Mediterranean Landscape Archaeology: past, present and future. A one-day workshop to mark the retirement of Prof. Dr. Peter Attema – 31 October 2024
Date: 31 October 2024
Location: Academiegebouw, Broerstraat 5 Groningen
Credits: 1 ECT
Introduction
Dutch archaeologists have a rich tradition of studies on Mediterranean Landscapes. Prof. Peter Attema is one of the key scholars within what is now internationally recognised as the Dutch school of Mediterranean landscape archaeology. This workshop celebrates the achievements of this school, which has developed a thoroughly interdisciplinary approach to the study of Mediterranean landscapes and societies. The program is designed to retrospectively evaluate the contributions of this School (keynote), discuss recent developments and future perspectives (invited lectures) and presents on-going research by junior scholars (PhD and postdoc pitches). The event is concluded with Peter’s valedictory lecture.
General programme
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee
Morning session (chair: Sofia Voutsaki)
10:30 – 10:45 Welcome
10:45 – 11:30 Keynote: Donkeys and Boats: Rethinking the Mediterranean economy through survey (mystery guest)
11:30 – 12:15 current research on Mediterranean Landscapes by early career researchers
The impact of Rome in central-western Iberia (second century BC- first century AD): A Landscape Archaeology perspective (Fernando Menéndez Marsh)
Field survey data, settlement systems, and rural economy in the Sibaritide during the Hellenistic and Roman periods (Martina Parini)
Reconstructing Roman landscapes through palaeobotanical data (Tirsa Komrij)
Mediterranean Archaeology among the Balloon (Agostino Sotgia)
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch (catered for speakers)
Afternoon session
13:30 – 14:15 Recent Discoveries at the Piscina Torta Site (Luca Alessandri & Francesca Bulian)
14:15 – 15:00 Non-invasive prospection of prehistoric landscapes in the Mediterranean (Wieke de Neef)
15:00 – 15:45 Innovating Roman Urbanism Studies: some examples from two decades of academic fieldwork in Central Italy (Frank Vermeulen)
15:45 – 16:00 Closing remarks
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee/tea
16:15 – 17:15 Valedictory lecture: Four decades of landscape archaeological field research by the Groningen Institute of Archaeology in Central and Southern Italy:achievements and prospects (Peter Attema)
17:15 – 19:00 Reception
Call for pitches
As part of the symposium, we offer junior academics (ReMAs, PhDs, and postdocs) the opportunity to present ongoing research on Mediterranean Landscapes in a lightning session. This session will consist of 5 minute presentations (pitches), followed by Q&A. If you are interetsed in presenting your research on this occasion, please send an email to tymon.de.haas@rug.nl.
Credits: ARCHON members can receive 1 ECT for attending the conference and handing in a reflection report afterwards.
Registration:
You can register for this event through this link.
Please reach out to the ARCHON secretary or Tymon de Haas if you have any questions. We hope to see many of you there!
