Session: #736

Theme & Session Format

Theme:
Theories and methods in archaeological sciences
Session format:
Session, made up of a combination of papers, max. 15 minutes each

Title & Content

Title:
Dairy and Pastoralism in Archaeology
Content:
The origins and spread of dairying and milk processing technologies in antiquity are an active and growing area of research interest for archaeologists and other scientists utilizing a wide array of well-established and emerging methods — both independently and in concert. To foster interdisciplinary discussions and continue the pace of methodological innovation, we are organizing a dairy- and pastoralism-focused session for the upcoming 2018 European Archaeology Association meeting in Barcelona, Spain. Our aim is to bring together researchers working in disparate geographical regions using traditional and novel methods to understand the histories of dairying in the following areas: Identifying archaeological milk products; linking early and modern forms of pastoralism to increased dairy consumption; reconstructing prehistoric dairy processing practices; revealing new insights in the gene-culture co-evolution of adaptations for lactase persistence and lactose tolerance.
Keywords:
Dairy, Pastoralism, Biomolecular, Zooarchaeology
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no

Organisers

Main organiser:
Shevan Wilkin (Germany) 1
Co-organisers:
Dr. Joshua Wright (United Kingdom) 2
Richard Hagan (Germany) 1
Affiliations:
1. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
2. University of Aberdeen Department of Archaeology