Theme:
Theories and methods in archaeological sciences
Session format:
Session, made up of a combination of papers, max. 15 minutes each
Title:
Methodological advances in Coastal and Maritime Archaeology
Content:
Coastal and maritime archaeology has undergone unprecedented methodological advances in the last decades, from sophisticated remote sensing and submerged landscape reconstructions, that changed the scope of what compasses a ‘past coastal landscape’, over refined laboratory analyses of biomolecular records in human or faunal remains, which redefined consumption practices and coastal ecologies, to the study of submerged sediments through DNA or lipid analysis.
This session aims to bring together researchers who work at these multidisciplinary frontiers and who apply new approaches in their respective fields to shape future applications in coastal and maritime archaeology. The session also seeks to include novel approaches of directly combining theoretical advances with practical implementations in the field, as there is growing demand in further developing surveys and excavations of coastal settings. These can include but are not restricted to advances in reconstructing and interpreting coastal and submerged environments, analysing coastal subsistence and ecology, and developing large-scale or multi-evidential approaches to reconstruct and promote the interplay between coastal landscapes and human lifeways.
Keywords:
Coastal/underwater archaeology, method development
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Main organiser:
Niklas Hausmann (Greece) 1,2,3
Co-organisers:
André Colonese (United Kingdom) 2
Geoff Bailey (United Kingdom) 2
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Heraklion, GR
2. Department of Archaeology, University of York, UK
3. Department of Archaeology, MPI-SHH, DE
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