Theme:
1. The Material Record: Current Trends and Future Directions
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Current Trends and Future Directions in Quarries and Rock-cut Sites Studies: Theory, Method and Dissemination
Content:
Stone quarries and rock-cut sites are places of stone extraction which, although created for differing purposes, share numerous common features. These include, for example, varied techniques of stone removal and working, tools, embodied action and gestures and know-how. They may be co-located in rocky landscapes, they are found globally and they have a deep time history as significant features of human lives for thousands of years.
Building on successful sessions at previous EAA meetings, this session aims to discuss the material record of quarries and rock-cut sites in terms of theory, methods and dissemination. It is not limited to particular regions nor periods. We also welcome contributions from interdisciplinary work and environmental humanities encompassing all researchers working with extractive landscapes. We invite papers that consider the following themes:
Theory:
Theorising relations between human and non-human actors in rocky environments at different times in the past; Placing them into their landscape, environmental, technical and social contexts.
Methods:
Designing methodological approaches that enable the testing of theoretical
frameworks; Understanding strengths and weaknesses of interdisciplinary research to create robust narratives.
Dissemination:
Identifying roles for digital methods that go beyond mere data collection and
how to apply FAIR data principles; Communicating research results in engaging
ways to a range of audiences, including to people making decisions about the
future of such sites in their locality.
Keywords:
Quarry, Rock-cut site, Theory, Methods, Dissemination, Technology
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:
Frans Doperé (Belgium) 1
Co-organisers:
Katy Whitaker (United Kingdom) 2
Claudia Sciuto (Italy) 3
Daniel Morleghem (Italy) 4
Marion Liboutet (Switzerland) 5
Affiliations:
1. KU Leuven Research Group Archeology
2. Historic England
3. University of Pisa
4. La Sapienza University
5. État de Fribourg/ARTEHIS
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