IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 216: Diaspora and the Natural World, I
Monday 7 July 2008, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Society for Medieval Archaeology |
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| Organiser: | Naomi Sykes, Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Richard Jones, Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester. |
| Paper 216-a | Hunting Lions and Breeding Warhorses: Investigating the Impact of Crusading on Animal Exploitation at the Frontiers of Christendom (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Crusades |
| Paper 216-b | Changing Faiths, Changing Worlds?: Perceptions of Nature in England, c. 450-1100 (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Daily Life |
| Paper 216-c | Artefacts of Diaspora: Culture Contact and the Production of Antler Combs in Early Viking Age Britain (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Economics - Trade |
| Abstract | Medieval Europe witnessed far-ranging movements of both peoples and ideas; from Barbarian invasions to the Crusades and from Paganism to the expansion of Christianity and Islam. The impact of these movements on the 'Natural World', both physical and perceived, was many and varied. Understanding their significance has the potential to reveal much about the groups responsible for them. This session seeks to showcase new archaeological research - whether scientific or theoretically-based - into the ecological and/or ideological changes that accompanied the diasporas of the medieval period. |