Ressource pédagogique : An analysis of Iron Age Scottish wetland deposition practices /Tiffany Treadway

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An analysis of Iron Age Scottish wetland deposition practices / Tiffany Treadway, in colloque "1st Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Paleontologists. Nouveaux apports à l’étude des populations et environnements passés" organisé par le laboratoire Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés (TRACES) de l’Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès et le laboratoire Paléontologie Évolution Paléoécosystèmes (PALEVOPRIM) de l'Université de Poitiers, sous la responsabilité scientifique de Julie Bachellerie, Ana Belén Galán López (Traces), Émilie Berlioz et Margot Louail (Palevoprim). Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, 8-9 mars 2021. [Conférence enregistrée à distance]. Session 3 : Exploitation of natural resources and raw materials, subsistence strategies. Study of prehistoric deposition is extensive. However, holistic analyses of regional trends in Scotland and Wales for wetland deposition for the Iron Age has not been attempted. The project's overarching aim was to observe, analyse, and interpret wetland depositional practices for Iron Age Scotland and Wales, based on the object and site records acquired. The project collected object records from museums, online databases, heritage trusts, and archaeological units. Variables such as environment, tradition assemblage, object type, material, manufacture periods and discovery dates are evaluated for their commonality. The project’s objective was to identify trends and patterns in the data to provide new or confirm pre-existing depositional traditions. The result of such analyses revealed Iron Age wetland deposition practices served as a reaffirmation of social identity, tradition, and cultural mnemonic. Depositional practices served both functionalist and traditionalist purposes, which is unsurprising as in prehistory these roles tend to coincide. In the case of wetland deposition, we can surmise that the tradition intertwined these theoretical roles whereby collective memory benefited both the group and the individuals who participated, even marginally.

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• Age du fer (930.16)
• Angleterre et pays de Galles (942)
• Archéologie de la préhistoire (930.11)

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