954902163. 500 pages with 58 plates, some in colour, 7 maps
Rezension zu: Patrice Brun/Bruno Chaume (Dir.), Vix et les éphèmères principautés celtiques. Les ... more Rezension zu: Patrice Brun/Bruno Chaume (Dir.), Vix et les éphèmères principautés celtiques. Les VIe et Ve siècles avant J.-C. en Europe centre-occidentale. Actes du colloque de Châtillon-sur- Seine (27–29 octobre 1993). Editions Errance, Paris 1997. ISBN 2-87772-132-9. 408 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen.
Archaeologists act both as curators and interpreters of collective memory as represented by the m... more Archaeologists act both as curators and interpreters of collective memory as represented by the material record of past human populations. The significance of archaeological evidence to political systems is demonstrated by the frequency with which such evidence is used to lend ...
The intersectionality of space, time and identity is expressed in the human built environment to ... more The intersectionality of space, time and identity is expressed in the human built environment to varying degrees but is especially salient in monumental defensive architecture. In prehistoric European contexts the style and execution of fortification systems are traditionally interpreted as the result of a combination of functional requirements and the expression of communal identity. Applying the conceptual framework provided by cultural geography to the interpretation of recent discoveries at the Early Iron Age hillfort settlement of the Heuneburg on the upper Danube in southwest Germany, we suggest that individual, even idiosyncratic decision-making may have played a larger role in the design of some defensive systems than previously supposed. The potentially transgressive nature of such architectural power-plays requires an interpretive approach that explicitly addresses both the political and agential aspects of human geography.
LA ARQUEOLOGÍA FUNERARIA DESDE UNA PERSPECTIVA DE GÉNERO: II JORNADAS INTERNACIONALES DE ARQUEOLOGÍA Y GÉNERO, 2012
"The 1989 Chacmool Conference on the Archaeology of Gender resul... more "The 1989 Chacmool Conference on the Archaeology of Gender resulted in a ground-breaking volume with the same title, one of the first attempts to present the work of scholars interested in the archaeology of gender in a single publication. I published a critique of the state of Iron Age gender studies in west-central Europe (Arnold 1991) in that volume, focusing particularly on the elite burial of the so-called Vix “princess” and its androcentric interpretation as a “transvestite male priest”. Revisiting the topic of the archaeology of gender in Iron Age Europe after two decades suggests that significant progress has been made since 1989. An overview of recent approaches to Iron Age gender archaeology in the context of mortuary analysis is presented, including a discussion of more recent work on the Vix burial itself (Knüsel, 2002; Rolley, 2003)."
The complex interplay between dress and identity has long been a subject of analysis in several f... more The complex interplay between dress and identity has long been a subject of analysis in several fields of study, but until recently, the approach to gender in archaeological mortuary contexts has tended to default to a reductionist binary structure. The concept of intercategorical intersectionality (McCall Signs, 30(3), 1771–1800, 2005) as applied to dress and its material correlates both confounds and challenges this problematic and restricted view of gender in prehistoric societies. Data from an area of Europe in which Iron Age populations marked an interconnected set of social roles through the medium of personal adornment in mortuary contexts reveal significant ambiguities, including two related and apparently significant patterns: the relative under-representation of adult males as compared to females (with a correspondingly large “indeterminate” gender category) and what appears to be an exclusively (and improbably) “female” subadult elite group buried in tumuli. The complex interdigitization of gender with other social roles in mortuary contexts suggests that our interpretations of the early Iron Age burial program must be correspondingly flexible to do justice to this intersectional complexity.
Functional societies, like functional individuals, engage in a selective winnowing of past events... more Functional societies, like functional individuals, engage in a selective winnowing of past events in the creation of their identities. They do this by both remembering and forgetting, partly out of necessity in order to manage an overwhelming amount of information and partly to minimize traumatic experiences that might otherwise lead to an inability to function normally. At the group level this process takes place in two ways: the conservation or the destruction of heritage. The conservation of the past is a form of selective editing at several levels -- not all sites are chosen for excavation and only a small number of those that are excavated are highlighted in publications, heritage tourism or museum exhibits for example -- while the destruction of the past literally erases some sites or evidence and thereby ensures that it will not be available in physical form for study or symbolic manipulation by potentially hostile interest groups.
Archaeological chronologies tend to conflate temporalities from all cultural contexts in a region... more Archaeological chronologies tend to conflate temporalities from all cultural contexts in a region without consideration for the different depositional trajectories and life histories of the objects that serve as the basis of those chronologies. Social variables, such as gender, age, status, and individual mobility, act on artifacts in ways that must be identified and differentiated in order for seriations derived from one context to be applicable in another. This article presents evidence from early Iron Age contexts in Southwest Germany to illustrate this phenomenon and discusses its ramifications from the perspective of a case study focusing on the mortuary landscape of the Heuneburg hillfort on the Danube River. Gender in particular is strongly marked in this society and can be shown to affect the depositional tempo of certain artifact categories, which have different social lives and depositional fates depending on context. Artifact assemblages vary not only in terms of archaeological context and temporality but also are impacted by the social personae of the human agents responsible for, or associated with, their deposition.
Old World iconography from the Upper Paleolithic to the Christian era consistently features symbo... more Old World iconography from the Upper Paleolithic to the Christian era consistently features symbolic representations of both female and male protagonists in confl ict with, accompanied by or transmuted partly or completely into, animals. Adversarial relationships are made explicit through hunting and sacrifi ce scenes, including heraldic compositions featuring a central fi gure grasping beasts arrayed on either side, while more implicit expressions are manifested in zoomorphic attributes (horns, headdresses, skins, etc.) and composite or hybrid fi gures that blend animal and human elements into a single image. While the so-called Mistress of Animals has attracted signifi cant scholarly attention, her male counterpart, the Master of Animals, so far has not been accorded a correspondingly comprehensive synthetic study. In an effort to fi ll this gap in scholarship, The Master of Animals in Old World Iconography assembles archaeological, iconographical, and literary evidence for the Master of Animals from a variety of cultural contexts and disparate chronological horizons throughout the Old World, with a particular focus on Europe and the Mediterranean basin as well as the Indus Valley and Eurasia. The volume does not seek to demonstrate relatedness between different manifestations of this fi gure, even though some are clearly ontologically and geographically linked, but rather to interpret the role of this iconographic construct within each cultural context. In doing so, The Master of Animals in Old World Iconography provides an important resource for scholars confronting similar symbolic paradigms across the Old World landscape that foregrounds comparative interpretation in diverse ritual and socio-political environments.
Old World iconography from the Upper Paleolithic to the Christian era consistently features symbo... more Old World iconography from the Upper Paleolithic to the Christian era consistently features symbolic representations of both female and male protagonists in conflict with, accompanied by or transmuted partly or completely into, animals. Adversarial relationships are made explicit through hunting and sacrifice scenes, including heraldic compositions featuring a central figure grasping beasts arrayed on either side, while more implicit expressions are manifested in zoomorphic attributes (horns, headdresses, skins, etc.) and composite or hybrid figures that blend animal and human elements into a single image. While the so-called Mistress of Animals has attracted significant scholarly attention, her male counterpart, the Master of Animals, so far has not been accorded a correspondingly comprehensive synthetic study. In an effort to fill this gap in scholarship, The Master of Animals in Old World Iconography assembles archaeological, iconographical, and literary evidence for the Master of Animals from a variety of cultural contexts and disparate chronological horizons throughout the Old World, with a particular focus on Europe and the Mediterranean basin as well as the Indus Valley and Eurasia. The volume does not seek to demonstrate relatedness between different manifestations of this figure, even though some are clearly ontologically and geographically linked, but rather to interpret the role of this iconographic construct within each cultural context. In doing so, The Master of Animals in Old World Iconography provides an important resource for scholars confronting similar symbolic paradigms across the Old World landscape that foregrounds comparative interpretation in diverse ritual and socio-political environments.
This special issue of e-Keltoi will present more than twenty articles by scholars who are recogni... more This special issue of e-Keltoi will present more than twenty articles by scholars who are recognized as experts in their respective disciplines on the archaeology, folklore, language, religion, music and culture of the Celts in the Iberian Peninsula. Much of this research is recent or on going and most of it has not previously been published in English. Many of the articles will be accompanied by numerous illustrations of the sites, artifacts, folk festivals and landscapes of one of the most intriguing areas of the Celtic world. Articles will appear on-line in the order in which they complete the review and editing process, so check the site frequently.
Burials are places where archaeologists reasonably expect gendered ideologies and practices to pl... more Burials are places where archaeologists reasonably expect gendered ideologies and practices to play out in the archaeological record. Yet only modest progress has been made in teasing out gender from these mortuary contexts. In this volume, methods for doing so are presented, cases of successful gender theorizing from mortuary data presented, and comparisons made between European and Americanist traditions in this kind of work. Cases are broad in temporal and geographic scope--from Inuit burials in Alaska and Oneota mortuary rituals to Viking Scandinavia, Neolithic China and Iron Age Britain. Methods for identifying and analyzing gender are suggested for cultures at various levels of social complexity with or without documentary or ethnoarchaeological evidence to assist in the analysis. A volume of great interest for those attempting to develop an archaeology of gender.
This book is based on a selection of papers presented at the Fifth Gender and Archaeology Confere... more This book is based on a selection of papers presented at the Fifth Gender and Archaeology Conference held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in October 1998. The central theme was the practical application of the theoretical introspection that has characterized much of the emphasis on gender in archaeological studies. Explored is engendered archaeology by presenting concrete examples of how gender theory can be applied in archaeological praxis. Papers include: MARY ANN EAVERLY: Color and Gender in Ancient Painting: A Pan-Mediterranean Approach; PAUL REHAK: The Aegean Landscape and the Body: A New Interpretation of the Thera Frescoes; SUSAN LANGDON: Figurines and Social Change: Visualizing Gender in Dark Age Greece; ELKA WEINSTEIN: Images of Women in Ancient Chorrera Ceramics: Cultural Continuity across Two Millennia in the Tropical Forests of South America; JOEL W. PALKA: Classic Maya Elite Parentage and Social Structure with Insights on Ancient Gender Ideology; MONICA l. BELLAS: Women in the Mixtec Codices: Ceremonial and Ritual Roles of Lady 3 Flint; WILLIAM GRIFFIN: Gendered Graffiti from Madagascar to Michigan; GINA MARUCCI: Women’s Ritual Sites in the Interior of British Columbia: An Archaeological Model; HELENA VICTOR: The House and the Woman: Re-reading Scandinavian Bronze Age Society; SUSANNE AXELSSON: ‘Peopling’ the Farm – Engendering Life at a Swedish Iron Age Farm; LILLIAN RAHTJE: Husbandry and Seal Hunting in Northern Coastal Sweden: The Amazon and the Hunter; ROBERT JARVENPA and HETTY JO BRUMBACH: The Gendered Nature of Living and Storage Space in the Canadian Subarctic; JILLIAN E. GALLE: Haute Couture: Cotton, Class and Culture Change in the American Southwest; HOLLY MARTELLE: Redefining Craft Specialization: Women’s Labor and Pottery Production – An Iroquoian Example; MICHAEL J. KLEIN: Shell Midden Archaeology: Gender, Labor, and Stone Artifacts.
In this collection, archaeologists, historians, geographers and language specialists reexamine th... more In this collection, archaeologists, historians, geographers and language specialists reexamine the structure and political development of Celtic states scattered across present-day Europe. The main theoretical focus is on whether and when state-level complexity was attained in the different Celtic settlements. The contributors also discuss and evaluate the various methods for studying Celtic social systems: the historical textual studies, as opposed to the analysis of the archaeological record, and the use of regional comparisons.
Before internet and electronic communication, letters served the same function as emails and tele... more Before internet and electronic communication, letters served the same function as emails and telegrams were the equivalent of social media today. Conferences and other formal and informal in-person meetings were the main occasions for scientific networking. This is where researchers met, discussed ideas and made contacts that were added to their social and academic networks. These networks were used for multiple purposes, from personal to professional and from scientific to non -scientific. They connected the East with the West and the North with the South and were maintained through correspondence in which people not only shared thoughts, but also sent each other artefacts, replicas, photographs, drafts of publications, journals and books. Studying these networks and their configurations is an important means of reconstructing the history of archaeology. This session aims to explore networks and the various networking modes throughout the history of archaeology in Europe and beyond, from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. We welcome papers that examine any of the following topics: archaeological actors (e.g., scholars, collectors, amateurs, illustrators and others without formal training); the structures, patterns and dynamics of networks in archaeology and the strategies used for building them; the advantages and disadvantages of being part of networks formed around archaeological collections, museums, departments and other societies and institutions; and the role of networks and networking in the inclusion of women in the discipline, especially in the establishment of hierarchies and power relationships in the field. We would also like to encourage discussions on the importance of networks and networking in the production, transfer and exchange of knowledge, as well as in the dissemination of archaeological theories and ideas, excavations, finds and research results; the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborations that resulted from these interactions; and the exchange of objects, both archaeological and non-archaeological, that often accompanied correspondence.
Keywords: history of archaeology; networks; networking; communication; correspondence; information transfer.
The circulation of concepts, ideas, theories and methods was essential to the development of arch... more The circulation of concepts, ideas, theories and methods was essential to the development of archaeology since its early days. Evolutionism, the three-age system, diffusionism, culture history, processual archaeology, radiocarbon dating, behavioural archaeology, the Harris matrix, post-processual archaeology and new materialism, among many others, have all shaped archaeological theory and practice as we know it today. However, their impact on and absorption in the discipline was geographically and chronologically uneven. This session explores knowledge transmission and exchange throughout the history of archaeology in Europe and elsewhere, from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. We welcome papers that examine any of the following topics: the trajectories followed by concepts, ideas, theories and methods during their dispersal within the archaeology of different regions; the dissemination channels (e.g. correspondence, congresses, publications) through which these were transmitted and the role of social and academic networks in this process; and their use as devices for propaganda purposes, attaining personal prestige (including through appropriation) and establishing power relationships and hierarchies. We would also like to encourage discussions on the reception or rejection of various intellectual frameworks in the archaeology of different countries, and the political, economic, social and cultural contexts in which these attitudes occurred; the ways in which conceptual and methodological schemes influenced the practice of archaeological actors and institutions, and fostered multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary encounters.
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resulted in an unprecedented appetite for research-based information about their origins and cultural foundations. This presents an opportunity for archaeologists and historians to partner with researchers in chemistry, agriculture, biology and the brewing industry in developing outreach initiatives whose goals include educating the general public about
the disciplines involved in the study of the science and culture of ancient alcohol. The pedagogical potential of partnerships between universities and local museums, breweries and other businesses in the study of ancient alcohol is illustrated by a recent initiative developed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, also known as Brew City, USA.
Free download: https://www.sidestone.com/books/cooking-with-plants-in-ancient-europe-and-beyond
resulted in an unprecedented appetite for research-based information about their origins and cultural foundations. This presents an opportunity for archaeologists and historians to partner with researchers in chemistry, agriculture, biology and the brewing industry in developing outreach initiatives whose goals include educating the general public about
the disciplines involved in the study of the science and culture of ancient alcohol. The pedagogical potential of partnerships between universities and local museums, breweries and other businesses in the study of ancient alcohol is illustrated by a recent initiative developed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, also known as Brew City, USA.
Free download: https://www.sidestone.com/books/cooking-with-plants-in-ancient-europe-and-beyond
Keywords: history of archaeology; networks; networking; communication; correspondence; information transfer.