Kaercher Kyra, Arntz Monique, Bomentre Nancy, Hermoso-Buxán Xosé L., Kay Kevin, Ki Sabrina, Macleod Ruairidh, Muñoz-Mojado Helena, Timbrell Lucy, Wisher Izzy (Eds.). New Frontiers in Archaeology: Proceedings of the Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference 2019

Archaeopress, 2020. — 308 p.This volume is the result of the Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference (CASA), held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research from September 13–15, 2019. CASA developed out of the Annual Student Archaeology Conference, first held in 2013, which was formed by students at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham and York. In 2017, Cambridge became the home of the conference and the name was changed accordingly. The conference was developed to give students (from undergraduate to PhD candidates) in archaeology and related fields the chance to present their research to a broad audience.
The theme for the 2019 conference was New Frontiers in Archaeology and this volume presents papers from a wide range of topics such as new geographical areas of research, using museum collections and legacy data, new ways to teach archaeology and new scientific or theoretic paradigms. From hunting and gathering in the Neolithic to the return of artefacts to Turkey, the papers contained within show a great variety in both geography and chronology. Discussions revolve around access to data, the role of excavation in today’s archaeology, the role of local communities in archaeological interpretation and how we can ask new questions of old data. This volume presents 18 papers arranged in the six sessions with the two posters in their thematic sessions.Session 1: Strength in Numbers: Combining Old Datasets to Answer New Questions
Strength in Numbers: Combining Old Datasets to Answer New Questions – Lucy Timbrell
Hunting in the Neolithic: Zooarchaeological Meta-analysis of the Role of Wild Mammals in Eastern Europe 6500-3000 BCE – Giselle F. Rainsford-Betts
The Relevance of Çatalhöyük Reflexive Diaries – Gustavo Sandoval
Multiple Datasets, Multiple Meanings? A Reanalysis of Multiple Internment Burials in Early Anglo-Saxon England – Caroline Palmer
The Reuse of Archaeological Data: Grand Challenges and New Approaches to Southern Levantine Mortuary Archaeology – Sara MuraSession 2: Past and Future-Lifestyle and Inequality
Past and Future-Lifestyle and Inequality – Sabrina Ki and Helena Muñoz-Mojado
Magdalenian Minds: Evaluating the Role of Cognition in Mobiliary Art of the Magdalenian – Molly Hardman
Gathering Practices in Eastern-Central Sweden During the Middle and Late Mesolithic – Erik Solfeldt
Missing Objects: New Perspectives to Tackle the Problem of Textile Activity – Patricia Rosell GarridoSession 3: Animal-Human Interactions: Becoming, Creating, Relating
Animal-Human Interactions: Becoming, Creating, Relating – Izzy Wisher and Kevin Kay
Beating the Dead Horse? Using Ethnography for Middle Palaeolithic Zooarchaeological Contexts in North-West Europe – Erica Priestley
Hounds of Hel: How Did the Mythological Significance of Viking Age Dogs Affect their Social Position? – Jessica Cousen
Hold Your Horses – Animals in Ancient Thrace – Stella Nikolova
Seen but not Herd: Animals in La Tène Art in England and Wales – Rebecca L. Ellis
Wolf vs. Dragon. What if Medieval Dragons Were Wolf-Headed Snakes from Antiquity? – Giuseppe DeliaSession 4: Public Archaeology in the Light of Global Politics: New Challenges and Opportunities
Public Archaeology in the Light of Global Politics: New Challenges and Opportunities – Nancy Bomentre
Rights of Cultural Objects: Gypsy Girl Reuniting with Her Company – Elvin Akbulut Dağlıer
Papa He’e Nalu: Two Surfboards from Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum – Joanna TongeSession 5: New Frontiers in the Archaeology of Buildings
New Frontiers in the Archaeology of Buildings – Xosé L. Hermoso-Buxán
Desert Kites: A New Frontier in Near Eastern Archaeology – Mariam Shakhmuradyan
Peculiar Elements of the Built Environment: The Problem of ‘Special Rural Settlements’ and Identification of Rural Social Hierarchies. Archaeological Evidence from a Medieval Village in the Western Periphery of the German Central Uplands – Roman Zabolotnîi
The Fort-Towers in La Rioja (Central-Northern Iberia): Conservation Status and Rehabilitations – Isaac Martínez-EspinosaSession 6: New Frontiers in Archaeological Sciences: Trowel-Blazing at the Cutting Edge?
Introduction: Really Cool Stuff in the Future of Archaeological Sciences – Ruairidh Macleod