Friday, April 5th
Opening Remarks
4:00-4:05
Welcome and Opening Remarks by JIAAW Director Andrew Scherer (Brown University)
4:05-4:15
Introduction to Conference Themes by Candace Rice (Brown University) and Rachel Kalisher (Brown University)
Keynote Address
4:15-5:00
Keynote Address by John Robb (University of Cambridge)
Other People’s Lives: Telling Life Stories through Bioarchaeology [Abstract]
5:00-5:30 Discussion
Saturday, April 6th
9:00-9:05 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session 1: Early Life: Infancy through Childhood
Moderator: Alyssa Bolster (Brown University)
9:05-9:10 Introductions
9:10-9:40
Rebecca Gowland (Durham University)
Materializing Motherhood and the Beginnings of Life in the Archaeological Record [Abstract]
9:40-10:10
Christina Torres (UC Merced)
Questioning the Value of Permanence: Head Shaping as Intimate Care [Abstract]
10:10-10:30 Discussion
10:30-10:50 Coffee and Break
Session 2: Middle Life: Adolescence through Adulthood
Moderator: Jordi Rivera Prince (Brown University)
10:50-10:55 Introductions
10:55-11:25
Michele Buzon (Purdue University)
Exploring Identity, Variability, and Transformation in the Ancient Nile Valley [Abstract]
11:25-11:55
Tisa Loewen (SUNY Cortland)
Illuminating Lived Experiences in the Iron Age and Roman East Adriatic and Hinterland [Abstract]
11:55-12:15 Discussion
12:15-1:45 Lunch Break
1:45-2:45 Poster Session
Session 3: End of Life, Ancestordom, and Funerary Treatment
Moderator: Mason Shrader (Brown University)
2:45-2:50 Introductions
2:50-3:20
Trent Trombley (Augustana University)
From Noise to Signal: Decomposition under the Microscope and the Utility of Histotaphonomy in Elucidating Deathways [Abstract]
3:20-3:50
Alexis Boutin (Sonoma State University)
Exploring Ancestorhood and Social Memory: Biographies of Early 20th Century Residents from the Sonoma Developmental Center Cemetery [Abstract]
3:50-4:15 Discussion
4:15-5:00 Closing Remarks and Final Group Discussion
4:15-4:30
Reflections on Conference Themes by Candace Rice (Brown University) and Rachel Kalisher (Brown University)
4:30-5:00 Discussion
All sessions are free and open to the public. No registration required.