[Sasnet] REMINDER [Fwd: Human - Environment Interactions session at Archaeometry] (fwd)

[Bonnie A B Blackwell]

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Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:29:59 +0000
From: Simon Blockley <simon.blockley at rlaha.ox.ac.uk>
To: Bonnie A B Blackwell <Bonnie.A.B.Blackwell at williams.edu>
Subject: REMINDER [Fwd: Human - Environment Interactions session at
     Archaeometry]


The 37th international Archaeometry conference is in Sienna, Italy, next
year on the 12th to the 16th of May. The deadline for Abstracts is 15th
December. For those wishing to apply for financial assistance to attend
there is an early deadline of the end of this month for abstract
submission and financial support applications. Hope to see you in Italy.

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*3. Human - Environment Interactions (Geoarchaeology, Palaeoclimate
studies, Landscape Archaeology, Environmental reconstructions,
environmental Bio-geochemistry etc.).*

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Simon Blockley, Research Laboratory for Archaeology, University of
Oxford. OX1 3QY, Oxford UK. Simon.blockely at rlaha.ox.ac.uk



The nature of human interaction with the environmental and climatic
change is an essential question for archaeology. In a number of areas it
is critical to test changes in climate, landscape and environment that
impact upon human groups in the past, as well as the impact of human
societies on their own environment over time. The science behind
building and testing models for human-environmental interaction is
complex. Problematic issues include: developing chronological control,
required to examine the exact timing of changes in both archaeological
and environmental record; gaining a sound understanding of the
geoarchaeological record; the integration of biological and
environmental records; and significant and sometimes very abrupt changes
in the landscape. In order to explore these questions further, high
quality papers are sought that cover the range of approaches. Particular
preference will be given to novel studies or proposals that integrate
techniques and show strong methodological approaches to linking the
archaeological, geological, geographical and environmental records.

-- 
Dr Simon Blockley
Academic Fellow: Tephrochronology
Chair of the Sub-Faculty of Archaeology
RLAHA, Dyson Perrins Building,
South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY.
01865 285202 (office) - 218/206/204 (labs)
07888726650 (mob)


-- 
Dr Simon Blockley
Academic Fellow: Tephrochronology
Chair of the Sub-Faculty of Archaeology
RLAHA, Dyson Perrins Building,
South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY.
01865 285202 (office) - 218/206/204 (labs)
07888726650 (mob)