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From hunting station to protest camp - the archaeology of temporary settlements

Henny Piezonka, Elke Kaiser

Comments

Temporary settlements have been part of human lifeways from the dawn of humanity’s existence and continue to exist today in nomadic settings and even in the industrial city-dwelling cultural sphere. As an archaeological category, they are highly important as they attest to central aspects of settlement and mobility patterns as well as to social structures of the communities. However, their recognition and investigation pose particular problems due to the, often ephemeral character of the archaeological remains, connected to light dwellings and short time span of usage. In this course, we discuss a broad range of examples across time and space, from Stone Age hunting stations, to settlements of pastoral nomads, to the hidden camps of Early Modern maroons (excaped slaves), to contemporary examples such as camps of homeless people, protest camps, and festival sites. We will also look at ethnoarchaeological research and its potential to illuminate aspects of the archaeologically invisible. close

Suggested reading

• H. Barnard & W. Wendrich (eds.), The Archaeology of Mobility: Old World and New World Nomadism. • M. C. Beaudry & T. G. Parno, Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement. Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology 35 (New York NY 2013). • Bernbeck, R., Heit, I., Kaiser, E., Pollock, S., Rowland, J., Russo, E., Schier, W., & Tassie, G. (2021). Temporalities in the study of mobility. In D. Knitter, W. Schier, & B. Schütt (Eds.), Spatial Environment and Conceptual Design: The concept of social ecology as a means to integrate humanities and science in landscape archaeological research (pp. 83-106). (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World; Vol. 74). Edition Topoi. https://doi.org/10.17171/3-74 • P. Graves-Brown & Rodney Harrison (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary World (Oxford 2013). • R. Harrison & J. Schofield: After Modernity. Archaeological Approaches to the Contemporary Past (Oxford 2010) • C. Holtorf & A. Piccini (eds.), Contemporary Archaeologies. Excavating Now (Berlin 2008) • U. Müller, Get up – stand up: The Historical archaeology of resistance. In: S. Hansen, J. Müller (eds.), Rebellion and Inequality in Archaeology. UPA 308 (Bonn 2017) 303-331. • J. Schofield & W. Cocroft (eds.), A fearsome heritage. Diverse legacies of the Cold War (Walnut Creek 2007) close

13 Class schedule

Additional appointments

Tue, 2024-04-30 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Elke Kaiser
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Henny Piezonka

Location:
0.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)

Tue, 2024-05-14 18:00 - 20:00

Vortrag E. Dutkiewicz

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Elke Kaiser
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Henny Piezonka

Location:
0.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)

Thu, 2024-06-06 18:00 - 20:00

Vortrag J. Müller

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Elke Kaiser
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Henny Piezonka

Location:
0.2052 Seminarraum (Fabeckstr. 23/25)

Regular appointments

Wed, 14:00 - 16:00 13 Class schedule

Wed, 2024-04-17 14:00 - 16:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Henny Piezonka