Dear Zooarchers, Please note that there are only a few days left to register for the 9th ICAZ Bird Working Group Meeting. "The archaeology of human-bird interactions. A conference in honour of Dale Serjeantson" to be held at the University of Sheffield 8-11 June. The deadline is *20th May* and it will NOT be possible to register after that. Here is the conference webpage: http://alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/exhibits/show/9bwg direct link to registration: https://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-arts-and-humanities/archaeology/9th-icaz-bird-working-group Best wishes, Umberto -- Umberto Albarella Head of Postgraduate Taught Programmes Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Minalloy House 10-16 Regent Street Sheffield S1 3NJ United Kingdom Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943 Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 25 109 http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/people/albarella For MSc in Osteoarchaeology see: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/postgraduate_taught/msc_osteoarchaeology For Zooarchaeology short courses see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/zooarchaeology-lab/short-course Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-zooarchaeology-9780199686476?cc=gb&lang=en "A basic principle of modern state capitalism is that cost and risk are socialized, while profit is privatized" Noam Chomsky