Theme:
1. Artefacts, Buildings & Ecofacts
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Artefacts’ Residue Analyses as a Tool for Decoding Past Daily Life
Content:
The present session aims to address topics related to the residue analyses conducted in archaeological sites, dated to the 2nd and 1st millennium BCE, located in the southern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean. Residue analysis, including lipids, proteins, starches as well as phytoliths, have the potential to provide insights not only about past diet, food preparation and consumption, vessel’s functionality, but also to unfold subsistence practices, economical, and sociopolitical developments, and shifts. This session will underline the significance of such analyses for the better understanding of archaeological artefacts, contexts, structures, sites, and the socioeconomical developments of the related societies. Furthermore, this session aims to highlight the need for cohesion and consistency on the methodological strategies applied. Given that there are specific protocols for various types of residue analysis, from the sampling in the field, the sampling of the artefacts to the lab work processing, this session will invite the attendees to exchange ideas, through the presentation of case studies, about the need of the integration of different techniques of analyses, which will allow the sustainability of sampling strategies in a holistic way.
Keywords:
archaeometry, Residues, southern europe, eastern mediterranean, starches lipids phytoliths, 2nd-1st millennium BCE
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Kyriaki Tsirtsi (Cyprus) 1
Co-organisers:
Evgenia Tsafou (Belgium) 2
Affiliations:
1. The Cyprus Institute (STARC)
2. Universitè Catholique de Louvain Collège Erasme
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