8ICAANE
8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
The 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
will be held in Warsaw in April 30 – May 4, 2012. The following conference
theme will be included, with submission of abstracts (max. 200 words)
between 3 January 2011 and 15 October 2011 via the 8ICAANE web-site
(www.8icaane.org).
Bioarchaeology in the Ancient Near East
Theme organisers: Dr Kirsi O. Lorentz & Dr Arkadiusz Sołtysiak
Research on biological remains from archaeological sites, including human,
animal and plant remains, is an area of growing importance in Near Eastern
archaeology. Traditionally, a variety of specialists have pursued separate
lines of enquiry (archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, human bioarchaeology, and
related sub-disciplines) with divisions based on the type of remains (plant/
animal/human, and further sub-categories), resulting in specialist reports
not always fully integrated to the contextual discussion of archaeological
sites, periods and regions, nor fully contributing to formulation of further
problem oriented research on key questions in Near Eastern archaeology. So
far, there have been few opportunities for presenting and discussing the
advances, problems and potential of integrated approaches to bioarchaeology
in the Near East. This congress theme aims to gather together researchers
working on all aspects of biological remains from archaeological sites, as
well as archaeologists, in order to promote integrated approaches to
bioarchaeological remains in the Near East.
Contact:
Dr Kirsi O. Lorentz
Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center, The Cyprus Institute,
Guy Ourisson Bldg – Athalassa Campus, P.O.Box 27456, 1645 Nicosia, Cyprus.
E-mail: [log in to unmask] Office phone: +357 22208600 (ext. 656). Fax:
+357 22208655. www.cyi.ac.cy
Dr Arkadiusz Soltysiak
Department of Bioarchaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University of
Warsaw, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland. E-mail
[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Office phone: +48
225522837. Fax: +48 225522801. http://www.antropologia.uw.edu.pl/as.html
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