SATURDAY 20 NOVEMBER MORNING Morning Session Chair: Dorian Fuller
OPENING ADDRESS
9:15-9:30
Nicole Boivin, Research Fellow, McDonald Institute
I. RESEARCH PROJECTS
9:30-9:50
Origins and transitions: Assessing Mesolithic and Neolithic relationships in south India
Michael Petraglia, Lecturer, University of Cambridge & Ravi Korisettar, Professor, Karnatak University
10:00-10:20
Excavations at Mayiladumparai, Tamil Nadu
K. Rajan, Chair, Dept of Archaeology, Tamil University
10:30-10:50
Confronting diversity in the Neolithic of South India: Findings from the Sanganakallu-Kupgal Project
Nicole Boivin, Research Fellow, McDonald Institute & Ravi Korisettar, Professor, Karnatak University
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11:00-11:30 TEA BREAK
II. MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES
11:30-11:50
Stone axe manufacture in Neolithic south India: Some technological and social transformations
Adam Brumm, PhD Student, Australian National University
12:00-12:20
From domestic economy to political economy: A framework for thinking about changes in artefacts and other practices
Dorian Fuller, Lecturer, UCL
12:30-1:30 LUNCH
SATURDAY 20 NOVEMBER AFTERNOON Afternoon Session Chair: Preston Miracle
III. ASHMOUND STUDIES1:30-1:50
Recent research on the ashmounds of the Lower Deccan
K. Paddayya, Director, Deccan College
2:00-2:20
Ashmounds in a wider perspective: Temporality and locality
Marco Madella, Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge, Ulla Rajala, Affiliated Scholar, University of Cambridge & Ravi Korisettar, Professor, Karnatak University
2:30-2:50
New insights into ashmound formation from Sannarachamma
Lindsay Lloyd-Smith, MPhil Student, University of Cambridge
3:00-3:30 TEA BREAK
IV. THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT3:30-3:50
Geomorphological perspectives on South Indian Neolithic pastoral and agricultural transformations
Ravi Korisettar, Professor, Karnatak University
4:00-4:20
Climate and landscape during the Southern Neolithic: Geological, geomorphological and palaeohydrological evidence from the Bellary District
Nick Drake, Lecturer, King’s College
4:30-4:50
Neolithic environments: Results from wood charcoal studies
Eleni Asouti, Postdoctoral Fellow, UCL
5:00
Discussant: Bridget Allchin, Chair, Ancient India and Iran Trust
7:00 RECEPTION & DINNER
Ancient India and Iran Trust
SUNDAY 21 NOVEMBER MORNING Morning Session Chair: Ravi Korisettar
V. ANIMAL AND HUMAN REMAINS STUDIES9:30-9:50
Re-thinking the roles of cattle, sheep and goats in the Southern Neolithic: New results from Sanganakallu-Kupgal
Stephanie Meece, PhD Student, University of Cambridge
10:00-10:20
The ‘Mesolithic’ in the ‘Neolithic’ of South India: The zooarchaeology of the Kurnool Caves
Preston Miracle, Lecturer, University of Cambridge
10:30-10:50
Occupation skeletal stress markers in early agro-pastoral populations of south India: An ethnoarchaeological approach
S.R. Walimbe, Lecturer, Deccan College
11:00-11:30 TEA BREAK
VI. LANDSCAPES AND ROCK ART11:30-11:50
Making a record of a direct visual record: rock-art research in Kurnool District
Jamie Hampson, MPhil. student, University of Cambridge & Christopher Chippindale, Museum Curator, University of Cambridge
12:00-12:20
Landscapes, soundscapes, and traditions of practice: The rock art of Hiregudda and Birappa rock shelter
Dave Robinson, PhD Student, University of Cambridge
12:30-1:30 LUNCH
SUNDAY 21 NOVEMBER
AFTERNOON Afternoon Session Chair: Michael Petraglia
VII. NEOLITHIC LANDSCAPES1:30-1:50
Producing landscapes: site types, site life histories and agricultural strategies
Dorian Fuller, Lecturer, UCL
2:00-2:20
Remaking the land: Landscape modification in the Southern Neolithic
Paul Masser, Archaeologist, Headland Archaeology
2:30-2:50
The ancient terraces of Hiregudda, Bellary District: Exploring agriculture and settlement in the Southern Neolithic
Helen Lewis, Research Fellow, University of Oxford
3-3:30 TEA BREAK
3:30
Discussant: K. Paddayya, Director, Deccan College
4:00
Discussant: Alasdair Whittle, Distinguished Research Professor, University of Cardiff
4:30-5:00
Open discussion
Discussants:
Bridget Allchin, Ancient India & Iran Trust, Cambridge
K. Paddayya, Deccan College, Pune
Alasdair Whittle, Department of Archaeology, University of Cardiff
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