ABSTRACT
Surface artefacts, often overlooked or undervalued, hold the potential to transform our understanding of archaeological sites. This workshop will explore how surface materials can be systematically studied to uncover critical insights into past societies. By leveraging innovative technologies such as GIS mapping, photogrammetry, and material analysis, along with interpretative frameworks designed for various artefact types (ceramics, lithics, metals, and other objects), these materials emerge as a rich and underutilized resource in archaeological surveys. Through interdisciplinary methodologies and case studies, the event aims to demonstrate how these artefacts, when contextualized within their environmental and spatial settings, can reconstruct settlement patterns, trade networks, and technological practices.
PROGRAM
9h30 - 9h50 : War and Heritage: Tracing the transformation of rural landscapes in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Lenka Starková (University of West Bohemia)
10h00 - 10h20 : Surface stone concentrations as indicators of subsurface architecture: a case study from the Dinka settlement complex, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Andrea Squitieri (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
11h00 - 11h20 : Tracing time through surface material assemblages: new insights into human occupation in the al ʿUlā Valley.
Maria Paola Pellegrino (Archaïos)
11h30 - 11h50 : Diving into the artefacts’ Terra Incognita: new insights on surface lithics in archaeology.
Maria Pia Maiorano (Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences - Prague)
12h00 - 12h20 : Questioning borders and territory. Mapping the pottery traditions using survey material in the Zagros Piedmont during the Iron Age.
Jean-Jacques Herr (Archaïos, Université de Strasbourg, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
12h30 - 13h00 : General discussion and conclusion
