[Aqualist] Stable isotope session at 2017 AAA Conference

[Amy Prendergast]

Hi AQUAlisters,
Letting you all know about a session on stable isotopes that may be of interest at the next Australian Archaeological Association Conference (6-8 December 2017 in Melbourne).
Abstracts are due 31 August. Conference details here: http://aaa2017.conferenceonline.com.au/index/1193


Stable Isotopes in Archaeology: Understanding Environments, Subsistence and Landscape Connections

Convenors: Dr Amy Prendergast (The University of Melbourne),  Dr Georgia Roberts (Federation University)

Isotope analyses in archaeology have forged new pathways for interpreting the past. From understanding ancient diets, migration, and trade to reconstructing patterns of climate and seasonality. The sheer range of materials preserved in archaeological sites that can be studied using stable isotopes (including shells, soils, otoliths, bones, teeth, pottery, metals, glass, and plants) as well as recent technological advances in instrumentation have led to important and innovative new ways to understand the archaeological record. These records range from the coasts to inland, and from molecular to regional scales. This session invites presentations on any application of stable isotope analysis to the Australasian archaeological record.


Dr Amy Prendergast
School of Geography  |  Faculty of Science  | University of Melbourne
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