TheoreticalArchaeologyGroupConference2017

18th-20thDecember

TIMETABLEANDUSEFULINFORMATION

Day1:Monday18thDecemberROOM 0.31 TheArchaeologyofForgetting0.36 ArchaeologyinPoetry,PoetryandArchaeology0.45 Wibbly,Wobbly,Timey,Wimey…Stuff1.69 WritingandRe-WritingtheTransitionalBody:TheChangingNarrativesoftheAncient

Dead2.01 HistoriesforPrehistory:Narrative,ScaleandtheParticular2.03 RepresentationandConflict:ReconcilingthePhilosophyandPracticeofHeritage

Practice3.58 TimeandTransition:Thehybridizationthreshold3.62 MaterialityofTime:Phenomenologyanditsplaceinarchaeology4.44 AnimalTimekeeping:FromMarchHarestoDonkey’sYears

Workshop:MakingArchaeologicalComics(LedbyHannahSackettandJohnSwogger):13:30-15:30.Room1.31:Note:AdvancedSign-upRequired17:00:TheAntiquityLecture,ReardonSmithLectureTheatre,NationalMuseumofWales18:30WineReception,NationalMuseumofWales

Day2:Tuesday19thDecemberROOM AM PM0.31 UnstuckinTime–ScienceFiction,SpeculativeFuturesandArchaeologicalImaginings0.36 HowtoSeeTime:AVisualCulturePerspective0.45 FailureisNotFatal1.69 SavingTime:Conservationasa

MeansofPreservingandAdvancingArchaeologicalContext

PassageofTimeandDynamicsofPractice

2.01 (S-ite)rations:Memory,ForgettingandtheTemporalArchitectureofSpace2.03 ParallelWorlds:Studiesin

ComparativeEuropeanArchaeologiesWhydoUndergraduateStudentsHateArchaeologicalTheory?ImprovingStudentExperiencesofLearningTheory

3.58 ShamansThroughTime3.62 StuffandNonsense?Theoryand

MedievalMaterialCultureDykesThroughTime

4.44 Archaeology,HeritageandWell-Being

13:45:CardiffAlumniPhotograph,MainEntrancetoJohnPercivalBuilding19:30:TheAntiquityQuiz,StudentsUnion20:30:TAGAnnualParty,StudentsUnion

Day3:Wednesday20thDecemberROOM AM PM0.31 TimeandTemporality:TwentyYearsonFromTime,MaterialCultureandBeing–

WaysofThinkingAboutNarrative0.36 MyChemicalRomance:Keeping

OurTheoreticalHeadsintheFaceofSeductiveMethodological‘Certainties’

HistoricalFoodscapes:ReconstructingSocial,PoliticalandHistoricalDynamicsThroughDietandConsumption

0.45 FuturesofthePast:EverydayLandscapesandtheArchaeologyofAnticipation

ALookForwardattheStudyoftheMindinthePast

1.69(andVisualisationLab)

TheorisingVisualisation

2.01 ParsingPosthumanism2.03 ThePastinthePast:Investigating

theSignificanceoftheDepositionofEarlierObjectsinLaterContexts

WalkingtheArchaeologicalWalk:WalkingandThinkinginArchaeology

3.58 Periodization,TimeandFaultLines:TheFifthCenturyAD

AMoreCentralPlace:TheorisingEarlyMedievalWales

3.62 TimeandtheMaritime:TheTemporalityofCoastalZones

GlobalPerspectivesonBritishArchaeology

4.44 TheWindintheWillows:EmployingNarrativeinEnvironmentalArchaeology

TemporalitiesOtherwise:Archaeology,RelationalOntologiesandtheTimeoftheOther

13:00:NationalCommitteeMeeting,Room5.26.

PracticalInformationLunchLunchisnotprovided.ThereareanumberofpossibilitiesintheimmediatevicinityoftheUniversity,including:

• HoffiCoffi(cornerofColumRoadandCorbettRoad)• Kappucinos(CathaysTerrace)• EmbassyCafé(CathaysTerrace)• TheWoodville(CathaysTerrace)• BaguettesandBagels(SenghennyddRoad)• BurritoBrothers(SenghennyddRoad)• Subway(ParkPlace)• CostaCoffee(ParkPlace)• CardiffUniversityStudent’sUnion(ParkPlace)• 29ParkPlace(ParkPlace)• ThePenandWig(ParkLane/ParkGrove)• CoffeaGoGo(StAndrewsPlace)• TheNationalMuseumofWalesCafé

MostUniversitybuildingshaveacaféorsandwichshop.HotmealsareavailableattheCardiffBusinessSchoolandinUniversityMainBuilding.CardiffCityCentrehasawiderangeofshops,cafesandrestaurantsandisapproximatelya20minutewalkfromtheconferencevenue.ToiletsandBabyChangeFacilitiesToiletscanbefoundoneachfloorofthebuilding.Disabledtoiletsareavailableonthegroundflooratthebackofthecafé.Babychangingfacilitiesareavailableinthedisabledtoiletonthegroundfloor.DisabledAccessAllfloorscanbeaccessedvialift.Therearetwosetsoflifts,bothofwhichcanbefoundtowardstherearofthebuilding.BookstallsandExhibitorsBookstallsandexhibitorscanbefoundonthegroundfloorinrooms0.01,0.02and0.06.

WiFiDetailsoftemporaryaccesstotheCardiffUniversityGuestWiFinetworkareprovidedintheconferencepack.BreakoutRoomsTworoomsonthe5thfloor,5.24and5.26,areavailabletodelegates.Money/CashCashmachinesareavailableoutsidetheStudentsUnionandatthecornerofColumRoadandCorbettRoad.EventsAntiquityLecture:GavinLucas(UniversityofIceland):TheFutureofthePast:OnarchaeologicaleschatologiesandtheendoftimeThelecturewillbeginat17:00intheReardonSmithLectureTheatre,NationalMuseumofWales.WineReceptionThereceptionwillbeginat18:30andwilltakeplaceattheNationalMuseumofWales.Pleasenotethatdelegatesarerequiredtoregisterforthereceptioninadvance.Pleasebringyourconferencebadgetogainentry.TAGPartyandAntiquityQuizTheAnnualPartywillbeginat20:00onTuesday19thDecember.ItwilltakeplaceatYPlasintheCardiffUniversityStudentUnionBuilding.Thebarwillbeopenfrom19.00andincludesaspecialBrainsAlebarwithspecialeditionTAGale.Pleasebringyourconferencebadgetogainentryandafreefirstdrink.MusicwillbeprovidedbyDJHippocampus(AKAProf.JohnSchofield)andDJPotboiler(AKADuncanBrown).TherewillalsobeaperformancebyaWelshMaleVoicechoir. TheAntiquityQuizwilltakeplaceinthesamevenue,beginningat19:30.

TeaandCoffeeDuringcoffeebreakscomplimentaryrefreshmentswillbeavailableintheJohnPercivalcafé(groundfloor),Room1.29(1stFloor)andRoom4.45(4thfloor).TAGNationalCommitteeMeetingTheTAGNationalCommitteemeetingwilltakeplaceat13:00onWednesday20thDecemberinRoom5.26.CardiffAlumniPhotographWewillbetakingaphotographofCardiffalumniattendingTAGonTuesday19thDecemberat13:45.MeetatthemainentrancetotheJohnPercivalBuilding(bytherevolvingdoor).WorkshopsMakingArchaeologicalComics(LedbyHannahSackettandJohnSwogger):Monday18thDecember,13:30-15:30.Room1.31:Note:AdvancedSign-upRequiredThistwo-hourworkshopisforanyoneinterestedinmakingcomicsaboutarchaeology.Startingwithashortpresentation,thisworkshopwillconsiderwaysinwhicharchaeologycanbepresentedandexploredthroughcomics.Thepracticalaspectofthisworkshopwillfocusonasinglearchaeologicalsite(toberevealedontheday).Allparticipantswillworkontheirownplan/thumbnails/scriptforacomicaboutthissiteandsharetheirdifferentapproacheswithoneanother.Ifyouhavealreadymadeyourownarchaeologicalcomics,orareworkingon/planningacomicpleasebringalongsomeofyourworktoshareattheendofthesession.NodrawingexperiencenecessaryExhibitionsMakingTime:Rooms4.43and4.45.OrganisedbyBenHunt.Thisexhibitionfeaturescontemporaryartistsanddesignerswhoexplorespace,placeandlandscape.Thereisavariedarrayofvisualmediumsusedintheshow.Ithasopenedupanopportunitytoreflecton the temporal relationships between image specificity – making process – finite outcome –object/subjecttensions.

WithThankstotheTAGSponsorsandPartners:AntiquityArchaeopressBARBerghahnPublishingCadwCharteredInstituteforArchaeologistsClwydPowysArchaeologicalTrustTheCouncilforBritishArchaeologyDyfedArchaeologicalTrustGlamorganGwentArchaeologicalTrustGwyneddArchaeologicalTrustOxbowBooksRoyalCommissionontheAncientandHistoricalMonumentsofWalesTheTAG2017Committee:DrMartaDíaz-GuardaminoDrNicolaEmmersonDrAliceForwardDrBenJervisDrRichardMadgwickProfessorJamesWhitleyStudentRepresentatives:SusanGreaneyKathyBaenvaLeahReynoldsNeaveFinnanSteeringCommitteeMembers:AndrewDavidsonJodyDeaconTobyDriverKenMurphyFfionReynoldsLogoDesign:KirstyHarding

SessionTimetableMonday18thDecember(PM)HistoriesforPrehistory:Narrative,ScaleandtheParticularRoom2.01SessionOrganisers:BisserkaGaydarskaandAlasdairWhittleFormalchronologicalmodellingofradiocarbondatesinaBayesianstatisticalframeworkhasproducedaseriesofmuchmoreprecisechronologiesforprehistory,asseenforinstanceinGatheringTime,theERC-fundedTheTimesofTheirLives(2012–17),andotherprojects.Wethinkthattheimplicationsofthisnew-foundabilitytomeasuretimemuchmorepreciselyareprofound,andshouldencourage‘prehistorians’tothinkinmuchmorespecifictermsaboutthesequencesofthepast,andtorealigntheirpracticesmorecloselywithhistory.Absolutedistinctionsbetween‘prehistory’andhistory,formerlyrootedinthedecidingcardofwrittenrecords,canbechallenged.Both‘prehistory’andhistoryshareaninterestinthecreationofnarratives,atmultiplescales,andconcernswith thenatureandqualityofsources.FollowingtheAmericanhistorian JohnLewisGaddis inTheLandscapeofHistory,historianscanbeseentoworkwithparticulargeneralisationsembeddedwithinnarratives,rather than embed narratives within generalisations like social scientists. Contrast that with the recurrentpracticeinprehistoryofstartingwithsomeformofgeneralmodel,oftengeneratedinthefirstplaceinotherdisciplines such as social theory and anthropology, which is then applied in a soft or fuzzy chronologicalframework. There is the opportunity now, however, with better control of time, to shift to much moreparticularisingapproaches.Allthisraisesmuchtodebate.Therearemanyquestionsaboutnarrative,sources,choicesandcombinationsofscale,andwhataparticularisingapproachto‘prehistory’couldlooklikeafteranothergenerationofresearch.Therearetherivalclaimsof ‘theontologicalturn’ foramoredispersedagency.Papersare invitedacrossalltheseandrelatedthemes.13:00:AlasdairWhittle:Introduction13:20:StellaSouvatzi:PrehistoryasHistory:Problematizinghistoricalunitsandscalesofanalysis13:40:OliverHarris:IntensiveScalesandVirtualArchaeology14:00:Discussion14:10:Coffee14:40AlexBayliss:OnIntensity15:00:KevinKay:APathTowardReconciliation?Biographies,betweenscales,assemblehistory15:20TimothyTaylor,C.Dworksy,J-N.Haas,K.Kowarik,J.Leskovar,J.Maurer,H.PohlandC.Ries:NaturevsCultureinTransdisciplinaryLakeVillageResearch:Theoreticalchallenges15:40:Discussion

RepresentationandConflict:ReconcilingthePhilosophyandPracticeofHeritageValuesRoom2.03SessionOrganisers:LindaMoncktonandDavidMcOmishValuesassociatedwithheritagearemultipleatanygivenmoment.Thischallengeforheritageprofessions ismadeamovingtargetasvaluesalsochangeovertime.Criticalheritagediscoursehaslongdebatedthevalues-based agenda, and acknowledged the impact of many factors including age, ethnicity, experience andenvironment.Its’inevitableconclusions–questioningtheprincipleofuniversalvalues,andthepotentialityforconflictingperspectives–arewellknown,butstillfarfromresolvedinpractice.Thesestudiesgohandinhandwiththoseondiversesociety.Meanwhilethe languagetodescribesocietyhasmovedfrommulticulturalismtowards integration.Alongside the theory andpolitics sits practical heritagemanagement and conservationpractice,requiringrealdecisionsbasedoninterpretationateverylevel.Fourfactorsrelevanttothedebateare:(1)thepresenceofmultiplevaluesanditscomplexityinapost-modernsociety is indisputable; responding to valuesas they shift in fourdimensions is amajor challenge. (2)As allheritage is someone’s heritage, it potentially excludes someone else, leading to contested values. (3)Governmentadvocatesthetransformativequalitiesofculture,heritage,andthearts,particularlyinaddressinginequalities(especiallysocialandhealthrelated).(4)Thereisariskofdisinheritancefromheritagecreationandgivenitsrelationshiptobelongingandidentity(andassociatedperceivedlinkstosocialcohesion)addressingthisremainsapriority.This session will explore how these four factors relate in an attempt to have an inclusive debate on therelationshipbetweentheoryandpractice.Under-pinnedbythecurrentagenda(culturalandpolitical)oftheaccessibilityofheritageinallitsforms,itwilluseacombinationofcasestudiesandtheoreticalworktoexploretheissues,considerthepotentialofheritagetoaddresssocialinequalities,andspeculateonwhatthismeansfororganisationsthat‘decide’(oradviseon)heritage.12:30:LindaMonckton:HeritageValues,WhereareweNow?Aninstitutionalperspective12:50:NeilRedfern:EVERYTHINGISAWESOME:HowtheLEGOmoviehelpsmereconcileheritagepractice,philosophyandtheory13:10:ChrisGosdenandChrisGreen:UsingArchaeologytoUnderstandInequalityinEnglandOvertheLastMillennium13:30:RebeccaLowe:NegotiatingWorking-ClassValuesintheUKHeritageSector13:50:Discussion14:10:Coffee14:40:EmmaLogin:FromGratefulMemoriestoEloquentWitnesses:Warmemorialsintheheritageprocess15:00:NatalijaĆosićandMonikaMilosavljević:ContestedHeritageofSrebrenica15:20:JonathanLast:FromPlacetoLandscapeinHeritageDiscourse15:40:JohnCarman:TheorisingValue:Notforthefaint-hearted!16:00:Discussion

TheArchaeologyofForgettingRoom0.31SessionOrganisers:SophieMooreandMiriamRothenbergAs timepasses,we forget. In theongoingconversationaboutmemoryandarchaeology, this session framesforgettingasaproductiveandselectiveprocess.Theactofforgetting,deliberateorotherwise,shapeswhichideaspersistincommunitiesofpractice.Archaeologyisadisciplinebuiltaroundabsences;wepiecetogetherourtruthsfromahighlyfragmentarymaterialrecord.Theconceptofforgetting,analogoustothatofdestructionof thematerial record,canbeconstructedasboth inadvertentdecayanddeliberateomission.Pullingapartthosetwotypesofforgettinginpastandcontemporarysocietiesisakeyaimofthissession.Archaeologytendstobeconcernedwithwhatremains:weareafraidoflosingthingsorallowingtracesofthepasttoslipthroughthecracks.However,thisisaperspectivenotnecessarilysharedwithoursubjectsofstudy.Followingrecentontologicalapproachestothepastwhichemphasisethepotentialradicaldifferencesbetweendifferentwaysofliving,weseekpaperswhichaddressmaterialabsencesthatmightbeinterpretedasomissions.We are interested in critically appraising whether we can identify moments of forgetting as deliberate orotherwise,andwhethersuchomissionsarearchaeologicallyvisibleinprehistoric,historic,andcontemporarysocieties.Papersubmissionsareencouragedtodealwithtopicsasbroadastheroleofthestateinforgetting,transgenerationalmemory and different scales ofmemory/forgetting, the difference betweenmemory andknowledgeof thepast,andtheknottyproblemofhowtodiscussmaterialculturewhich isabsent fromthearchaeologicalrecord.13:00:SophieMooreandMiriamRothenberg:TracingForgetfulPractices:Anintroductiontothearchaeologyofforgetting13:20:KatharinaZinn:NarrativesAgainstForgetting:Thearchaeologyofunlovedobjects13:40:MartynBarber:AFewThingsWe’veForgottenaboutStonehenge14:00:RobHedge:Once,Twice,ThreeTimesForgotten:Material,myth,andmemoryinaMidlandscity14:20:Discussion14:30:Coffee15:00:VesnaLukicandThomasKador:TheWasterMemoriesof(Tsar)NikolaiII15:20:AgniPrijatelj:CaveBurialsandthePoliticsofSocialRememberingandForgetting15:40:NicolasZorzin:AlternatingCyclesofthePoliticsofForgettingandRememberingthePastinTaiwan16:00:DiscussionArchaeologyinPoetry,PoetryinArchaeologyRoom0.36SessionOrganisers:JamesWhitleyandJoshRobinsonTime,andparticularlytheproblemoftherecoverabilityofthepastinthepresent,hasbeenamajorthemeinpoetry,atleastsincetheemergenceofromanticism.InFourQuartets,T.SEliotexploresthepossibilityofseeing‘time past’ through the experience of particular places. George Seferis’s The King of Asine focuses moreconcretelyonthepresent-dayremainsoftheleastfamousofHomer’scities,AsineintheArgolid.AnneCarson’sworkisrepletewithfragmentsfromdifferenttimeswhicharebroughttogetherandreordered,withoutfusingintoatimelesswhole.

Oftenitispoetry,whetherthatofHölderlinorofPindar,thatprovidesthelensthroughwhichtheremainsofthepast(inHeidegger’scasethesanctuaryofOlympia)canbere-experienced.Insomecases,thegapbetweentimepastandtimepresentisemphasised–thepastisirrecoverableandcanonlybeexperiencedpoetically.AradicallydifferentapproachhasbeentakenbyJ.H.Prynne,perhapsthemost‘difficult’ofcontemporarypoetswritinginEnglish,whohasexploredtheconceptsthatarchaeologists(rangingfromGordonChilde,toJamesB.GriffinandRichardBradley)useintheirinterpretationsofthepast.Thissessionseekstoexplorethepotentialoftheselinks.Whataretheresourcesandlimitationsoftheattemptto re-experience the past ‘poetically’?What does it mean for archaeological practices and concepts to beexploredinpoetryandcriticism?Howmightarchaeologybestlearnfromanddrawontheresourcesofpoetry?What can be learned from comparative reflection on the processes and procedures of the poet, thearchaeologist,andtheliterarycritic?Howdopoetryandarchaeologyrepresentconflictingorcomplementaryresponsestothephenomenonofthefragment?This session will explore the ways in which poetry and archaeology can, perhaps together, explore therelationshipbetweentimepresentandtimepast.12:30:JamesWhitleyandJoshRobinson:Introduction12:40:AnastasiaStelse:ThePoetasArchaeologist,TheArchaeologistasPoet13:00:JamesWhitley:InCimmerianDarkness:AnarchaeologicalreadingofJ.H.Prynne13:20:MarkHaughtonandSusieHill:BurialandPoetry:Exploringthelimitsofametaphor13:40:LukeMcMullan:AttheTraverseoftheWall:ArchaeologicalTransformationsinThomasPercyandDavidJones14:00:Coffee14:30:StevenHitchins:Canalchemy:AcollaborativewalkingperformanceseriesalongtheGlamorganshireCanal14:50:ErinKavanagh:MindtheGap:Poetryasachronometer15:10:MartinLocock:ScribeandScripture:Poets’experienceofasacredMedievallandscape15:30:AretiKatsigianni:Iconography,HybridArtandSelf-PortraitinH.D.’sHeleninEgypt15:50:JoshRobinson:ExcavatingPoetry’sTruth-Content16:10:DiscussionWibbly,Wobbly,Timey,Wimey…StuffRoom0.45SessionOrganisers:CaitlinKitchenerandAlistairGaltComputer games, computer science, TV and films, and virtual reality have an interesting and complexrelationshipwitharchaeologyandconservation.Questionsonethics,capitalism,consumption,interactionswithartefactsandheritage,andpresentationofthepastallarisefromthisintersection.Inwhatwayscangames,TV,andfilmbeusednotonlyasaformofeducation,butstudiedinrelationtotheirmaterialityandmerchandiseinarchaeologicalcontexts?Whataretheethicalandepistemologicalramificationsofusingcomputerscienceforconservation,heritage,andarchaeologicalpractice?Isvirtualrealityfundamentallyaffectingarchaeology?Thissession ispurposefullybroad to invitea rangeofdiscussionon several issuesandopportunities challengingarchaeology’s relationshipwith consumerism and the digital economy today and for the future. Papers are

welcome to explore the intersections from both theoretical and practical perspectives, with innovativemethodologiesbeingparticularlyappreciated.13:00:CaitlinKitchenerandAlistairGalt:Introduction13:10:AndrewReinhard:eBayPhoneHome:AuctioningAlamogordo’sAtariassemblage13:30:MeghanDennis:Looting(Digitally)forFunandProfit13:50:FredCraig:Worlds.net–TheDigitalRuinsofanOnlineChatroom14:10:OwenLazzari:TheGold-platedDinosaur:Whatcanwedotoimprovethepublic’sideaofarchaeology?14:30:Discussion14:40Coffee15:10:JakeStreatfield-James:AnInfernalMachine?AnticipatingthefutureofBuildingInformationModellingandArchaeologicalPractice15:30:BenPrice:Can3DReconstructionProvideCommercialOpportunitiesforArchaeology?AnAtlanticIronAgecasestudy 15:50:AlistairGalt:AHitchhiker’s(brief)GuidetotheOntologyoftheDigitisationofArchaeology16:10:DiscussionAnimalTimekeeping:FromMarchHarestoDonkey’sYearsRoom4.44SessionOrganisers:JuliaBest,RichardMadgwickandJacquiMulvilleAnimaltimeinfiltratesmanyareasofmodernlife,frombeingawokenbyadawnchorusofbirds,tomourningtheshorterlifespansofmanyofourmostlovedanimals(e.g.weoftenhearphrasessuchas“hewas84indogyears”).Itisthereforeimportantthatconceptsofanimaltimekeepingarerecognisedinthepast,andthemanyformsthatthesecantake.Themesmayinclude(butarenotlimitedto)thefarmingyear,animalbiographies,huntingtime,feastingandthecalendar,petlives,micro-timeanalyses(e.g.incrementalanalyses),migrations,andseasonality.Thesessionwillexplorethetime-relatedaspectsofhuman-animalinteractionsandtheroleanimalshaveindictatingthetemporalrhythmsoflife.Itwillalsodiscussthedifferentscalesatwhichhuman-animalrelationsarepermeatedbyissuesoftime.13:00:JuliaBest,RichardMadgwickandJacquiMulville:Introduction13:10:MattyHolmes:SignoftheTimes–1500yearsofculturalchangereflectedinthehuman-animalrelationship13:30:JuliaBest:WingingAwayTime:TheseasonalityofbirdsinScottishandNorthAtlanticislands13:50:RichardMadgwick:TimeforaFeast?ConsideringapproachestothetemporalityoffeastinginlaterprehistoricBritain14:10:ThorMcVeigh:TimingisEverything:ThestructureofNeolithic-BronzeAgecalendarsintheBritishIsles,atheoreticalframework14:30:Discussion14:45:Coffee

15:15:RobynGillam:FromMythtoTaskscape:AnimalsintimeandspaceintheancientNileValley15:35:JesseWolfhagen:ExploringSeasonalBehaviouralVariabilitywithModelledEnameld18Oandd13CValues15:55:HaskelJ.Greenfield,ElizabethR.ArnoldandTinaGreenfield:DonkeyYearsandDonkeyDays:IdentifyingtheseasonofsacrificeofanEarlyBronzeAgeassatTelles-Safi/Gath,Israel16:15:DiscussionTimeandTransitions:TheHybridizationThresholdRoom3.58SessionOrganisers:BrookeCreagerandErinCrowley

Periods of transition are recognizable archaeologically for their jarring nature. These periods offer uniqueinsights into conceptions of culture and community as individual and group identities respond and adapt.Particularly interesting are those transitions that occur through contact between different cultures. Theseconnectionsresultinnewpracticesasidentitiesarerenegotiatedinresponsetonewculturalinfluences.Limitedor isolated changes within a culture due to a small migrations, trade, raiding, or other forms of culturaltransmissionarevisibleaswell.Archaeologically,thestudyoftransitionalperiodshasbeenexaminedwithinculturallyspecificcontexts.Ourstudieslookbeyondtheappearanceofforeignimportstotheproductionofnewmaterialsbydrawing fromboth contexts, resulting in those changes thatwe identify asmarkersof culturaltransition.Thissessionwillexplorewhentransitionsappearwithaparticularinterestinthehybriditythresholdand the cultural intimacies necessary for hybrid materials to be persistent in the archaeological record.Transitionalmaterialsareeasilyidentifiedwhentheychangedramaticallyandquickly.However,whenthereissubtlechangeresultingfrompersistentculturecontact,howdoarchaeologistsparseoutthemotivationsandnegotiations behind the hybridized forms? Differentiating between the causes of change is vital tounderstandingthenatureoftransitionalphases.Thissessionaimstodealwithboththeprocessoftransitionandthenatureofculturecontactandexchangethatprecipitatestheseliminalperiodsofhybridization.12:45:BrookeCreagerandErinCrowley:Introduction12:55:IvyFaulkner-Gentry:FromMigranttoLocal:AstudyofArchaicGreekmovementandtransitions13:15:DanikaParikh:TheDehybridizationThreshold:QuantifyingthelossofhybridityinIndusCivilisationceramics13:35:HannekeReijnierse-Salisbury:TimingDeath:QuestioningthechronologyofRomano-Britishfiguralfuneraryreliefs13:55:Discussion14:10:Coffee14:40:AlexMirošević-Sorgo:BroachingtheSubject:HybridisedculturesbehindtheBirdandSandalfibulaefromNorthernBritain15:00:PaulS.Johnson:BecomingGerman:TheimpactoffrontiercontactsandmigrationonthecoreofRomansocietyinthemidfirst-millenniumAD15:20:ErinCrowley:CashCow:Transitionaleconomieschallenginghybridityinlateprehistoric-earlyMedievalIreland15:40:BrookeCreager:ReligiousLiminality:HybridizedritualformationinPost-RomanBritain16:00:Discussion

MaterialityofTime:PhenomenologyanditsPlaceinArchaeologyRoom3.62SessionOrganisers:DonaldCrystalandStefanSchmidtInthepasttwodecades,phenomenologyhasenjoyeditsusewithinarchaeologicaltheory.ThisveinofinquirysawitsmostfruitfuldeploymentwithinthearchaeologyofNeolithicBritainduringthemidtolate90s.Yet,sinceitstranslationintoarchaeologicalpractice,thequestionoftimehasseldombeenaddressedwithinthewiderarchaeological-phenomenological debate. The concept of time is, however, widely discussed withinphilosophical phenomenology. Philosophically, it provides a framework for understanding the merits ofcorporeally ‘being-there’and thecreationofplace throughhumanpraxis.Themarginalisationof time (bothmodernandancientperceptionofit)inarchaeologicaltheoryisarguablyamisinterpretationanddistortionofphilosophicalphenomenologybyarchaeologists.Timeistheaxiomwhichallactionsobey,yettheexperienceoftimeissubjecttoourconsciousnessaswellastoourcorporealexperience.Inasense,areassessmentoftherelevancyofphenomenologyandtimeinarchaeologyseekstoplacehumanexistentialexperiencebackintothehumanpast.Thereshallbetwomainfocuseswithinthesession:Thefirstwillbeonthelinkbetweentimeand“geographical experience,” which describes the reciprocal process of human-environment interactions; thesecondwillseektodemonstratetheinterconnectednessbetween,whatRicoeur(1985)termedcosmologicalandphenomenologicalaspectsoftime,usingarchaeology.Overall,thesessioninvitespaperswhichcoveratleasttwoofitsthreeaims:1)Toreconciletheconceptoftimeinarchaeologywithitscontinentalphilosophicalroots;2)Tore-evaluateandrenewdatedargumentssurroundingphenomenologyinarchaeology;3)Andtodemonstratethemeritsofphenomenologyinsupportingarchaeologicalnarrativeswhichconsiderabroaderrangeofpastlivedexperiences.

12:45:DonaldCrystalandSteffanSchmidt:Introduction12:55:StefanSchmidt:MaterialityofTimeandTemporalityofPlace13:15:DonaldCrystal:PostphenomenologyandTime13:35:JackRobertCoopey:HourglassDawns13:55:NathalieGontier:ACosmologicalandCosmographicHistoryofTime14:15:Discussion14:30:Coffee15:00:AndrewWatson:PhenomenologyinthePresentDay:Canitreallyenhancethearchaeologicalrecord?15:20:AnaG.San-Martin:TimestheLivingMaketheDeadLive15:40:DavidFine:AgainstInstance:Proposingaradicalepistemologyoftimes16:00:Discussion

WritingandRewritingtheTransitionalBody:TheChangingNarrativesoftheAncientDeadRoom:1.69Organisers:MichelleScottandEmmaTolleffsen

Thephysicalremainsofthehumanbodyhavelongbeenasourceofcuriosity,particularlythe‘transitional’body;mummies,bogbodies,andevenshrunkenheadsoccupyaspacesomewherebetweenthelivingandthedead,and narratives that surround these bodies, be they ancient ormodern, historical ormythical, academic orfictional,havebecomelayeredandentangledovertimeandspace.Asearlyas the fifthcenturyBCE,HerodotusalreadyportrayedtheEgyptianmummyasbothsexualisedandcommodified. Likewise, as a mainstay of the Early Modern Cabinet of Curiosities, the mummy’s exotic‘Otherness’wastohavealastingimpactonitsinterpretation.AcademicinterestinEgyptologyattheendofthenineteenthcenturysawthemummybecomeasociablebodywitharecoverablehistory,whichinturnprovidedthepotentialforfictionalisation.Theanimatedcorpseofthegothicnovelbecameatoncedecontextualizedanderoticised, and now the scientific gaze of the twenty-first century virtually unwraps themummy, narratingexperiencethroughpathology.Inthisway,thehumanbodyisanarchiveofitsexperiences(inlifeanddeath):itsdepositionanditsdiscovery,interpretation,storageanddisplay.Eachprocesshasbecomeabstractedintobothwrittenandvisuallanguage,whichmeansthatthebodyoftheancientdeadisalreadytransformedwithintheimaginationatthepointofeachofourindividualencounters.

Withafocusonthechangingnarrativesovertime,andusingtheideaofwritinginitsbroadestsense,thissessioninvitespapersthattakeanewandcreativeapproachtotheepistemologiessurroundingthetransitionalbody;weaving discourses, including those of personhood, gender, power and identity, togetherwith thewritingsabout,upon,andbythehumanbody.13:00:MichelleScottandEmmaTolleffsen:Introduction13:10:SarahM.Schwarz:MiddlePalaeolithicMourners:DevelopmentofNeanderthalmortuarypracticesandstructuredresponsestodeath13:30:KatarzynaHarabasz:APowerfulDead:DecapitationandplasteringofhumanskullsattheAncientNearEast13:50:SavanahEbonyFahmy-Fryer:TattooedWomenofAncientEgypt:Inscribingpowerandprotectionuponthebody14:10:Discussion14:20:Coffee14:50:KarinaCroucher,LindseyBüster,JenniferDayes,LauraGreenandChristinaFaull:ContinuingBondsandtheAncientDead15:10:HowardWilliams:WritingandRewritingwiththeCathedralDead15:30:RebeccaHorneandJennifferCockitt:ConversationswithaMummy15:50:EleanorDobson:SleepingBeauties:MummiesandthefairytalegenreattheFindeSiècle16:10:Discussion

TheAntiquityLectureReardonSmithLectureTheatre,NationalMuseumofWales,17:00

GavinLucas(UniversityofIceland):TheFutureofthePast:OnarchaeologicaleschatologiesandtheendoftimeInthistalk,Iwanttoexploretheideaofendingsandtheirrelationtoconceptionsofthefuture.Archaeologicalnarrativeshaveoftenbeencharacterizedintermsoforiginstories,questsforthebeginningsofthings,likeagricultureorinequality.Suchnarrativesaccentuatetheroleofarchaeologyasadisciplinewhichlooksback–indeed,itismostcommonlydefinedasadisciplineconcernedwiththepast.Althoughweareallwell-versedintheneedtoseehowthepastandpresentcannotbeseparated,lessacknowledgedisthestatusofthefutureanditsconnectiontothepast–althoughinrecentyears,severalarchaeologistshavebeguntodrawourattentiontothisissue.Iwouldliketoaddtothisemergingdiscussionandreflectonhowpastfuturesmightbeincorporatedintoourarchaeologyandhowtheideaofthefuturerelatestoconceptsofendingsandmorebroadly,thetemporalhorizonswithinwhicharchaeologyoperates.

Tuesday19thDecember(AllDaySessions)(S-ite)rations:Memory,ForgettingandtheTemporalArchitectureofPlaceRoom2.01SessionOrganisers:EmilyBanfieldandPhilipHughesSponsoredbyArchaeopress

Placeisconstructedthroughlocatedpractice;throughongoingengagement,itisinaconstantstateofbecoming.Placepresentsanddrawstogethermultipletemporalities,allowingtheemergenceofconceptions,articulationsandsubversionsoftemporalrhythms.Thesignificanceofplaceasalocusforcreatingtemporalconsciousnessandmultipletemporalitieshasinformedthedevelopmentofdiverseconceptualframeworkssuchas‘thepastinthepast’(BradleyandWilliams1998),social memory (Jones 2007), and residues (Lucas 2012). Recent discourse situated within a broadly newmaterialistagendaarguesfortheentanglementofphenomenainanunfoldingwebofbecoming(Hodder2012;Fowler 2013; Olsen 2012). These perspectives enable the development of different, more nuancedunderstandingsoftherelationshipsbetweenplaceandtime.Placeandmaterialremainsarememory-makingworksthatsimultaneouslyreferencethepast,makesenseofthepresent,andpermitprojectionsintothefuture.Buttheemergenceofplaceisnotlimitedto(re)activeconstruction;thesignificanceofpause(McFadyen2006),anthropogenic hiatus, and active forgetting are also significant. Indeed, the affective qualities of ruination,absence,andforgettingareemergingasimportantareasofresearch(OlsenandPétursdóttir2014).Inthissession,wewillexplorethesethemesfurther.Weinvitepapersthatconsiderandproblematizethewaysin which place and situatedmemory produce, and are products of, different temporalities, and encouragecontributionsfrompractitionersworkingacrossalltimeperiods.Weareinterestedinexaminingideasincludingbutnotlimitedto:• Theroleofplaceintheemergenceandmaintenanceofasenseofpast• Theco-constitutionalnatureoftimeandplace,buildingonnotionsofarchitectureasperformance• Placeasaconvergenceofmulti-temporalpractices• Theintersectionsofrememberingandforgettingthroughsituatedpractice• Memory,place,andthecreationandmaintenanceofidentities• Ideologicalappropriationofplace

09:30:EmilyBanfieldandPhilipHughes:(S-ite)rations:Memory,forgettingandthetemporalarchitectureofplace09:50:PaulGraves-BrownandHilaryOrange:ANewCareerinaNewTown:Locatingsitesofpilgrimage10:10:ZenaKamash:ThePalmyraArch:Places,memoriesandideologies10:30:JohnErtl:ReconstructionsinRuins:ThepracticeofbuildinganddismantlingcontemporaryprehistoricdwellingsinJapan10:50:Discussion11:00:Coffee11:30:StineUrkeBrunstad:RuneStones,GravesandPlaces:VikingAgecommemorativepracticethroughtextandcontext11:50:IsobelWisher:BeyondtheFunctional:PalimpsestsofmemoryandthesignificanceofplaceinMiddlePalaeolithicoccupations12:10:DarrellJ.Rohl:Archaeology,PlaceTheory,andProcessPhilosophy12:30:SteveDickinson:CathedralsoftheNeolithic?12:50:Discussion13:00:Lunch14:15:LaurenceFerland:OntheEdges:Boundariesasplaces14:35:ErinKavanagh:ScalingIdeologicalTime14:55:LiisaKunnas-Pusa:Giants’churches:StoneAgemegastructuresasmulti-temporalarchitecture15:15:Discussion15:25:Coffee15:55:MonicaBouso:SettingthePlaceforAncestors16:15:MariArentzØstmo:SitationsoftheNearandDistantPastasMaintenanceofRegionalIdentities16:35:RichardBradley:Commemorationandchange:Rememberingwhatmaynothavehappened16:55:Discussant:LesleyMcFadyenUnstuckinTime–ScienceFiction,SpeculativeFuturesandArchaeologicalImaginingsRoom:0.31Organisers:PenelopeForemanandFlorenceSmithNicholls

Sciencefictionandarchaeologyareaclassiccombinationinpopularculture–longbeforeIndianaJones’NazifoesunleashedtheforceswithintheArkoftheCovenantthereweredireconsequencesforinvestigatingtheMountainsofMadness,perilsofunleashingdemonicforcesattheDevil’sHump,andcautionsonthelimitationsofanthro-centricinterpretationsintheclassicnovelRogueMoon.Archaeology and science fiction make such comfortable bedfellows because of their common interest onconstructing interpretations of human worlds – past, present, future, sideways – that are consciously andunconsciouslymirrorsofthepresentculturalandsocialmores,miredintheexistingpoliticalandsociologicalconstructs governing society. Both are mirrors for society’s ills and achievements, its hopes and dreams.Archaeologistsconstructpastsofhumanachievement,drive,ingenuity,warfare,cataclysm,andchange;writersandartistscreatesciencefictionworldsoutthesamebuildingblocks.

Boththewriterandthearchaeologist,then,areunstuckintime.Theytakecuesfromthepast,present,andspeculativefuturetocreatesomethingthatbelongsinnoneofthoseplacesandallofthematonce–somethingthatinvokesasenseofbelongingintheintendedaudience.Theybothweavemodelsofthehumancondition,createsnapshotsofahumanwayoflifethatneverdidorwillneverexist,butthatcanberecognised,empathisedandrelatedtobytheaudience.

Thissessionisopentoanyinterpretationonthethemeofarchaeologyandsciencefiction.Whatisthefutureofthepast?Whetherthat’slookingatdepictionsofarchaeologistsinpopularculture,orhowinterpretationsofthepastareinspiredbythewaywehopethefuturewillunfold,orhowspeculativeadvancesinmachinelearningandautomationmovetowardsascience-fictionfuturewherehumansnolongerneedtoactasarchaeologists,wewelcomecreativeapproaches.09:30:PenelopeForemanandFlorenceSmithNicholls:Introduction09:40:L.MeghanDennis:ExploringArchaeologicalEthicsBeyondthePrimeDirective10:00:SarahHoward:TheEndofEternity:Thefutureofthepastasaresource10:20:ColinSterling:‘AVeritableCollectionofErotomaniacs’:Archaeology,heritageandthepost-apocalypticmuseum10:40:Discussion10:55:Coffee11:25:PenelopeForeman:DoHumansDreamofAnalogueSheep?TheconstructionofmemoriesinSFandarchaeology11:45:KatySoar:NoDigging’ere!’:Thehauntedspacesofarchaeologyin19thcenturyhorrorwriting12:05:FlorenceSmithNicholls:ThePower:Speculatingonthefemalefutureofthepast12:25:GlynMorgan:SpeculativePasts:Archaeology,alternatehistory,andexcavatingtrauma12:45:Discussion13:00:Lunch14:15:AndrewGardner:OnMostAncientEarth:Thenarrativeroleofstratigraphyanddeeptimeinterrestrialsciencefiction14:35:JaimeAlmansaSánchez:ArchaeologiesofaFutureThatNeverHappened14:55:JonathanLast:BallardintheBronzeAge?Writingothernessinpastandfuturenarratives15:15:JohnCarman:InvertedWorlds:Wherearchaeologyandsciencefictionmeet15:35:Discussion15:45:Coffee16:15:DotBoughton:‘DreamNotofToday’:ArchaeologyinStarTrek:TheNextGeneration16:35:MatthewG.KnightandEmilyJohnson:ArteFicts:Thegood,thebad,andtheuglyportrayalsofarchaeologistsinfiction16:55:TonyKeen:TheFigureoftheArchaeologistinAlastairReynolds’RevelationSpace17:15:PaulGraves-Brown:Chapwiththewings...:Aldbourne,sciencefictionandarchaeology17:35:Discussion

HowtoSeeTime:AVisualCulturePerspectiveRoom:0.36

Organisers:FelicityMcDowall,Lisa-ElenMeyeringandKatieHaworthTime exerts a powerful influence on visual culture.Whether a whole landscape shaped by human agency,architecture,portableobjects,orartwork,allvisualmediahaveatemporalcontexttowhichtheybelong,andallareaffectedbythesubsequentpassageoftime.Thissessionproposestoexplorethewaysthattimecanbemadevisual,captured,orreflectedinarchaeologicalmaterials,andhowweasarchaeologistsinterrogatevisualmaterials.Thevisualappearanceofarchaeologicalmaterial–shape,size,colour,texture–areusedtoplaceobjects intheirtemporalcontext,throughtypologicaldating.Yettherelationshipbetweenarchaeologicalvisualcultureandtimecanbemuchmorenuancedandcomplex.Thepassageoftimecanaffectthephysicalformofvisualmaterials,theirmeaning,significanceorvalue,ortheirreceptionbycontemporaryaudiences.A visual culture perspective provides a critical approach which complements archaeological practice bydeconstructingthepoliticsofviewing,facilitatinga lesssubjective interpretationofarchaeologicalmaterials.Thepapershereexploretherelationshipbetweenvisualmaterialandarchaeologyandhowwecanusetimeasatoolforunderstandingvisualmaterials.Possibleareasforinquiryinclude,butarenotlimitedto:• References in visualmaterial to the past, such as replication or repetition of ideas from the past, or theincorporationofantiquematerialsintonewmedia.• Changingattitudestovisualculturebylatergenerations,includingreinterpretationand/ormisinterpretation.• Evidenceofextendedinteractionwithand/ormodificationofvisualmedia,acrossmultipletimescales.• Waysofdepicting,measuring,orunderstandingthepassageoftime(bothlinearandnon-linear)throughvisualmeans.• Howwepresentthebreadthof timetothepublicatheritagesitesandmuseums,especially inrelationtoprehistory.• Visibleindicationsofthepassageoftime.09:30:FelicityMcDowall,Lisa-ElenMeyeringandKatieHaworth:Introduction09:40:EloiseGovier:DoingTime:Ontogenesis,causality,andthelife-matterpredicament10:00:MonikaStobiecka:DiscardedMatter:Howdomuseumsdematerializeobjects?10:20:DonaldHenson:PresentingStoneAgeTimeinMuseumDisplays10:40:Discussion10:50:Coffee11:20:LiSou:ScanningOverTime:DigitaldocumentationofShetland’sIronAgebrochs11:40:BarnabyChesterton:VisualisingNewPasts:RepresentingGreco-Romanvisualcultureinvideogames12:00:GwendolinePepper:Let’sdotheTimed-warpAgain:VisualisingMedievalclothproductiontime12:20:LilianaJanik:FromPrehistoricRockArttoCubism:Socialandculturalaspectsofseeingtimeinspace12:40:Discussion13:00:Lunch14:15:PippaBrowne:AFeastfortheEyes:SustainingthedeadthroughimagesinancientEgypt

14:35:EmilyFioccoprile:PicturingDeerValley:Images,visualisation,biographyandheritageinarockartlandscape14:55:BrittanyThomas:‘ToRenderSensibletotheEye’:NewstoriesforoldpicturesbetweenLateAntiquityandtheGrandTour15:15:Discussion15:30:Coffee16:00:KatieHaworth:WearingHeirlooms:Thedisplayofreusedobjectsonseventh-centurynecklacesfromAnglo-SaxonEngland16:20:KirkRobertsandLauraMorabito:ThroughaGlass,Darkly:Identity,collectivememory,andvisualcultureinQatar16:40:DiscussionFailureisNotFatalRoom:0.45Organisers:LornaRichardsonandAlisonAtkin“Successisnotfinal,failureisnotfatal:itisthecouragetocontinuethatcounts.”–WinstonChurchillHumansuccess,ratherthanhumanfailure,hasbeenvalorizedinourunderstandingofwhatitistobehumaninpastsocietiesandthecontemporaryworld.Whatithasbeentofailtosuccessfullyexperience,adaptandsurvivethehumanconditionhasoftenbeen ignoredorunderstatedbothwithinandbeyondtheacademy,save for‘exceptional’examples.WithinWesternsociety,discussionofanykindoffailureisdifficult,oftenatgreatcosttoourmentalandphysicalhealth,anditisseldomdiscussedinrelationtoourownpracticesasarchaeologists.Failurewithin archaeology is potentially disastrous – consequencesmay involve thewithdrawal of funding,academicshame,thelossofdata,andcareerinsecurity.Yetfailurealsohasanirreplaceableroleinlearning,progression,andresilience,individuallyandsocietally.Atatimewhensomanyarefeeling,andbeing,failedeconomically,socially,andpoliticallyonanationalandglobalscale,thistimelysessionaimstoexploreanddiscussthemanycontextsforfailurewithinbothhistoricalandcontemporarysettings.Thesessioncoversarangeoffailureinarchaeologyandrelatedareas:

• The failuresof past cultures – failure to change, inability to adapt to climate change/food scarcity,religiouschange,culturaladaption,etc.

• Archaeologicalevidenceoffailure–whatarewemissing?• The failures of the archaeological community itself, past and present – academic,

interventions/excavations,projects,communications.• (Perceived) personal/professional failure, and lessons to be learned and shared – how canwe ‘fail

better’inthediscipline?• Failingtoshareinformationonwhatdoesnotwork,issuesofdatahoarding,andOpenAccess.• Celebrating failures (negative results, repaired artefacts, etc.) and encouraging ‘beta’ mind-sets

towardsarchaeologicalprojects.

09:30:LornaRichardsonandAlisonAtkin:Introduction09:40:00:KatyWhitaker:FailureisnotFatal:It’sthesilicosisthatwillkillyou10:00:RuneNyrup:NavigatingtheInterpretativeDilemma:Makingprogressthroughfailedanalogies10:20:KathyBaneva:FailureintheMiddle/NeolithicForwardThinking?10:40:Discussion10:50:Coffee11:20:DarceyGille:Failure.You’redoingitwrong11:40:TheresaO’Mahony:WhatPriceisFailure?12:00:DavidConnolly:You’llNeverMakeAnythingofYourself12:20:HebaAbdelGawad:DisciplinaryFailures:It’snotme,it’sthediscipline12:40:Discussion13:00:Lunch14:15:KevinWoolridge:TheFailureofCommercialArchaeologyintheUK:Canitbefixed?14:35:HannahFluckandMeredithWiggins:FailureintheFaceofClimateChange14:55:TimEvans:‘Nothing,LikeSomething,HappensAnywhere’.Failureandsuccessinthepublicationofarchaeologicalexcavations15:15:Discussion15:30:Coffee16:00:NeilRedfern:LetitGo:Lossisgoodforus16:20:ThomasKadorandVesnaLukic:ExhibitingFailure16:40:DiscussionArchaeology,HeritageandWell-BeingRoom:4.44Organisers:TimothyDarvillandLauraDrysdaleThe concept of therapeutic landscapes was developed by Wil Gesler in the early 1990s, building oncontemporarytheoryinthefieldofculturalecology.Ithassinceexpandedtobecomeakeyconceptinhealthgeographyapplicableatarangeofscales.Butwhethernatural,designed,orsymbolic,placesconnectedwithhealingthebodyandsoulhavebeenrecognizedandstudiedformuchlonger.Routesofpilgrimage,destinationsfor health-giving visits, facilities for ‘taking the waters’, hospitals, and gardens surrounding asylums andinstitutions,haveallbeeninstrumentalinformalizingrelationshipsbetweenplace,space,andwell-beingthathavebeenpromotedandappliedinmanydifferentwaysandwithvaryingdegreesofrealorperceivedsuccess.Thissessionwillconsiderarchaeologicalandheritagedimensionsoftherapeuticlandscapes,askingwhatcanbelearntfromthestudyofexistingsitesandwhetherthereisarolefordevelopingnewonesappropriatefortheneedsofthe21stcentury.Contributionsareinvitedinrelationtothreemainthemes.First,studiesofrecognizedtherapeuticlandscapesthroughhistoricalorarchaeological investigationsthatenrichunderstandingsoftheirconstructionanduse.Second,case-studiesofrecentorongoingprojectsthatmakeuseofarchaeologicalsitesorheritageresourcestopromotephysicalormentalwell-beingamongstdefinedparticipantcommunities.Andthird,analysesof thephilosophicalandtheoretical frameworksappropriatetothestudyofarchaeologyandheritageinrelationtohealthandwell-being.

09:30:TimothyDarvill:Introduction:Heritageandwell-being09:40:LauraDrysdale:WalkingwithIntent:Culturetherapyinhistoriclandscapes10:00:ClaireNolan:TherapeuticLandscapesofPrehistory:Exploringthetherapeuticvalueandpotentialofprehistoriclandscapesforthepresentday10:20:EllieWilliams,LesleyHardyandDiarmaidWalshe:‘HeavenIsaPlaceWhereNothingEverHappens’:Exploringheritageandwell-beinginarapidlyevolvingseasidetown10:40:Discussion10:50:Coffee11:20:ChristopherHowardElmer:BetweentheBarrows:Seekingaspiritofplace11:40:HelenJohnston:MessingAboutontheRiver:Volunteeringandwell-beingontheThamesForeshore12:00:PaulMurtagh:TheRomanBaths:Aplaceofrecovery12:20:WilliamRathouse:ArchaeologyandMentalHealth:WarMemorialsSurvey–Ceredigion12:40:Discussion13:00:Lunch14:15:AndrewHoaenandBobRuffle:Environment,Nature,Nurture:ThesiteofSt.Wulstan’sHospital,MalvernWells,Worcestershire,1943-present14:35:VanessaHeaslip:HumanHenge:Stonehengeasahealingenvironmentinthe21stCentury14:55:ZenaKamash:MuseumsandMiddleEasternCommunities:Promotingwell-being,memoryandcreativepractice15:15:HannahCobb:SeeingtheUnseen15:35:DiscussionandPresentationofBrickhengeShamansThroughTimeRoom:3.58Organisers:FfionReynoldsandHenryDosedlaShamansarereligiouspractitionerswhooccuracrosstheglobe.Theword‘shaman’comesfromtheTungustribeinSiberiaand itmeansspiritualhealeroronewhosees in thedark.Manyschoolsof thoughtobject to theapplicationofshamanismtoculturesoutside itsTungusorigin,whileotherssuggestthetermmightbeuseduniversally.Acommonfeaturewithinshamanismistheuseofalteredstatesofconsciousness.Ashamancanbeviewed as a highly skilled individualwho ‘acts out’ or performs particular taskswithin the community. Theshaman,fromthisperspective,maybeviewedasanimportantmediatorbetweenworlds.Shamansareactorsofparticularroles,skills,andartsthatrequiretheparticipationofothers.Shamansperform,theyaltertheirconsciousness using various techniques, including hallucinogenic substances, hypnotism, trickery, chanting,dance,andhealing;theyareambiguousindividuals.Thissessionwilllookattheevidenceforshamansthroughtime,discussingthearchaeological,historical,andcontemporaryethnographicevidenceforshamanismacrosstheworld.Shamanismhasbeensuggestedtoexistintheancientpast,fromprehistorytopresenttimes.Whatvalidityistheretotheclaimthatshamanismexistedinprehistory?Whereintheworldtodaydoshamansstillexist?Presentersareencouragedtoexplorethetopicfromtheperspectiveoftheirareaofexpertise,pastandpresent.Topics might include paradigms of shamanic interpretation, misconceptions associated with the termshamanism,thesocial functionsofshamanism;shamanicalteredstatesofconsciousness,musicandecstatic

journey,shamanicpowerobjectsandmaterials;storytelling,performanceandhealing,theuseofplantsandfoodasmedicines;andshamanismandcognitiveevolution.09:30:FfionReynolds:WaysofSeeing,Being,Doing:Evidenceforshamanisminthearchaeologicalrecord09:50:RickKnechtandAnnaMossolova:ExcavatingShamanicObjectsattheNunalleqSiteNeartheVillageofQuinhagak,Alaska10:10:AaronWatson:VisionsofTransformation:OpticsandritualwithintheNeolithicchamberedcairnsofBritainandIreland10:30:Discussion10:45:Coffee11:15:HenryDosedla:Healers,Seers,Mediators:MultitaskingaspectsofshamanicpracticeamongrecentNeolithicsocietiesinMelanesia11:35:RobertJ.Wallis:ArtandShamanism:FromcavepaintingtotheWhiteCube11:55:MikeWilliams:TastingtheSweetnessofDeath:Atimelessmoralityindarkshamanism?12:15:PaulDevereux:LandscapeRelicsofPre-ColumbianShamanismsintheAmericas12:35:Discussion13:00:Lunch14:15:MikeCrowley:StealingWomen’sClothes:Patriarchalappropriationofwomen’smysteries14:35:AndyReyman:WordsComeEasy:Abouttheproblematicusabilityofanon-operationaltermfordescribingdeviantprehistoricburials14:55:RobertDickins:DomesticShamanismintheVictorianMiddle-Classes15:15:Discussion

Tuesday19thDecember(AM)ParallelWorlds:StudiesinComparativeEuropeanArchaeologiesRoom:2.03Organisers:OliverDavisandJamesWhitleyAlltoooftenweasarchaeologistsaresolelyengagedwiththestudyofparticularperiodsofthepastorparticularplaces.Ourworkis,perhapsnecessarily,rootedwithinspecificintellectualframeworks–aproductofthediversesocialandpoliticalcontextsofthecountriesorinstitutionsatwhichwearebasedandthecontrastinghistoriesandtraditionsofstudyofdifferentperiodsandregions(‘Celtic’prehistoryvsClassicalarchaeology,forexample).Oneunfortunateby-productofthisgulfbetweenintellectualtraditionsisthecreationofintellectualsilos,whichinturnhasledtosignificantdivergenceacrossEuropeandthewiderworldinbothmethodandtheory.ThereisnowconsiderableunfamiliaritybetweentheapproachestothearchaeologiesofEuropefor instanceeven inadjacentgeographicalareasoramongstthosestudyingbroadlythesameperiod.Notabledivergencescannowbeseeninthestudyoflaterprehistory(lastmillenniumBC)inEuropebetweenscholarsfocusedsolelyonBritain,thosewhostudytransalpineEurope,andthosestudythe‘CorruptingSea’anditsinterconnections.Asaresult,similar problems of interpretation encountered in different places or periods are treated as if they requireentirelyseparatedebates.Notionsofpersonhood,materiality,embodimentandtheroleofritualizedfeastinghave all croppedup in the studyof both theAegeanandBritish IronAges, but this fact hasoccasionednodiscussionacrossareaspecialists.Theaimofthissessionistoopenupadialoguebetweenscholarswhomaybeworkinginwidelydifferentareasorperiods.Byhighlightingcuriousparallels,connectionsandtrajectoriesthatare synchronised across large geographic areas the sessionwill begin to explore the entanglement of bothendogenous and external practices which caused similar patterns of behaviour. We welcome papers thatattempttointerpretarchaeologiesthatcutacrossnationalboundariesandfocusonhighlightingthepeculiarparallelsbetweenpastsocieties. 09:30:OliverDavisandJamesWhitley:Introduction09:35:MaximilianBuston:Diversity,SimilarityandTimeMislead:10,000fibulaefromtheAegeanandAnatolia,anewtypologyandtheirstylisticvariation09:55:DonaldCrystal:UnpackingtheTerm‘Dolmen’AroundtheBlackSeaCoast10:15:AlexDavies:Feasting,DepositionandtheDead:SocialchangeandsocialintegrationinBritainandtheAegeanduringthe8thcenturyBC10:35:Discussion10:45:Coffee11:15:OliverDavis:HillfortCommunitiesinEarlyIronAgeEurope11:35:Manuel Fernández-Götz:Cutoffby thePyrenees?Some thoughtson IronAge research in the IberianPeninsula11:55:MatthewHitchcock:CelticArtinBritainandtheContinent:Anarchivalapproachtounderstandingknowledgeproduction12:15:JamesWhitley:SocietyandPersonhood:Homerin(several)IronAges12:35:Discussion

StuffandNonsense?TheoryandMedievalMaterialCultureRoom:3.62Organisers:AliceForwardandBenJervisTenyearsago,theSocietyforMedievalArchaeologysoughttotacklethedifficultrelationshipbetweenMedievalarchaeologyandarchaeologicaltheorywithaseriesofsessionsatTAGinYorkandSouthampton.Thissessionwillreflectupontheimpactofthisinitiative,toquestionwhetherweareanyclosertodevelopingtheoreticallyinformed,innovativeandchallengingapproachestothearchaeologyoftheMedievalWorld.Inthistimesomeofthemostrevolutionaryworkhasbeenundertakeninthefieldofmaterialculturestudies,fromthestudyofbrooches(Martin2013)totheanalysisofpotteryandHanseaticidentities(Gaimster2014;Naum2013;2014).Despitethis,withnotableexceptions(JervisandKyle2012;CumberpatchandBlinkhorn2014)MedievalmaterialculturestudieshavebeenpoorlyrepresentedatTAG.Thissessionseekstoreflectuponhowfarwehavecomeand explore the directions that futureworkmight take, tomoveMedievalmaterial culture studies from adisciplinelargelyconcernedwithdescriptionandcharacterisationtoonewhichhelpsustounderstandwhatitwastobeMedieval.Contributionsarewelcomewhichaddressthematerialcultureofanyregionortimeperiodwithin the Medieval period (broadly conceived), and contributions which explore material culture in aninternationalperspectiveareparticularlywelcome.Themesmayinclude,butneednotbelimitedto:

• Theapplicationofnewtheoreticalorontologicalapproachestomaterialculture.• Therelationshipbetweenarchaeologicalobjectsandtext.• ThecontributionthatmaterialcultureanalysiscanmaketobroaderquestionsinMedievalstudies.• The contribution thatMedievalmaterial culture studies canmake to archaeological theorymore

generally.

09:30:AliceForwardandBenJervis:Introduction09:35:ChrisCumberpatch:DownandoutinDurhamandCardiff:People,potsandstructureinMedievalceramicstudies09:55:AliceForward:CreatingCommunitiesandaSenseofPlaceinMedievalSouthWales?FourramaquamanilesfromSouthGlamorgan10:15:JustineBiddle:ClosetoHomeorFarAway?ExploringidentityinearlyMedievalSuffolk10:35:RyanLash:TaskscapesofPebblesandPilgrims:Asensoryapproachto‘natural’stuffinIrishpilgrimagetraditions10:55:Coffee11:25:GemmaWatson:LoveSexMagicinMedievalEurope:Thearchaeologicalevidence11:45:CharlotteHowsam:LateMedievalBooksandtheirFittings:Amaterialculturestudy12:05:BenJervisandSarahSemple:TextualWorlds,MaterialWorlds12:25:AnnikaNordström:BecomingUrban?ActorsandsocialidentityinaMedievalScandinaviantown(c.1100–1300A.D)12:45:Discussion

SavingTime:ConservationasaMeansforPreservingandAdvancingArchaeologicalContextRoom:1.69Organisers:AshleyLingleandJerrodSeifertModern conservation practices and analytical techniques offer an array of information for buildingarchaeological understanding and interpretation. Conservation can be an integral part of archaeologicalpractice,creatinginformedstrategiesforproactiveresearch,andtothisendcanbeusedasatoolforpreservingand furthering archaeological context with appreciable outcomes. Employing experimental methods thatadvancebothrealworldandtheoreticalframeworks,archaeologicalconservatorsareincreasinglybeingutilisedas on-site material scientists, instrumentation authorities, and micro- and macro-excavation specialists. Acontinuingdialoguebetweenconservatorsandarchaeologistsservestofurtheradvancecontextualtheorywhilebalancingthepragmaticneedsofarchaeology.Thissessionlookstoexplorethewaysinwhichconservationcanbenefitarchaeologicalpracticeandprovideinsightbefore,during,andafterexcavations.Wewelcomeproposalsthatinclude,butarenotlimitedto,thefollowingtopics:

• Reflectivepracticewithinarchaeologicalconservation• Digitalpreservationanddocumentation• Innovationsinanalyticalequipmentandtheiruseinthefield• Collaborativeprojectsbetweenconservatorsandarchaeologists

09:30:AshleyLingleandJerrodSeifert:Introduction09:40:NeilMahrer,GeorgiaKellyandVikiLeQuelenec:TorqueoftheTown:ConservingtheWorld’slargestIronAgecoinhoard10:00:KarlaGraham:UsingInvestigativeConservationtoUnderstandRomanBurialPracticeontheNorthernFrontier10:20:GesualdoBusacca:ThepaintingsfromNeolithicÇatalhöyükandtheDelicateBalanceBetweenArchaeologicalResearchandConservation10:40:J.Cowey,L.Gutierrez,A.Monreal,M.D.Murillo,Y.AlAliandA.Mahmoud:ConservationofSaruqAlHadid(UAE):Objectsasakeyforarchaeologicalinterpretation11:00:Discussion11:10:Coffee11:40:NatalijaĆosić:ArticulatingDiscovery:ExperiencefromtheNeolithicsiteofDrenovac12:00:WilliamTregaskes:LosingContext:Doescontextchangeimpactourphenomenologicalexperienceandabilitytocreateagency?12:20:EricNordgrenandAshleyLingle:3DDigitalDocumentationinArchaeologicalConservation:Revolutionorevolution?12:40:Discussion

Tuesday19thDecember(PM)WhydoUndergraduatesHateArchaeologicalTheory?ImprovingStudentExperiencesofLearningTheoryRoom:2.03Organisers:PennyBickle,BenjaminGeareyandEmilieSibbessonTheQAABenchmarking Statement for Archaeology states that ‘the vitality of theoretical debatewithin thesubject isoneof its intellectualattractionsasanHEsubject’.Yet,anecdotally, the ‘theorymodule’ tends toreceivepoorstudentfeedback,andamongacademicstaff it iswidelythoughtofasachallengingmoduletoteach.Thissessioninvitesspeakerswhoconsiderthechallengesofteachingandlearningarchaeologicaltheoryinauniversitysetting.Topicsmayinclude,butarenotlimitedto:

• Whyisthereadisconnectbetweenstaffappreciationthat‘theory’isanintrinsicpartofoursubjectandstudents’exasperationwiththetheorymodule?

• Doesstudentengagementdifferbetweenthetheorymoduleandothermodules?Why?Howcanweenhanceengagement?

• Examplesofsuccessful(ornot)pedagogicapproaches• Whatdostudents‘get’fromthemodule?Dotheyapplytheknowledge/skillslateron(inothermodules,

aspostgraduates,inlife)?Ifnot,what’sthepoint?• Experiencesof‘learningtheory’fromrecentgraduates(andcurrentundergraduates!);whatworksand

whatdoesn’t?• Shouldarchaeologicaltheorybecompulsoryforundergraduates?Iftheorypermeateseverythingwe

do as archaeologists, is it not embedded within other modules anyway? Is it time to abolish thededicatedtheorymodule?

The session is intended to help gaugewhether there is appetite for a network and/or collection of sharedresourcesforlecturerswhoteacharchaeologicaltheory.14:15:PennyBickle,BenjaminGeareyandEmilieSibbesson:Introduction14:20:CatherineJ.Frieman:BuildingaCommunityintheTheoryClassroominAustralia14:40:HannahCobbandKarinaCroucher:AssemblingTheory:Teaching,learningandembeddingarchaeologicaltheory15:00:BenjaminJennings:WhydoUndergraduatesHateArchaeologicalTheory?Isitonlythestudents…?15:20:MargeKonsa:ApplicationofStudent-centredTeachinginLearningTheory15:40:Coffee16:10:DanielMartinsdaSilvaRodriguesdeCarvalho:Theory?NoThanks.AnapproachtotheissuesofArchaeologicalTheoryinscientificdiscourse.ThePortuguesecase16:30:SophieJorgensen-RideoutandIsobelWisher:ArchaeologicalTheory:TheMarmitemodule?16:50:PennyBickle:EmbeddingDebateFromtheBeginning:TeachingtheoryinYear117:10:JulianThomas:UndergraduatesDon’tHateTheory:Reflectionsonthreedecadesofteachingarchaeologicaltheory17:30:Discussion

DykesThroughTimeRoom3.62Organiser:HowardWilliamsInstarkcontrasttoRomanarchaeologyanddespitetheirmagnitude,linearearthworkshavebeenmarginalisedininvestigationsoftheEarlyMiddleAges(c.AD400–1100).Forexample,amongthe52chaptersinTheOxfordHandbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology (Hamerow, Hinton and Crawford (eds), OUP, 2011),Offa’s Dyke ismentionedonlytwice,Wat’sDykeonce,whileothersignificantlinearearthworkssuchasEastWansdykereceivenomention. Not only have earlyMedieval settlement, burial andmaterial culture studies side-lined linearearthworksinrecentdecades,dykesareevenperipheralamongmostrecentinvestigationsofearlyMedievalterritorialorganisation,warfareandlandscape.Withonlyafewnotableexceptions,thisconstitutesacollective‘forgetting’ofearlyhistoriclinearearthworksasfociforarchaeologicalandinterdisciplinaryearlyMedievalresearch.Thissituationisparadoxicalgiventhelong-termambitionstoconserveandmanagelinearearthworksandtheheritagesuccesswhichconstitutestheincorporationofoneintoahigh-profileNationalTrailsincethe1970s:theOffa’sDykePath.Thisisalsoaneerieacademic silence given the recent high-profile political debates on migrations, ethnicity, frontiers andnationhood (fromDevolution to Indyref and Brexit) intowhich earlyMedieval dykes have been repeatedlymobilised.ThissessionaimstofosternewapproachesandinvestigationsofearlyMedievallinearearthworks,theorisingtheirsignificanceinthepastandthepresent.Thefocusinparticularisuponthetemporalitiesandmaterialitiesof early Medieval linear earthworks as monuments operating to perform a series of complex space-timelandscape dynamics. Incorporating new perspectives on historical, archaeological, literary and place-nameevidence,thesessioninvitescontributionstoaddressoneormoreofthefollowingthemesrelatingto linearearthworks as boundaries, components of frontier zones, and elements of broader political and culturalgeographiesintheEarlyMiddleAges:

• datingdykes;• theorisingbeyonddefenceanddisplay;• reinterpretingconstructionandmateriality;• rethinkinglandscapecontextsanddynamics;• evaluatinglife-historiesfromPrehistorytothepresent;• critiquingheritageconservation,managementandinterpretation;• usesandabusesincontemporarycultureandpolitics.

14:15:HowardWilliams:Introduction14:25:MarkBell:BringingtheDykesintothe21stCentury:Howdidwegethere?14:45:RichardMortimer:TheEarlyIronAgeOriginsoftheCambridgeshireDykes15:05:AndrewSeaman:LlywarchHen’sDykeandtheRoyalEstateatLlan-gors:DefiningspaceandpowerinEarlyMedievalWales15:25:DriesTys:DykesasIdeologicalMarkers:EmbankmentandstateformationinthesaltmarshesofFlanders15:45:Discussion15:55:Coffee

16:25:MelanieLeggatt:UnderstandingPeripheries:Power,performanceandplaceinthewestofMercia16:45:AndrewFleming:Offa’sDykeandtheCheshireCatSyndrome:Interrogatingdykesandrouteways17:05:PaulBelford:Offa’sDykeandtheCreationoftheWelshMarch17:25:DarrellJ.Rohl:TheVallumAntonini,Grymisdyke,andtheAntonineWall17:45:Discussant:KeithRayPassageofTimeandDynamicsofPracticeRoom:1.69Organiser:PeterS.WellsIncontextswithexceptionallygoodchronologicalcontrols,wecanexaminechangesinthewaysthatpracticesandbehaviourswereperformed,enablingustoexamineprocessesofculturalchangeatmuchfinerscalesthanisusuallypossible.Changes inthewaysthatfuneraryritualswereperformed, inthewaysthatobjectsweredeposited,andinthewaysthatbuildingswereconstructed,forexample,caninsomecasesbeexamineddecadebydecadeorgenerationbygeneration.Suchanalysiswithtightchronologicalcontrolsallowsustogetmuchcloser to details in theprocesses of change fromoneperformance to thenext, providingunusually preciseopportunitiestoexaminedetailsofchangeinpracticeandbehaviour.Possibleexamplesincludedistinguishingchangesinthewaysthatburialmoundsweresituatedwithrespecttosettlements,inthewaysthatpotteryandpersonalornamentswerearrangedingravesinacemetery,inthewaysthatmetalobjectsweredepositedinpits,andinthewaysthatweaponswerelaidoutonsanctuarysites.14:15:PeterS.Wells:Introduction14:25:ManuelFernández-Götz:AJourneyThroughGenerations:BiographiesoflivinganddyingattheEarlyIronAgeHeuneburg14:45:HelenChittock:CelticArtandIronAge‘Histories’15:05:JodyJoy:MarkingTime:Re-examiningtheIronAgehoardsfromSnettisham,Norfolk15:25:Discussion15:35:Coffee16:05:KatherineM.Erdman:ContinuityorCoincidence?Interpreting2,500yearsofdepositsatthesourceoftheDouix16:25:ChristopherEvans:RobustSequences:Fillingtime(andtrackingabsurdity)16:45:PeterS.Wells:Memory,Continuity,andVariabilityinThreeGenerationsofFuneraryRitual17:05:Discussion

Wednesday20thDecember(AllDaySessions)ParsingPosthumanismRoom:2.01Organisers:OliverHarrisandCraigCipolla

Posthumanism encompasses a variegated array of theories and critiques from the humanities and socialsciences.Fromnewmaterialismstoobjectorientedontologyandfromsymmetricalarchaeologiestothenewanimistapproaches,posthumanism’sinfluencesinarchaeologicaltheorycontinuetogrowanddiversify.Eachoftheseapproachesorientsaroundageneralcommitmenttochallengingthelimitationsofmodernist,westernperspectivesontheworld.Thiscanentailmovingbeyondthe limitationsofassumedhumanexceptionalismthroughrecognitionofthevibranciesofmatterandthecomplexhuman-nonhumanrelationshipsthroughwhichagencyemanates.Oritcaninvolveembracinghowobjectsalwayswithdrawfromourknowledgeofthem,andindeedfromallrelations.Sometimesitinvolvesexamininghowthingsopenusuptothealterityandothernessofthepast.Intheend,theseargumentsaskustogivethings‘theirdue’.Archaeologists tend to orient themselves to these ideas in a dualistic fashion: enthusiastic adoption versusoutrightrejection.Theformergroup isquicktoapplaudthe intellectualbinariesthat thesenewapproachesreportedlyundercut;theycelebratethewaysinwhichvariousstrandsofposthumanistthoughtleadthemtonewand interesting questions/problems in archaeological theory. The latter groupoffers sharp critiques ofposthumanism,oftenforitspurportedlackofengagementwithpolitics,power,identity,representation,andhumansingeneral.Papersinthissessionrejectbothofthesecaricaturedpropositions,parsingposthumanisminarchaeologicaltheory.Presentersprobetheirownarchaeologicalresearchspecialtiesandintereststoaddresswhataspectsofposthumanismworkforthem,whataspectstheyfeeltheymustdisregard,andwhataspectsareinneedoffurtherarchaeologicalmodification.10:00:CraigCipollaandOliverHarris:Introduction:Parsingposthumanism10:20:BrianBoyd:PosthumanismandEcologiesofHumanResponsibility:Anarchaeologicalcontribution10:40:AleksaK.AlaicaandEdwardSwenson:AssessingtheRoleofCamelidLifecyclesintheFormationofMochePoliticalandReligiousInstitutions:Acriticalapplicationofposthumanisttheory11:00:Discussion11:15:Coffee11:45:RachelCrellin:PowerinaWorldWithoutSubjectsandObjects12:05:SteveKosiba:WhenThingsMovePeople12:25:SophieMoore:APosthumanistArchaeologyofByzantineSong12:45Discussion13:00:Lunch14:15:ZoeCrossland:CorpseLife:Semiosicprocessesofforensicinvestigation14:35:OliverHarris:RethinkingRelations:Characterisingconnectionsinthelightofposthumanism14:55:Discussion15:10:Coffee

15:40:CraigCipolla:FearofOntologicalWolves16:00:DarrylWilkinson:UncertainAllies?Theplaceofindigenousmetaphysicsinposthumanistthought16:20:MattEdgeworth:ThePost-HumanDimensionofArchaeologicalArtefacts16:40:Discussion

TimeandTemporality:TwentyYearsonFromTime,MaterialCultureandBeing–WaysofThinkingAboutNarrative

Room:0.31

Organisers:JulianThomasandSerenGriffithsAnumberofkeypublicationsinthe1990saddressedthethemeoftimeinarchaeology,includingworksbyTimMurray,JulianThomas,andTimIngold.Specifically,thepublication20yearsagoin1996ofTime,CultureandIdentity:AninterpretivearchaeologybyJulianThomasprovidesawatershedinthinkingaboutmaterialculture,timeandnarrativeinrecentarchaeologicaltheory.Thisandanotherkey1990spublication—TimIngold’s‘TheTemporalityofLandscape’publishedinWorldArchaeologyin1993—setthesceneforspecifictypesofthinkingaboutarchaeologyandaboutapproaches toarchaeological theory in the1990s.The fundamental impactoftemporalityasaconceptcanbeseenintherapidpost-1993boominpublicationscitingtheterm.Inpartthisemphasisontemporalitywasakickingbackagainsttheabstractingapproachesfound,forexampleintheworkofClarkeandBinford,whichwasconcernedwithamoreinterpretively-informedwayofwritingandthinkingabout materials. The emphasis in the 1990s on temporality holds a number of interesting parallels withcontemporaryarchaeologicalpractice,whereawealthofnewevidence—especially fromthemoreprecisechronologiesaffordedbyBayesianstatisticalmodelling—meansthatitisnowtimelytoreturnindetailtotheimportanceofboth‘time’and‘temporality’asconstructsinformingtheproductionofarchaeologicalnarratives.Thissessioncallsforpapersfocusingontheinterplayoftimeandtemporalityinarchaeologicalwaysoftelling,includingtheproductionofarchaeological textualnarratives, theuseofspatialand landscapeanalogues fortemporality,therelationshipsbetweenourunderstandingsofdataand interpretation,totalisingandspecificnarratives,materialcultureaswayoftelling,andtherelationshipsbetweenmaterialsandframingintellectualstructures.

10:00:JulianThomasandSerenGriffiths:Introduction10:10:AgniPrijatelj:VibrantPlaces:Towardsahybridapproachinunderstandinglong-termhistoriesofcavesandrockshelters10:30:BenEdwards:InanInstant:Thoughtsonanarchaeologicalphilosophyoftime10:50:RichardBradley:TimeSignatures:BayesandtheBritishNeolithic11:10:Discussion11:20:Coffee11:50:HannahCobb:TellingTime,TideandTomb12:10:JamesDixon:Duration,Endurance,andClumpsofOngoingness12:30:KeithRay:TimeandSocialTransformation:Someimplicationsof‘compoundtemporality’forarchaeologicalnarratives12:50:Discussion13:00:Lunch

14:15:MariaEmanuelaOddo:ApologhìaforChronology:Anappraisalofchronologyasamulti-layeredproblem14:35:LaylaRenshaw:TheLimitsof‘ForensicInterest’:Expandingthechronologiesof20thcenturymassgraves14:55:SerenGriffiths:OnCultures15:15:Discussion15:25:Coffee15:55:BrunoVindrola-PadrósandAnaPaulaMotta:UnchainingMemory:Adiscussionoftimeandtemporalityinthechaîneopératoiremodel16:15:JulianThomas:TwentyYearsAfter:Reflectionson‘Time,CultureandIdentity’16:35:Discussants:GavinLucasandJulianThomasTheorizingVisualisation:FromMoleculestoLandscapesRoom:1.69andVisualisationLab(2ndFloor)Organisers:MartaDíaz-Guardamino,JacquiMulville,IanDennis,andRhiannonPhilpVisual representations have been seminal to the generation of archaeological knowledge since the birth ofarchaeology.Nowadaysarchaeologistsofallbranchesandtheoreticalorientationsdeploy,onaregularbasisawidearrayofvisualmethodstorepresentempirical(i.e.sense)data;fromdrawingsandphotographstoimagesproducedbyadvanceddigitaltechnologies(e.g.withintheframeworkofmicroscopy,geospatialtechnologies,etc.). Influentialworkshavehighlighted the roleof images in framingquestionsand interpretations (Moser,Perry), inre-creatingtheCartesiandividebetweenbodyandmind(Thomas),and image-making,particularlyillustration,asa creativeprocess in thecraftingofarchaeologicalnarratives,while calling for reflexivityandmulti-vocalityinimageproduction(Perry).Yet,giventherelevantrolethatimagesofallkindsplayinourdailypracticeasprofessionals, researchers,andteachers, it is surprising to find that therearemanyprocessesofimage-productionthatarestilltakenforgranted(i.e.‘black-boxed’),whiletheuseandpotentialofnumerousvisualmethods (particularly those consideredmore ‘scientific’) have not yet been critically scrutinized andremainwithintherealmofrestrictivenormativepractices.

Thesession’scontributorswillexpandonexistingtheoreticaldebatesand/orinterrogatevisualmethodsfromnewperspectives,including:

§ Imageandimage-makingfromtheperspectiveofrecenttheoreticaltrends,suchasNewMaterialism(i.e.assemblagetheory,agentialrealism).

§ Image-making,multi-vocality,participatorypractice,andcommunitiesofpractice§ Archaeologicalvisualculture§ Visualrepresentationasalearningtool§ Thecirculationofimages§ Imageandtemporality,multi-temporalrepresentations§ Visualrepresentationsandthesenses§ Mergingmethodsandthecreationofhybrids

10:00:MartaDíaz-Guardamino,JacquiMulville,IanDennis,andRhiannonPhilp:Introduction10:10:YasuyukiYoshida:VisualizingPrehistoricPeopleinJapan:Fromtheperspectiveofsociologyofarchaeologicalknowledge10:30:LineLauridsen,ChristianStevenHoggardandFelixRiede:ACriticalReviewofVisualMediainArtefactShapeAnalysis10:50:RachelOpitz:Visualization,DepictionandInterpretation:Anongoingconversationaboutengagingwithlandscapetopography11:10:Discussion11:20Coffee11:50:JoanaValdez-Tullett:ToSeeorNottoSee:ComputingandsensingAtlanticart’s(in)visibility12:10:FrancescaDolcetti:DigitalInteractiveVisualisationofArchaeologicalSites:AcasestudyfromMiddleBronzeAgeCyprus12:30:MateuszSosnowski,JerzyCzerniecandKrystianKozioł:ToFindUn-Findable:HowanalysisofDTM(DigitalTerrainModel)offorestareascanboostarchaeologicalsurfacesurveytothenewlevel12:50:Discussion13:00:Lunch14:15:PracticalDemonstrations(VisualisationLab)14:15:RhiannonPhilpandJacquiMulville:MicrotoMacro:VisualisationofenvironmentalarchaeologyfordiverseaudiencesIanDennis&MartaDíaz-Guardamino:Multi-vocalVisualization:Exploringthecross-fertilizationofillustrationanddigitalimagingCatrionaCooper:AuralizationMakinginPractice15:15:ScottWilliams:TheDigitalLandscapeRepresentation:AnepistemologicalresearchtoolBenjaminHunt:ADirtyDialecticRebeccaDavies:TheInterfaceBetweenExperientialandExperimentalArchaeology:Acasestudyinhornwork

Wednesday20thDecember(AM)ThePastinthePast:InvestigatingtheSignificanceoftheDepositionofEarlierObjectsinLaterContextsRoom:2.03Organisers:MatthewG.Knight,DotBoughtonandRachelWilkinsonPrehistoricandlatersocieties’perceptionofthepasthasreceivedincreasingattentionoverrecentyears.Onepracticethathasreceivedrelativelylittleattention,however,istheassociationofalready‘old’objectswithlatercontexts,despitebeingnotedacrossmultipleeras (e.g.BronzeAgemetalwork in IronAgehoardsorRomanartefactsinAnglo-Saxongraves).Interpretationsfortheseitemsrangefromthediscardofscraptoobjectsofveneration,thoughtheymayhavebeenimportanttoolsformemorialisingor,conversely,forgettingthepast.Whilstsomeoftheseobjectsmayhavebeenheirlooms,othersmayhavebeenuncoveredduringbuildingoragriculturalworkperhapsimpactingontheirbiographyforthosewhoredepositedthem.Oftenthecontextsinwhichtheyaredepositedformsignificantlocationsinthelandscape,whichmayinturnhavetheirownhistoriesandsignificancetopastcommunities.Suchobjectsthusholdinterestinginsightsintoconceptionsoftimeandmemoryinthepast.Thissessionaimstobringtogetherarangeofcasestudiesandtheoreticalapproachestobetterunderstandthispracticeacrossalongertemporalspan.09:40:MatthewG.Knight,DotBoughtonandRachelWilkinson:Introduction09:50:SarahBockmeyer:MovingMemories:RememberingancestorsintheSingleGraveCulture(2800–2200BC)inNeolithicnorthernGermany10:10:CatrionaGibsonandAdrianChadwick:DaysofFuturePasts:Materialmemoriesinpastsocieties10:30:AlexDavies:‘Multi-period’HoardsFromtheLateBronzeAgeandIronAgeinSouthernBritain:Interpretingpatternsandcontextualisingdeposition10:50:HelenChittock:FragmentationandReassemblyintheIronAge:Tracingthebiographiesofheirloomobjects11:10:Discussion11:20:Coffee11:50:MarkLewis:TheAntiqueAntique?12:10:StephenSherlock:TheReuseof‘Antiques’inAnglo-SaxonGraves12:30:MurrayAndrews:TreasuredPossessions?HeirloomsandantiquitiesinMedievalcoinhoards,ADc.1000–155012:50:Discussion

MyChemicalRomance:KeepingourTheoreticalHeadsintheFaceofSeductiveMethodological‘Certainties’Room:0.36Organisers:SusanGreaney,AnneTeatherandEmilyWrightOver the past twenty years, archaeology has benefited from a raft of new and improved scientific datingmethods,allowingustobemoreprecisethaneverbeforeaboutthedatesofsignificanteventsandpracticesinthe past. Through the increased use of sophisticated techniques including radiocarbon, archaeomagnetic,dendrochronologicalandluminescencedating,andwiththeapplicationofstatisticalmethodssuchasBayesianapproachesorquantumtheory,wehaveevermoredataavailabletoinformus.Whileallthesemethodsandapproacheshavebeentakenupbythediscipline,theyarenotwithouttheoreticalramifications. This session aims to assess the impact of this numerical revolution on archaeologicalinterpretations,askingwhetherourwidertheoreticalapproacheshavecaughtupwiththesenewformsofdata,questioningtheimplicationsoftheblindacceptanceofstatistics,andexaminingtheeffectsonournarrativesofthepast.How canwe compare sites and areaswith significant differences in the levels of chronological informationavailable?Isthereadangerthatproposedstatisticalmodelsbecometheunchallengedstatusquo?Whatkindsofdataarethesescientificmethodologiesproducing,whataretheynottellingus,andhowdoesthisaffectourresearch outputs? When do these techniques and approaches become problematic for historicalinterpretations? Do we have adequate training in archaeology to ensure a robust understanding of thesecomplexmathematicalmodels?Further,howdoweaddresstheconstructionofnewcategoriesofinterpretivedatafromdatingsummariese.g.‘outliers’and‘residuality’?Aswellasscientificdating,therewillberelevantimplicationsforothernewscientificanalyses(suchasDNAandgeneticsresearch).Papersexplore thisbroadtheme,providingcasestudiesorcommentariesonarchaeological researchwherechronologieshaveprovidedtheoreticalchallengesoropportunities.10:00:SusanGreaney,AnneTeatherandEmilyWright:Introduction10:10:MariaEmanuelaOddo:HowManyHandsHasaClock?Integratingchronologicalrecords:Asemioticapproach10:30:SusanGreaney:TheSpiralofInterpretation:Thoughtsonconstructingnarrativesusingprecisechronologies10:50:Discussion11:00:Coffee11:30:AnneTeather:RevealingaPrehistoricPast:EvidenceforthedeliberateconstructionofahistoricnarrativeintheBritishNeolithic11:50:KathyBaneva:Good,BadorAbsolute?IsCultureHistoryEvil?12:10:EmilyWright:BadTiming:ProblemswithchronologiesandnarrativesbynumbersinMediterraneanprehistory12:30:Discussion

FuturesofthePast:EverydayLandscapesandtheArchaeologyofAnticipationRoom:0.45Organisers:AndrewGardner,LaceyWallaceandBenJervis

Theaimofthissessionistoexplorehowpeopleinpastsocietiesmanipulatedtemporalityinthelandscapesthattheycreatedbyaskinghowwecanunderstandanticipatoryactions. Studies thatexplicitlyunite spatialandtemporalconceptsasmeaningfulconstructshavetendedtoemphasisememoryandpast-nessinthepast;inthis session, we wish to re-orient this focus towards the past futures that people sought to shape.Asarchaeologists,ournaturalinclinationistoworkbackwardsfromwhatweknow,fromwhichperspectivethefutureisafaitaccompli.Realityis,ofcourse,verydifferent,andisratherorientedtomoreorlessopenfutures.Wewishtoask,‘howandwhydidpeopleinthepastdefinehowalandscapewouldbeexperienced,howtheirdescendantswoulduseit,andhowtheywouldberemembered?’Inachievingthisshiftintime-perspective,wealsoseektobreakdownthreesetsofboundaries:thosebetweenthephenomenologicaltraditionsthathaveinfluenced archaeology thus far and other theoretical perspectives dealing with time; those between laterprehistoric scholarship,where experiential studies are common, and that ofmore recent societies; and theboundaries between themonumental and the everyday, expanding investigation of the latter to place theformer in proper context, and emphasising the dialectical nature of power relations in the landscape.Papersareinvitedwhichtackleanyoralloftheseissues,usingmulti-temporalarchaeologiesatsiteorlandscapescalestoconsiderhowexperiencewasconstructedtoshapefutureactionsandmemories,andhowdifferentculturalunderstandingsof‘thefuture’mightenableorconstrainpastagency.Papersthatexplorethechoicesand changes made by people in the past in relation to group identities, hierarchies, ideologies and otherstructureslinkedtoforceslikecolonialismorglobalizationwillbeparticularlywelcome.10:00:AndrewGardner,LaceyWallaceandBenJervis:Introduction10:10:KevinKay:PitsandPlaces:UsinganticipationtocharacterizedepositsatNeolithicÇatalhöyük10:30:LauraGhisleni:FuturesThatCouldHaveBeenOtherwise:TimeandthepastinanImperiallandscape10:50:LaceyWallaceandAndrewGardner:MakingSenseofPastFutures:RurallandscapetemporalitiesinRomanBritain11:10:Discussion11:20:Coffee11:50:BenJervis:AnticipatoryAction:Archaeology,powerandclairvoyanceinaMedievaltown12:10:MarcusBrittain:ArchaeologyofUtopia:Thefutureandlegacyofa19thcenturysocialistcommunityatManeaFen12:30:Discussant:BarbaraAdam

TheWindintheWillows:EmployingtheNarrativeinEnvironmentalArchaeologyRoom:4.44Organisers:LeeG.BroderickandSuziRicherScientificcommunicationisoftenpresentedaslogicalandempirical(context-free).Thefacts,however,donotspeakforthemselvesandcontextservesaverynecessaryfunctioninprovidingmeaningfordata.Honestly,whocaresthattherewere14ducksa-dabbling,orthattheWildWoodwasbiggeratsomepoint?Secretly,evenmostspecialistsdonot.Yetasspecialists,wecontinuetocomplainthatourreportsareconsignedtothegraveyardoftheappendiceswheretheycanbesafelyignoredbynon-specialists.Storytelling might appear to be anathema to rigorous scientific approaches to data. Literary theory andpsychologyresearchbothsuggestthoughthatreadersbetterunderstandnarrativewritingincomparisonwithexpositorywriting.Ithasalsorecentlybeendemonstratedthatclimatechangesciencepaperswhichadoptanarrativestylearebothmore likelytobecitedbypeersandmore likelytohaveawider impactbeyondthespecialistaudience.Environmentalarchaeologyisinauniqueposition–abletocontributeequallytoarchaeologicaldebatesandtothediscoursesurroundingclimatechange.Assuch,itisespeciallyimportantthatourvoiceisheard–notjustthat our data is published but that our interpretations are understood and remembered.We believe thatadoptinganarrativeapproachinourwritingmaybeonewayinwhichtoachievetheseaims.09:45:LeeG.BroderickandSuziRicher:Introduction09:55:TerryO’Connor:‘It’sMuddyanditSmells’’:Tellingthepasthumanenvironment10:15:MattLaw:‘MyShadowSunningItselfonThisStoneRememberstheLava’:Publicperceptionsofpastenvironments10:35:JessCollins:Archaeology,MuseumsandClimateChange10:55:Coffee11:25:PhilStatsney:‘NarrativizingScience’:Ecocriticismandpeatlandarchaeology11:45:HywelLewis:UsingNarrativetoUnderstandMessyManagementandOpportunisticWoodlandUse12:05:AlexFitzpatrickandValerieSanFilippo:ThingsWorthTelling:Consideringnarrativestorytellinginenvironmentalarchaeology12:25:DonHenson:ClimateChangesasHumanExperience12:45:Discussion

Periodization,TimeandFaultLines:TheFifthCenturyADRoom:3.58Organsiers:JamesGerrardandElliotChaplinMostarchaeologistsandhistorianswouldagreethatthefifthcenturyADisafundamentaltimeinthehistoryofBritainandWesternEurope.ItmarksthebreakbetweenClassicalAntiquityandtheMiddleAges.Assuchitisafundamentalfault-line,arupturethatdividesbothmaterialcultureandpeople.Collingwood(1927,324)arguedthat‘a“period”ofhistoryisanarbitraryfabrication,amereparttornfromitscontext,givenafictitiousunity,andsetintofictitiousisolation,yetbybeingsotreated,itacquiresabeginning,andamiddleandanend’.Thefifthcenturystandsbothasanend(oftheRomanperiod)andabeginning(oftheearlyMiddle Ages). It lacks an identity and coherence, falling between its academic parents in a lacklustredivorce,condemnedasadifficultanduninterestingchild.Muchoftheresearchonthisperiodisfocussedonempiricalconcerns:ifonlywehadmoresites,radiocarbondates,objectsortextsthistimewouldsomehowresolveitselfandthescaleswouldfallfromourcollectiveeyes.Inthissessionwehopetoexplorehowlineartimeandnineteenth-centuryperiodizationshaveconstrainedourunderstandingofthe‘longfifthcentury’.Forinstance,Lucas(2005,100)hasdismissedthefifthcenturyanditssometimesacrimoniousdebatesas‘alargelyfictitiousproblem’,theresultofourfailuretoreconcileanordinalsystemofchronologywithan intervalsystem.Wehopetobuildonthisperspectiveanddeveloptheoreticaldiscussionsthatallowustolookanewatthefifthcenturyasatimeworthyofanalysisinitsownright.10:00:JamesGerrardandElliotChaplin:TimeandtheFifthCentury10:20:JamesHarlandandKatherineFliegel:BritainandtheTransformationoftheRomanWorld:Rethinkingrupture,ideology,andtime10:40:SusanOosthuisen:IstheFifth-centuryFault-lineaHallucination?11:00:Discussion11:10:Coffee11:40:PaulGorton:Romans,BritonsorAnglo-SaxonsinFifthcenturyBritain:Howdoweknow,whyshouldwecare?12:00:VinceVanThienen:HumanNaturePlusBiasPersistenceEqualsanObscure5thcentury12:20:PeterGuest:Hopes,FearsandEatingCake:BrexitintheFifth-Century?12:40:DiscussionTimeandtheMaritime:TheTemporalityofCoastalZonesRoom:3.62Organisers:ChristopherNuttallandHenrietteRødlandCoastalregionsaredynamicspacesandpeople’sinteractionswiththeseareashaveplayedalargeroleinshapingsocieties,cultures,andtechnologies (Cordell1989;Fitzpatricketal2015;Rainbird2007),aswellashowweframeourresearch.Wehavenowmovedbeyondsubsistence-basedinterpretationstoaccountforwhypeopleinhabitedcoastallocationsinthepast,andthedesiretoinhabitthesemarginalareascaninpartbeviewedfromthestandpointofsocialdeterminism.Maritimewaysoflifemayseemlikeanobviousoption,buttheyarenotan inevitable choice (Vavouranakis 2011), and we should attempt to assess the wide range of economic,

religious, and social factors that inspired these choices. People’s relationships with coastal areas can becomplicated and fluid, despite the seemingly obvious benefits of coastal living.What influenced people topursueamaritimewayoflifeinthefirstplace,andhowwerethesespacesused,perceived,andrenegotiatedovertimeandspace?Towhatextentdidcoastalenvironmentsimpactandshapesocialspacesandrelationshipsbetweenpeople?Thissessionwillseektoinvitepapersdealingwiththeseissuesfromatemporalperspective.Thesessionwillexplore the temporality of coastal zones through theoretical debateparticularly focusingupon identity, thebody,cognition,innovation,culturechangeandmovementwithinamaritimecontext.10:00:ChristopherNuttallandHenrietteRødland:Introduction10:10:TomLawrence:WeDoNotSow:Hunter-gatherercoastalcommunitiesontheeveoftheMesolithic-Neolithictransition10:30:ChrisNuttall:MaritimeEntanglementintheAegeanIslandsintheBronzeAgeLongTermPerspective10:50:HeleneMartinsson-Wallin:BronzeAgeMonumentsandCoastalLandscapeChangesinaLongTermPerspectiveonGotlandIslandintheBalticSea11:10:Discussion11:20:Coffee11:50:CaradocPeters:Cornwall’sRomano-British‘CottageIndustry’:Networkingcommunities,seasonalityandhistoricchronology12:10:TomFitton:TimeandRelativeDivisionsin(Swahilimaritime)Space12:30:AndyShermanandLaraBand:GiftsfromtheWrathofGod:There-animationofsubmergedprehistoricforestsbycoastalcommunitiesinthepostMedievalperiod12:50:Discussion

Wednesday20thDecember(PM)WalkingtheArchaeologicalWalk:WalkingandThinkinginArchaeologyRoom:2.03Organiser:KirstyMillicanThemovementofwalkingisitselfawayofknowing’–IngoldandVergunst2016:5Much of archaeological practice takes place on the move. We fieldwalk and survey on the move, andphenomenological and experiential archaeologies have specifically embraced walking as part of the bodilyengagementoftheseapproaches.Yetwhilewalkingandmovementis implicitlyacknowledgedasanintegralpartofwhatwedo,itislesscommontoreflectonwalkingitself.Ortoconsidertheimpactithasonthewayinwhichwe,andthegeneralpublic,cometounderstandandinterpretarchaeology.Thisisrelevantaswalkingisnotjustamechanicalaction;itispartofourengagementwithplaceandonewayinwhichtheworldisrevealedtous.Itcanbepolitical,isgroundedincultureandaffectedbyphysicalabilitiesandbackground.Whereandhowwewalkisinfluencedbythepresentlayoutofthelandscape,inturnaffectingthewaythelandscapeandarchaeology is revealed to us. So how does the way we walk and think contribute to archaeologicalunderstandings of sites and landscapes? What about more static practices – does this diminish ourunderstandings?Howdoesdirectedwalkingaroundheritagesitesaffectthewaythepublicengagewiththesesites?Contributorsareaskedtoreflectonwalkingaspartofarchaeologicalpractice,toconsider lesswhatwalkingaroundsitesoracrossalandscapecantellusaboutpastplacesandlandscapesandmoretheimpactithas(orhasnot)onarchaeologicalinterpretations,waysofknowingandtheproductionofarchaeologicalknowledge.Contributorsmaywishtoreflectonwalkingaspartoftheirownarchaeologicalpractice,orreflectonthewalkingofothers,whetherthatbeotherarchaeologicalpractitionersorthegeneralpublic.14:15:KirstyMillican:Introduction14:25:BenjaminGeareyandSuziRicher:WalkontheWildSide:Movingthroughpastandpresentenvironments14:45:KirstyMillican:WalkingLochbrow:Experiencingalandscapethroughthefeet15:05:FaidonMoudopoulos:OfTimeandMoney:WalkingaroundthearchaeologicallandscapeofZagori15:25:Coffee15:55:PaulTubb:PraxisandPerambulation:Thebenefitstomind&bodyofagoodarchaeologicalwalk16:15:CoralieAcheson:WalkingAroundorWalkingOver?WanderingtouristsandstorytellingintheIronbridgeGorge16:35:SoniaOverall:Don’tWalkThatWay!Whyheritagesitesneedpsychogeography16:55:Discussion

HistoricalFoodscapes:ReconstructingSocial,PoliticalandHistoricalDynamicsThroughDietandFoodConsumptionRoom:0.36Organisers:AliceToso,VeronicaAnicetiandHollyHunt-WattsFoodisacrucialaspectofliving,biologicallyitprovidestheenergyandnutrientswhichenablethevitalphysicalprocessesnecessaryforlife,butthereismuchmoretofoodthantheneedsofthebody.Foodisacomplexsocialaspectofmostpeople’slives,itisfeastedonduringcelebration,itisgivenforcomfort,itprovidesamomenttotalkorreflectwithcolleagues,friends,andfamily.Morethanthis,thedietofapersoncanindicatemanydetailsabouttheirlife,forexampletheirsocioeconomicstanding,theirhealth,ortheirculturalbackground.Thesignificanceoffoodinhumanculturemakesitavaluablesourceofinformationforresearchersconsideringaspectsoflifeinpastsocietiesandevidenceforhistoricaldiettakesmanyforms.Thephysicalremainsoffoodcan be found in anaerobic environments. Skeletal remains of slaughtered animals or pollen and phytolithremainsofplantsinthesoilcanalsorevealthetypesoffoodprocuredbypeopleinthepast.Dietaryhealthcanbe ascertained from the skeletal remains of individuals, using techniques such as isotope analysis and byrecordingindicatorsofpathology,andforthemorerecentpastrecordsofconsumptioncanbefoundwithinthepagesofhistoricaldocuments. Insum,thereisabroadrangeofevidenceforfoodanddiet inthepast,withmethodsandprojectsconstantlyevolving.Thissessionaimstocoverabroadrangeofresearchacrosstimeandregion,exploringtheconceptoffoodanddietasameanstoshedlightonpastsocialandpoliticaldynamics,andassuchweinvitepapersthatexplorefoodconsumptionandwhatitcanrevealaboutsocietyinthepast.ThesessionistheresultofaWhiteRoseDoctoral Network, exploring the relationship between food, faith and social status through a variety ofmethodologiesandapproaches;therefore,weparticularlyencourageproposalsofaninterdisciplinarynature.14:15:AliceToso,VeronicaAnicetiandHollyHunt-Watts:HistoricalFoodscapes:Combiningzooarchaeology,stableisotopeanalysis,osteology,andnutritionalsciencetoexploreeconomy,dietandnutritionfromtheMiddleAgestothepresentday.Challengesandreflections14:35:JenniferBates:Creating‘Indusness’:FoodasanintegrativematerialcultureintheIndusCivilisationofSouthAsia14:55:AkshyetaSuryanarayan:‘CookingtheWorld’:CulinarychoicesintheIndusCivilisation15:15:Discussion15:25:Coffee15:55:MauroRizzetto:FoodProductionandConsumptioninLateRomanandEarlyAnglo-SaxonBritain:ThezooarchaeologicalevidencefromPakenham,Icklingham,andWestStow(Suffolk)16:15:SamanthaLeggett:Anglo-SaxonFoodwaysandFaith16:35:Discussion

ALookForwardattheStudyoftheMindinthePastRoom:0.45Organiser:MarcA.AbramiukTheviewsandapproachesforconductingmind-relatedresearchinarchaeologyhavegonethroughanumberoftransformations over the past few decades ‒ enough to give us pause to see that the field of cognitivearchaeologyinparticularhascomefullcircle.Cognitivearchaeologyemergedinpartasaresponsetothelogicalpositivistclaimthatthemindcouldnotbestudiedbyscientific-inclinedarchaeologists.Underlyingthepositivistclaimwasbehaviourismwhichexplainedawayaroleforthemind;atmost,themindwasenvisagedasasimple,rationalresponsesystemthatwasuniversallyemployed.Withthemostrecenttrendincognitivearchaeology,whichadvocatesradicalenactivismandenvisionshumanengagementwiththematerialworldasaffordancesandcognitivescaffolding,weseemtohavereturnedtoapositionthatiseffectivelysimilartobehaviourismincertain key respects. Having the benefit of hindsight and utilizingwhatwe have learned over the past fewdecades,thissessionseekstorediscoverthemind’sroleinthepastbyrevisitingtried-and-trueapproaches,aswellasexploringnewapproachesbywhichthemindcanberevealedtoarchaeologists.14:15:MarcA.Abramiuk:AMindEntangledorStrangled?14:35:ArianeBurke:Space:Thefinalfrontier?14:55:ManuelJ.García-Pérez:CognitiveArchaeologyandtheEvolutionofGeometricCognition15:15:Coffee15:45:EstherFagelson:IntheMindoftheMaker:Usinglithicreductionsitestotracethedevelopmentofplanningandforethoughtinthehumanevolutionarypast16:05:TarynBell:MindoverMatter,andMatteroverMind:Anarchaeologyofobjectattachment16:25:CharlotteBurnell:MSAProblemSolving:Examiningtheevidenceforworkingmemoryinthedevelopmentofprojectileweaponry16:45:DiscussionTemporalitiesOtherwise:Archaeology,RelationalOntologiesandtheTimeoftheOtherRoom:4.44Organisers:FrancescoOrlandiBarbanoandSilviaTruiniArchaeologyas‘undisciplined’practice(Haber2012;Hamilakis2013)emergedfromtheacknowledgementofits disciplinary entanglementswith the philosophical and epistemological tenets ofWesternmodernity andnecessarilyalsowithits‘darkerside’that,asMignolo(2011)writes,istheirreduciblecolonialcharacteroftheknowledge it produces.With the recent ‘ontological turn’ in theory, archaeologicalmaterials came forth asvibrant components of material-sensorial assemblages: but is that enough to counteract the coloniality of(archaeological)knowledge?Inthissession,wewishtoexpandtheconversationondecoloniality,modernity,andarchaeologyfromtherealmofmaterialitytothatoftime,focussingonthediscipline’smany‘others’:non-professionallocalcommunities‒beyondtheboundariesofthepoliticalcategoryof‘indigeneity’‒butalsothematerialsthemselves.If‘theself-determinationoftheOtheristheother-determinationoftheSelf’(Holbraadetal.2014),weseektoexplorethewaysinwhicharchaeologiststranslatetheseself-determinedtemporalitiesintoarchaeologicalknowledge,andhowtheirpracticeisreshapedinthedoing.Wehopetopromoteadialoguebetweencase-studiesfromdifferent

regionalcontexts,wherealternativevoicesemergeinthefaceofdominantarchivalproductions,exceedingtheirlimitsandshapingcreativewaysofbeinginrelation.Contributionswillexplore:•Theplaceandtheroleofarchaeology‒aspraxisinfieldwork,butalsoasdisciplinethatretainsarchivalpowerover the past and is part and parcel of thework of statutory and intra-governmental agencies for heritageconservation‒intheproductionoftimeandtemporalities;•ThepracticesofnegotiationwiththepastoftheOthersandtheirtranslationintoacademicknowledge;•Thelegaciesofcolonialism/imperialismintheproductionofarchaeologicalknowledgeandnewavenuesforthecreationofemancipatory,counter-modernandalter/nativearchives;•Memory,materialityandmulti-temporalencountersinandaroundarchaeologicalsites.14:15:FrancescoOrlandiBarbanoandSilviaTruini:Introduction14:25:JanineOchoa:‘Indigeneity’and‘Endemicity’inanEnvironmentalArchaeologyNarrative:APhilippinecase14:45:HaythemBastawi:TracingtheMirageoftheNearEast:Saracens,Barbarians,Turks,MoorsandArabs15:05:VikiLeQuelenec:BridgingtheGap:Socialmediaintheopenlab15:25:Coffee15:45:FrancescoOrlandiBarbano:TheruinsoftheSacredCity:Alternativeindigeneityintheother-historyofQuilmes(NorthWestArgentina).16:05:SilviaTruini:TBC16:25:DiscussionAMoreCentralPlace:TheorisingEarlyMedievalWalesRoom:3.58Organisers:AndrewSeamanandMarionShinerWalesisnotonlythemostpoorlyunderstoodregionofearlyMedievalBritain,buttheperiodbetweenc.400and1100ADinWalesalsostandsoutasoneofthemostopaqueofanyeraofBritisharchaeologysincetheMesolithic.Adearthofhistoricalsourcesandanephemeralarchaeologicalrecordthatexhibitsgreatregionalvariationhavemadetheapplicationofrecenttheoretical frameworksmoredifficultthanforelsewhere,andWales has largely been left on the periphery of a ‘theoretical awakening’ that has been amajor feature ofresearchinotherpartsofearlyMedievalBritainoverthelasttwodecades.Moreover,despitebeingidentifiedas having the potential to contribute to wider European debates and to readdress the Anglocentric focusof current research priorities within the field (e.g. Wickham 2010), Wales is often seen as part of aperipheral ‘Celtic fringe’. In thissessionwe invitespeakers toconsider twosetsofquestions; firstly,what istheplaceof theory in the studyofearlyMedievalWales?What theoretical frameworkshavebeenusedbyscholars, andare theseappropriategiven the complexitiesof theperiodand region? Indeed, is there roomfortheorization,orshouldwesimplyconcentrateonthecollectionofdata?Secondly,whatistheplaceofWaleswithintheearlyMedievalworld?HowcanresearchonWalescontributetowiderdebates,andwhatneedstobedonetobringWalesinfromtheperiphery?

14:15:AndrewSeamanandMarionShiner:Introduction14:20:NancyEdwards:RememberingandForgettingtheArchaeologyofEarlyMedievalWales14:40:RhiannonComeau:Maenorau,FocalZonesandtheProblemofData:Movingonfromthemultipleestatemodel15:00:TudurDavies:‘Margins’oftheLongEighthCentury15:20:Coffee15:50:MarionShiner:CradledintheGrave:Exploringnon-adultburialritesinearlyMedievalWales16:10:AndrewSeaman:TribetoCantref?Reassessinglong-termpoliticalcontinuityinWalesduringtheFirstMillenniumAD16:30:RoseHedley:VikingsinWales:Theenigmaexplained16:50:DiscussionGlobalPerspectivesonBritishArchaeologyRoom:3.62Organisers:SimonKanerandSamNixonWiththeexceptionofasmallnumberofworld-renownedexamples(Stonehenge,Hadrian’sWall),themajorityof British archaeological sites receive very little attention on the global stage. Occasionally some achievemomentarycelebritystatusas‘globallyimportant’,theresultofsignificantfieldworkdiscoveries,butthensinkbackbelowthetopsoil,realormetaphorical.Isthereawaytoescapethistemporality–thearchaeological‘fiveminutesofglobal importance’–andto transcendthemiasmaof localismtocreateamoresustainedglobalengagementwithBritisharchaeology?Woulditbedesirabletodoso?Thissessionexamineswiderrelationshipsbetweenlocal,nationalandglobalarchaeologies,approachedthroughthelensofBritishArchaeology.Withinanincreasinglyglobalisedworldofeducationandresearch,thereappearsapressingneedtoengagetheBritisharchaeologicalagendaasfullyaspossiblewithdevelopingglobalcurrents.WorldArchaeologyisahugelyactivefieldofresearchforBritisharchaeologicalinstitutions.Incontrast,researchonBritisharchaeologyseeslittleinvolvementofnon-Britishresearchinstitutions.Surelyanecessarycomponentof the pursuit of World Archaeology is a World/Global Perspective on British archaeology. Key questionsinvestigated by this session are as follows:What role does British archaeological heritage have beyondourborders?;Howis itperceivedandpresented,andwhat is its impactwithinglobaleducationalandeconomicarenas?;HowistheperceptionofthepastamongstBritishcommunitiesinformedbyorreconceivedthroughengagementwithinternationalperspectivesonthepast?ThesessionrelatestoanongoingAHRC-fundedresearchprojectinvestigatinginnovativenewwaystoconnectBritish archaeological heritage and associated timelines to a broader history of humanity. The session willincludecasestudiesfromthisprojectandpresentthefindingsofasurveyofattitudestowardsinternationalisingBritisharchaeologicalheritage.Wealsowelcomeothercontributionsrelevanttothesessiontheme.14:15:SimonKanerandSamNixon:GlobalPerspectivesonBritishArchaeology14:35:WillBowden:GlobalizingCaistorRomanTown:Challengesandapproaches14:55:YasuyukiYoshida:TranslationsBetweenIslandsontheEdgesofEurasia15:15:Coffee

15:45:JenniferWexler:DigitalExperimentationandDevelopingInnovativeDigitalToolsforGlobalEngagementinArchaeology16:05:JohnErtl:SiteDevelopmentandUtilizationinJapanandtheUK16:25:Discussion

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