Session: #82

Regular session

In 2019, the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) and the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) sponsored a Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS) design workshop on human migration as understood from a long-term perspective. The workshop included 15 participants from seven countries, representing work on six continents, ranging from the Paleolithic to homeless migrants, with expertise that varied from aDNA to ethnography. The objective of the workshop was to develop proposals for collaborative synthetic projects that focused on establishing the factors stimulating human migration, the conditions and processes implicated in the success of the incorporation of immigrant groups at their destination, and how these new understandings might inform contemporary public policy. Three project ideas emerged from the workshop: (1) climate migrants of the past, present, and future; (2) leveraging archaeology for migrations of the present (LAMP); and (3) long-term effects of past migrations on human security. In this session we will discuss the origins and outcomes of the workshop, update the status of each project and how EAA members can become involved. Presenters also will inform on the importance of using archaeology to understand contemporary migration with case studies from Hungary and statements from the EAA and SAA.

Synthesis, Collaboration, Human Migration

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Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis

Jeff Altschul (United States) ^1,2

Julian Richards (United Kingdom) ³
Keith Kintigh (United States) ^1,4