Symposium - Understanding Atlantic Early Bronze Age Societies (24th-17th centuries BC)
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This symposium aims to review the current state of knowledge relating to Atlantic Early Bronze Age societies. Each presentation will be a synthesis of new data and new perspectives.
The chronological period encompasses the mid 3rd – mid 2nd millennium BC. This broad range offers the twin advantages of addressing the question of the origins of the Bronze Age (and the role of the Beaker phenomenon) and re-assessing the different overlapping chronological frameworks. In the light of recent scholarship, the questions surrounding the Wessex culture, Armorican Tumulus culture and their respective peripheries will be discussed. These include: how should these phenomena be defined archaeologically, spatially and temporarily? What do we mean when we interpret these as "princely" societies or the emergence of elites? What parallels are there with other contemporary archaeological cultures in Europe (e.g. El Argar, Rhone, Hilversum or Únětice cultures...) ?
Submission guidelines:
If you would like to present a paper at this conference, a proposal including an abstract, in French or English can be submitted to bronze2018rennes@gmail.com before the 15th of February 2018