Issues in landscape archaeology and human ecology – three perspectives

Friday 14 June 2013

Robyn Inglis, David Roberts and Kevin Walsh: Recent research in the archaeology of landscapes has begun to outline an increasing dissatisfaction with existing theoretical and methodological frameworks for understanding spatially and temporally complex change, particularly the integration of multiple scales and resolutions. Key aspects of this emerging agenda will be discussed in three contributions intended to spark debate on these important and widely relevant research issues.

Brick and tile in Roman York

Friday 7 June 2013

Jane McComish: Brick and tile in Roman York

It's about time! Dating of prehistoric snacks with Amino Acid Racemisation

Friday 31 May 2013

Beatrice Demarchi: It's about time! Dating of prehistoric snacks with Amino Acid Racemisation

Ritual Structures and Sacred Sites in Mongolia’s North

Friday 24 May 2013

Paula DePriest: Dr. DePriest is a member of the Smithsonian Institution’s multi-disciplinary American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project, and a board member of the Mongolia Society and the American Center for Mongolian Studies. She works with Mongolian and international partners to protect archaeological, cultural heritage, and ecological resources across Mongolia.

Mind the gap: institutional space, lived experience and concepts of disability

Friday 17 May 2013

Cath Neal: Mind the gap: institutional space, lived experience and concepts of disability

Engaging Conservation

Friday 10 May 2013

Gill Chitty: ‌Engaging Conservation

Making Time for Space at Çatalhöyük

Friday 3 May 2013

James Taylor: ‌This presentation will discuss work exploring the inherent temporality embedded with the stratigraphic sequence of the complex tell site of Çatalhöyük.

Conservation research & practice Research Group

Friday 3 May 2013

Coordinator: Gill Chitty.

Conservation research & practice Research Group

Friday 3 May 2013

Coordinator: Gill Chitty.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Part 2)

Thursday 14 March 2013

An informal but highly stimulating Mesolithic Research Group session where all participants are invited to share their pet loves and hates within the field of Mesolithic Research.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Part 2): Mesolithic Studies in 2013

Thursday 14 March 2013

Following the success of this session before Christmas, we will again be ending the Spring term with a cathartic, stress-busting session where we will vent our innermost Mesolithic gripes and reveal our secret research passions.

The poor relation: Social value in conservation and CHM

Tuesday 12 March 2013

Keith Emerick (English Heritage): A presentation of current research on the subject of social value.

Walking on Eggshells: establishing the archaeological potential of eggshell

Friday 8 March 2013

John Stewart: This paper will discuss the history, ethnography and archaeology of egg use; the development of a novel analytical technique for identification of eggshell; the application of this to eggshell assemblages from a range of sites and regions; and the potential role(s) of eggshell in future archaeological research.

Centre for Modern Studies/Historical Archaeology Research Group

Friday 8 March 2013

Coordinators: John Schofield and Jason Edwards (History of Art). Theme: 'Modern Studies and Historical Archaeology: A Conversation'

Centre for Modern Studies/Historical Archaeology Research Group

Friday 8 March 2013

Coordinators: John Schofield and Jason Edwards (History of Art). Theme: 'Modern Studies and Historical Archaeology: A Conversation'

Centre for Modern Studies/Historical Archaeology Research Group

Friday 8 March 2013

Coordinators: John Schofield and Jason Edwards (History of Art). Theme: 'Modern Studies and Historical Archaeology: A Conversation'

A Rasher View on Hogbacks

Wednesday 6 March 2013

Howard Williams: Professor of Archaeology at the University of Chester.

Marking social spaces in the multicultural inner-city

Tuesday 5 March 2013

Max Farrar (Leeds Metropolitan University): This talk argues that the sense of place in the multi-ethnic inner city of Leeds has been transformed by the political and cultural interventions of Britain’s black citizens.

Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe

Wednesday 27 February 2013

Ian Armit: Professor of Archaeology at the University of Bradford

Description, Dialogue or Debate? Examining the role of narrative in the visualisation of archaeology

Tuesday 26 February 2013

John Swogger (Archaeological illustrator): How might explicitly narrative images be used to create opportunities for multi-layered description, a forum of visual dialogue, or a focus for debating alternative readings of archaeological practice or interpretations of the past?

InterArChive: unlocking the hidden soil archive from historical archaeological human burials

Friday 22 February 2013

Carol Lang: This presentation explores the hypothesis that soils and sediments immediately associated with the decomposition of human interment serve as valuable and under-utilised archaeological record, utilising several examples, including South Leith , Church of St Mary’s, Edinburgh and Syningthwaite Priory, North Yorkshire.

Week 7 Research Group

Friday 22 February 2013

Coordinator:

Week 7 Research Group

Friday 22 February 2013

Coordinator:

Recent applications of geochemistry in Archaeology: from identifying a Saxon royal princess to dating Europe's oldest cave paintings

Wednesday 20 February 2013

Alistair Pike: University of Southampton.

Dating the Mesolithic

Wednesday 20 February 2013

A discussion on the impact of advancements in dating techniques upon our understanding of Mesolithic sites, using the recent POSTGLACIAL excavations at Flixton Island as a case study.

Heritage without the world: Cultural heritage and national and local identities in Taiwan

Monday 18 February 2013

Mike Robinson (Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage): This presentation examines how heritage sites are being mobilised for the dual purposes of economic development and identity making in Taiwan.

Are you making an IMPACT or has your application lost its Mojo?

Friday 15 February 2013

Catherine Hardman (Archaeology Data Service): Come to the Research Forum to find out how the ADS can help you win friends and influence (the right) people.

Human Remains Research Group

Friday 15 February 2013

Coordinator: Ol Craig

Palaeodiet and animal husbandry in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age of North-Central Anatolia.

Wednesday 13 February 2013

Catriona Pickard: Lecturer in Archaeological Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Mining Settlements in South-West of Saudi Arabia, The settlement of Asham

Friday 8 February 2013

Abdullah Alzahrani: This paper will present the study of mining activities (raw materials, methods, features and tools) in the Al-Baha region, notably at the site of Asham, including the geographical factors which influenced its development. By establishing and dating the phases of occupation there, we can understand the economic and cultural role played by this settlement in the Arabian Peninsula during the Islamic era.

What use is archaeology to anthropology, and vice versa?

Friday 8 February 2013

Guest Speaker: Prof Paul Sillitoe (Durham University)

What use is archaeology to anthropology, and vice versa?

Friday 8 February 2013

Guest Speaker: Prof Paul Sillitoe (Durham University)

Traditional Cultural Continuity in the Modern World: Reconciling tangible and intangible heritage?

Wednesday 6 February 2013

Jukka Jokilehto: Special Advisor to the Director General of ICCROM and Professor at the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia.

Evolving authenticity: Nara and after

Tuesday 5 February 2013

Jukka Jokilehto (University of Nova Gorica and ICCROM): This seminar will explore how concepts of authenticity in cultural heritage are being critically reinterpreted in the conservation of cultural heritage.

New

Friday 1 February 2013

A new event

What Does Pottery Bring to the Table? Continuity and Change in Northeastern North American Culinary Practices

Friday 1 February 2013

Karine Taché: This paper will include a survey of Northeastern North American prehistory, drawing particular attention to continuity and change in subsistence strategies and culinary practices across time, and will highlight the latest techniques used to extract and identify organic residues trapped within the walls of ceramic vessels.

Archaeology of Human Origins Research Group

Friday 1 February 2013

Coordinator: Penny Spikins

Archaeology of Human Origins Research Group

Friday 1 February 2013

Coordinator: Penny Spikins

Archaeology of Human Origins Research Group

Friday 1 February 2013

Coordinator: Penny Spikins

Material matters: identifying the material of objects worked in animal hard tissues

Wednesday 30 January 2013

Sonia O'Connor: Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford

Digital Dwelling at Skara Brae

Tuesday 29 January 2013

Alice Watterson (Glasgow School of Art): This talk touches on the value of visualisation as a process of discovery, combining data collection with dwelling in the context of the late Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae in Orkney.

Investigating the Placement of Disarticulated Human Remains in Prehistoric Shell Middens

Friday 25 January 2013

Emily Hellewell: ‌This paper will investigate the nature of fragmentary human remains in shell middens during the Mesolithic and Neolithic.

Landscape Historical Ecology Research Group

Friday 25 January 2013

Coordinators: Paul Lane and Kevin Walsh. Discussion of 2500 Years of European Climate Variability and Human Susceptibility by Ulf Büntgen et al.

You are what, when and where you eat: an overview of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements across Mesolithic and Neolithic Europe

Wednesday 23 January 2013

Rick Schulting: Lecturer in Scientific and Prehistoric Archaeology, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford

Gerard Baldwin Brown, Edinburgh and the Preservation Movement

Wednesday 16 January 2013

Malcolm Cooper: Former Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments at Historic Scotland, expert on conservation history, currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Edinburgh.

PURE – Demonstration & Training Event

Friday 14 December 2012

Coordinator: Matthew Collins

Shameful Fish and Landscapes of Wealth: Looking beyond taboo in Iron Age fish avoidance

Friday 7 December 2012

David Roberts & Clare Rainsford: We discuss the evidence for the extent and nature of fish avoidance in the Iron Age, and elaborate a more holistic, contextualised understanding of this social consumption practice.

Field School Meeting

Friday 7 December 2012

Coordinator: John Schofield et alia

PHoSTEM Workshop 1: Cultural Change, Material Culture and Public History - Understanding Involvement, Participation and Widening Public Engagement

Friday 7 December 2012

Please join the PHoSTEM workshops to share learning about the challenges and techniques of engaging audiences.

The Archaeology of Ritual Context in Northern Ghana

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Timothy Insoll: Professor of Archaeology, University of Manchester