Theme:
6. Contested Pasts & Presents
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Calabria beyond the Classical Period: The Longue Durée of a Mediterranean Region
Content:
Over the last decades Calabria has become the core of several research projects ranging from prehistory to the present challenging the dominance of the study of the classical periods and of classical archaeology. This new focus on Calabria’s long term cultural heritage, especially evident in regional archaeological projects, is paralleled by a growing interest in public engagement and dissemination of the outcomes of such research. The results of recent landscape archaeological and anthropological
fieldwork carried out by research groups and national heritage services suggests that continuity and gradual change rather than events shaped the long term history of Calabria.
This session aims to collect papers from academics, national heritage service officers, local units, museums and archaeological parks to debate the historical outcomes of research beyond the classical period and the methods to contribute to the longue durée of Calabria. As such the case study of Calabria may have relevance for comparable regions in the Mediterranean whose cultural hallmark has been foremost their classical past.
Keywords:
Calabria, long term cultural heritage, regional archaeology, anthropology, public engagement, dissemination
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:
Peter Attema (Netherlands) 1
Co-organisers:
Carlo Citter (Italy) 2
Michele Mazza (Italy) 3
Affiliations:
1. Groningen Institute of Archaeology
2. University of Siena
3. Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la città metropolitana di Reggio Calabria e la provincia di Vibo Valentia
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