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SUMMARY:Late Holocene hunter-gatherer interaction through oxygen and stron
 tium isotopes: cautionary tales\, machine learning and mobility in Patagon
 ia -  Alejandro Serna (University of Glasgow)
DTSTART:20250314T131500Z
DTEND:20250314T140000Z
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CONTACT:Qin-Qin Lü
DESCRIPTION:Summary/Blurb:\n\nThe way that hunter-gatherer groups interact
  with each other and build their networks is one of the\nhottest topics in
  archaeology worldwide. The study of mobility offers the unique opportunit
 y to tackle it\nfocusing on the actors. This talk is meant to share the ex
 periences of using widely used biomolecular\ntools (oxygen and strontium i
 sotopes)\, powerful analytical approaches (machine learning isoscaping and
 \nprobabilistic assignment)\, and material culture to study paleomobility 
 in the southernmost region of\nAmerica\, the Patagonia region.\n\nBio:\n\n
 Alejandro Serna is an Argentinian archaeologist\, part of the Museum of La
  Plata in Argentina. He has a\ndeep interest in South American past\, biom
 olecular methods\, and quantitative techniques applied to\nvarious records
 . During his PhD research on hunter-gatherer ethnicity\, he received labor
 atory and\nanalytical training at institutions worldwide\, including the U
 niversity of Cape Town\, the University of\nUtah\, and the University of O
 ttawa. After conducting isotope forensics on US soldier remains at the\nUn
 iversity of Utah\, he joined the University of York to pursue his Marie Cu
 rie project on early\nPatagonian technological development and dispersion 
 through organic residue analysis. He is currently a\nLecturer in Archaeolo
 gy at the University of Glasgow and is transitioning to a position at the 
 British\nMuseum\, where he will engage in the biomolecular analysis of Afr
 ican forager pottery.\n\nPlease join us in-person in the McDonald Institut
 e seminar room or join online.\n\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi
 n/19%3ameeting_ZDc2MDk1ZGQtNmNkZC00M2U2LTliYjMtN2EyZWE0MDI5ZTAz%40thread.v
 2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2249a50445-bdfa-4b79-ade3-547b4f3986e9%22%2c%2
 2Oid%22%3a%227c42dde3-f200-49ed-9a81-5aa7e67f945e%22%7d\n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research\, D
 owning Site
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