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The Archaeological Conference of Central Germany is hosted annually by the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt. Based on finds or findings from Central Germany, the international conference addresses selected archaeological topics in order to contribute new insights into the interdisciplinary discussion.
Within the framework of this year's congress, archaeologists, ethnologists, historians and philologists, among others, will address the interplay of time and power. The starting point for these considerations is the Nebra Sky Disc. The astronomical and calendric knowledge encoded on this UNESCO Memory of the World allows us to draw far-reaching conclusions about the social structures of the Early Bronze Age in Central Germany. Using numerous other examples form the Palaeolithic to modern times and from various cultures worldwide, the conference will present different time concepts, calendars and celestial images as well as cosmologies based on astronomical observation. The discussion will be focussed on whether, and to what extent, the determination of time and chronology, which is based on monopolized knowledge, is related to the legitimation of power.
Information on participating / attending:
After the cancellation of the event due to the corona-pandemic, the topic of the Archaeological Conference of Central Germany will only be discussed in writing this year. The speakers' contributions will appear in a conference volume.
Date:
10/08/2020 10:00 - 10/10/2020 14:00
Event venue:
After the cancellation of the event due to the corona-pandemic, the topic of the Archaeological Conference of Central Germany will only be discussed in writing this year. The speakers' contributions will appear in a conference volume.
Halle (Saale)
Sachsen-Anhalt
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, History / archaeology, Physics / astronomy, Politics, Religion
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference, Presentation / colloquium / lecture, Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
09/15/2020
Sender/author:
Alfred Reichenberger
Department:
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event66906
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