Informal seminars & discussion meetings
Dr Aleksey Sadekov (University of Cambridge)
“Laser ablation ICPMS, a microanalytical technique for in-situ geochemistry and its potential applications in archaeology”
Tue 23rd February 2016, 1-2pm, Allen Lab G08
Dr Jennie Bradbury (University of Oxford)
“A view from above: Endangered archaeology and the role of remote sensing in the Middle East & North Africa”
Mon 18th January 2016, 4-5pm, Allen Lab G09
Dr Pete Jacobsson (University of Glasgow)
“Technical basis and practical concerns in dating the early Neolithic in the Near East”
Wed 9th December 2015, 5-6pm
Dr Robin Bendrey (University of Reading)
“The number of the beasts: mountain ecology, goat domestication and human sedentarization in the Zagros mountains”
Mon 7th December 2015, 1-2pm
Dr Niklas Hausmann (University of York)
“Decoding stratigraphies with seasonality data – How to use Red Sea shellfish for archaeology and climate studies”
Monday 23rd November 2015, 1-2pm
Prof. Bill Finlayson (Council for British Research in the Levant)
“Historic contingency and the early Neolithic in Southern Jordan”
Wednesday 18th November 2015, 1-2pm -poster-
Dr Miryam Bar-Matthews (Geological Survey of Israel)
“Water availability in the Middle East and North Africa and the connection to human dispersal: insights from multiproxy approach using speleothems”
Friday 13th November 2015, 1-2pm
Sarah Jones (University of Reading)
“The 4.2 ka BP event: A critical evaluation”
Tuesday 6th October 2015, 1-2pm
Dr Mark Altaweel (University College London)
“Understanding environmental change in Southern Mesopotamia: From microfossils to simulations”
Thursday 4th June 2015, 1-2pm
Dr Michael Dee (University of Oxford)
“Investigating the role of the 4.2 ka aridification event on the fall of Old Kingdom Egypt”
Wednesday 20th May 2015, 4.30-5.30pm
Prof. Roger Matthews (University of Reading)
“Environments and societies in the past of Iran”
Thursday 30th October 2014, 4.30-5.30pm
Dr Pascal Flohr (University of Reading)
“Impact of the 9.2 and 8.2 ka BP events on Near Eastern societies”
Thursday 9th October 2014, 4.30-5.30pm
Meeting with presentation by Prof. Dominik Fleitmann (University of Reading) on Near Eastern climate
Thursday 3rd July 2014, 5-6pm
First meeting
Thursday 5th June 2014, 5-6pm
All seminars and meetings were organised by Dr Pascal Flohr – please contact her for more information (p.flohr@reading.ac.uk).