WELCOME SPEECH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n10:00 – 10:10 \u2014 Ellen O’Carroll <\/strong>(Chair of Environmental Archaeology, Ireland, CPD Co-ordinator Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland)<\/p>\n\n\n\nLIGHTNING TALKS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n10:10 – 10:15 \u2014 Nikolah Gilligan <\/strong>(Independent Archaeobotanist and Archaeological Site Director) I heard it on the grapevine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n10:15 – 10:20 \u2014 Marc Morris <\/strong>(PhD candidate, University College Dublin) Cugghi l\u2019acqua quando chiovi: Ancient Sustainability and Adaptation in a Water-Poor Landscape<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n15 MINUTE TALKS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n10:20 – 10:35 \u2014 Charlotte Molloy <\/strong>(First Harvests Project, University College Dublin) The \u2018First Harvests\u2019 project: untangling climate, chronology and cereal cultivation in Later Neolithic Ireland 3600-2500 BC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n10:35 – 10:50 \u2014 Penny Johnston <\/strong>(FOODSEC Project, University College Dublin) Burning down the house. Evidence for grain storage at Irish domestic settlements from c. 1600 to 800 BC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n10:50 – 11:05 \u2014 Robert Power <\/strong>(DietEvo Project, University College Dublin) Dental calculus microbotanical evidence of early agricultural diets<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n11:05 – 11:20 \u2014 Q & A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nBREAK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n15 MINUTE TALKS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n11:50 – 12:05 \u2014 Eva Kourela <\/strong>(PhD candidate, University College Dublin) Theory before practice: Building on theoretical frameworks to inform the future<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n12:05 – 12:20 \u2014 Marie-Therese Barrett <\/strong>(Dendrochronological researcher, Irish Archaeology Consultancy Ltd, QUB) Reconstructing Drumclay\u2019s Past: The Role of Tree-Ring Analysis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n12:20 – 12:35 \u2014 Kevin Daly <\/strong>(Lecturer\/Assistant Professor at UCD\u2019s School of Agriculture and Food Science, Conway and Ad Astra fellow) A Healthy Herd: inbreeding and pathogens in ancient livestock remains<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n12:35 – 12:50 \u2014 Bruce Sutton <\/strong>(PhD candidate, University of Highlands and Islands\/Rubicon Archaeology Group Ltd) Fuel for Thought: Irish Burnt Mounds as an Underappreciated Anthracological Resource<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n12:50 – 13:05 \u2014 Q & A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nLUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nLIGHTNING TALKS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n14:05 – 14:10 \u2014 Roisin O’Droma <\/strong>(Environmental Specialist, Irish Archaeology Consultancy Ltd and Carlow College.) Fields of Evidence: Using Archaeobotanical and Historical Documentary Sources to Understand Agriculture in Medieval Dublin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n14:10 – 14:15 \u2014 Niamh Millward <\/strong>(PhD candidate, University College Dublin and Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd.) The Risks of Climate Change to Irish Heritage<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n15 MINUTE TALKS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n14: 15 – 14: 30 \u2014 Caitr\u00edona Moore <\/strong>(IPeAAT Project, University College Cork and Archaeology Built Heritage) Irish Peatland Archaeology Across Time<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n14:30 – 14:45 \u2014 Don O\u2019Meara <\/strong>(Archaeologist, Historic England) Hibernia to Cumbria \u2013 North Irish Sea Agricultural Exchange in the Medieval Period<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n14:45 – 15:00 \u2014 Meriel McClatchie <\/strong>(Associate Professor, CROPREVIVE project, University College Dublin) CROPREVIVE: how past farming systems can help build a more sustainable future<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n15:00 – 15:15 \u2014 Q & A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nKEYNOTE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n15:15 – 15:55 \u2014 Francis Ludlow <\/strong>(Associate Professor of Medieval Environmental History, Trinity College Dublin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n15:55 – 16:10 \u2014 Q & A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nEND OF THE CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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