Empires in the Archaeological Record

2nd Bologna Seminar on Cross-Cultural Archaeology

  • Data: 08 febbraio 2016 dalle 09:30 alle 13:00

  • Luogo: Aula Prodi, Complesso di S. Giovanni in Monte - Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna

Supporting Institutions

  • Department of History and Cultures
  • Specialization School on Archaeological Heritage
  • Phd School in History and Cultures

Program

h 9.30 - Nicolò Marchetti
Traces of Empires: An Archaeological Perspective from the Ancient Near East

h 10.00 - Pascal Butterlin
Prelude to empire or global culture? The Uruk phenomenon revisited

h 10.30 - Giacomo Benati
Have Empire, Will Travel: The Long-distance Exchange of Consumables in the Late Uruk Period

h 11.00 - Federico Zaina
Transition to Empire in an Urban Context? The Case of Kish from the Early Dynastic to the Akkadian period

h 11.30 - Davide Domenici
The Elusive Empire: Archaeological Evidence for the Political Expansion of Teotihuacan in Classic Mesoamerica