Mobile societies and rooted societies: a geographical history of mobility in the Old World

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22 May 2015

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14 June 2017

Colloquia

The archaeology of Migrations

International colloquium organized by Inrap, in partnership with the National Museum of Immigration History.
November 12 and 13, 2015 at the National Museum of Immigration History.

Archaeology of Migrations
by Christian Grataloup, Sciences Po Paris

Some societies were specialised in livestock farming and caravan trade. Their mobility does not necessarily mean that they were made up of migrating groups. Other larger and denser societies were mainly based in crop production, which strongly rooted the majority of their population. Mobile societies and rooted societies therefore existed within specific geographies where the very notion of migration takes on different meanings. More broadly, these societies formed part of the overall spacial organisation of the Old World. This presentation aims to give a geographical perspective of the historical dynamics of these different societies and of their spatial movements from the Sahara to the China seas during the long period of the Old World.

Christian Grataloup, is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Université Paris-Diderot and at SciencesPo Paris. He previously taught at a teacher training college before becoming lecturer at the Université de Reims. In 1975 he co-founded the EspacesTemps publication.

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