[Archport] Durham - Western Europe in the First Millennium BC

["Marta Diaz-Guardamino" <marta_diaz_guardamino@hotmail.com>]

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Western Europe in the First Millennium BC - Crossing the divide
Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK
November 23-25th, 2007

http://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/conferences/current_conferences/western_europe/

"European Late Bronze Age and Iron Age studies have witnessed an increasing 
theoretical and methodological divide between approaches taken in different 
European countries. Whilst topics such as ethnicity, identity and agency 
have preoccupied many British scholars' studies of this period, such themes 
have had less resonance in continental Europe. At the same time British 
First Millennium BC studies have become increasingly divorced from the 
approaches and discoveries underway on the continent, tending instead to 
study the British Isles in isolation. In many ways, such a divergence 
reflects deep historical divisions in theoretical and methodological 
approaches in European archaeology, but one that has been largely ignored by 
many scholars of the period.

This conference aims to explore the potential of considering a broader 
European perspective when analysing Late Bronze Age and Iron Age archaeology 
even at small-scale geographical level. Issues of power, legitimation, 
memory, social construction of landscapes and the active role of material 
culture are possible themes to discuss. In addition, this conference 
endeavours to explore the effects that a plurality in techniques, 
methodologies and approaches in different countries in Europe may have on 
interpretations.

This conference will bring together a range of scholars from across Western 
Europe. Key papers will be given by established scholars, including Prof. 
Gonzalo Ruiz Zapatero, Prof. John Collis and Dr. Richard Hingley. It will 
provide a forum for discussion and debate, alongside the exchange of ideas 
and practices. The conference is divided thematically, allowing the 
exploration of a range of issues relevant to First Millennium BC studies 
across Europe. These include: The Social modelling of Late Bronze Age and 
Iron Age societies; Approaches to material culture; Landscape studies, and 
History of European research traditions. For the purposes of this workshop 
Western Europe includes Spain, Portugal, France, Ireland, Britain and the 
Low Countries. Invitation to attend is open to all scholars from those 
countries, or undertaking research on the First millennium BC within those 
areas. The conference proceedings will be published as an edited volume.

To register or to propose a paper, please complete the form below and send 
it to "Western Europe in the First Millennium BC", Department of 
Archaeology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. Please note 
that there are a limited number of places available and you are advised to 
book early to avoid disappointment."

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