2 jours de conférence sur l'archéologie des religions à Oxford

Gods in Ruins
The archaeology of religious activity in Protohistoric, Archaic, and Republican central Italy

A two-day conference to be held over March 20-22, 2011 at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

Organisers: Dr. Ed Bispham and Mrs. Charlotte Potts

Abstract 

This conference will present the results of current or ongoing work on archaeological evidence for religious activities in central Italy prior to c.200 B.C.. By bringing together early-career academics, postdoctoral researchers, and advanced postgraduate students working on different aspects of material culture ranging from art history to archaeozoology, the conference aims to advance scholarly debate on cult activities in periods, places, and phenomena under-represented in the literary sources.

Speakers from Italy, Greece, Belgium, The Netherlands, America, and the United Kingdom offer delegates the opportunity to discuss work in progress in a variety of countries. Papers will address, among other topics, human sacrifice and ritual killing in Etruscan culture; the economic activities of Italic sanctuaries; Etruscan werewolves; maenadism in Etruria and Campania; and bronze Apennine votives. All papers will be delivered in English.

This conference is supported by The Craven Committee at the University of Oxford.

Dr. Ed Bispham and Mrs. Charlotte Potts contract with the College for the use of facilities only