Registration 12:00-13:00
Opening 13:00-13:15
Introduction. 13:15-13:30. Maria Ivanova-Bieg
Session 1: (Palaeo)ethnobiology – new perspectives from ancient agro-pastoral systems
Talk 1. 13:30-13:45. José Luis Araus
Reconstructing past agricultural systems from seed remains: some lessons on agroecological challenges
Talk 2. 13:45-14:00. Ulrike Lohwasser
Seed Quality in the Course of Time – from Domestication to Genetic Modified Organisms
Talk 3. 14:00-14:15. Marie Balasse
Human-mediated influences on the seasonality of breeding in farming animals: autumn lambing in the Mediterranean, past and present modified organisms
Discussion round 1. 14:15-14:45
Coffee break 14:45-15:15
Session 2: Archaeological insights for agroecological theory and practice
Talk 4. 15:15-15:30. Sayuri Kochi
Exploring the relevance of archaeology for future harvests: isotopic approaches to Neolithic agriculture
Talk 5. 15:30-15:45. Phoebe Heddell-Stevens
Following Neolithic livestock: reconstructing seasonal herding strategies through multi-isotope analysis
Talk 6. 15:45-16:00. Stefano Biagatti
Long-term perspectives for sustainable futures: lessons from the archaeology of pastoralism
Talk 7. 16:00-16:15. Matthew Jacobsen
From aridification to agricultural change – tracing an archaeological causal chain
Discussion round 2. 16:15-16:45
Coffee break 16:45-17:15
Talk 8. 17:15-18:00. Andrés Esteban Duhour.
Keynote address
Session 3: Farming in context – anthropological perspectives on agriculture
Talk 9. 9:30-9:45. Amy Bogaard
Dialogues between present and past mixed farming systems in western Eurasia
Talk 10. 9:45-10:00. Meriel McClatchie
Connecting archaeology and plant science to explore underutilised crops: a case study from Ireland
Talk 11. 10:00-10:15. Philippa Ryan
Crop histories, diversity loss, and heritage in northeast Africa
Discussion round 3. 10:15-10:45
Coffee break 10:45-11:15
Talk 12. 11:15-11:30. Verónica Zuccarelli Freire
Ancient terraces across environmental extremes: agriculture across environmental extremes in the South-Central Andes (Northwestern Argentina)
Talk 13. 11:30-11:45. S. Yoshi Maezumi
Indigenous land use legacies and the resilience of tropical agroecosystems: long-term perspectives from Amazonia
Talk 15. 11:45-12:00. Marco Madella
Mosaics of land use: cultural and ecological frameworks in long-term agroecological trajectories
Discussion round 4. 12:00-12:30
Lunch break 12:30-13:30
Plenary Discussion 15:00-15:30
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