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2nd Archaeomalacology Working Group Meeting Following on from the success of the 1st Archaeomalacology Working Group Meeting held in Gainesville Florida, 2005, the 2nd Meeting is currently in the planning process. Information will be added to this website as it becomes available. The Archaeomalacology Working Group had a dedicated session last August within the ICAZ 2006 conference in Mexico City. Çanan Cakirlar and Victoria Stosel organized this workshop entitled "Shells of Mollusca: Environmental Adaptations, Ideological Expressions". At the end of the meeting, it was decided that the next workshop will be in Santander (Spain) at the beginning of 2008. The organisers for the upcoming meeting are Esteban Álvarez Fernández and Diana Rocio Carvajal Contreras. For those who are interested in presenting a paper or poster at the Santander Meeting, please fill in the form below, and e-mail it to Esteban or Diana. Santander Paper Details (.doc) FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS - March 2007 Theme: "Not Only Food: Marine, Terrestrial and Freshwater Molluscs in Archaeological Sites" Theme Abstract: We encounter different species of molluscs in archaeological sites. Most of the time, these were intentionally collected by humans in coastal marine substrates, wetlands and river channels, and taken back to the sites to be used for food. Often their remains form large accumulations. Evidence for shells that were not used for food, but rather as raw materials for making artefacts such as ornaments and tools is also abundant. Studies of molluscan remains typically concentrate on diet, but also consider other aspects of human lifeways, such as palaeoenvironmental context, trade and exchange, and artefact production. The purpose of this workshop is to present world-wide research on the many aspects of mollusc use by human societies. Organisers:
Esteban Álvarez-Fernández IIIPC. Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria, Unidad asociada al C.S.I.C. Edif..Interfacultativo de la Universidad de Cantabria, Av. De Los Castros S/N 39005 Santander (Espana)
Tel: +34 942 202035 / 942 202095 Fax: +34 942 202093
Diana R. Carvajal-Contreras University of Calgary, University Drive 2500 NW Calgary T2N1N4, Alberta (Canada)
Workshop dates: Tuesday 19th February - Friday 22nd February 2008
Venue: Salon de Actos, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Nautica (University of Cantabria), Calle Gamazo 1, Santander, Spain.
Workshop programme: Two days of sessions presenting papers and another two days of field trips to archaeological sites in the region.
Registration costs:
80 Euros (Full registration including a copy of the workshop proceedings) 50 Euros (Student registration including a copy of the workshop proceedings) 30 Euros (Registration only)
Final date for submission of abstracts for papers and posters: 30 September 2007
Transport to Santander: Santander has an international airport 8 km from the city centre, with daily flights from Madrid (7 flights), Barcelona (4 flights), Frankfurt (Hahn), Rome (Champino), Liverpool and London (Stansted).
Other airports near Santander include: Bilbao (1 hour 30 minutes away) with connections between Santander-Bilbao by bus (http://www.also.es). Bilbao Airport has daily flights from Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Brussels, Paris (Charles de Gaulle), Milan (Malpensa), Lisbon and London (Stansted and Heathrow).
Field trips: Suggestions made by members of the Archaeomalacology Working Group have been taken into account. The trips aim to visit both sites where marine molluscs have been recovered (shell-middens) and caves with palaeolithic art. Details of prices and sites will follow shortly.
Accommodation: In the coming weeks we will post information about the options for accommodation in Santander.
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