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SUMMARY:Works-in-Progress Session: Earth and Exchange: Tapia and the Constr
 uction of Early Modern Iberia
DESCRIPTION:\nPresented by Rachel Schloss\, Doctoral Candidate\, University
  of California\, Los Angeles\n\nHosted by the Early Modern Research Group\
 n\nOnline event via Zoom\nTo register\, please visit: https://ucla.zoom.us
 /meeting/register/qHytTYlcTiiINu5XzDQiew\n\n\nEarthen materials have playe
 d a critical role in political and social development on the Iberian Penin
 sula. The unique geology of the Peninsula harbors rich soils\, minerals\, 
 and clays that have featured in the built environment and material culture
  of diverse peoples and practices across the region up to the present: Spa
 in and Portugal together are two of the world’s largest exporters of cer
 amics. Iberian earthen architectural traditions are part of this suite of 
 practices\, but their deep importance to cultural and political realities 
 is underexplored.\n\nIn this presentation\, Rachel Schloss analyzes the so
 cial\, cultural\, and technological history of tapia\, a system of rammed-
 earth building utilized on the Iberian Peninsula from the 11th to 17th cen
 turies CE\, from which impressive large-scale structures were built\, incl
 uding the Alhambra in Granada. In particular\, Schloss considers how the s
 hifts and changes in the material and construction technology over time we
 re underwritten by political developments and exchange of knowledge as wel
 l as shifting relationships with the environment and the earth. As tapia o
 riginated in the Near East\, Schloss reflects on the question: Is there su
 ch a thing as Iberian tapia? Finally\, by understanding tapia as a means t
 o sculpt the Iberian built landscape out of earth\, Schloss demonstrates h
 ow the technology tells a story of the construction of Early Modern Iberia
 n identity into the age of conquest\, where Iberians exported earthen prac
 tices and values to new places.\n\nRachel Schloss is a doctoral candidate 
 in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology\, where she studies early modern An
 dean and Iberian earthen practices\, and their roles in shaping built envi
 ronments and the construction of Inca history. In her doctoral research\, 
 Schloss combines methods from Archaeology\, Art and Architectural History\
 , Indigenous Studies\, and Geology. Additionally\, Schloss co-coordinates 
 the Architecture Lab and Architecture Working Group at UCLA. Her research 
 has been supported by UCLA’s Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies\,
  Latin American Institute\, Cotsen Institute\, and the Division of Graduat
 e Education\, and by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council o
 f Canada\, the Society of Architectural Historians\, and the Vernacular Ar
 chitecture Forum.\n\n\n\nImage: View of architecture originally built of t
 apia at the Alhambra in Granada. Photo by Rachel Schloss.
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