Program
Event 1: New methods for raw material analysis and application in Benelux/North Rhine-Westphalia, University of Namur, 21-23rd March 2019
Thursday March 21st: new methods and the need for common practice
11:00 - Welcome of participants
13:00 - Introduction speech: the need for common standards, Silviane Scharl, Solène Denis & Jean-Philippe Collin
13:15 - The raw material reference collections in the near future: The GDR SILEX project in France, Pierre Allard, Françoise Bostyn, Jean-Philippe Collin & Vincent Delvigne
14:00 - New methods for characterizing siliceous raw materials, Vincent Delvigne & Jean-Philippe Collin
15:15 - New methods for characterizing siliceous raw materials: which tools for the constitution of a common reference collections on the field? Standardization of descriptive criteria. Workshop
16:00 - Break
16:15 - New methods for characterizing siliceous raw materials: definition of common standards for raw materials analysis. Workshop
Friday March 22nd: The main raw materials that spread in the Neolithic period from northern France to the North Rhine.
09:00 - Raw materials from northern France: origin, characterization and distribution networks during Neolithic times. Pierre Allard & Françoise Bostyn
09:25 - Lithic raw materials in the Scheldt valley? New interdisciplinary research perspectives. Hans Vandendriessche, Géraldine Fiers & Liesbeth Messiaen
10:45 - Raw materials from the Mons Basin : between discoveries and issues. Jean-Philippe Collin & Solène Denis
11:05 - Break
11:20 - Characterization of flint raw material exploited in the Early Neolithic in Hesbaye : the archaeological problems. Pierre Allard &Laurence Burnez-Lanotte
11:40 - Who is afraid of 50 shades of grey? (Ep.2) The raw materials from Limburg. Marjorie de Grooth
12:05 - All quiet in the Eastern Front? The raw materials from North Rhine-Westphalia. Birgit Gehlen, Ingrid Koch, Silviane Scharl & Daniel Schyle
12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Sample observations in macro-, meso- and microscopy. The use of common standards. Workshop
16:00 - Break
16:15 - Synthesis of the current vernacular designations of siliceous raw materials. How to get out of the confusion? Brainstorm
Saturday March 23rd: statement and perspectives
09:30 - The lithotheques: inventory and perspectives. Brainstorm
10:30 - Raw material characterization: state of the art, perspectives and expectation. Brainstorm
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Debriefing of the event.
Event 2: Lithic technology: principles of analysis and application on Neolithic industries, Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, UMR 7055, Nanterre, 25-27 th June 2019
Tuesday June 25th
11:30 Welcome of participants
13:30 Introduction speech: the need for common standards, Silviane Scharl, Solène Denis and Jean-Philippe Collin
13:45 The principles of technological analysis of prehistoric lithic industries, Jacques Pelegrin
Wednesday June 26th
09:30 The technological reference collection (“Technothèque”): constitution, vocabulary and manipulations, Heba Al Sakhel
11:00 Break
11:30 The German tradition of research on lithic industries: method and vocabulary, Birgit Gehlen, Ingrid Koch, Silviane Scharl, Daniel Schyle
13:00 Lunch
14:15 Lithic Technology of Linear Pottery Culture Populations, Pierre Allard
15:30 Definition of common standards, identification and translation of conceptual gaps. Workshop
Thursday June 27th
09:30 Lithic Technology of Post-Linear Pottery Culture Populations, Françoise Bostyn and Solène Denis
10:45 Break
11:00 Practical exercise: technological sorting of an archaeological collection and use of common standards, Workshop
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Practical exercise: technological sorting of an archaeological collection and use of common standards, Workshop
15:00 Assessment, impressions and perspectives on this second Scientific Event
Event 3: Quantitative analysis and theoretical approaches, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Cologne University, 9-10th September 2019
Monday September 9th
11:30 Welcome of participants
13:00 Introduction speech: the need for common standards, Silviane Scharl, Solène Denis and Jean-Philippe Collin
13:15 The SAP-system – data entry, technological analysis and economic interpretation, Birgit Gehlen and Andreas Zimmermann
14:30 The French tradition of research on lithic industries: method and vocabulary, Solène Denis and Jean-Philippe Collin
15:00 Break
15:30 Quantitative analysis of lithic assemblages – Isolines and questions of lithic raw material distribution, Georg Roth
17:00 Quantitative analysis – Network analysis, Erich Claßen
18:00 Dinner
Tuesday September 10th
09:00 Lousberg adzes as a proxy for late Neolithic (3500-2900 BC) population density, Daniel Schyle
10:00 Analysing lithic exchange networks during the Early Neolithic in Central Europe (5300-4500 BC), Georg Roth, Silviane Scharl and Andreas Zimmermann
11:30 Assessment, impressions and perspectives on this third Scientific Event, future developments
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Trip to the Lousberg Flint Mine/Aachen, Daniel Schyle