Dear All,
Hope this finds you all well. Please see below and do not hesitate to get in
touch if anyone would be interested in presenting a paper in this session.
It does not have a strictly Zooarchaeological focus, although papers from a
faunal perspective are warmly welcome. Please do pass the abstract on to
your colleagues.
Many thanks and best regards,
Aleks Pluskowski & Krish Seetah
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13th Annual Meeting of the EAA, Zadar, September 2007
Session title: Archaeologies of crusading and colonisation in medieval Europe
Organisers: Aleks Pluskowski, McDonald Institute for Archaeological
Research, University of Cambridge and Krish Seetah, Graham Clarke
Laboratory, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
Moderator: Krish Seetah
Keywords: crusading, colonisation, frontier society, inter-cultural exchange
Following on from the success of the session on the Archaeology of
Crusading, Conversion and Colonisation at the 12th annual meeting of the EAA
in Kraków in 2006, it seemed prudent and appropriate to consolidate what
promises to be an expanding and stimulating area for future archaeological
research in Europe. The crusading movement was accompanied by processes of
variable colonisation at the frontiers of Europe, prompting multiple and
dynamic interactions between incoming groups and indigenous populations
which have left significant material traces.
Papers are warmly invited on any aspect of this process, or on comparable
contexts associated with colonisation and inter-cultural exchange within and
beyond medieval Europe. The aim of the session is to draw together common
themes and methodologies in approaching an incredibly varied topic, to
explore reasons for diversity and to seek new avenues for future research.
Papers are particularly welcome on the impact of crusading and/or
colonisation on settlement, resource exploitation, religion, trade, social
identity, power relations, conflict as well as inter- and multi-disciplinary
methodologies.
Please email abstracts of 200 words to either:
Aleks Pluskowski ([log in to unmask]) or
Krish Seetah ([log in to unmask])
Or send to:
Aleks Pluskowski
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3ER
UK
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