Lecture | Material Culture Talk
Profiling Objects, Finding Identities?
- Date
- Thursday 6 June 2024
- Time
- Location
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Van Steenis
Einsteinweg 2
2333 CC Leiden - Room
- C1.24
The P.O.F.I. Project – in collaboration with the University of Pavia and the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le Province di Latina e Frosinone - seeks to contribute to the
debate about the interconnectedness of the pre-Roman world
by examining the interplay between mobility, burial practices,
and funerary goods traditionally ascribed to the so-called
Volscians, an ancient Italic group mentioned in literary sources as
fierce adversaries of Rome. Focusing on the recently unearthed
necropolis in Pofi, Southern Latium, our project aims to shed light
on the nuanced connections between material culture, social
structures, and territorial expressions.
The material culture commonly attributed to the Volscians, found
both in the hinterland of Lazio and close to the Tyrrhenian coast,
presents an intriguing case study. The necropoleis excavated in
Frosinone, Pofi and Satricum have revealed an incredibly rich
funerary record, which offers an unprecedented opportunity to
explore the complexities of burial practices of southern Latium in
the Archaic and post-Archaic age, emphasizing both similarities
and differences across diverse geographical locations, and thus
giving an opportunity to reflect on the ethnic labels traditionally
used in this area.
After the talk we will have a moment in which Annelou van Gijn will officially receive the first copy of her festschrift "Artefact Biographies from Mesolithic and Neolithic Europe and Beyond - Papers in honour of Professor Annelou van Gijn", edited by A. Verbaas, G. Langejans, A. Little and B. Chan.