Computational and landscape approaches to non-urban political centralisation
23 October 2023, 5:00 pm–6:00 pm
The third seminar in the UCL Institute of Archaeology Research Seminar series for Term I, 2023-24 will be given by Giacomo Fontana on 23 October.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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World Archaeology Section
Location
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Room 609UCL Institute of Archaeology31-34 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PYUnited Kingdom
UCL Institute of Archaeology Research Seminars Programme | Term I, 2023-24
The Term I seminar series will again highlight current Institute of Archaeology research. These are scheduled to be in-person events; where speakers have agreed, a recording may be made available afterwards.
Mondays, 5pm
- 9 October: Victoria Lucas (Archaeological Sciences): "Everything Old is New Again" early medieval glass recycling: technology, change, and resourcefulness
- 16 October: Jan Kolar (Archaeological Sciences): Prehistoric demography, social transformations and woodland in Central Europe
- 23 October: Giacomo Fontana (World Archaeology): Computational and landscape approaches to non-urban political centralisation in the 1st millennium BCE Mediterranean: the Samnites - this seminar will take place in Room 609 (Staff & Research Student Common Room) and will not be recorded
- 30 October: Ulrike Sommer (World Archaeology): Varna, Bodrogkeresztúr and the development of formal cemeteries in the Carpathian Basin
[6 November: Reading Week - no seminar]
- 13 November: Johanna Zetterstrom Sharp (Heritage Studies): Mid-century Museum ‘Best’ Practice and Self-Defined Anti-Racism
- 20 November: Cristina Castillo & Dorian Fuller (Archaeological Sciences): Evolutionary Dynamics of Enset Vegeculture in Ethiopia
- 27 November: Rafie Cecilia & Theano Moussouri (Heritage Studies): Inclusive Digital Museum Innovation
- 4 December: Veronica Occari (Archaeological Sciences/World Archaeology): The Technology of Medieval Venetian Glass and the Levantine Connection
- 11 December: Rodney Harrison (Heritage Studies): Ghosts of Solid Air: Using Augmented Reality to Engage with Debates Regarding Contested Monuments in London