Theme:
1. Artefacts, Buildings & Ecofacts
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Urban Phenomena in Archaeological Sites-Issues Related to Traits, Homogeneity, Diversity and Sustainability
Content:
Urban Archaeology is an important element of archaeological studies, dealing with the past material culture, environment and communities of towns and cities. Whilst the definition of urban in relation to rural is contested, urban sites have some distinct traits which vary from region to region, country to country and period to period.
Urban traits can be observed in relation to, for example, evidence for planning, industrial production, commerce, population density and expression through art and architecture. Sometimes all these characteristics are discernable, whilst in other cases one single attribute may be indicative of urban site. Towns and cities perform specialised functions, evidence for which may be taken, contextually, as an urban trait. This session intends to explore variability in these specialized functions between different regions to develop an overview of the variability in urban traits in the past.
The main purpose of this session is to identify the key urban traits evident in the archaeological record and the range of interpretive and methodological issues that these bring to the fore. Papers are welcomed which relate contextually specific urban traits to the challenges of developing strategies for effective urban heritage management.
Keywords:
Urban site, Materials, culture, human settlement, diversity, sustainability
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:
Durga Basu (India) 1
Co-organisers:
Colm Donnelly (United Kingdom) 2
Affiliations:
1. Department of Archaeology, Calcutta University
2. Queen's University Belfast
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