[Bonetools] Call for Papers: Deer as Material Culture

[Jean-Marc Pétillon]

Dear Steve,

one thing is not clear to me with this conference: is it focused on  
deer in the strict sense of term, i.e. cervus elaphus, or is it  
concerned with other cervids/"deer" species as well (of course I'm  
thinking of reindeer)?

I don't think I'll be there because the dates will interfere with  
another conference, but the information might interest others.

Cheers,

Jean-Marc



Steven Ashby <spa105 at york.ac.uk> a écrit :

> Dear all,
>
> Some of you will be aware of the forthcoming ‘Deer and People: Past,
> Present and Future’ conference, to be held at the University of
> Lincoln 8 – 11 September 2011 (immediately after Salzburg!) .  I will
> be running a session at this
> conference, entitled 'Deer as Material Culture', and would be pleased
> to hear from anyone interested in presenting a paper or poster for
> this session. Please do forward this email to anyone you think might
> be interested. Details follow:
>
> 'Deer as Material Culture'
> Steve Ashby, Dept of Archaeology, University of York, Kings Manor,
> York YO1 7EP.  email: steve.ashby at york.ac.uk
>
> Throughout our (pre)history, deer have represented an important human
> quarry. While the animals themselves have acted as inspiration for
> art, literature, and cosmology, one may also discern a persistent
> interest in what may be termed ‘deer products’. Bone, antler, and (no
> doubt) skins have constituted important materials for the manufacture
> of portable material culture in diverse contexts over at least the
> last 10 millennia, and in many such items the object’s cervid origin
> would have been clearly discernible. Moreover, by taking a lead from
> anthropology, and from documentary, literary, and iconographic
> sources, one may argue that the deer was somehow presenced in a wide
> range of other items.
>
> This session will explore material culture in past and present, and
> will consider the ‘deerness’ of diverse objects, with a view to ways
> in which this might elucidate their social content and agency.
> Examples might include: the frontlet headdresses or barbed points of
> the Mesolithic; Roman and early-medieval amulets, pins, and combs; the
> handles of postmedieval tools and cutlery, or the trophies of country
> estates. No restrictions are placed upon deer species, and papers may
> engage with questions related to any aspect of the biography of such
> items:
>
>
> • Understanding deer behaviour and landscapes, in order to acquire
> resources for craft and industry, whether through control and
> domestication, hunting, or tracking. The implications of such
> relations for the investment of resultant items with meaning;
> • The ‘animal’ content of antler and other deer products as a
> consideration in the exchange of such materials, either as a prestige
> good or a commodity;
> • The ‘animal’ content of antler and other deer products as a
> consideration in the production of objects;
> • The ‘animal’ content of antler and other deer products as a
> consideration in the use, re-use, and meaningful deposition of objects
>
>
> Please feel free to contact me to discuss ideas, but to formally
> submit a paper/poster proposal please visit the conference website:
>  http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/archaeology/research/conferences/deer-people.aspx.
>
>  I'd be grateful if you could copy your proposal to me at
> steve.ashby at york.ac.uk.
>
>
> Sincerely
>
> Steve Ashby



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