HomeFrom Quarries To Rock-Cut Sites. Echoes of Stone Crafting
Published on Thursday, March 18, 2021 by Céline Guilleux
Summary
The conference aims at carrying on the international debate on the archaeological investigation of rock-cut spaces and stone quarries, considered as aspects of the same mining phenomenon: places in which specific empirical and handcrafted knowledge related to stone working is expressed and conveyed. The conference envisages a diachronic approach and therefore all case studies are welcome, without chronological limits.
Announcement
Presentation
The conference aims at carrying on the international debate on the archaeological investigation of rock-cut spaces and stone quarries, considered as aspects of the same mining phenomenon: places in which specific empirical and handcrafted knowledge related to stone working is expressed and conveyed. The conference envisages a diachronic approach and therefore all case studies are welcome, without chronological limits.
The conference will be held on 25 and 26 March 2021. For further information: https://www.mappalab.eu/en/echoes-of-stone-crafting/
Attendance
Links for attending the conference
- 25 morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y4z0_S-RSc
- 25 afternoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tkPf7OBgms
- 26 morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAXJyZdg1Kw
- 26 afternoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfCQv2Y9BIs
Programme
Thursday 25 March
- 09:00 Opening remarks
- 09:20 Keynote lecture: Marie-Laure DERAT, The Historical and Archaeological Study of the Site of Lalibela and Its Challenges
- 09:40 Discussion
- 09:55 Luc STEVENS, Qualifications of Craftsmen Who Dug Souterrains in France (10th-16th Centuries) – Preliminary Results
- 10:15 Francesca SOGLIANI and Brunella GARGIULO, The Vertical Stratigraphy in Rock-cut Complexes: The Case of the Church of S. Giovanni in Monterrone in Matera
- 10:35 Anaïs LAMESA, Being Left-handed and Ambidextrous in Rock-hewn Church Worksites Over Time: Methodological Reflections
- 10:55 Discussion
- 11:10 COFFEE BREAK
- 11:20 Jean-Pierre GÉLY and Marc VIRÉ, The Technique of Extracting Building Stone by "Stone-walling and Back-filling" in Paris: An Innovation of the Late Middle Ages
- 11:40 Fernando LIGUE-ENGAMBA, Stonework on the Mvanda Site in Haut-Nyong (East Cameroon): Lithic Remains and Rock’s Transformation Technique
- 12:00 Manon ROUTHIAU, First Reflections on The Structural Analysis of Rock-hewn Caves in Lalibela’s Landscape, Ethiopia (First Results of the Surveys)
- 12:20 Discussion
- 12:35 Lunch Break
- 13:45 Víctor Manuel LÓPEZ-MENCHERO BENDICHO, Ángel Javier CÁRDENAS MARTÍN-BUITRAGO, Ángel MARCHANTE ORTEGA and Jorge ONRUBIA PINTADO, The Millstone Quarry of Piédrola (Alcázar De San Juan, Spain)
- 14:05 Katarina ŠPREM, What to Expect When You're Documenting and Excavating a Roman Quarry – Monte Del Vescovo, Istria, Croatia
- 14:25 Daniel MORLEGHEM, When Quarry Waste Explains Tool Marks
- 14:45 Discussion
- 15:00 Sharing ideas and building bridges The IRAAR Network: An International Community for the Study of Quarries and Rock-cut Sites
Friday 26 March
- 09:00 Opening remarks
- 09:20 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Guillaume ROBIN, How do Rock-cut Architectures Relate With their Environment? The Example of Prehistoric Rock-cut Tombs in Ossi, Sardinia (Italy)
- 09:40 Discussion
- 09:55 Marie-Elise PORQUEDDU, Know-how and Technical Environment: Rethinking Through Technical Study the Emergence of Rock-cut Tombs in The Neolithic Mediterranean
- 10:15 Nuria CASTAÑEDA, Susana CONSUEGRA, , Javier BAENA, Pedro DÍAZ-DEL-RÍO, Middle Palaeolithic Flint Extraction at Casa Montero (Madrid, Spain)
- 10:35 Daniela GALAZZO, A Study of Quartzite Quarries in Egypt
- 10:55 Discussion
11:10 COFFEE BREAK
- 11:20 Thierry GRÉGOR, Jérôme ROHMER, A. ALSUHAIBANI, Stone Extraction in Northwest Arabia, from the Iron Age to the Early 20th Century. New Insights from Dadan (Saudi Arabia)
- 11:40 Claudia SCIUTO, The Hand, the Mind, and the Stone: Technical Tendencies and the Development of Collective Know-how in Stone Extraction Procedures
- 12:00 Germano GERMANÒ, Underground and Open-pit Quarries in Polignano a Mare (Italy): A Preliminary Investigation
- 12:20 Discussion
12:35 LUNCH BREAK
- 13:45 Paul PEIGNOT, The Alleged Pre-Nabataean Chambers at Hegra
- 14:05 Christopher J. LYES, Theorising Ancient Quarries: How Far Have We Come?
- 14:25 Giancarlo PASTURA, Elisabetta DE MINICIS, Matteo ZAGAROLA, Letizia TESSICINI, The Evolution of Negative Architectures: Two Cases From Orte (VT, Italy)
- 14:45 Discussion
- 15:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Francesca SOGLIANI, The DARHEM Project - Digital Atlas of Rupestrian Heritage of Matera
- 15:20 Discussion
Subjects
- History (Main subject)
- Mind and language > Epistemology and methodology > Archaeology
Date(s)
- Thursday, March 25, 2021
- Friday, March 26, 2021
Attached files
Keywords
- quarry, rock-hewn monument, archaeology, diachrony
Contact(s)
- Anaïs Lamesa
courriel : anaislamesa [at] yahoo [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Anaïs Lamesa
courriel : anaislamesa [at] yahoo [dot] fr
To cite this announcement
« From Quarries To Rock-Cut Sites. Echoes of Stone Crafting », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on Thursday, March 18, 2021, https://calenda.org/856483