Digital winter workshops on Provence

Archaeological research insights on Southern France

 

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Since the Provence excursion is currently not possible in winter, Classical Archaeology is bringing southern France to Augsburg. Dr. Lisa Götz and Dr. Annalize Rheeder cordially invite interested students to two digital workshops. They offer a condensed insight into current research work. In an interactive format, participants can discuss various topics directly with the researchers and take part in ongoing debates: for example, on the research of the Oppidum Entremont, the phenomenon of the skull cult and head-hunting in southern France, and also on the everyday life of French excavations.

The digital workshops will be held in English via Zoom. If you are interested, please register directly with the contact person Dr. Lisa Götz up to three days before the respective workshop.

The next workshop with Prof. Dr. Ian Armit (University of York) will be held on Wednesday, March 24, from 10:30-12:30.

 

Workshop Schedule

17.03.2021
10.30-12.30
MEZ/CET

Florian Milesi (freelance excavation technician), Commercial archeology in France : Prevent, save and research. General presentations and case studies.

24.03.2021
10.30-12.30
MEZ/CET

Prof. Dr. Ian Armit (University of York), Head-hunting in the southern French Iron Age

The first workshop with Florian Milesi (freelance excavation technician) will be held on Wednesday, March 17, from 10:30-12:30.
Abstract on „Commercial archeology in France : Prevent, save and research. General presentations and case studies“
“Preventive archeology” in France is the result of several years of struggle between passionates and territories’ developers for the safety of the archaeological data. Since the 2000's, a proper profession is making excavations on the territory with its own regulatory and legislative framework. Those frameworks try not to neglect any potential human occupation, as defining the developer as the “breaker-payer” due to his economic activity and making archeology mandatory. Despite 20 years of reforms, it is still not obvious to everyone and the reality on the field can be harder as expected. Discussing those questions, we will have a quick overview of the “preventive archeology” in south of France, from the historical excavation of the “place de la bourse” in Marseille to the more recent but no-less important excavation of the Narbonne necropolis. Further case studies include among other excavations and recent research discussion on sites of Mèze and Pont du Gard.

The second workshop with Prof. Dr. Ian Armit (University of York) will be held on Wednesday, March 24, from 10:30-12:30.
Abstract on „Head-hunting in the southern French Iron Age“
Iron Age Europe has widespread evidence (literary, iconographic and skeletal) for the removal, curation, display and representation of the human head. Once regarded as indicating local adherence to pan-Celtic traditions, these practices can now be better understood by drawing on ethnographic studies of more recent societies. This session presents a summary of the author's recent research on the theme of Iron Age headhunting, with a particular focus on southern France. It especially considers the results of fieldwork and iconographic research at the site of Entremont.

 

Reconstruction of a headhunting warrior from Entremont ©Libby Mulqueeny and Ian Armit
View of the oppidum at Entremont. CC BY-NC-ND

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