Session: #343

Theme & Session Format

Theme:
4. Polis, Empire, League and Beyond – Living in Interconnected Societies
Session format:
Regular session

Title & Content

Title:
Metals and Metalworking in the Borderlands
Content:
Archaeometallurgy is a multidisciplinary field where researchers from different fields, and different traditions, come together to answer a range of different questions related to ancient metalworking. In this session we welcome full-length papers on various aspects of archaeometallurgy, with a focus on metals and metalworking in the borderlands. This focus particularly relates to two of the main themes for the 2022 EAA meeting, i.e. “The Carpathian Basin: Integration, Mobility and Diversity” and “Polis, Empire, League and Beyond – Living in Interconnected Societies”. In this context, the term “the borderlands” is to be widely interpreted. It can mean the border between a central power, such as the Roman Empire, and its hinterlands or neighbours. But it can also mean the border region between different cultures, such as the Christian and the Islamic world, or the borders between different technological traditions. There may be other ways to interpret the term “borderlands”, and to encourage people to come up with their own interpretations, the papers in this session are not limited to a particular time period or culture. Furthermore, we especially welcome contributions from young researchers.
Keywords:
archaeometallurgy, iron, copper alloys, precious metals, crafts
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:

Organisers

Main organiser:
Ragnar Saage (Estonia) 1
Co-organisers:
Sebastian Wärmländer (Sweden) 2
Michael Neiß (Sweden) 3
Tuuli Kurisoo (Estonia) 4
Affiliations:
1. University of Tartu
2. Stockholm University
3. Uppsala University
4. Tallinn University