The Canary Museum organizes the "Archaeology and Social Change" conference cycle, which will take place in the hall of this Scientific Society between October 24 and December 12, 2019. The cycle is funded by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of the Government of the Canary Islands within the program "Archaeology, Societies, Transitions and Breakages", and is certified with 10 teaching hours by the Faculty of Geography and History of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Since the beginning of humanity, our existence has been conditioned by times of change. Sometimes paused and moderate, sometimes abrupt and violent, but always modifiers. The advent of revolutionary ideas, invasions, climate change, crises… has marked all societies of the past, as is still the case in the present. In the field of archaeology, the traces of social, economic and political changes are key to understanding and rebuilding societies. But what factors are involved in these modifications, what consequences do they have, at what rate do they occur, how do they identify them in the archaeological remains, is there resistance to change? To address all these issues, the Canary Museum organizes this cycle of conferences that will be held over six Thursdays and a Wednesday between October 24 and December 12 in the event hall. Researchers from various universities and institutions will meet to discuss these topics having as a framework different periods and archaeological spaces. Technologies, climate, demographics, migratory movements… will be issues that will be present in each of the talks.
With this cycle of conferences, The Canary Museum aims to put the focus on a theme that is currently being subjected to special attention in the research of archaeology in Gran Canaria: the analysis of social and economic dynamics over time.