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Workshop: Archaeological Science Methods in the Field and in the Laboratory: What, How, and Why

Event Details:

  • Date:          Monday 12 - Tuesday, 13 October 2020
  • Time:         Monday - starts: 09:30     |     Tuesday starts: 09:45  (all times are local Cyprus time)
  • Venue:       NTL Events Room, 1st Floor, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia
  • Join Us:    The event can be watched via live stream on YouTube.  Click here to watch Day 1.  Click here to watch Day 2.  You can also watch on our Facebook channel
                      To attend the event in person, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to register. 
  • Speakers:  Various - see below


Promised Workshop Poster

Archaeological Science Methods in the Field and in the Laboratory: What, How, and Why


Monday, 12 & Tuesday, 13 October

NTL Events Room, 1st Floor, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia
*** Tour of STARC Laboratories, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia
 



The Cyprus Institute teams up with the University of Cambridge and KU Leuven to advance Archaeological Science research in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME), supported by a 3-year grant from the H2020 Widening support action ‘Twinning’.  The Promised project forms a three-node network of excellence in Bioarchaeology and Archaeological Materials Science within the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC) at the Cyprus Institute and linking it with the internationally-leading advanced research centres in Archaeological Science at KU Leuven and the University of Cambridge.

As part of the Promised project, STARC in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities organises a two day workshop, "Archaeological Science Methods in the Field and in the Laboratory: What, How, and Why", from the 12th to the 13th of October at The Cyprus Institute's premises. Scientists from STARC, University of Cambridge and University of Leuven will focus on sampling procedures in the field and methods of analysis in the laboratory on organic and inorganic archaeological materials. 

 

The workshop can be attended as an online event or in person after expression of interest subject to limitations in place regarding COVID-19.  If you want to participate please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..


 

Programme

The programme below and the associated live streams, use local Cyprus time

Monday, 12 October 2020

09:30 - 09:50 Coffee
09:50 - 10:00 Prof. Thilo Rehren
Welcome
10:00 - 10:30  Dr Evi Margaritis
Identifying food production and consumption in the archaeological record: work in the field and in the laboratory
10:45 - 11:15 Dr Anna Spyrou
Exploring human-animal interactions in the past: Bones, biogeochemistry and ancient DNA
11:30 - 12:00 Dr Efthymia Nikita
Human osteoarchaeology: field and laboratory procedures to minimize data loss
12:15 - 12:45 Prof. Matthew Collins
Integrating biomolecular analyses: What are we doing and what can we achieve
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Dr Anita Radini
Beyond bones: non-skeletal human remains in ancient graves
14:45 - 15:15 Dr Panagiotis Karkanas and Dr Myrsini Gkouma
Perspectives on the role of microstratigraphy in archaeological research
15:30 - 16:00 Dr Thomas Brogan
An archaeological biography of the Minoan household: interdisciplinary approaches

 


 

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

09:45 - 10:00 Coffee
10:00 - 10:30 Dr Sorin Hermon
Advanced methods of in situ artefact analysis based on integrated analytical and digital approaches
10:45 - 11:15  Dr Maria Dikomitou
The interdisciplinary study of archaeological ceramics. A discussion about sampling and methods of analysis
11:30 - 12:00 Prof. Thilo Rehren
Remains of metallurgy: more than copper smelting from the Troodos Mountains
12:15 - 12:45 Dr Frederik Rademakers
Methodologies for the analysis of copper alloys and their production waste: from the field to the lab
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Prof. Patrick Degryse
Possibilities in the analysis of glass and vitreous materials: a review of questions and answers
14:45 - 15:15 Prof. Marcos Martinón-Torres
Advantages and limitations of portable XRF analysis in archaeology
15:30 - 16:00 Dr Artemios Oikonomou
First aid for artefacts and sites: the role of archaeological and conservation science

 


 

The workshop will be in English and the live stream is open to the public (Limited Seating Available).
Live streaming of the workshop will be available on The Cyprus Institute’s YouTube Channel Day 1  /  Day 2) and Facebook Channel.
 
Live streaming is facilitated by the CySTEM project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under Grant Agreement No. 667942.
Images and/or recordings of our open public events may be used by The Cyprus Institute for dissemination purposes including print and digital media such as websites, press-releases, social media, and live streaming.

 



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