EAI’s CPD course for members of the IAI, ‘Sampling for the study of environmental remains from archaeological excavations’, will be running on Wednesday, 15th March 2023.
The course will be taking place in the Ardmore Annexe seminar room and laboratories, in UCD School of Archaeology.
Here’s the schedule for the day:
09.30 – 10.00 Coffee/Tea (Ardmore Annexe Common Room)
Session 1
10.00 – 10.08 Introduction (Dr Steve Davis)
10.08 – 10.38 Wood and charcoal remains (Dr Ellen OCarroll)
10.38 – 10.53 Charred non-wood plant macro-remains (Dr David Stone)
10.53 – 11.08 Phytoliths and dental calculus (Dr Robert Power)
11.08 – 12.15 Laboratory session on charred remains and phytoliths (10 minutes per group at each microscope followed by Q and A):
- Microscope 1: Cereal grains and chaff
- Microscope 2: Other crops and weeds
- Microscope 3: Fruits and nuts
- Microscope 4: Charcoal and wood
- Microscope 5: Phytoliths and dental calculus
- Wet Lab: Soil/deposit sample processing
12 .15 – 12.30 Coffee/Tea (Ardmore Annexe Common Room)
Session 2
12.30 – 12.45 Pollen (Dr Karen Molloy and Dr Daisy Spencer)
12.45 – 13.00 Waterlogged non-wood plant macro-remains (Nikolah Gilligan)
13.15 – 13.30 Waterlogged insects (Dr Steve Davis)
13.30 – 13.45 Micromorphology (Dr Helen Lewis)
13.45 – 14.45 LUNCH (UCD cafes/bring your own)
Session 3
14.45 – 15.35 Laboratory session on waterlogged remains and micromorphology (10 minutes per group at each microscope):
- Microscope 1: Pollen
- Microscope 2: Waterlogged Seeds
- Microscope 3: Waterlogged Seeds
- Microscope 4: Insects
- Microscope 5: Micromorphology
- Wet Lab: Soil/deposit sample processing
Session 4
15.35 – 16.10 Interactive session: how to develop a sampling strategy (Dr Ellen OCarroll and Dr Penny Johnston)
16.10 – 16.25 Concluding discussion
