Foreword This is the program for the celebration (6th to 9th, November 2012) of the "IV Prehistoric Technology Seminar", organized by the Institución Mila y Fontanals (CSIC). Prehistoric Technology Seminars from CSIC ‐ Fontanals Institution Milà address issues of interest for research on relationships between technology, society and the dynamics of change in Prehistory. These seminars offer a theoretical‐practical, specialized and inclusive program, with ad‐hoc selected members from leading researchers in each subject of the annual proposal. On this occasion, the theme will address research methodologies on prehistoric agricultural techniques and technology.
IV PREHISTORIC TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR: “PREHISTORIC AGRICULTURE, RESEARCH METODOLOGY” Basic data for the Seminar: Title: "IV Prehistoric Technology Seminar: Prehistoric Agriculture, Research Methodology." Date of Celebration: 6 to 9 November 2012 Venue: Institution Mila y Fontanals, CSIC (Barcelona) Registration fee: 120 Euros. Capacity: Limited to 25 students. If a minimun number of pre‐registrations is not achieved, Seminar will be cancelled.
Pre‐registration/ Registration: The prospective students should send their Curriculum Vitae to this e‐mail address: tecnologiaprehistorica@imf.csic.es The deadline for receiving the CVs is October 14th, 2012. The organization will make a shortlist of students in terms of the fit of their CV. The organization will communicate the pre‐selected students the instructions to enroll (before the end of day October 15th, 2012; by e‐mail). On October 15th, 2012 the enrollment period opens for pre‐selected students, and it lasts until October 31st deadline.
Program and faculty TUESDAY November 6th 10.30‐11.30: Delivery of documentation and Presentation. 11.30‐12.45: Leonor Peña: La Etnoarqueología como medio de aproximación al estudio de las técnicas y sistemas de procesado de los cereales. 12.45‐16.00: Lunch Break. 16.00‐17.15: Juan José Ibáñez: El origen de la Agricultura en el Próximo Oriente: Cambio, adopción y proceso de difusión. 17.15‐18.30: Jesus E. González: Técnicas y útiles agrícolas relacionados con el procesado de los cereales. WEDNESDAY November 7th 9.30‐10.45: Juan F. Gibaja: Las técnicas de siega. 10.45‐11.00: Coffee Break. 11.00‐12.15: Oriol López: Estudio de los palos cavadores empleados en el trabajo agrícola: el caso del asentamiento neolítico de La Draga. 12.15‐13.00: Time reserved for alumni presentations 13.00‐16.00: Lunch Break. 16.00‐17.15: Natalia Alonso and Georgina Prats Ferrando: Sistemas de almacenaje. Experimentación y Arqueología. 17.15‐17.30: Coffee Break. 17.30‐18.45: Ramón Buxó: Aproximación al conocimiento sobre la agricultura a partir de los estudios carpológicos. THURSDAY November 8th 9.30‐10.45: Ferrán Antolín: Análisis cuantitativos y métodos de muestreo en el estudio de semillas. 10.45‐11.00: Coffee Break. 11.00‐12.15: Marco Madella, Carla Lancelotti and Debora Zurro: Marco Madella, Carla Lancelotti and Debora Zurro: Phytoliths as a mean to investigate agricultural plants, systems and tools. 12.15‐13.00: Time reserved for alumni presentations 13.00‐16.00: Lunch Break.
16.00‐17.15: José Antonio López Sáez and Sebastián Pérez Díaz: Los análisis polínicos: Procesos agrícolas, territorios de explotación y modificación del paisaje. 17.15‐17.30: Coffee Break. 17.30‐18.45: Welmoed A. Out: Archaeobotany of agricultural societies: the case study of Dutch wetland sites in the process of neolithisation. FRIDAY November 9th 9.30‐10.45: Karen Hardy and Les Copeland: El análisis de almidones aplicado al conocimiento de las sociedades agricultoras. 10.45‐11.00: Coffee Break. 11.00‐12.15: Pedro Ferrio: Los estudios de isótopos aplicados al estudio de la agricultura prehistórica. 12.15‐13.00: Time reserved for alumni presentations 13.00‐16.00: Lunch Break. 16.00‐17.15: Hugo Oliveira: Los estudios genéticos aplicados a las prácticas agrícolas prehistóricas. 17.15‐17.30: Coffee Break. 17.30‐18.45: Raquel Piqué and Trinidad Escoriza: Arte rupestre y agricultura. Endnote: As usual, this seminar involves a special concern for the active participation of the students. In that sense, it will encourage alumni to put together specific issues of their own investigations, in relation to the Seminar's theme (research methodologies in relation to prehistoric agricultural techniques and technology).Yet, alumni presentations are not compulsory, but a possibility open to students, on individual basis. E-mail: tecnologiaprehistorica@imf.csic.es tecnologiaprehistorica@gmail.com
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