Theories of Transformation in Prehistoric and Archaic Societies (A01)

• Subject Area: Prehistory and World Archaeology
• Term: from 2016 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 290391021

Project A1 establishes theoretical foundations for understanding and explaining transformations. A special attention is devoted to middle range theories and reflections on the paradigm foundations of archaeological concepts. Alongside the reflective philosophical work, by incorporating ethnoarchaeological methods and data, the work will be directed towards synthesizing and recursive reflection on patterns, narratives and analogical inference, as the research scope of the CRC 1266 is widened in the Phase 2 and pattern recognition becomes a major aim. Project A1 will continue the close collabora-tion with Project A2 and the empirical case studies from clusters B-F.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1266: Human-environmental Interaction in Prehistoric and Archaic Societies
• Applicant Institution: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Annette Haug, until 6/2020; Professor Dr. Johannes Müller, until 6/2020; Professor Dr. Konrad Ott; Professorin Dr. Henny Piezonka, since 7/2020; Dr. Maria Wunderlich