Worked Bone Research Group
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30 August听to 3 September 2021
Thank you to all of our presenters who helped make the conference a success! Without you there would have been no conference.
Session recordings
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Proceedings of the 14th Worked Bone Research Group
The conference proceedings will be published as a special issue of听听and will be open to anyone. The submission portal will be activated in the second quarter of 2022. Further information will be communicated in due course.
Conference prizes
The conference organisers and our sponsor, the听,听are pleased to announce the winners of the 14th Worked Bone Research Group conference presentation prizes.
In the category of听best student presentation, we are delighted to award the prize of R14 000 to听Ms Hildegard Muller听for her presentation entitled ‘Learning by doing – experimental archaeology and microwear analysis on Roman bone artefacts‘. This project presents a novel approach that applies traceology and experimental archaeology to the study of Roman-period bone artefacts in order to assess the reliability of previous functional typological interpretations. The adjudication panel was particularly impressed with the clear and well-organised presentation of the research problem and the thorough design of the experimental protocols. We hope that Ms Muller can use the prize money to further her studies in this interesting area of research.
In the category of听best overall presentation, we are pleased to award the prize of R14 000 to听Dr Rhiannon Stammers听from La Trobe 欧美福利100000 for her presentation entitled ‘Technology or taphonomy? A study of the world’s oldest bone tools‘. The adjudicators were impressed with the clarity and organisation of the presentation and the well-conceptualised, scientific methods used in answering the main research question of whether certain bone artefacts found in some South African Early Stone Age deposits are of anthropogenic or natural taphonomic origin. We hope that this prize encourages Dr Stammers to continue her research into this fascinating area of human evolution.
Congratulations to both of our prize winners! The organising committee is also very pleased with the high quality of presentations generally. Thank you to all of our presenters for sharing your research with us.
Conference Programme
The final conference programme is available for download听here. The presentation schedule also appears below. The times indicated are in South African Standard Time (GMT+2). Sessions will open 15 minutes before the starting times indicated.
Welcome
The 14th Worked Bone Research Group (WBRG) conference is proudly hosted by the 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg. We look forward to welcoming you during the week of听30 August听to 3 September 2021. Please note that听registration for the conference has now closed as we have reached capacity. Links to join the Zoom sessions will be sent via Email to registered participants a day or two before each session.
We are pleased to be welcoming 38 presenters from 24 countries, including eight speakers who will be presenting research from the African continent – the largest number in the 24-year history of the WBRG.听This is the first time the conference will be hosted by an African听institution, the first time by an institution in the Southern Hemisphere, and the first time that it will be online.
The purpose of the听听is to improve communication between individuals studying worked animal hard tissues (especially bone, antler, and ivory) with special emphasis on archaeological finds. A broad diachronic, and multi-disciplinary approach is emphasized in order to promote the exchange of ideas concerning attitudes to and procurement of raw materials, technology, and cognitive aspects of bone working.
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Registration听(closed)
Call for abstracts (CLOSED)
Please click听here听to download the call for abstracts.听Please note that there is a section to vote on a Covid contingency plan, should the need arise. Deadline for abstract submissions is extended to 31 January 2021. Please submit your abstracts to听wbrg2021@uj.ac.za.
