program

HARMONIEGEBOUW GRONINGEN
Oude Kijk in ‘t Jatstraat 26
Room: 1314.0026
16/01/2026

programme
MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY DAY
MORNING
10.00 Walk in, coffee & tea available
10.30 Welcome on behalf of the Groningen Institute of Archaeology
10.35 Welcome on behalf of TMA and Platform Argos
10.45 Daniel Fallu – Geoarchaeology of Bronze Age burial practices (Greece)
11.00 Dario Monti – Landscapes of choice (Central Italy)
11.15 Marcello de Vos – Tappino valley project updates (Central Apennines/Matese)
11.30-11.45 Coffee and tea break
11.45 Anderson Carter – Domestication of Pigeons (Cyprus)
12.00 Sarah Hutchinson – Zooarchaeological analysis (Sardis)
12.15 Eleni Kaisidou – Purple dye production (Murex)
12.30 Marcel van Tuinen – Human-bird interactions (Alalakh)
LUNCH BREAK
12.45-14.00 (self-provided lunch)
AFTERNOON
14.00 Astrid van Oyen – Social archaeology of inequality
14.15 Vladimir Stissi – The Halos project in a wider perspective
14.30 Laurien de Gelder – Human remains in Van Loon Collection
14.45-15.00 Coffee and tea break
15.00-16.30 Discussion session – Future Mediterranean Archaeologies in the Netherlands:
threats and opportunities. Moderated by Lidewijde de Jong.
NEW YEAR’S DRINK