Theme:
3. The Carpathian Basin: Integration, Mobility and Diversity
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Creation of European Identities – Food, Textiles and Metals in the Iron Age Between Alps, Pannonia and Balkans
Content:
Our theme are formative elements of the identity of the Iron Age communities. This was the period, which immediately preceded the emergence of those communities on the historical stage, when they became, together with the Mediterranean world and the continental Europe, an essential element of a much wider picture of the European cultural dynamics. The selected region is the key link connecting three broad cultural zones of Europe: the Central Europe, Mediterranean and Eastern Europe. Due to its position, this relatively small region is of a key importance for our understanding of much broader processes of creation and change of identities in a much wider European framework. The identity of a prehistoric community is complex concept, whose definition requires an interdisciplinary approach. Of the many factors involved, this session will focus on three: food, textile and metal. Although the first two are basic life needs, the way in which those needs are fulfilled reflects a choice, which determined the way of life of the Iron Age communities, and is strongly correlated with their perception of the world and of their own identities. On the other hand, metals – primarily bronze and iron – were the main driving force behind setting up contacts and communication among diverse cultural groups, which paved the way for cultural transfer and alteration of identities of individual communities. We welcome papers, which will offer alternative to current paradigms of identity of Iron Age communities, such as the cultural group. The aim is to bring fresh ideas into discussion on individual and/or complex identities of the Iron Age communities between Alps, Pannonia and Balkans.
Keywords:
Iron Age, identity, food, textile, metal production and distribution, Carpathian Basin
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:
Main organiser:
Margarita Gleba (Italy) 1
Co-organisers:
Hrvoje Potrebica (Croatia) 2
Affiliations:
1. Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Padua
2. University of Zagreb, Department of Archaeology
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