Tuesday 1st July
Theatre L
Theme: Materializing Identities I: Personhood, Politics and the Presentation of Identity
- 08:30 - 10:30 Visual bodies: exploring the representation of identity
- 11:00 - 13:00 Unpacking the collection: museums, identity and agency I
- 16:00 - 18:00 Unpacking the collection: museums, identity and agency II
Theatre M
Theme: Materializing Identities II: Materials, Techniques, Practice
- 08:30 - 10:30 Cross-material dynamics and cross-craftsmanship I
- 11:00 - 13:00 Cross-material dynamics and cross-craftsmanship II
- 16:00 - 18:00 Exploring hunter-gatherer material identities
Theatre N
Theme: Land and Archaeology
- 08:30 - 10:30 Taming the land: the archaeology of early agricultural field systems
- 11:00 - 13:00 Analytical limitations and potential in studying land ownership in prehistory
- 16:00 - 18:00 Revealing relict landscapes in Europe's North Atlantic fringe
Theatre O
Theme: Archaeologies of Art
- 08:30 - 10:30 Site-specific: between archaeologists and artists
- 11:00 - 13:00 Materials and mentalities: the Ábhar agus Meon exhibition
- 16:00 - 18:00 Excavating Francis Bacon's studio
Theatre P
Theme: Engaged and Useful Archaeologies
- 08:30 - 10:30 Recalling traumatic pasts: the bicentenary of the 1807 abolition of the slave trade
- 11:00 - 13:00 Liminal archaeologies: stories of exile, imprisonment and separation
- 16:00 - 18:00 Mediating without meaning to: CRM archaeology in the accidental service of contested discourses
Theatre Q
Theme: Indigenous Archaeologies: New Challenges
- 08:30 - 10:30 New approaches to heritage and the past
- 11:00 - 13:00 Legal systems, archaeological heritage and indigenous rights in Latin America
- 16:00 - 18:00 Repatriation - new challenges
Theatre R
Theme: Developing International Geoarchaeology
- 08:30 - 10:30 Geoarchaeology and dark earths I
- 11:00 - 13:00 Geoarchaeology and dark earths II
- 16:00 - 18:00 New developments in dating and age modeling
A106
Theme: Heritage Tourism Agendas
- 08:30 - 10:30 Archaeology and entertainment: the archaeology of entertainment
- 11:00 - 13:00 Archaeology and entertainment: archaeology as entertainment
- 16:00 - 18:00 Ownership of heritage and ownership of tourism
A109
Theme: Archaeology in the Digital Age 2.0
- 08:30 - 10:30 Digital heritage and global realities: responses from Africa and the Arab world
- 11:00 - 13:00 Indigenous cultural heritage in a digital age
- 16:00 - 18:00 Space, place and landscape archaeology in the Digital Age
B101
Theme: Moving Beyond the Meal: the Economics and Politics of Communal Foraging
- 08:30 - 10:30 Recognizing communal foraging events in the archaeological record
- 11:00 - 13:00 Roles of facilities and technologies in communal foraging
- 16:00 - 18:00 Motivations and consequences: examining participation in communal food enterprises
C108
Theme: Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
- 08:30 - 10:30 (Re-)Evolution of technological applications in underwater archaeology
- 11:00 - 13:00 Theory, methodology and techniques in underwater archaeology research in Mexico
- 16:00 - 18:00 Underwater prehistoric archaeology
C110
Theme: Wetland Archaeology Across the World
- 08:30 - 10:30 Wetland archaeology and movement I: travel, trackways and platforms in bogs, mires and marshes
- 11:00 - 13:00 Wetland archaeology and movement II: travel and communications along waterways
- 16:00 - 18:00 The archaeology of depositions in lakes, rivers and bogs
E113
Theme: Issues in Historical Archaeology
- 08:30 - 10:30 Intimate encounters: the historical archaeology of domestic reform
- 11:00 - 13:00 Irish historical archaeology in the 21st century: agendas and strategies
Theme: Archaeology and the Museum
- 16:00 - 18:00 Decolonizing the museum
E114/E115
Theme: Archaeology, Development and Quality Assurance: an International Perspective
- 08:30 - 10:30 Archaeologists of the world: globalising archaeological practice
- 16:00 - 18:00 Archaeology and development: a new resource?
F102
Theme: Our Changing Planet: Past Human Environments in Modern Contexts
- 08:30 - 10:30 Human responses to mid-late Holocene climate changes I
- 11:00 - 13:00 Human responses to mid-late Holocene climate changes II: discussion forum
- 16:00 - 18:00 Applied archaeology and historical ecology: archaeological approaches to the definition and application of historic resource exploitation strategies
G106
Theme: Archaeological Theory? Legacies, Burdens, Futures
- 08:30 - 10:30 Getting to the heart of matters: investigating the theory and practice relationship in archaeologies of humanity
- 11:00 - 13:00 The impact of feminist theories on archaeology
- 16:00 - 18:00 Time and change in archaeology
G109
Theme: Independent Sessions
- 08:30 - 10:30 Working with the military: not evil, just necessary
- 11:00 - 13:00 Planning for consideration of archaeological heritage during military conflict
J109
Theme: Archaeology of Spiritualities
- 08:30 - 10:30 Mountains and pilgrimages - the dynamic ritual landscape
- 11:00 - 13:00 Natural sacred sites and holy places
Theme: Exploring WAC’s Approach(es) to Ethics
- 16:00 - 18:00 Bioethics: critical issues in bioarchaeology today
