Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 12:23:40 +0000 From: [email protected] Subject: Call for Abstracts BABAO 2015 To: [email protected]
Dear All, We are pleased to announce that we are now welcoming abstract submissions for BABAO 2015 (being held at the University of Sheffield Friday 18th – Sunday 20th September) at [email protected]. The deadline for submission is Monday 1st June 2015.Full details of the conference including information regarding conference bursaries, student prizes, abstract submission guidelines and registration details are available via http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/events/babaoWe hope that the following sessions encourage poster and podium presentations from a wide variety of specialists working in the fields of osteoarchaeology and biological anthropology, including zooarchaeologists, palaeoanthropologists and those involved in the commercial and public sectors. Session 1 - Children - Keynote speaker: Prof Maureen CarrollResearch into the lives of children is a fairly recent focus in archaeology. Over the past decade there has been a welcome upsurge in the interest into this so-called ‘forgotten’ segment of society. We would like to dedicate today’s sessions to explore all aspects of childhood in past societies: topics ranging from children’s position within the social sphere, how they were treated by society writ large, in the household, by parents or caretakers. This session welcomes submissions covering the osteological and bioanthropological evidence for the involvement of children in work and household chores, their general health and well-being, growth and development and secular trends. Sub-Session a -- Children in Society Sub-Session b -- Growth and Development Session 2 - Life and Death - Keynote speaker: Prof Paul PettittFrom skeletal remains it is possible to make inference about the attitudes towards loved ones through how the dead were treated. In this session different aspects of bioarchaeology will be considered, ranging from what can be inferred from burial practices to treatment of the living. Sub-Session a -- Treatment of the DeadSub-Session b -- Thanatology Session 3 - Evolution in Perspective & Animal and Human RelationshipThis is an open session where a wide range of topics can be addressed, e.g., issues pertaining to evolution, comparative morphology, and evidence of disease in our evolutionary past and in other species. In addition, for as long as humanity has existed there have been interactions between humans and other animals; sometimes this has led to conflicts sometimes to mutual benefits. Topics pertaining to the effects of animal domestication, as food, workforce or pets, and the effects this has had on us humans as well as the animal species concerned as well as the transmission of pathogens across species are welcome.Sub-Session a -- Evolution in PerspectiveSub-Session b -- The Animal and Human Relationship Session 4 - Life and Death, part 2This session welcomes submissions covering the osteological and bioanthropological evidence for health and well-being of past peoples with a focus on palaeopathology and trauma. The intention is to explore a wide range of aspects of life in the past, the knowledge of disease and approaches to curing injury and illness.Sub-Session a -- Healing in the PastSub-Session b -- Effects of Conflict We very much look forward to reading your abstracts and welcoming you to Sheffield in September. Best wishes The Organising Committee (Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield) -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
