Theme:
The archaeology of material culture, bodies and landscapes
Session format:
Session, made up of a combination of papers, max. 15 minutes each
Title:
From central space to urban place. Theories, methods and models for analyzing processes of urbanization in a European perspective
Content:
The session is focusing on the dialogue between theories, methods and models for analyzing processes of urbanization in a European perspective.
One focus point is the characteristics and processes, that on the empirical background of archaeology can be registered in the gap between localities with pre-urban features and the regular urban settlements. Another focus point is the relationship between the town and the surrounding society. Here attention is drawn to the early urbanization as setting for concentration of fundamental functions in society (e.g. law, trade and religion). These functions might operate within international networks (e.g. European trade systems and religion) as well as in local relations, that supports the shaping of urban environments.
We welcome papers with a microscale starting point in an archaeological case as well as in larger, comprehensive studies, that addresses the theme from an overall and macroscale perspective. Obvious themes might, besides the theoretical and methodological perspectives, be founded in both “buttom-up” as well as “top-down” processes.
The intention is to explore new and varied approaches to early urbanism and to present contributions that spread widely in time and space, i.e. across Europe in the period c. AD 200-1200.
Confirmed speakers:
Dr Manuel Fernández-Götz, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Associate Professor, Søren Munch Kristiansen, Department of Geoscience, School of Culture and Society - Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) Aarhus University, Denmark.
Keywords:
Urbanization
Networks
Models
Top-Down
Buttom-up
Session associated with MERC:
yes
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Main organiser:
ph.d. Mads Runge (Denmark) 1
Co-organisers:
ph.d. Jesper Hansen (Denmark) 1
Prof. Frode Iversen (Norway) 2
Docent John Ljungkvist (Sweden) 3
Affiliations:
1. Odense City Museums, Denmark
2. Department of Archaeology, University of Oslo, Museum of Cultural History, Norway
3. Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Uppsala, Sweden
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