The conference originates from the DFG-project “Fragmentation of votive offerings in the sanctuary of Olympia – Research on the background of a ritual practice”, which seeks to investigate the practice of fragmentation of copper alloy votive offerings from the sanctuary of Olympia using material, statistical and spatial analysis.
The aim of the conference is to analyse the practice of fragmentation across time and space and from a cultural perspective using different approaches.
Registration
If you want to attend remotely send an email to anmeldung(at)leiza.de
Registration deadline: 21 November 2023
Contact
If you have any further questions, please email Azzurra Scarci: azzurra.scarci(at)leiza.de
Programme
WEDNESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2023
17.30-17.45
WELCOME
17.45-18.00
Introduction
Holger Baitinger, Azzura Scarci
18.00-19.00
KEYNOTE
John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska (Durham University)
The mirror spied upon us (Borges). The agency of fragments and whole objects in archaeology and how to study them
THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2023
BRONZE AGE HOARDS AND GREEK SANCTUARIES: THE EXAMPLE OF OLYMPIA
9.00-9.25
Oliver Pilz (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Athen)
Gifts for the God(s): dedicatory practice in early Olympia
9.25-9.50
Holger Baitinger (Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie, Mainz)
»Die Zerstörung der älteren Bronzeweihgeschenke und die Zersplitterung der Fragmente hat schon in recht früher Zeit begonnen«
Fragmented bronze objects in Greek sanctuaries and European hoards
9.50-10.30
Azzurra Scarci, Gerhard Stawinoga (Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie, Mainz)
Fragmentation as ritual practise? New insights from the sanctuary of Olympia
10.30-11.00
DISCUSSION
11.00-11.30
COFFEE BREAK
FRAGMENTATION AND USE-WEAR ANALYSIS
11.30-11.55
Matthew Knight (National Museums Scotland)
Use and abuse in later Bronze Age metalwork hoards from Britain
11.55-12.20
J. Gábor Tarbay (Hungarian National Museum, Budapest)
The selection and treatment of Late Bronze Age swords in West Hungary
12.20-12.45
Botond Rezi (Mureş County Museum, Târgu Mureș)
Fragmentation patterns on the eastern fringes of the Carpathian Basin during the Late Bronze Age
12.45-14.15
LUNCH
14.15-14.40
Jan Skolaut (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg)
Fragmentation patterns and the late Bronze Age deposition of Ingolstadt-Dünzlau
14.40-15.05
Christoph Huth (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg)
Patterns of destruction among Late Bronze Age metalwork depositions in central and NW Europe
15.05-15.35
DISCUSSION
15.35-16.05
COFFEE BREAK
FRAGMENTATION AND METROLOGY
16.05-16.30
Giancarlo Lago (Università del Salento, Lecce)
Breaking metals: quantification and interpretation of Bronze fragmentation in Bronze Age Italy
16.30-16.55
Nicola Ialongo (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
What are fragments for? Disentangling metal fragmentation and hoarding beyond the European Bronze Age
16.55-17.30
DISCUSSION
FRIDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2023
FRAGMENTS AND RITUALS
9.30-9.55
Estelle Gauthier (Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon)
Fragmentation and symbolic practices in Bronze Age hoards in France
9.55-10.20
Massimo Cultraro (Centro Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR-ISPC, Catania)
Metall fragments for the God(s), Re-evaluating the religious dimension of the hoard from Mendolito, Adrano (Sicily) in the late 8th century BC
10.20-10.45
COFFEE BREAK
10.45-11.10
Andreas Rau (Zentrum für Baltische und Skandinavische Archäologie, Schleswig)
Fragmentation (- Dismantling – Rearranging): on the pre-depositional treatments of Iron Age offerings ofmilitary equipment in Northern Europe
FRAGMENTATIONS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
11.10-11.35
Roland Schwab (Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie, Mainz)
Material science-based research into destruction and recycling of bronze objects
11.35-12.05
DISCUSSION
12.05-12.35
CONCLUSION
Organisation
Apl. Prof. Dr. Holger Baitinger
Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie
Dr. Azzurra Scarci
Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie