Today the course conference takes place, where student present the first results of their research
Material Networks: Migration and Trade in the Ancient West Mediterranean
Course Conference
Material Networks in Context
Wednesday April 9, 2014
The conference is articulated in three sections
- Transcultural Connections
- Material Networks
- Mobile Communities
15.00-15.15 Peter van Dommelen, Introduction
Session 1 Transcultural Connections
15.15-15.30 Sarah Woodbury, Implying a Change in Population
15.30-15.45 Sam Caldis, From the Orontes to the Danube
15.45-16.00 Alyce de Carteret, A requiem for Transnationalism
16.00-16.15 discussion
Session 2 Material Networks
16.15-16.30 Sam Lash, Movements and Encounters
16.30-16.45 Kathryn McBride, Illuminating South Arabian Trade Communities
16.45-17.00 Emily Booker, Hybridization, Migration and Cyprus
17.00-17.15 discussion
Session 3 Mobile Communities
17.15-17.30 Mahmoud Samori, Pigs, Cattle and Geeps
17.30-17.45 Andy Dufton, The Phantom Menace?
17.45-18.00 Catherine Steidl, Diffusion, Migration and Mobile Communities in the Neolithic
18.00-18.15 discussion
18.15-18.30 concluding discussion
drinks to conclude; snacks and drinks served during breaks