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Sent: 13 February 2002 11:36



Landscapes of inhabitation, taskscapes of tradition: contextualising
settlement and routine in prehistory.

                              30th March 2002

A joint meeting of the Prehistoric Society and the Lithics Studies
Society

University of Wales College, Newport (Caerleon), Department of
Archaeology
                              and Prehistory

This  day  school  aims  to  promote the development of nuanced accounts
of
lived  routines in prehistory. Descriptions of prehistoric life have
tended
to  be  reduced  to  abstracted  schemes  such  as  settlement  pattern
and
typology,  often  operating  at broad temporal scales. Past landscapes
were
viewed as constraints upon human behaviour, or simply an economic
resource.
Such  writing  misses  the  rhythms,  routines and fluidity of social
life.
Papers covering the Mesolithic through to the Iron Age will explore ways
of
putting people, and their engagements with other beings and the world(s)
in
which  they  lived,  firmly  into  our  accounts of landscapes, lithics
and
occupation. This meeting is intended to be an informal forum for
discussion
for archaeologists from universities, field units, curatorial
organisations
and  museums,  to  explore  some  recent  ideas  regarding  landscapes
and
taskscapes,  and  to discuss how these interpretative approaches can
inform
and transform future fieldwork, publication and presentation.

Confirmed speakers:

Joanna   BrC*ck   (University   College  Dublin)  b *  Anthony  Brown
(Exeter
University)  b *  Chantal  Conneller  (Cambridge University) b * Gabriel
Cooney
(University  College  Dublin) b * Melanie Giles (University College
Dublin) b *
Andrew   Jones   (Southampton   University)   b *   Mark   Knight
(Cambridge
Archaeological Unit) b * Adrian Chadwick (UWCN/Wessex Archaeology) and
Joshua
Pollard (UWCN)

Discussants:  Barbara Bender (University College London) and Niall
Sharples
(Cardiff University).
Organisers: Adrian Chadwick and Joshua Pollard

On Sunday (weather permitting) there will be a trip to the upland
landscape
of  Gray  Hill,  Monmouthshire,  to  view  the  prehistoric  stone
circle,
scarp-edge   enclosure  and  field  boundaries.  Limited  accommodation
is
available  at  UWCN  in  Caerleon.  Rooms cost B#27 per night (plus B#6
for a
cooked  breakfast),  and are single study bedrooms with en-suite
facilities
and  shared  kitchens. Alternatively, contact Adrian Chadwick for a list
of
local bed and breakfast and hotel accommodation.

If  you are interested in attending this day conference please complete
and
return the slip below to:

Adrian Chadwick
Landscapes   of   Inhabitation   conference,   Department  of
Archaeology,
University  of Wales College, Newport, Caerleon Campus, PO Box 179,
Newport
NP18 3YG.
or e-mail: [log in to unmask]

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made
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further
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 I  would  like  to  reserve a room for Friday/Saturday night (underline
or
circle which is appropriate)
 I  am  interested  in coming along on the trip to Gray Hill on Sunday
31st
March