[Archport] EAA 481 - Cross-disciplinary approachesto the study of archaeological woodcrafts and other plant-based implements andstructures

[Joao Tereso <jptereso@gmail.com>]

Dear colleague/Querido colega

 

We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper proposal to the session ID number 481 called “Cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of archaeological woodcrafts and other plant-based implements and structures” that we are organizing in the framework of the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists" to be held in Budapest, 26-30 August 2020. 

Our aim is to organise a session of day or half day with 15-minutes presentations (12 minutes to present and 3 minutes discussion). Please follow the guidelines provided by the organisation. The call for paper and posters will open by 18th December 2019 ending by 13rd February 2020.

 

If you have any questions about the session, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Number: #481

Title:  Cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of archaeological woodcrafts and other plant-based implements and structures

 

Abstract: Wood has been ubiquitous, widely available and multi-purpose raw material used trough History for crafting from individual possessions and utilitarian utensils as well as for building dwellings and other kind of buildings, or even for making means of transport -such carts, sleds, boats, etc.-, carving sculptures and figures, etc. Crafting wood involves botanical knowledge, distinctive material understanding, technological developments and transfer of knowledge and it is closely linked to forest (and scrubland) management. Current archaeobotanical research indicate the existence of a long tradition in the use of some species trough Europe that have been used for similar purposes during millennia, but also reflect the changes related to the incorporation of technical innovations for acquiring wood, conversing and crafting this raw material. This has resulted on the development of specific technologies not only for crafting but also for managing forests (and scrubland) to provide adequate raw materials for basketry, woodworking, etc. This session welcomes cross-disciplinary approaches -combining archaeology, archaeobotany, dendrochronology, ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology and/or ethnobotany- dealing on wood acquisition -including forest management-, addressing the study of wooden objects and structures, applying cutting-edge research to the study of crafted wood, as well as integrating investigations that combined ethnoarchaeological studies, experimentation performed by artisans.

Organisers:

María Martín-Seijo. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela.  maria.martin.seijo@gmail.com

Raquel Piqué i Huerta. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. raquel.pique@uab.cat

Marta Domínguez-Delmás. University of Amsterdam. m.dominguezdelmas@uva.nl

Filipe C. Vaz. Universidade do Porto. CIBIO-InBio. filipe.mcvaz@gmail.com

João P.V. Tereso. Universidade do Porto. CIBIO-InBio. jptereso@gmail.com

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

MHNC - UP - Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto 

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

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

MHNC - UP - Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto