Theme:
5. Theories and methods in archaeology: interactions between disciplines
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Spatial and Environmental Contexts of Barrow Landscapes. Theories and Methods of Barrows Investigation in Modern Archaeology
Content:
Burial mounds are one of the most important manifestations of human ritual activity from the Neolithic to the early Middle Ages, sometimes even beyond. With the development of remote sensing techniques for detecting archaeological features, there has been a deluge of newly discovered sites in many parts of the world. For example, LiDAR has raised the detection of historic and prehistoric structures to an unparalleled renaissance: renowned examples of this technology are the recent discoveries of new areas in the Maya cities.
Also, the number of archaeological questions has been raised in the last years, such as the spread of the phenomenon, its chronology or how to choose appropriate research methods. Over the past two decades, research into barrows has focused not only on the mound itself but also on its context and surroundings. More and more often research relates to the whole landscape created by burial mounds: what is their spatial organization, in what environment do they occur, how the landscape could look before the destructive activity of modern ploughing and urbanization?
The session, which is a continuation of previous meetings in Barcelona ‘18 and Bern ‘19, aims to discuss research problems, case studies and methods currently used in the study of barrow landscapes in different chronological time frames around the world.
This year we would like to focus on the following subjects:
1. Theories – for spatial and environmental context of barrows in archaeological and modern landscapes; sepulchral activities and importance of burial mounds in prehistory; specifics of barrows nearest surroundings.
2. Methods – for remote sensing, data acquisition and excavating of anthropogenic mounds; spatial methods of barrow landscape analysis in micro- and macro scale (e.g. statistics, GIS, Bayesian approaches).
3. Case studies – for regional and local barrows investigation.
Keywords:
Landscape archaeology, Barrow, Mound, Geospatial technologies, Remote sensing
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
yes
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Michal Szubski (Poland) 1
Co-organisers:
Miguel Carrero-Pazos (Spain) 2
Fernando Rodríguez-Del Cueto (Spain) 3,4
Affiliations:
1. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology
2. University of Santiago de Compostela, GEPN-AAT
3. Assistant Lecturer. Area of Prehistory
4. History Department. University of Oviedo
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