Ground stone artifacts and society  

Congrès, colloques, réunions

 

du 12 au 15 septembre 2017
Mayence : Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

 

 

An international conference on quarrying, production, function and exchange of ground stone artifacts

 

Following the successful approach of the AGSTR founding meeting held in Haifa 2015, the conference is dedicated to a wide range of ground stone tools related topics. These include the social contexts of ground stone artifacts in different regions and cultures from prehistoric to historic times; quarries, quarrying technologies and quarrying tools; production techniques; micro/macro-wear and residue analyses, as well as other functional studies; trade and exchange systems and mechanisms; studies of bedrock features; ethnography of ground stone use. We intend to dedicate a session especially to quern and millstone studies. Contributions are welcome addressing geochemical-mineralogical methods for raw material characterization, the creation of data backgrounds for provenance analyses, data treatment and evaluation (e.g. statistic approaches, GIS evaluations etc.).
Other topics and themes are also welcome. The subject areas and numbers of sessions will be determined when the deadline for sending abstracts is due and all abstracts are considered.

 

 

Organizing Committee

- Tatjana M. Gluhak, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (gluhak@uni-mainz.de)
- Stefanie Wefers, i3 mainz, Hochschule Mainz (stefanie.wefers@hs-mainz.de)
- Susanne Greiff, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (greiff@uni-mainz.de)

Vu sur le site de l'IIPP