Belgrade, Serbia
BECAP 24 – Pots and Society: relationships, identities, and prestige/status
Social relations are often very challenging issues in archaeology. As one of the most important craft products, found in abundance in archaeological record, pottery can reveal many aspects of these elusive interactions. BECAP 24 is aimed to address the topics related to these issues through three main themes:
• Production and consumption: pottery standardization; organization of production; modes of production/manufacture related to different social groups; their interdependence with social complexity; consumption/distribution of pottery depending on social hierarchy.
• Group and individual identities: luxurious pottery – its meaning and role in society; pots and special occasions - rituals, feasts, and social gatherings; imitations, copies, and skeuomorphs – their role, producers, and consumers.
• Theoretical and methodological considerations related to the issues of social role and significance of pottery.
The contributors are invited to address some of the following issues:
• case studies of wide chronological and geographical span dealing with pottery in context of social relations;
• theoretical-methodological contributions related to the research of these issues.
Important dates and paper submission
The contributors are invited to send abstracts for oral or poster presentations not later than the
end of January 2024. Application forms can be downloaded by following the link: .
https://www.academia.edu/107579869/BECAP_24_application_form . The final program of the meeting will be announced on the 15th of April 2024.
Please kindly send your confirmation on attendance and filled application form to the following address: becapconf@gmail.com.