Conference
Geoarchaeologists @Leiden
- Date
- Friday 9 November 2018
- Time
- Address
- Van Steenis
Einsteinweg 2
2333 CC Leiden - Room
- F1.03
Collaboration and discussion
Since decades geoarchaeology has been key for interpreting both landscape-wide and site-specific phenomena in archaeology. Also amongst the Leiden archaeological community, many people apply methods from this discipline in their research. Ranging from geophysics to micromorphology, there is both expertise as well as interest in geoarchaeology present at our faculty. We believe that this presents an exciting opportunity for collaboration and discussion.
Activities in geoarchaeology
Colleagues who work in this field are spread over the different departments and most are unaware of who shares their interests. Currently, at our faculty, no geoarchaeology discussion group is established to foster such discussion and collaboration. As keen users of geoarchaeological methods ourselves, we are curious to discover who in the faculty is active in the field and which methods are employed in which research contexts by members of our community.
Call for presentations
We would like to invite all interested members of staff for an afternoon session on Friday, November 9th, 2018 to discover who at our faculty employs, or has an interest in geoarchaeology. Two invited experts will discuss the role of geoarchaeology in archaeological research. We also kindly invite anyone who is active in the field to deliver a short (<5 min) presentation on their work. This will hopefully pave the ground for further networking and collaboration in the future.
Preliminary programme
- 13:00 Introduction
- 13:20 Guest lecture: Hans Huisman: Scaling the world: Geoarchaeological applications from landscape to microscope.
- 14:00 Short presentations by staff members (1)
- 14:30 Coffee
- 15:00 Short presentations by staff members (2)
- 15:30 Discussion
- 16:45 Closing remarks
- 17:00 Drinks in central hall
Presentations
Keynote |
Hans Huisman |
Scaling the world: Geoarchaeological applications from landscape to microscope. |
Session 1 |
Name |
Title |
|
Wouter Verschoof / Walter Laan |
New avenues in Geophysical prospection in the Netherlands |
Tymon de Haas |
an integrated off-site approach to Roman rural landscapes: pilot work in the Pontine marshes |
|
Apostolos Sarris |
Geoarchaeology beyond prospection: the SAGA COST action |
|
Marie Soressi |
Geoarch: what the objects can tell (orientation and other analysis) |
|
Karsten Lambers |
The terraced landscape of the Lower Engadine, Switzerland: geoarchaeological approaches |
|
Peter Houben
|
Geoarchaeology at LUC Den Haag
|
|
Session 2 |
Irini Sifogeorgakis |
Micromorphology of southern Africa Pleistocene rock shelter deposits |
Valentina Azzara |
Building Complexity: Building techniques and craft specialisation in Early Bronze Age Eastern Arabia |
|
Eduardo Herrera Malatesta |
A diachronic view of the human-environment relations in north DR through archaeology, soils, and micromorphology |
|
Simone Casale |
Shared networks of ancient clay procurement practices at Aguas Buenas (AD 600 - 1400), central Nicaragua. A provenance assessment through petrographic and non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis. |
|
Victor Klinkenberg |
Micromorphology of Mediterranean domestic spaces |
|
Amanda Henry |
Nutritional variation across African Landscapes |