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Thursday 3rd July

Theatre L

Theme: Materializing Identities I: Personhood, Politics and the Presentation of Identity

• 08:30 - 10:30 Changing identities: exploring the materiality of conflict I
• 11:00 - 13:00 Changing identities: exploring the materiality of conflict II
• 16:00 - 18:00 The experiential role of violence and combat in the creation of social identities

Theatre M

Theme: Materializing Identities II: Materials, Techniques, Practice

• 08:30 - 10:30 The mobile home? Tracking change and meaning in the Neolithic house
• 11:00 - 13:00 From tools to tombs: the creation of identities in stone I
• 16:00 - 18:00 From tools to tombs: the creation of identities in stone II

Theatre N

Theme: Land and Archaeology

• 08:30 - 10:30 Archaeology and development
• 11:00 - 13:00 Indigenous peoples' workshop on territories and cultural heritage: meetings and shared experiences I
• 16:00 - 18:00 Indigenous peoples' workshop on territories and cultural heritage: meetings and shared experiences II

Theatre O

Theme: Archaeologies of Art

• 08:30 - 10:30 Techniques of rock art
• 11:00 - 13:00 Seasonality in rock art
• 16:00 - 18:00 Approaches to rock art - recent research from around the world

Theatre P

Theme: Engaged and Useful Archaeologies

• 08:30 - 10:30 Does archaeology matter? Evaluating the relevance of archaeology outreach in diverse communities I
• 11:00 - 13:00 Does archaeology matter? Evaluating the relevance of archaeology outreach in diverse communities II
• 16:00 - 18:00 Civic engagement and working communities: historical archaeologies of labor

Theatre Q

Theme: Indigenous Archaeologies: New Challenges

• 08:30 - 10:30 Rethinking indigenous roles in the design and implementation of cultural and natural resource management strategies

Theme: Getting the Message Across - Communicating Archaeology

• 11:00 - 13:00 Access to archaeology
• 16:00 - 18:00 Detours, potholes and travel advisories: paths of communication for academia, tourists, communities and the public

Theatre R

Theme: Developing International Geoarchaeology

• 08:30 - 10:30 Transatlantic collaborations and contributions to geoarchaeology
• 11:00 - 13:00 Geoarchaeology of submerged archaeological sites: studies in site characterization and formation process
• 16:00 - 18:00 Landuse and landscape

A106

Theme: Independent Sessions

• 08:30 - 10:30 Recent work at major archaeological sites around the world

Theme: Critical Technologies: the Making of the Modern World

• 11:00 - 13:00 Method and the machine: theorising an archaeological approach to technical processes
• 16:00 - 18:00 Archaeologies of internment: method and theory for an emerging field

A109

Theme: Archaeology in the Digital Age 2.0

• 08:30 - 10:30 Open archaeology: fundamentals of Intellectual Property and open source
• 11:00 - 13:00 Out of the shadows: 3D capture technologies in archaeology
• 16:00 - 18:00 Digitizing the archaeological record: panorama and challenges

B101

Theme: The Impact of Innovation

• 08:30 - 10:30 East meets West: the transition to farming as innovation
• 11:00 - 13:00 Transformations in technology and ideology during the Bronze and Iron Ages in central Eurasia and east Asia: explaining innovation
• 16:00 - 18:00 Invasion, extirpation, extinction: cultural and environmental consequences of human impact on past ecosystems

C108

Theme: Maritime and Underwater Archaeology

• 08:30 - 10:30 Rising seas: exploring the impact of sea-level rise on cultural heritage resources
• 11:00 - 13:00 Navigating contentious waters: international responses to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage

C110

Theme: Wetland Archaeology Across the World

• 08:30 - 10:30 Managing wetland archaeology: in situ preservation, sustainability and the heritage resource: current perspectives, future potential
• 11:00 - 13:00 Wetland archaeology and palaeoenvironment: moving beyond environmental determinism

Theme: Living in Island Worlds

• 16:00 - 18:00 Between the sea and the sky: 'island' as a metaphor for investigating eco-systems, landscape and identity

E113

Theme: Archaeology and the Museum

• 08:30 - 10:30 Museums, heritage and social memory I
• 11:00 - 13:00 Museums, heritage and social memory II
• 16:00 - 18:00 Museum collections as archaeological data

E114/E115

Theme: Archaeology, Development and Quality Assurance: an International Perspective

• 08:30 - 10:30 Approaches to the management and monitoring of cultural heritage in farmland and forestry I
• 11:00 - 13:00 Approaches to the management and monitoring of cultural heritage in farmland and forestry II

Theme: Cultural and Intellectual Property Issues in Archaeological Heritage: Identifying the Issues, Developing Modes of Resolution

• 16:00 - 18:00 Intellectual property issues in archaeological heritage: case studies, challenges, fair access, best practices, equitable resolution

F102

Theme: Our Changing Planet: Past Human Environments in Modern Contexts

• 08:30 - 10:30 Living with nature: heritage negotiation in the face of disasters

Theme: Peopling the Past, Individualizing the Present: Bioarchaeological Contributions in a Global Context

• 11:00 - 13:00 A cast of thousands: children in the archaeological record
• 16:00 - 18:00 Humanity at the margins: osteoarchaeological perspectives to life on the edge

G106

Theme: Archaeological Theory? Legacies, Burdens, Futures

• 08:30 - 10:30 Where the future of archaeological theory lies

Theme: Independent Sessions

• 11:00 - 13:00 Problematising ‘heritage as cure’ – towards alternative therapeutics of memory-work

Theme: Memory, Archaeology and Oral Traditions

• 16:00 - 18:00 Social memory, place and identity: processes and practices

G109

Theme: Reflections on Archaeology and Politics

• 08:30 - 10:30 Politics and archaeology/anthropology in different regions of the world
• 11:00 - 13:00 Politics and practice: archaeology in North Africa
• 16:00 - 18:00 Politics and archaeology in the Americas

J109

Theme: Exploring WAC’s Approach(es) to Ethics

• 08:30 - 10:30 Exploring 'non-professional' connections to artifacts: research methods on motivations
• 11:00 - 13:00 International workshop for the Ethics Forum
• 16:00 - 18:00 WAC Ethics Forum