George Pitt-Rivers laboratory Seminars

A seminar series on all aspects of archaeological science, organised by the George Pitt Rivers Laboratory.

Meetings: Fridays during term, 1.15-2pm, McDonald seminar room 

Group Organiser: Penny Jones, Natalia Przelomska and Kate Boulden

Michaelmas Term 2013

• 11 October 2013 - Hugo Olivera                     

The domestication and spread of rye (Secale cereale L.) assessed by the genomic analysis of landrace accessions and historic seed collections.

• 25 October 2013 - Karen Wicks                                                      

The Mesolithic Mothership: Bayesian Analysis, Colonisation and 8.2 Ka Population Collapse in Western Scotland

• 01 November 2013 - Carlos Tornero                                                 

Breeding my herds: seasonality of birth (goats and sheep) in PPNB Houses by stable isotopes analyses

• 08 November 2013 - Natalia  Oliver Smith                                                      

TBA

• 15 November 2013 - Luke Winter                      

Reconstructing the Neolithic - Some Physical Interpretations of Structural Evidence from Durrington Walls

• 22 November 2013 - Kate Brown                                                       

Genetics of carbohydrate digestion and its importance during human evolution during human evolution

• 29 November 2013 - Andrew Clarke                 

The first global crop: 10,000 years of bottle gourd dispersal

• 06 December 2013 - Ilaria Grimaldi                   

So many taro, so many travellers: how a plant is helping to reconstruct past human movements in Africa