Final Meeting June 2024
Final ChemArch Meeting to be held in the Ardeche, France 18th - 22nd June 2024.
Day 1 Wednesday 19th June
Session 1 proteins
Beatrice Demarchi - A short perspective on ancient protein studies in archaeology
ESR talks Proteins
Jakob Hansen - From Ideology to economy: unveiling the taxonomic origin of animal bone artefacts with palaeoproteomic analysis - progress and preliminary results
Jan Dekker - Surviving Time and Flame: Analysing Archaeological Foodcrust
Yun Chiang - Antibodies & proteomics - a dynamic duo or an unhappy marriage?
Proteins discussion/remarks:
Chair: Matthew Collins
Session 2 Afternoon
EDI training for the ESRs
Day 2 Thursday 20th June
Session 3 - lipids and isotopes
Thibaut Deviese - Improving the radiocarbon dating method of bones and implications for archaeological studies
ESR Lipids and Isotopes talks
Alice Di Muro - Tracking the role of marine resources to food security and livelihoods in postcolonial Brazil through chemical analysis of pottery
Julia Becher - Pots, People, Place. Investigating the use of ceramics in Late Neolithic, Orkney
Margherita Cantelli - Exploring the Early Neolithic food system through the analysis of cooking stones
Jonica Doliente - AR: Now You See Me. Detection and identification of alkylresorcinols (ARs) using LC-Q-Orbitrap MS
Lipid Discussion/Remarks:
Chair: TBC
Session 4
Excursion to Grotte Chauvet
Grotte Chauvet cave paintings
Day 3 Friday 21st June
Session 5 - Plant, soils and DNA
Philipp Stockhammer - Integrating Bioarchaeology and Postmodern Archaeology in the Analysis of Archaeological Artefacts
Ivy Notterpek - Exploring the function of heaths through biomolecular approaches
Tabea Koch - Tracking adhesive technologies from the Late Glacial to Early Holocene
Deborah Roversi - Examining charcoal and wooden artefacts in prehistoric archaeological assemblages
Ingrid Bertin - Nature and function of plant artefacts : preliminary results on consolidated artefacts
Plants and Soils Discussion/Remarks:
Chair: TBC
Session 6
ESR DNA talks
Oya Inanli - Metagenomic perspectives on traditional beer brewing: New insights from Scandinavian yeast rings
Nelli-Johanna Saari - Blood from stone: Developing novel extraction techniques for the removal of tightly bound molecules from mineral surfaces
Alice Cao - Exploring DNA preservation on archaeological ground stones
Anna White - Biomolecular perspectives on the uses of birch bark tar artefacts
DNA Discussion/Remarks:
Chair: Nathan Wales