First Proceedings of the International Academy of Prehistory and Protohistory (AIPP)
The volume contains the papers given at a symposium organized by the International Academy of Prehistory and Protohistory at the Institute of Human Paleontology in Paris, on June 3, 2023.
The chosen theme “Determinisms in prehistoric societies: climate change, environments, functional constraints and cultural traditions” is part of the project “Human societies in the face of climate change” supported by the International Academic Union (UAI).
The volume is freely accessible on the website of our publisher Archaeopress at the address: https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/download/9781803278919.
Twelve presentations were given face-to-face and remotely the 3 of June 2023 :
1. Henry de Lumley
Evolution du climat au Pléistocène inférieur et premier peuplement de l’Europe
2. Francis Thackeray
Quantification of morphological variability expressed by a “log sem” statistic in the context of human evolution (Australopithecus, Paranthropus and early Homo)
3. François Djindjian
Cultural changes in middle and upper European Palaeolithic: from cultural historical typology to process analysis
4. Martin Oliva
L’évolution culturelle et l’interprétation des données. Quelques exemples.
5. Lioudmila Iakovleva
Cultural Changes in the upper Palaeolithic of Eastern Europe: the influence of climate change
6. Jacek Kabacinski
Exploring the life of Central European hunter-gatherers: research on Polish Mesolithic peat-bog sites
7. Mehmet Özdoğan
Cultural Changes during the Transformation of Neolithic Way of Living from Anatolia to Balkans
8. Chris Scarre
Megaliths, islands and mobility in Neolithic Northwest Europe
9. Hans Gebel
The Rajajil Cultures: Socio-Economic and Cultural Evolution Reacting to Climate Change in Northern Arabia (4500-3500 BCE)
10. Svend Hansen
Research on Technological and Social Innovations in Prehistory. New Perspectives for Archaeology
11. Dolores Piperno
The Past (and Future?) of Our Crop Plants and Their Wild Ancestors in Changing Global Environments: Developmental Plasticity and Maize Evolution
12. Kristian Kristiansen
Institutions and their transformation from the 3rd to the 2nd millennium BC in temperate Europe: environmental, linguistic and genetic implications
The publication was supported by two complementary contributions by Eszter Bánffy and João Luís Cardoso.
Symposium 2024
2024 Symposium and General Assembly of the AIPP
The second symposium of the International Academy of Prehistory and Protohistory will be held in Poznan (Poland) on 30 September 2024 at the premises of the Polish Academy of Sciences, at the invitation of our colleague Jacek Kabacinski. The symposium 2024 is open to those present physically. The symposium will also be accessible online for all those who wish to listen to the presentations and participate in the discussions.
The general assembly of the Academy will take place on October 1st from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The general assembly is reserved for members of the Academy, present physically or online.
Le deuxième symposium de l’Académie Internationale de Préhistoire et de Protohistoire se tiendra à Poznan (Pologne) le 30 septembre 2024 dans les locaux de l’Académie polonaise des Sciences, à l’invitation de notre collègue Jacek Kabacinski. Le symposium 2024 est ouvert aux personnes présentes physiquement. Le symposium sera également accessible en ligne pour tous ceux qui désireront écouter les communications et participer aux discussions.
L’assemblée générale de l’Académie aura lieu le 1er Octobre de 10h à 13 heures. Elle est réservée aux membres de l’Académie, présents physiquement ou en ligne.
Symposium 2023
Minutes of the first AIPP symposium and the AIPP General Assembly 2023
Compte-rendu du premier symposium AIPP et de l’assemblée générale AIPP 2023
The first AIPP General Assembly took place on June 3, 2023, at the Institute of Human Paleontology (IPH) in Paris, hosted by our colleague Professor Henry de Lumley.
La première assemblée générale de l’AIPP s’est déroulée le 3 Juin 2023, à l’Institut de Paléontologie Humaine (IPH) à Paris, accueillie par notre collègue le Professeur Henry de Lumley.
On June 2nd, the AIPP organized a symposium open to the general public in the IPH amphitheater, the program of which was as follows:
Le 2 Juin, l’AIPP a organisé un symposium ouvert au grand public dans l’amphithéâtre de l’IPH, dont le programme était le suivant :
10 h Introduction by the President
10h10/10h 30
Henry de Lumley : « Evolution du climat au Pléistocène inférieur et premier peuplement de l’Europe »
10h30-11h
Francis Thackeray : “Quantification of morphological variability expressed by a “log sem” statistic in the context of human evolution (Australopithecus, Paranthropus and early Homo)”
11h -11h30
François Djindjian : “L’importance du déterminisme climatique dans l’évolution de l’Humanité »
11h30-12h
Martin Oliva : « L’évolution culturelle et l’interprétation des données. Quelques exemples ».
12h-12h30
Lioudmila Iakovleva : « Le Mézinien: un exemple d’adaptation climatique et culturelle aux steppes froides des zones pléniglaciaires d’Europe orientale: Etat actuel des recherches, discussions et interprétations »
13h30-14h
Jacek Kabacinski : “Exploring the life of Central European hunter-gatherers: research on Polish Mesolithic peat-bog sites”
14h-14h30
Mehmet Özdoğan : « Cultural Changes during the Transformation of Neolithic Way of Living from Anatolia to Balkans »
14h30-15h
Chris Scarre : « Megaliths, islands and mobility in Neolithic Northwest Europe »
15h-15h30
Hans Gebel : « The Rajajil Cultures: Socio-Economic and Cultural Evolution Reacting to Climate Change in Northern Arabia (4500-3500 BCE) »
15h30-16h
Svend Hansen : « Research on Technological and Social Innovations in Prehistory. New Perspectives for Archaeology »
16h-16h30
Dolores Piperno : « The Past (and Future?) of Our Crop Plants and Their Wild Ancestors in Changing Global Environments: Developmental Plasticity and Maize Evolution »
16h30-17h
Kristian Kristiansen : « Institutions and their transformation from the 3rd to the 2nd millennium BC in temperate Europe: environmental, linguistic and genetic implications »
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