Crises seem to be ubiquitous today, yet oddly, while some archaeologists have studied collapse, few have focused explicitly on the topic of crisis. Crises entail a recognition of uncertainty as well as a capacity to anticipate troubles of all kinds in order to prevent disaster. Confronting crises involves comparison between a familiar world and an …
ResourceScapes in the Iranian Highlands - Water, Wind and Minerals as Factors of Appropriation and Integration, Bochum / September 12th and 13th, 2022 The Iranian central plateau, just as the entire Iranian highlands, has been shaped by very specific resource conditions in some cases. This affects different weather phenomena (e.g. the so-called wind of 120 …
SPP-DFG 2176 Online-Series Archaeometric Research in Iran and its Neighbouring Regions: Recent Activities and Future Perspective We kindly invite you to our third session of our online-series ‘Archaeometric Research in Iran and Neighbouring Regions’ with lectures from and discussions among experts.The topic is on: Pigments and Colourful Materials 27/07/2022 - 3:00 to 4:30 pm CEST (5:30 …