Call for papers: Chasing Death Ways: new methods, techniques and practices in documenting and interpreting the

funerary record (T06S025)

EAA, 20th annual meeting, 10-14 September 2014, Istanbul Call for Papers & Posters deadline January 27, 2014 Call for paper & poster proposals now open. All paper and poster proposals should be submitted online by filling the Paper Submission Form: https://www.eaa2014istanbul.org/submission_form

THEME Retrieving and interpreting the archaeological record (T06) SESSION

Chasing Death Ways: new methods, techniques and practices in documenting and interpreting the funerary record (T06S025)
SESSION ORGANIZERS Hayley Mickleburgh (H.L.Mickleburgh@arch.leidenuniv.nl ), Karina Gerdau Radonic (kgradonic@bournemouth.ac.uk), Rita Peyroteo Stjerna (rita.stjerna@arkeologi.uu.se ), Mari Trv (mari.torv@ut.ee)

Leiden University, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden, The Netherlands; Forensic and Bioarchaeological Sciences Group, Bournemouth University, UK; Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, Sweden; Centrum for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, Germany.

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SESSIONS ABSTRACT In recent years, archaeology has undergone a series of rapid developments in both theoretical and methodological approaches to death and burial. Excavation and documentation techniques such as archaeothanatology, as well as developments in bioarchaeology such as the application of aDNA analysis and other cutting edge research, has meant that human remains are increasingly important in the field. By incorporating the growing variety of new methods, techniques and theoretical approaches used in the archaeology of death and burial, this session aims to explore new avenues for interpreting funerary behaviours systematically through time and space. For mapping the current state of the research in the field we are calling for papers to discuss both theories and methods in the realm of funerary archaeology. What are the methodologies from the variety of sciences that can be used in studying funerary practices? Which of them have been effective, dismissed or have gained far too little attention? What are the possibilities for bridging theory and method in the study of prehistoric funerary practices?

Case studies from a variety of temporal and geographical contexts will serve as the basis for discussion of future directions in funerary archaeology.

A warm welcome to all of you wishing to discuss theory & method in funerary contexts! Submit your paper through the EAA2014 website (deadline January 27): https://www.eaa2014istanbul.org/submission_form

If you have any questions about the session please do not hesitate to contact any of the emails above.

Last update: 23 December 2013

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