Archaeology seminars 2020/21 Semester 1 *INCLUDE*
The Archaeology research seminars take place weekly and are open to all.
Seminar description
The Archaeology seminars provide an opportunity for discussion of current research developments on a range of archaeological themes from diverse chronological and geographical areas.
The talks are open to all.
Time and location
Unless otherwise stated, the seminars take place 5.30-6.30pm (unless otherwise stated) on Thursdays online.
To receive a link to join the session please email Beatrijs.de.Groot@ed.ac.uk to be added to the Archaeology seminar mailing list.
Event schedule
Semester 2 2020/21
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 21 Jan |
Professor Trevor Watkins (University of Edinburgh) |
'Gods and temples at the dawn of the Holocene. Can you believe it?' Accessible at https://edin.ac/39oMUGm |
| Thursday 28 Jan |
Various (University of Edinburgh) |
'Ongoing projects in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology' Accessible at https://edin.ac/39tfI0e |
| Thursday 4 Feb | Professor Sam Turner (University of Newcastle) |
'Agricultural terraces in the Mediterranean: Using landscape archaeology with OSL-PD to understand construction and use' Accessible at https://edin.ac/2XxKG1P |
| Thursday 11 Feb | Dr Canan Çakirlar (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) |
'Animals and the Anthropocene in the Ancient Near East (and adjacent regions)' Accessible at https://edin.ac/3i47gZg |
| Thursday 18 Feb |
Dr Helen Dawson (Freie Universität Berlin) |
'Network science and island archaeology' Accessible at https://edin.ac/3sk0aVe |
| Thursday 25 Feb | Dr Gabriel Moshenska (UCL Institute of Archaeology) |
'Mau Mau: The archaeology and heritage of Britain's Gulag in 1950s Kenya' Accessible at https://edin.ac/3i2q0Zi |
| Thursday 4 Mar | Alicia Nuñez-Garcíav (University of Edinburgh) |
'Connecting worlds: Understanding intercultural contact between Atlantic Iberia and Western Phoenicians' Accessible at https://edin.ac/3i7cgwm |
| Thursday 11 Mar | Carlos Cáceres-Puerto (University of Edinburgh) |
'Becoming Roman. Funerary evidence and material culture as a means of acculturation in Colonia Augusta Emerita' Accessible at https://edin.ac/38z4s3l |
| Thursday 18 Mar | Kamal Badreshany (University of Durham) |
'Understanding the development of complex society in Lebanon during the early Bronze Age' Accessible at https://edin.ac/3nFH2gS |
| Thursday 25 Mar |
Theresa Emmerich (University of Exeter) |
'Surviving the Stone Age: How our ancestors thrived for 3.5 million years' Accessible at https://edin.ac/36Bgnfx |
| Thursday 1 Apr | Daryl Wilkinson (University of Cambridge) |
'Monopolising the means of predation: State formation in the ancient Andes' Accessible at https://edin.ac/2MRWmu5 |
Further information
If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact the organisers.
Dr Beatrijs de Groot (Beatrijs.de.Groot@ed.ac.uk), Alicia Nuñez-García (anunezg@exceed.ed.ac.uk) and Guillermo Diaz de Liano del Valle (gdiazde@exceed.ed.ac.uk)
Find out what else is on
The School of History, Classics and Archaeology offers an exciting programme of seminars across many subjects areas. Visit the research seminars website to find out what else is happening.