Timetable
Timetable
The full conference timetable is detailed below. The full conference abstract booklet is available to download here, which has information about each session and the full abstracts for each talk or poster.
Thursday 7th April, 18:00 - 19:15
18:00 – 18:15. Conference welcome
18:15 – 19:15. Keynote by Professor Chris Stringer. “The Relationship of Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens”
Friday 8th April
09:00 – 11:30. Session 1. Old Stones, New Tricks: Innovative Approaches to the Study of Lithics.
Chair: Dylan Jones.
09:00 – 09:10. Introduction
09:10 – 09:30. William Snyder “A new methodology for baseline knapping abilities in living humans”
09:30 – 09:50. Diego Lombao, Juan Ignacio Morales, Andreu Ollè, José Ramón Rabuñal, and Marina Mosquera. “Core reduction patterns at Gran Dolina TD6.2 (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos): a methodological exploration
09:50 – 10:10. Carlos Ferreira, Eduardo Méndez-Quintas, and João Pedro Cunha-Ribeiro. “Blank predetermination in the Iberian Acheulean: fact or fiction? Insight from Casal do Azemel site (Leiria, Portugal) by a Geometric Morphometric approach”
10:10 – 10:25. Break
10:25 – 10:45. John Piprani “Penetrating the transitional category: an emic approach to an Early Upper Palaeolithic technology”
10:45 – 11:05. Sylvia Wemanya, Ephraim Wahome, Ben Nyanchoga, and Emmanuel Ndiema. “Holocene Mobility and Land-use patterns: Insights from Koobi Fora, Northern Kenya”
11:05 – 11:30. Discussion and Q&A
11:40 – 13:20. Session 2. Past, Present and Future: Human Evolution in Response to the Environment. Chair: Lucy Timbrell.
11:40 – 11:50. Introduction
11:50 – 12:10. Matt Grove: “An objective method for studying climate change and climate variability”
12:10 – 12:30. Gonzalo Linares-Matás and James Clark: “Seasonality and Behavioural Adaptation across the Oldowan-Acheulean Transition in East Africa”
12:30 – 12:50. Benjamin Keenan: “Linked molecular and isotropic indicators of fire history, population, vegetation and climate change in the Maya lowlands”
12:50 – 13:20. Discussion and Q&A
13:30 – 14:30
Antiquity Lunchtime Talk. How to Write Journal Articles. Dr. Rob Witcher.
14:30 – 16:10. Session 3. New Insights in Cognitive Evolution. Chairs: Carys Phillips and Harry Hall.
14:30 – 14:40. Introduction
14:40 – 15:00. Emma Brooks: “Religion as a prosocial adaptation”
15:00 – 15:20. Samran Saibani and Saman Heydari-Guran: “Biophilic environments as human's timeless niche: A case study of the Bawa Yawan complex Palaeolithic site, West-Central Zagros Mountains, Iran”
15:20 – 15:40. Kelvin Dixon: “The semiotic ape: rethinking symbolism, meaning-making and semisosis as defining characteristics in the genus Homo
15:40 – 16.10. Discussion and Q&A
16:20 – 18:00. Session 4. Biological Anthropology and Palaeoanthropology: New Insights, Methods, and Approaches. Chair: Lisa Genochio.
16:20 – 16:30. Introduction
16:30 – 16:50. Thomas Baird “Using Multibody Dynamic Modelling to Investigate the Functional Significance of Mastricatory Changes During Human Evolution”
16:50 – 17:10. Ainhoa Rodriguez-Muguruza “Menstrual Histories: On how we menstruated then might have determined why we menstruate now”
17:10 – 17:30. Lisa Genochio - “A study of the development of bite force resistance in modern human using Finite Element Analysis”
17:30 – 18:00. Discussion and Q&A
Saturday 9th April
09:00 – 10:40. Session 5. Broadening Our View of Social Life in the Palaeolithic: People, Places, Pets and Material Culture. Chair: Taryn Bell.
9:00 – 9:10. Introduction
9:10 – 9:30. Laurie Hutchence “Where do knapping intentions reside? Examining the ‘mental template’ and ‘emergent’ approaches to Acheulean handaxe manufacture”
9:30 – 9:50. Alexandra De Almeida Pestana Barroso “Changing social landscapes in the Palaeolithic and the evolution of sociality”
9:50 – 10:10. Cyrus Edgcombe “Who cares? Contexts and comparisons of Neanderthal and early human healthcare”
10:10 – 10:40. Discussion and Q&A
10:50 – 12:30. Session 6. Exploring New Avenues within Palaeolithic Visual Culture Studies. Chairs: Barbara Oosterwijk and Lisa-Elen Meyering.
10:50 – 11:00. Introduction
11:00 – 11:20. Greg Michaelson “Palaeolithic art in Punch cartoons: 1895 to 1984”
11:20 – 11:40. Barbara Oosterwijk “The art of projection: embodied art at the caves El Castillo, Ardales and Pech Merle”
11:40 – 12:00. Lisa-Elen Meyering and Jérôme Robitaille “Household art: Gönnersdorf plaquette motifs re-imagined”
12:00 – 12:30. Discussion and Q&A
12:30 – 13:30
Lunchbreak. Posters will be displayed on Zoom at this time, but will also be available online throughout the conference.
13:30 – 15:30. Session 7. Use-Wear Analysis: Methodology, Case Studies and New Approaches. Chairs: Alice La Porta and Felipe Do Nascimento Rodrigues.
13:30 – 13:40. Introduction
13:40 – 14:00. Ahana Ghosh “Sampling for ceramic residue analysis: A lesser-known phenomena from South-Asia archaeology”
14:00 – 14:20. Flavia Giacoppo “A new method to analyse ceramic surfaces with Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy”
14:20 – 14:40. Anđa Petrović and Dušan Mihailović “Reconstructing the daily habits in the Middle Palaeolithic of the Central Balkans: Case study of Hadži Prodanova cave”
14:40 – 15:00. Alice La Porta “Searching for diagnostic projectile traces: use-wear analysis on experimental and archaeological Levallois points”
15:00 – 15:30. Discussion and Q&A
15:40 – 17:20. Session 8. Experimental Archaeology: Novel Approaches to Science and Public Engagement in the Palaeolithic. Chair: Kiefer Duffy.
15:40 – 15:50. Introduction
15:50 – 16:10. John Piprani “Reproduction, interpretation, appropriation: exploring the practice and ethics of making Aboriginal Australian Kimberley points”
16:10 – 16:30. Phoebe Baker "If the Glue Fits: Investigating the Use of Adhesives in Middle Palaeolithic Clothing"
16:30 – 16:50. Uday Kumar “Primary understanding ancient technology through an experimental approach; case study of Bone tool making techniques”
16:50 – 17:20. Discussion and Q&A
17:20 – 17:30
Closing Remarks.