Programme

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Monday 8 September

09:00-12:00
Practical Workshop – Network Science for archaeologists and historians
Tom Brughmans (University of Konstanz)

12:00-14:00
Lunch

14:00-14:20
Intro

14:20-14:50
Francesca Fulminante (Cambridge University)
Networks and Urbanization in central Italy (1175/1150-500 BC ca)

14:50-15:20
Raffaella Da Vela (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)
The Network of the North-Etruscan Settlements during the Romanization

15:20-15:50
Nathalie Mezza-garcia (Universidad del Rosario, Bogata, Columbia)
Computational Aspects of Ancient Social Heterarchies: Learning how to Address Contemporary Global Challenges

15:50-16:20
Christine Johnston (Cotsen Institute, UCLA)
Object Distribution, Networks, and Imperfect Datasets: An examination of market exchange at Ugarit

16:20-17:00
Tea break

17:00-18:00
Prof. Sir Alan Wilson (CASA, UCL)
Keynote talk

18:00-19:00
Own supper

19:00-23:00
Social event, Union Bar

Tuesday 9 September

09:30-10:30
Joaquim Fort (U. Girona)
Invited Presentation

10:30-11:00
Xavier Rubio-Campillo (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)
Comparative approaches to the use of archaeological data inside computer simulation

11:00-11:30
Coffee break

11:30-12:00
Shumon Hussain (Department for Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Cologne)
Path dependency: explaining higher order phenomena in the Lower to Upper Paleolithic record of Western Europe

11:30-12:00
Laura Perucchetti (Archaeological Science, Oxford Univ.)
Beyond provenance: Copper-alloy chemical signatures as proxies for human technological practice in the past

12:00-12:30
Miljana Radivojević (UCL Institute of Archaeology, London)
Tracing metal networks in the Balkans at the dawn of the Metal Age

12:30-13:30
Lunch provided

13:30-14:00
Optional lightning talks or discussion

14:00-15:00
Prof. Ulrik Brandes (University of Konstanz)
Keynote talk

15:00-15:30
Tea break

15:30-16:00
Anna-Katharina Rieger (Max Weber Institute of Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University Erfurt)
Region, religion and the question of the evidence: Is it possible to approach sacred spaces in Southern Syria with network analysis tools?

16:00-16:30
Elsa Arcaute (CASA, UCL)
Natural regional divisions of places in Domesday Book

16:30-17:00
Maeve McHugh (UCDublin)
Finding meaning in a digital landscape: GIS modelling and ancient Greek agriculture

17:00-17:30
Closing Discussion