Dear all,
Please pardon the rather foreign geographical focus of this call for paper for many of you, but we are keen on circulating this information as widely as possible to support the development of archaeobotany in our region.
The Australian Archaeological Association 2017 conference in Melbourne (6-8 December) will host a session on archaeobotany in the region. The call for papers in now open –
details available here: http://aaa2017.conferenceonline.com.au/index/1199
Submissions for oral and poster abstracts close 31 August 2017.
The Flora Connection: Archaeobotany and the Exploration of Human-Plant Relationships Across Time and Space
Convenors:
India Ella Dilkes-Hall, The University of Western Australia
Stephanie Florin, The University of Queensland
Tim Denham, Australian National University
Emilie Dotte, Australian National University
Developed botanical knowledge is argued to have been an important part of the colonising repertoire for all human migration movements, including the journey through Wallacea to Sahul.
In the ethnographic present, in most parts of the world, plants make up a major component of human dietary and material resources, while also assuming essential sociocultural and ritual functions.
In Australia plant foods and plant-based technologies, including string production and other fibre crafts, tools, weapons, watercraft, resin, shelter, and other artefacts made from plant materials
form a central component to Aboriginal economic systems. The archaeobotanical record provides tangible evidence of human-plant relationships and offers important information on
palaeoenvironment directly associated to past human occupations. Diverse environments encountered, from island to inland, present questions on reorganisation of subsistence strategies
and innovation of technological adaptations. These questions can be successfully addressed by archaeobotanical enquiry on both micro- and macro-scales.
This session invites papers that explore human-plant relationships across time and space, from colonisation by the First Australians of Sahul to the current role of archaeobotany in Australian archaeology.
Please also forward to anyone in your network who you think might be interested. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact any of the co-convenors.
Thanks!
Dr Emilie Dotte-Sarout
Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Archaeology and Anthropology,
The Australian National University
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Honorary Research Fellow
Archaeology, School of Social and Cultural Studies,
The University of Western Australia
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