[Archport] Call for papers

[Ana Vale <ana.m.vale@gmail.com>]

Call for Papers – Archéologie et Gobelets XXI

Kiel, Germany 17^th to 21^st of May 2017

Jos Kleijne, Johannes Müller and Martin Furholt

GSHDL/SFB1266/JMA at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Conference abstract

Think Global, Act Local! The Transformation of Spatial Interaction and Material Culture in Beaker Contexts of the 3^rd 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?

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 31^st 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.