Call for papers: «Materiality of Earth» (31/08/2023)
Materiality of Earth. Integrative approaches for the investigation of earthen materials and their significance for past and modern human societies.
Guest editors: Dr. Pamela Fragnoli (Austrian Archaeological Institute, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, 1190 Vienna, Austria); Dr. Elisa Boccalon (Austrian Archaeological Institute, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, 1190 Vienna, Austria); Dr. Susanna Cereda (University of Innsbruck, Langer Weg 11, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria); Dr. Giovanna Liberotti (University of Florence, P.za di San Marco 4, 50121 Florence, Italy).
Special issue information:
Seemingly humble yet a rich and multifaceted resource, earth is the natural background to our life, with which it is deeply interwoven. Moreover, it represents an ancestral and genuine example of sustainability both in architecture and in craftworks. Earth-based artifacts and structures have been long object of interdisciplinary approaches employing natural scientific methods. Pottery, non-ceramic clay-based artifacts used in domestic, metallurgical, textile and administrative activities as well as earthen and brick architecture have been largely explored in their chemical, physical, mineralogical and optical properties.
Aim of these high-resolution analyses is to tackle provenance, technology and conservation issues as well as to reconstruct the use of both the built space and natural landscapes. However, the rigid categorization of specialisms has often hindered a more global and theoretical discourse between scholars who ultimately deal with the same material ‒ earth ‒, only used and processed in different ways and contexts.
This Special Issue addresses thus earth as a common denominator, drawing attention to a resource whose procurement and manipulation proved essential in the history of humankind. We welcome contributions that explore earth in its various material properties and cultural perceptions, by looking at the interweaving relation between crafts, administration as well daily and living spaces, in an extraordinarily large spectrum of functions and meanings. Aim is to stimulate specialists from different fields (archaeologists, natural scientists, cultural heritage scientists, architects, etc.) to present their approach to the study of earth, thus providing a common ground for the development of new integrative methods and better grasp the significance of earth in human lives, today as well as in the past.
Manuscript submission information:
The Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports’s submission system will be open for submissions from 01 December 2022. When submitting your manuscript please select the article type “VSI: Materiality of Earth”. Please submit your manuscript before 31 August 2023.
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Réseau Terre (15 février 2023). Call for papers: «Materiality of Earth» (31/08/2023). Réseau Terre. Consulté le 8 novembre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/tnrk