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SUMMARY:The - too? - longue durée: modelling approaches to Pleistocene an
 d Holocene Adriatic - Marc Vander Linden\, Bournemouth University
DTSTART:20241119T170000Z
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CONTACT:Akshyeta Suryanarayan
DESCRIPTION:"Collating and analysing large radiocarbon datasets is fast be
 coming a near routine archaeological procedure\, used to assess both chron
 ologies and population history. Such "methodological democratisation" larg
 ely results from the availability of off-the-shelf software solutions such
  as Oxcal and rcarbon. Unfortunately\, this ease of use often goes with li
 mited understanding of the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of
  the techniques\, thus resulting in a literature of very uneven quality. A
 t the risk of sounding like a grumpy old scholar\, this poor state of affa
 irs suggests that\, while coding might be increasingly easier\, thinking l
 ike an archaeologist remains tricky! \n\nThis openly controversial positio
 n will be discussed through the presentation of the  use - and potential p
 itfalls - of radiocarbon datasets of varied sizes and scales for both the 
 late Pleistocene and early Holocene of the Adriatic basin. Aside from a - 
 healthy? - dose of methodological skepticism\, this contribution will aim 
 at showing how well curated and analysed radiocarbon datasets can provide 
 a sound\, robust platform for revisiting other categories of evidence and 
 themes (i.e. to say something about the past)"\n\nThis talk will be held i
 n person but you are welcome to join online. To join us online\, register 
 here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtcOihpzspGdeh2u7GOQl1P
 8JjtkZmpi7T#/registration\n\nAll welcome!
LOCATION:South Lecture Room\, Department of Archaeology\, Downing Site
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