3rd annual Institute of Archaeology SAMS conference

The Human Past: Multidisciplinary and Global

Perspectives on Archaeology and Heritage
Wednesday 17th June 2015
UCL Institute of Archaeology Room 209
Free to attend. All staff and students are welcome!
Registration from 9:00. Guests may register to collect abstract book, or drop in for selected talks.
9:30 Opening Talk: Interpreting the Human Past, Professor David Wengrow, UCL Institute of
Archaeology

World Archaeology I: Ancient Egyptian & Near Eastern societies

10:00 Humour in Ancient Egypt, Ildiko Kalnoky (MA Egyptian Archaeology)
10:20 Imagery and Iconography of Sasanian Empire as a Reflection of the Political Status and
Royal Ideology of the Empire, Meredith Bergen (MA Middle Eastern Archaeology)
10:40 Mapping Neolithic trade in the Persian Gulf, Katie Barry (MA Middle Eastern Archaeology)
11:00 Healthcare in New Kingdom Egypt with comparative analysis across the Near East and into
Sudan, Louise Atherton (MA Egyptian Archaeology)
11:20 The gifts of the Indus and Saraswati rivers: trades between the Indus Valley and
Mesopotamia in the 3rd Millennium BC, Alessandro Ceccarelli, UCL Institute of Archaeology/
SOAS (MA History of Art and Archaeology)
11:40-12:00 morning break, complimentary refreshments in room 410.

Archaeological Sciences I: skeletons in caves and closets

12:00 Analysis of Sexual Dimorphism of Proximal Femur Morphology using 3D Geometric
Morphometric Techniques, Kara Carmichael (MSc Bioarchaeological and Forensic Anthropology)
12:20 Morphology and Orientation of the Occipital Condyles in Primates and its Implications for
Reconstructing Locomotion in Fossil Taxa, Julia Galway-Witham (MSc Palaeoanthropology and
Palaeolithic Archaeology)
12:40 Hobbits and dragons: who were the little people of Pleistocene Flores? Jane Hollingsworth
(MSc Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic Archaeology)
1:00-2:15 lunch break

Archaeological Sciences II: Applications of chemistry in

archaeology and conservation
2:20 Early Transcaucasian Ware Technology at Shengavit, Armenia and the Origins of the Early
Bronze Age Kura-Araxes Culture, Nyree Manoukian (MSc Technology and Analysis of
Archaeological Materials)
2:40 Bronze Disease Detection: An FTIR Analysis of Archaeological Copper Alloy Objects
Enabling The Burrell Collection Decant, Rebeca Suarez-Ferreira, Department of Archaeology,
Durham University (MA Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects)
3:00 Culture Clash or Art Collaboration? Examining Contemporary Artworks in Historic Sites from
the Perspective of a Conservator, Qifan Wang (MSc Conservation for Archaeology and Museums)
3:20-3:40 afternoon break, complimentary refreshments in staff lounge, room 609

World Archaeology II: Places for People- Landscapes and Identity

3:40 Identities and Spaces beyond: Multiple Functions of Murals in Yuan Dynasty Tombs, Clara Ma,
Department of History of Art and Archaeology, SOAS
4:00 Hybridity Interpreting the cultural identity of Sikels in the Iron Age in Sicily. A way to
reconsider the archaeological landscape nowadays, Lia La Terra (MA Public Archaeology)
4:20 Reconsidering Oral History in the Archaeology of Australian Rural Landscapes, Sally
Maclennan (MA Cultural Heritage Studies)
4:40 Looking for Leporidae: rabbits and people on the Shropshire/Worcestershire border in the
Middle Ages and beyond, Murray Andrews, UCL Institute of Archaeology, PhD candidate
5:00 Why do we remember? Commemorating the First World War and British identity. Amanda
Chain (MA Public Archaeology)
5:20 Closing talk by Dr Gabriel Moshenska, UCL Institute of Archaeology

5:50-7:00 Complimentary wine reception in staff lounge, room 609

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