[Archport] Call for papers: Storage structures and storage goods from the Neolithic to the Iron Age – session 501 at the Barcelona EAA meeting 5-8 September 2018

[Joao Tereso <jptereso@gmail.com>]

Dear colleagues,

 

We would like to invite you to submit your abstracts for the EAA session 501 - “Storage structures and storage goods from the Neolithic to the Iron Age: archaeological, archaeobotanical and ethnographic perspectives”.

With this session we intend to gather papers focusing storage practices, addressing not only the storage goods but also social and technical aspects related to such a crucial issue in the day-to-day life of prehistoric as protohistoric communities. Site-cases and broad reviews, as well as ethnographic and experimental approaches are welcomed.

You can submit your abstracts until 15 February through the conference website https://www.e-a-a.org/eaa2018

Please, forward this information to your colleagues who may be interested in participating and do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information.

Bellow you will find the session’s abstract.

 

João Tereso

Natàlia Alonso

Georgina Prats

 

Session 501

Storage structures and storage goods from the Neolithic to the Iron Age: archaeological, archaeobotanical and ethnographic perspectives

Storage practices are a crucial part of subsistence strategies of many human communities. As such, facilities used for storing unprocessed or processed food and beverages have been found in different geographic and chronological contexts, among societies with different cultures and economic strategies. Whether dealing with hunter-gatherers or agricultural societies with diverse levels of complexity, storage has been a key-subject in many archaeological investigations.

This session will gather different perspectives on storage practices, from archaeological, archaeobotanical and ethnographic points of view, addressing 1) technical issues related to storage facilities, 2) the characterization of storage goods and storage practices and 3) the social aspects related to storage.

What types of storage facilities can we find in the archaeological record and how were they built and maintained? Which goods were stored? Were there particular facilities for particular goods? How were these goods processed before storage? How to detect long-term and short-term storage, household and communal storage? Who managed storage facilities and the access to stored goods? Which were the social implications of managing stored goods?

These are some of the questions we intend to address in this session. Presentations may focus on archaeological contexts from the Neolithic to the Iron Age or present day ethnographic studies which may help understand archaeological realities.

 

João Pedro Vicente Tereso

InBIO - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Laboratório Associado
CIBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto

UNIARQ - Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa

InBIO- Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (Associated Laboratory)
CIBIO - Research Center In Biodiversity and Genetic Resources/University of Porto

Centre for Archaeology. UNIARQ. School of Arts and Humanities. University of Lisbon