[ATHENA] appel à communication pour l'EAA à Vilnius, "fueling crafts and ndustries", date butoir le 15 février

["Danielle Deroin" (Danielle.Arribet AT univ-paris1.fr via athena Mailing List) <athena AT services.cnrs.fr>]

Chers collègues,

Une des sessions du congrès de l'EAA (European association of  
Archaeologists) qui aura lieu à Vilnius du 30 août au 4 septembre 2016  
portera sur le thème suivant : "Fueling crafts and industries in  
medieval and post-medieval Europe". Elle est organisée par Sylvain  
Burri, Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet et Susanne Klemm et moi-même.
En voici des liens vers les attendus de cette session (copiés dans le  
message, ci-dessous) et vers la thématique d'ensemble :
http://eaavilnius2016.lt/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/86.pdf
http://eaavilnius2016.lt/6-archaeology-without-borders-th6/

La date butoir pour proposer une contribution est fixée au 15 février 2016.

Bien cordialement.
Danielle Arribet-Deroin


Fueling crafts and industries in medieval and post-medieval Europe

Author - Burri, Sylvain, French National Centre for Scientific  
Research, Aix-en-Provence, France (Presenting author)
Co-author(s) - Paradis-Grenouillet, Sandrine Università degli studi di  
Padova, Padua, Italy
Co-author(s) - Arribet-Deroin, Danielle, Université Paris I Panthéon  
Sorbonne, Paris, France
Co-author(s) - Klemm, Susanne, Archaeology & Communication, Vienna, Austria
Topic - Archaeology without borders
Keywords: craft and proto-industry, fuel, natural resources

Fuel supply is a critical element in the development of crafts and  
proto-industry in medieval and post medieval Europe. Significant  
quantities of fuel are needed for activities such as metal production  
and metal working, brick and tile manufacture, ceramics, lime burning,  
tanning and dyeing, glass production, soap making, processing of salt,  
sugar and other products. Plant resources (firewood, charcoal,  
straw…) are the main fuel resources until coal appears in  
Northern Europe in the XIIth century. However, the use of coal remains  
limited and very unevenly distributed between regions until the XVIIth  
century. As the use of mineral fuel becomes more widespread in Europe,  
the role of forest changes, since when charcoal production decreases,  
less wood is needed. At the same time, mining of fossil coal also has  
a heavy impact on the landscape. Supply strategies are based on  
complex political and socio-economic relationships (regulation,  
control, agreements) between industrial areas and their hinterlands,  
leading to supply and transportation networks by land, river and sea.  
Fuel supply is a specific economic market involving a large range of  
actors (woodcutters, miners, fuel sellers, fuel dealers, and clients).  
The increase in demand for fuel impacts the availability of resources  
and sometimes leads to environmental crises. Societies must adapt by  
changing the type of fuel used or by adopting different resource  
management strategies.
Until now, research has been conducted according to discipline  
(history/archaeology/paleobotany), geographical situation  
(Mediterranean/Continental or Northern Europe) or theme (plant  
fuel/mineral fuel). This lack of a multidisciplinary approach has held  
back the development of global research on fuel supply strategies.  
This session aims to gather researchers from different disciplines in  
order to provide a comprehensive overview of fuel supply in medieval  
and postmedieval crafts and industries, from acquisition to  
consumption of raw materials, in economic, technical and social  
dimensions.

Presentation Preference - Regular session (half day)