The International Meeting “Wood and Charcoal: Approaches from Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Ethnography and History” is organised by Lab2Pt and the University of Minho, and will take place in Braga (Portugal) from 15-16 April. It is focused on the study of wood and charcoal from archaeological, archaeobotanical, ethnographic and historical approaches. Wood was in the past a key material and was used in many different ways in the day-to-day life. Domestic, artisanal and ritual tools, weapons, structures, buildings, log-boats, ships, carts, etc. were made of wood. It was also crucial for the developing of rituals and ceremonies. One of the main goals of this Meeting is to give visibility to this ephemeral material that made part in the past of all the spheres of life. The approaches to the study of wood –and also to charcoal- would be made since disciplines such as Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Ethnography and History with strong interrelations between them. The Meeting would include conferences lectured by recognised experts besides to short-communications and a poster-session, ending with a round-table.

 

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The Organising Committee of the XI Iberian Conference on Rural Studies which overall topic is “Smart and Inclusive Development in Rural Areas” invites the submission of abstracts for oral communication/papers or poster presentation (English, Portuguese, Spanish languages are accepted). The submission is open on the webpage of XICIER 2016 (http://xicier2016.utad.pt), where you can consult the list of topics, as well as other relevant information about the event. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 29 February 2016. The XICIER 2016 will be held from October 13 to October 15 at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), at Vila Real, Portugal. For more information visit http://xicier2016.utad.pt or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Scientific book, based upon historical research conducted by Cristina Brito, about sea monsters in the early modern production and transfer of knowledge from the natural world in Portugal and the Portuguese America.

Bayscapes: Shaping the Coastal Interface through Time

Oceans Past Platform Conference

May 23-25 2016, Trinity College Dublin.

 

Queiroz, Ana Isabel. Institute of Contemporary History, FCSH, Univ. NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal.

Pooley, Simon. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

 

The book will be published by Springer in the Environmental History series which is edited by Mauro Agnoletti.