Crossing the Mountains
Communities, identities and mobilities across the Pyrenees
(5th-1st century B.C.)
28-29 March 2022
DAY 1 (AM)
9.00-9.15. Andrew Meadows et al. – Welcome.
9.15-9.40. Pierre Moret – Introduction. The Pyrenees in the Greek and Roman representations of Western Europe, from Herodotus to Pliny the Elder
Session 1. Cultures and identities
Chairman:
9.50. Noemí Moncunill Martí, Coline Ruiz Darasse - A duobus Pyrenaei promunturiis. Writing and literacy on both sides of the Pyrenees
10.15. Philippe Gardes, Oriol Olesti, Xabier Peñalver - Settlement patterns around the Pyrenees: from the Ebro valley to the Aquitan Isthmus (VI-I a.C.)
10.40. Discussions
11.00. Pause
11.20. Silvia Alfayé, Sonia Machause, Consuelo Mata, Réjane Roure - Iron Age sacred spaces and ritual practices on both sides of the Pyrenees (5th-1st centuries BC)
11.45. Anaïs Cheuton, Barbara Armbruster – Personal ornaments between Atlantic and Mediterranean, a case study: the gold torcs from the Toulouse area. Typological, technological and archaeometrical approaches
12.10. Discussions
12.30. Lunch break
Session 2. Networks, circulations and conquest
Chairman:
14.30. Alexandre Bertaud, Raimon Graells i Fabregat - Warfare networks through the Pyreneans from 5th to 1st century BC
14.55. François Cadiou - The Pyrenees in the wars of Republican Rome (3rd-1st century BC)
15.20. Discussions
15.35. Carles Padrós, Oihane Mendizabal, Elena Torregaray - New contributions on the beginnings of the Roman occupation of the Pyrenees: the role of the roads
15.50. Laurent Callegarin, François Réchin, Benoît Pace - Settlement and circulation in the western Pyrenean areas (2ndcentury BC - 2nd century AD)
16.15. Discussions
DAY 2 (AM)
Session 3. Metals and measures
Chairman:
9.00. Pere Pau Ripollès, Manuel Gozalbes, Alejandro Peña, Francisco Onielfa – Monedaiberica.org (MIB)
9.25. Emmanuelle Meunier, Argitxu Beyrie, Jean-Marc Fabre - Mining in the Pyrenean area between the 5th and 1stcenturies BC
9.50. Thibaud Poigt - Weighing practices on both sides of the Pyrenees during the Iron Age
10.15. Discussions
10.30. Pause
11.00. Charles Parisot-Sillon –Monetary activities, metallic circulations and connectivity on both sides of the Pyrenees (2nd-1st centuries BC)
11.25. Eneko Hiriart, Élodie Paris, Vincent Geneviève – Coinages and monetary dynamics between the Ebro and the Charente
11.50. Discussions and conclusions
Please contact Professor Andrew Meadows if you wish to attend
