Taphonomy, Chemistry, Bones & Bugs : Cutting Edge of Archaeological Science

Date/Time: 
Friday, May 17, 2019 - 9:00am to 4:30pm
(NDT)
Room: 
Bélair
Organizer(s): 
  • Véronique Forbes - Memorial University of New Foundland
  • Paul Ledger - Memorial University of New Foundland
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09:10 AM: Labrador Inuit long-distance travel and the communal house phase: Review of old and emerging archaeological work through the lens of past climate records and climate model inferences
09:40 AM: Emorph Project: Reconstructing habitat type and mobility patterns of Rangifer tarandus during the Late Pleistocene in Southwestern France: an ecomorphological study.
10:30 AM: The Archaeoentomology of a Conflict Scene: Blow-Flies and Ectoparasites from Pre-contact (16-17th c. A.D.) Yup'ik Nunalleq, Alaska
11:00 AM: When the Past is disturbed. Investigation of the archaeological potential of prehistoric deposits and bone assemblage from Sirogne Cave (Rocamadour, Lot, France).
01:40 PM: Phosphatic alteration of lead-rich glazes during two centuries of burial: Bartlam, Bonnin & Morris, and Chelsea porcelain.
02:10 PM: Palaeoenvironmental Analyses from Nunalleq, Alaska Illustrate a Novel Means to Date pre-Inuit and Inuit Archaeology
03:00 PM: Palaeoenvironmental DNA and its role in combating ‘heritage at risk’
03:30 PM: Inter-tissue variability in pathogen isolation: an ancient DNA case study