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are co-convening a session at the SEAMEO-SPAFA Conference on "Exploitation of Worked Osseous Materials of Prehistoric Southeast Asia" (abstract below):</p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">"Hard animal materials such as bones, teeth, antler, shell and ivory possess mechanical, and aesthetic, properties making them desirable materials for the manufacturing of implements and ornaments. In Eurasia, the earliest evidence of
worked osseous materials is approximately 40,000 years ago, in Africa even earlier.<span style="">
</span>In East and Southeast Asia the earliest date is unknown for two main reasons.<span style="">
</span>The first is the lack of organic preservation in archaeological contexts, however the second is a lack of focus on this study area.<span style="">
</span>Pottery and lithics, particularly, have been a focus of the majority of material culture studies in Asia, however there has been an increase in interest in the last several years in uncovering the osseous technology of Southeast Asia, particularly in
the Islands and particularly in the Palaeolithic.<span style=""> </span>Studies on the mainland or in later Holocene contexts are yet to come into focus.<span style=""> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">Ornaments have been a pathway into understanding
the importance of osseous materials in Southeast Asian socio-economic contexts as they have an aesthetic quality and stand out in the archaeological record.</span><span style="font-size:12pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">Implements however, are only beginning to be of analytical interest.</span><span style="font-size:12pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">There may be several reasons for this.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">We will welcome papers discussing the identification of, manufacturing, use-wear, morpho-typology, social/economic/cultural interpretations, ethnography,
<span style=""> </span>analytical methods, etc. of hard animal/osseous materials from any geographical region of Southeast Asia or time period, in an attempt to draw together a bigger picture of the socio-economic and cultural significance of osseous materials."</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">The conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand (17-21 June 2019). We hope to receive many submissions and look forward to providing a forum for the discussion of these topics.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Regards,</p>
<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Jennifer & Thanik</p>
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