Lithic Studies Society 30th Anniversary Conference

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Anyone wishing to attend any of the events listed should book in advance by contacting Hannah Fluck (Events and Meetings Secretary) at:

• e-mail: hannahfluck@hotmail.com
  
• mobile: 07717 418882
  Past Lives from Cold Stone: 30 years of the Lithic Studies Society
  10 am - 5 pm Saturday 27th February 2010
  Organisers: Barry Bishop, Cate Frieman, Hugo Lamdin-Whymark, Matt Pope
  The Blue Boar Lecture Theatre, Christ Church, Oxford
  10.00 Coffee
  10.30 Welcome
  10.35 The Origin and First 30 Years of the Lithic Studies Society Alan Saville
  10.55 Durrington Walls then and now: the description, interpretation and meaning of a monstrous assemblage Ben Chan
  11.15 A view from the outside: some thoughts on the future of lithic studies in the Mesolithic and Neolithic of Britain and Ireland Vicki Cummings
  11.35 The World's Marketplace; Investigating the Commodification of Lithic Artefacts Beccy Scott and Andy Shaw
  11.55 The three ‘Rs’. Raw materials, Refitting and Regionality in the study of British Late Upper Palaeolithic Nick Barton
  12.15 Flinty monsters and stony surprises: towards a materiality of stone Chantal Conneller
  12.35 Discussion
  1.00 Lunch (make your own arrangements)
  14.15 The Enigmatic Handaxe: In search of idiosyncrasies in bifacial technology Frederick Foulds
  14.35 Beyond Bout Coup?s: The British Late Middle Palaeolithic Becky Wragg Sykes
  14.55 Early Mesolithic intrasite research in Sandy Flanders (NW-Belgium) Gunther Noens
  15.15 Tea
  15.45 Production and use of flint and ground stone axes at Magura Gorgana near Pietrele, Giurgiu county, Romania Florian Klimscha
  16.05Reconstructing Neolithic lifeways: Ground stone technology, material engagements and networks of action Christina Tsoraki
  16.25 Determining Patterns of Past Tool Use: multilinear approaches to lithic studiesKate Connell
  16.45 Discussion
  17.00 Close
  
  To book a place on February 27th 2010 please download and return the booking form by 31st January (enclosing a cheque for ?15 (LSS members/students/reductions)/?20 (non-members) made payable to the Lithic Studies Society) to Hugo Lamdin-Whymark, 36 Leafield Road, Oxford, OX4 2PL
  Download the booking form here (.pdf document).
  
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  Please contact the Events Secretary (Ms. H. Fluck; e-mail: click here) for further details of, and suggestions for, future events.