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take place at 7pm on thursday march 28th 2013 at the irish institute of hellenic studies iihsa at 51a odos notara exarcheia athens numbers are limited to 15 please rsvp by email irishinstitute hol gr to book a place and request the reading comments next seminar approaches to social complexity in archaeology october 10 2012 at 00 26 filed under uncategorized in recent decades the theoretical parameters of social complexity in archaeology have shifted considerably those neoevolutionist theories which formed the foundation of many previous avenues of research have been extensively critiqued for their inability to adequately explain processes of change for identifying inequality as a seemingly inevitable consequence of social progress and for implicitly positioning modern western state societies at the apex of the typology archaeologists of both processual and post processual schools have moved away from the typological trajectories of band tribe chiefdom state as per sahlins and service 1960 37 and egalitarian ranked stratified state fried 1967 and classificatory terms such as chiefdom and state which no longer meaningfully describe those societies encountered in the anthropological or archaeological records in the wake of this shift a number of complementary and competing theoretical perspectives on social complexity have emerged which seek to redress the limitations of previous schemes rather than identifying social complexity as a framework within which inequality heterogeneity and social stratification develop concurrently and systemically several new approaches have sought to decouple these three components resulting in the development of a multiplicity of theoretical models which include multiple dynamic models of hierarchy alongside concepts such as the decentralised state heterarchy factionalism and dual processual models inevitably any reassessment of the nature of social complexity and any reanalysis of the criteria upon which archaeologists define social complexity has far reaching consequences for our understanding of the past this tasa session led by david smith university of liverpool and stephen o brien university of chester will explore both the potential and the limitations of new approaches to social complexity using the societies of the late bronze age in the aegean as our evidential base items for discussion will include is the concept of the state still useful to archaeologists how might non hierarchical social formations be recognised in the archaeological record how do non evolutionary models of society impact upon our understanding of processes of change what are the implications of non hierarchical models of power for the analysis of state societies such as those of the palatial late bronze age in crete and on the greek mainland seminar will take place at 7pm on thursday october 18th 2012 at the irish institute of hellenic studies iihsa at 51a odos notara numbers are limited to 15 please rsvp by email irishinstitute hol gr to book a place and request the reading comments next seminar reading the past images in archaeology as a source of information may 18 2011 at 10 52 filed under uncategorized the study of images has always played a significant part in archaeology as it is considered a useful tool towards the reconstruction of various aspects of life of ancient societies such as beliefs and symbolisms that are not otherwise visible in the archaeological record this is especially true in prehistoric archaeology due to the lack of writer sources wedde 1995 for example discusses issues of aegean bronze age hierarchical systems based on iconographic representations in fact as morgan 1985 19 observes iconography as a notation of a culture is as expressive and informative as any language however even in historical periods when written documents are more abundant and contain plenty of information the careful study of images is crucial in order to differentiate myth from reality see ferrari 2003 the aim of this seminar led by dr angelos papadopoulos is to present and discuss some of the key aspects of the study of images in order to comprehend to a greater extent the role of representations in ancient societies should images and representations be considered as portraits or photographs of the past and to what extend should the archaeologist be dependent on them in order to interpret the available data are images what may be called pure art or where they manipulated and presented in certain ways in order to highlight individuals such as the local elite s or specific moments in time for example victories over the enemy are there common patterns between the various cultures and polities in the use and appreciation on certain icons so that different peoples can understand the meaning of an image or a scene who had access to the images decorating the walls of palaces and temples and why there are variations in size and type of representations seminar will take place at 7pm on friday may 27th 2011 at the irish institute of hellenic studies iihsa at 51a odos notara numbers are limited to 15 please rsvp by email iihsa hol gr to book a place and request the reading comments next seminar gender in archaeology april 3 2011 at 14 48 filed under uncategorized attention to gender and feminist questions within archaeological practice and theory has followed a somewhat different path from other disciplines but inquiry into the presence of women and the difference gender makes is ongoing in a variety of areas the discussion be led by meryl altman professor of women s studies at depauw university will address the following important issues how does gender affect the use of space the meaning of objects the distribution of resources and power what theories about gender implicit or explicit underlie various ways of conceptualizing for instance the household and the city suspicion has rightly fallen on certain grand narratives evolution from matriarchy to patriarchy oriental seclusion etc whether in conservative or feminist versions is it desirable to avoid all grand narratives is it possible to what extent should domesticating vs foreignising strategies be pursued i e is it helpful to emphasize similarities or differences with the present day how does the development of gender and feminist theory and methodology articulate with other developments in the field of archaeology processualism post processualism interest in networks questions about the possibility desirability of reconstructing experience and are there differences between the archaeological study of the aegean region vs the rest of the world what is should be can be the relationship of gender archaeology to ethnography is there a place for aesthetics how do we understand relations between gender representations and gender realities between status of women and women s power defined as access to resources what role if any remains for biology how can the sorts of evidence available and the methods of investigation used to explore that evidence influence the social picture that develops how can we be careful not to erase differences between women in particular differences of social class and still come to some conclusions what do we do when the texts say one thing and the material culture says something difference what do we do when there are no texts is it reasonable to generalize between literate and pre literate societies how does the study of sexuality including same sex practices and gender fluidity overlap with study of the presence and role of women where are there some disconnects how can these different approaches most productively work together how does the study of gender intersect with studies of ethnicity colonialism and migration seminar will take place at 7pm on wednesday april13th 2011 at the irish institute of hellenic studies iihsa at 51a odos notara numbers are limited to 15 please rsvp by email iihsa hol gr to book a place and request the reading comments next seminar theoretical methodological perspectives on networks connectivity in mediterranean archaeology february 28 2011 at 11 18 filed under uncategorized albeit within the archaeological discourse interaction has always played a critical role it can be safely asserted that for many years its functioning has been one of the most under theorized themes in archaeology in general and in mediterranean archaeology in particular this is because inter societal interaction has been often taken for granted and considered more a prerequisite than a topic per se in the last two decades or so however this situation has considerably changed indeed a relatively well defined branch of studies has gradually emerged which sees its main object of analysis not in the individual entities forming the archaeological record but rather in connections between them albeit often starting from quite different standpoints from island archaeology to more science oriented applications these studies appear to have a common denominator constituted by the adoption of methodologies based on loosely inspired by a specific branch of mathematics called graph theory in archaeological applications of graph theory archaeological objects are connected by various means to other nodes and forming a network what is of interest of networks whatever their form is primarily their overall properties and the roles that nodes acquire by virtue of their position in that whole as a result of this position nodes might have different degrees of centrality between ness or remoteness features that in turn can be linked to aspects that it is possible to recognize in the archaeological record prominence of a particular site in a region abundance or lack of archaeological remains at some particular locales etc finally the limiting empowering capabilities of physical space are another aspect that network applications examining case studies from the mediterranean past are starting to deal with i e knappett et al 2008 in this tasa session led by francesco iacono university college london we will discuss and highlight the potential and the limitations of the use networks both as a rigorous methodology and as a broader metaphor of past human activity addressing in particular issues related with why archaeology should be interested in networks how networks in the past can help us to gain a better understanding of the current world relationship between various notions of centrality the emergence of prominent sites in a region the role of environment in shaping continuity or discontinuity of interaction i e the role of the sea a connecting element rather than a dividing one horden and purcell 2000 broodbank 2000 limitations entailed by the use of networks approaches with the often incomplete data offered by the archaeological record social implications of networks are networks neutral what is the influence of networks on societal differentiation seminar will take place at 7pm on monday march 14th 2011 at the irish institute of hellenic studies iihsa at 51a odos notara numbers are limited to 15 please rsvp by email iihsa hol gr to book a place and request the reading comments next seminar linguistics and archaeology january 6 2011 at 17 59 filed under uncategorized this tasa session aims at examining recent approaches on the interdisciplinary studies which combine linguistics and archaeology admittedly the collaboration between these two very diverse fields has not always been fruitful in the past in the last century and to a certain extent even today family tree models of historical linguistics have often been inaccurately applied to archaeological cultures these linguistic models have been often utilized to associate a certain population group with a certain language family in order to explain cultural changes in the archaeological record caused by an invading culture which also brought a new language this out dated culture historical approach presumed a direct connection between material culture language and ethnicity anachronistically using modern concepts to analyse the past in the last decades however both disciplines have changed considerably today both linguists and archaeologists agree that i there is no necessary connection between archaeological cultures and languages ii population replacement is only one of the possible causes of cultural change iii population replacement is only one of the possible causes of language dispersal in both disciplines many different models have been proposed to explain cultural change or language dispersal e g peer polity interaction acculturation conspicuous consumption language shift through exchange networks extensive bilingualism sprachbund influence of prestige languages etc since there is no necessary correlation between the subjects of these two disciplines i e languages and material culture is it still possible to have productive collaboration between linguists and archaeologists the short answer seems to be yes but carefully for the long answer you are kindly invited to the next tasa session which will be chaired by mr hüseyin çınar öztürk university of cincinnati questions for discussion will include can modern language dispersal models be applied to archaeological cultures can universally acknowledged pre proto historic migrations be challenged by linguistic analysis see parker 2008 can linguistic characteristics of a language tell us about the social mechanisms or subsistence systems of the society that spoke it if so how can we make use of that information as archaeologists seminar will take place at 7pm on monday 17th january 2011 at the irish institute of hellenic studies iihsa at 51a odos notara numbers are limited please rsvp by email iihsa hol gr to book a place and request the reading comments next seminar social memory in archaeology may 11 2010 at 11 59 filed under past seminars memory is not data stored in the mind but emerges from the mutual engagement between the person and world jones 2007 it mediates between the past and the present and is not a passive reading of external information it is part of the ongoing process of interpretation and re interpretation of the world memory can also change through time and memories can be eradicated connerton 1989 argues that memories are socially constructed phenomena and not purely psychological occurrences or constructed by social narratives instead he argues than memory is embodied in social practice and that habit memory is expressed in actual body or physical movements of people and in ritual performances social memory can cause inertia in social structures although this is not always the case in order to understand these social structures it is necessary to examine habit bodily practises and ritual accumulated material memories can create define human identity and personhood also group identities material culture as a medium for storing memory also neurological cognitive ability i e human brain evolution language but also for creating new memo...