Date: June 12th-13th 2014

Organisers: Dir. Prof. Dr. Falko Daim, Prof. Dr. Detlef Gronenborn, PD Dr. Martin Knoll, Dr. Allard Mees, Dr. Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Dr. Rainer Schreg

The second workshop of the „AG Theory and Models“ within the framework of the SPP 1630 „Harbours from the Roman Period to the Middle Ages“ shall be devoted to two major areas of discussion:

Environmental history of harbours, ports and maritime landscapes: concepts and tools for the detection and analysis of entanglements between the natural and built environment in harbours, maritime settlements and their hinterlandConcepts of the “rise and decline” of ports and (maritime) societies in general: socio-economic models for the emergence and abandonment of harbours, port settlements and maritime connections within the wider framework of the “rise and decline” of complex societies 

The workshop will be organised in two sections: one devoted to “theories and concepts” and one devoted to “practical applications and case studies”. While in the first section, invited speakers will present various approaches to the two major topics, followed by intensive discussion, the second section shall provide opportunity for colleagues from within the SPP to present examples for the usage of various conceptional frameworks in their respective projects. The result shall be a lively dialogue between theory and practice in the archaeological and historical analysis of harbours and maritime societies.

Proposals for presentations of not more than 300 words shall be sent to

Johannes.Preiser-Kapeller(at)oeaw.ac.at

until March 20th 2014.

Presentations will be selected by the organisers.

Working language for the workshop will be English.