CALL. 31.01.2017: Archéologie et Gobelets XXI - Kiel (Germany)
Think Global, Act Local! The Transformation of Spatial Interaction and Material Culture in Beaker Contexts of the 3rd Millennium BC in Europe
The 3rd millennium BC in Europe is a period showing a new quality in the transregional distribution of material culture. What is more, there is a more marked duality between the fragmented pattern of local styles and the new overarching trans-regional elements of material culture, most notably expressed in archaeological terms by the Bell Beaker and Corded Ware phenomena. Such a duality, especially marked by the concept of Bell Beakers and ”Common Ware”, is surely not a total novelty. But the hitherto unknown width of distribution of „global" Corded Ware, or Bell Beaker elements is evidence of a new character of this dialectic in the 3rd millennium BC.
In this workshop, we want to explore the background of this new quality. To what extent is this re-arrangement of global and local frames of reference a consequence of a fundamental change in social organisation and economic practices? In how far does it reflect increased migration, new mobility patterns, or changing networks of interaction? Or how can we disentangle the effect of different developments that might have led to the culmination of the Neolithic sequence in European prehistory?
FECHA LÍMITE/DEADLINE/SCADENZA: 31/01/2017
FECHA CONGRESO/CONGRESS DATE/DATA CONGRESSO: 17-18-19-20-21/05/2017
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Christian-Albrechts-Universität (Kiel, Germany)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Jos Kleijne
INFO: jkleijne@gshdl.uni-kiel.de
CALL:
Programme
Wednesday 17th May 2017 Arrival
Registration/welcome/reception at Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte
Thursday 18th May 2017 Session I theme: “Think Global, Act Local!”
Conference dinner
Friday 19th May 2017 Excursion around Kiel
Session I or II
Saturday 20th May 2017 Session II: New Finds, Methods and Data
Practical workshop/poster session
Sunday 21st May 2017 Departure
Papers (20 minutes oral presentation or A0 poster) on all aspects of Corded Ware or Bell Beaker research are welcome.
Papers can be given in English (preferred), German or French.
Please send your proposal before 31st of January to Jos Kleijne: jkleijne@gshdl.uni-kiel.de
Costs per participant: €40 (student fee €20) to cover expenses. For six scholars who come from far away, a travel stipend (max. €300) can be provided. Applications for this stipend can also be sent to Jos Kleijne.