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CHAT - Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory to be hosted in Aberdeen in 2010
Hosted by the department of Archaeology, the conference will be held from November 12-14, 2010. This year's research programme will focus on Northern Worlds in Contemporary & Historical Archaeology. It is expected to attract an international community of scholars who will seek to question and move beyond caricatures to explore, compare and reassess the diversity and significance of northern worlds. Further details about the conference and information about how to register can be found at http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk/news.htm February 2010 |
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NERC Funding Success for New Research Project
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has awarded a grant of £806k to Prof Keith Dobney and Dr Thomas Cucchi of Aberdeen’s Archaeology Department for a research project entitled: Reconsidering Austronesian Homeland and Disperal Models using Genetic and Morphological Signatures of Domestic Animals. The joint application between the Universities of Aberdeen and Durham (with Dr. Greger Larson and Dr. Una Vidarsdóttir of Durham’s Archaeology and Anthropology Departments) will run for the next three years and will fund travel, equipment, two Post-Doctoral Research Posts and a Phd student. The Pacific was one of the last places on earth to be colonised by humans and there are numerous models for the cultural and biological origins of its peopling. The primary aim of this research project is to rigorously test the various competing models of ancient human dispersal (using new genetic and geometric morphometric techniques) from mainland East Asia, through Island South East Asia to Near Oceania, using modern and ancient domestic pigs, dogs and chickens as proxies for human movement. January 2010 |