Workshop on Modelling Archaelogical Data 8.03 - 10.03 2023, Pühajärve, Estonia

OCSEAN Workshop on modelling archaeological data brought together researchers from archaeology, genomics, and data modelling to explore innovative approaches to archaeological data analysis. Participants from several OCSEAN partner universities, along with guest presenters, engaged in discussions on the possibilities, challenges, and future directions of archaeological data modelling using computational and statistical methods.

Over two days of presentations and collaborative brainstorming, researchers shared insights from their current work in Pacific archaeology, anthropology, and data science. The workshop provided a platform to examine the complexities of integrating multidisciplinary data, address the challenges of modelling archaeological chronological data, and formulate new research questions informed by these perspectives.

Presenters:

Mark Beaumont, University of Bristol

Adrian Bell, University of Utah

Martin Bodner, Medical University, Innsbruck

David Burley, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver

Ethan Cochrane, University of Auckland

Phillip Endicott, University of Tartu

Daniel Lawson, University of Bristol

Sèbastien Plutniak, University of Tours

Hugo Reyes-Centanao, University of Tübingen and University of Kentucky

François-Xavier Ricaut, University of Toulouse

Gaston Rijo de Leon, Institute Pasteur of Paris

Aivar Kriiska, University of Tartu

Bayazit Yunusbajev, University of Tartu

Ragi-Martin Moon, University of Tartu

Maris Niinesalu-Moon, University of Tartu

Phillip Endicott, University of Tartu

The workshop ended with tours in the two departments of University of Tartu contributing to OCSEAN:

1) Department of Archaeology - overview of collections and projects, methods available; and

2) Institute of Genomics - introduction of ancient DNA lab, Estonian Biocenter, Estonian Genome Center.

Pühajärve

Some participants captured during the after-workshop excursions to the Department of Archaeology and Institute of Genomics in the University of Tartu

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 873207.