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Record Nr.

UNINA9910853986003321

Autore

Tsirtsoni Zoï

Titolo

Different Times? Archaeological and Environmental Data from Intra-Site and off-Site Sequences : Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France) Volume 4, Session II-8

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Archaeopress, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

9781789696523

1789696526

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Collana

Proceedings of the UISPP World Congress

Altri autori (Persone)

KuzucuoğluCatherine

NondédéoPhilippe

WellerOlivier

Disciplina

930.10285

Soggetti

Archaeological dating

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Different Times? Archaeological and environmental data from intra-site and off-site sequences  brings together seven papers from Session II-8 of the XVIII UISPP Congress (Paris, 4-9 June 2018). The session questioned temporal correlations between intra-site and off-site data in archaeology-related contexts. The word 'site' describes here archaeological sites or groups of sites - usually settlements - that have undergone research in recent years and produced information on the duration and timing of human presence. Comparison with evidence from geomorphological and paleoenvironmental research conducted at various distances from settlements gives some interesting results, such as 'missing' occupation periods, distortions in human presence intensity through space as well as time, variability in explanations concerning the abandonment of settlements, etc. Examples presented here highlight: first, discrepancies between time records within built areas used for living and the surrounding lands used for other activities (cultivation, herding, travelling, etc); second, discrepancies produced by the use of different 'time markers' (ie. chronostratigraphy of



archaeological layers or pottery evolution on the one hand, sedimentary or pollen sequences on the other hand). Although improving the resolution of individual data is essential, the authors argue that the joint and detailed examination of evidence produced together by human and natural scientists is more important for reaching a reliable reconstruction of past people's activities. Both the session and the volume stem from the Working Group 'Environmental and Social Changes in the Past' ( Changements environnementaux et sociétés dans le passé ) in the research framework of the Cluster of Excellence 'Dynamite' ( Territorial and Spatial Dynamics ) of the University Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne (ANR-11-LABX-0046,  Investissements d'Avenir ).