METALAGES2025 – Sanctuaries and Ritual Practices in the Metal Ages

9:00 - 9:10 (10min)

Welcome

9:10 - 10:30 (1h20)

Thematic session

› Bronze Age pit deposits in the Southeastern Alps – Coincidence or ritual? - Florian Mauthner, Archäologisch Soziale Initiative Steiermark & Archeo Norico Burgmuseum Deutschlandsberg 09:10-09:30 (20min)

› Collective rituals among the Celtic peoples of southwestern Iberia - Luis Berrocal-Rangel - Lucía Ruano Posada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 09:30-09:50 (20min)

› A pan-European perspective on the use of glass in votive practices - Robert Martin, Freie Universität Berlin 09:50-10:10 (20min)

› Excavation of a Chalcolithic open-air cult site with sculpted stelae at Tirinkatar, Armenia - Pavol Hnila, Freie Universität Berlin 10:10-10:30 (20min)

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:40 (1h40)

Thematic session

› Insel im Nirgendwo. Ein Ort für Opferungen und die Sonderbehandlung von Verstorbenen. - Franz Schopper, Brandenburgisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologisches Landesmuseum - Deborah Schulz, Brandenburgisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologisches Landesmuseum 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› Höhensiedlungen und sakrale Landschaften in der irischen Spätbronzezeit - Dirk Brandherm, Queen's University Belfast 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› Water, power and sacred space: The rise of the sanctuary phenomenon in Late Bronze Age Sardinia - Fabio Nieddu, ANAS S.p.A., Direzione Tecnica - AAVT – Archeologia 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› Protohistoric sanctuaries and exchange networks: metal and prestige goods along an inland axis of Central-Eastern Sardinia - Giovanna Fundoni, Università degli Studi di Sassari = University of Sassari [Sassari] 12:00-12:20 (20min)

› Begića Glavica – Late Bronze and Early Iron Age sanctuary in central Bosnia - Mario Gavranovic, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences 12:20-12:40 (20min)

12:40 - 14:20 (1h40)

Lunch

14:20 - 15:40 (1h20)

Thematic session

› Le sanctuaire de la Cime de Tournerie une architecture dédiée aux banquets (IVe s.- IIe s. avant notre ère) - Franck Suméra, Centre Camille Jullian - Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de lÁfrique du Nord de la protohistoire à la fin de lÁntiquité 14:20-14:40 (20min)

› Iron Age funerary landscapes in southwestern Iberia: The case of the Middle Zújar - Lucía Ruano Posada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid 14:40-15:00 (20min)

› The Mediterraneanisation of cults in Carpetania. Late Iron Age sanctuaries and necropolises in the Middle Tagus Valley - Pablo Sánchez de Oro, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid 15:00-15:20 (20min)

› Nouvelles recherches inédites dans l'arrière-pays palermitain : les tombes préhistoriques sur la rivière Belice près de Roccamena - Vintaloro Angelo, Commission sur les Ages des Métaux en Europe et en Méditerranée, de l'UISPP 15:20-15:40 (20min)

15:40 - 16:00 (20min)

General session

› The dynamics of Bronze Age upland settlements in Ireland and Northern Britain: results in Northern Britain to date - Cherie Edwards, Queen's University Belfast 15:40-16:00 (20min)

16:00 - 16:20 (20min)

Conclusion

17:00 - 18:00 (1h)

Annual General Meeting Metal Ages Commission

commission members only

19:00 - 20:00 (1h)

Public evening lecture

20:00 - 21:00 (1h)

Buffet reception