[Bonetools] Fwd: [ZOOARCH] call for abstracts 'worked bone' session at ICAANE 2014 Basel

[Alice Choyke]

This should be of interest  to many of you.

Alice

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From: C.Cakirlar <c.cakirlar at rug.nl>
Date: Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 10:37 PM
Subject: [ZOOARCH] call for abstracts 'worked bone' session at ICAANE 2014
Basel
To: ZOOARCH at jiscmail.ac.uk


*Dear all, *

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*Please let me know until July 20th if you are interested in presenting at
this workshop. *

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*(And hope you can spread the word in your institutions). *

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*All the best, *

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*Canan*

*Artifacts made out of Bone and Related Materials: Manufacture, Typology
and Use*

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*Workshop at the 9. ICAANE in Basel (June 9-13, 2014)*

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*Organizers: Canan Çakırlar (University of Groningen) and Hermann Genz
(American University of Beirut)*

Artifacts made out of materials of faunal origin (bone, ivory, horn,
antler, mollusc shell, etc.) are commonly encountered in excavations in the
Ancient Near East. While some groups of artifacts, such as ivory carvings
or engraved Tridacna shells have received considerable attention, mainly
because of their artistic significance, more mundane, yet more abundant
objects such as tools and simple jewelry have often been neglected.****

To address this imbalanced situation, we would like to organize a workshop
focusing on artifacts made of bone and related materials from the Ancient
Near East from the Neolithic to the end of the Iron Age.****

Contribution by archaeologists representing all areas of archaeology (e.g.,
experimental archaeology, zooarchaeology, archaeomalacology, social
archaeology, material culture etc.) are most welcome.****

*Some possible topics:*

-    Identification of raw materials and manufacturing methods (including
possible workshop remains)****

-    Retrieval practices on the excavation (how, when and by whom are
artifacts identified? Especially ad-hoc tools with limited alterations may
only be identified through a detailed faunal study)****

-    Exchange in raw materials or finished items (ivory, shells)****

-    Typology and chronology of specific artifact categories****

-    Functional aspects (including use-wear studies)****

-    Contextual discussion****

Canan Çakırlar (University of Groningen): c.cakirlar at rug.nl****

Hermann Genz (American University of Beirut): hg09 at aub.edu.lb****

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Canan Çakırlar, Dr. Rer. Nat. (Universitair docent)

*University of Groningen
**Groningen Institute of Archaeology
**Poststraat 6, NL-9712 ER Groningen, Netherlands*
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tel. +31(0)50-3636732*
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http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/gia/archeozoologydatabase?lang=en
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