Archaeometry Bootcamp Mannheim
October 12th to 16th 2020
To all those interested in archaeometry and all "culture detectives"!
Archaeometry is indispensable when it comes to answering cultural-historical questions and solving historical puzzles. Its contribution is fundamental, whether in dating and age determination, in determining the origin or in authenticity checks, or in clarifying technological or cognitive development. Archaeometry does all this and much more.
We provide an overview of archaeometry. Short and crisp. That's boot camp.
Program
Speakers
PD Dr. Roland Schwab
Archaeometallurgy and Organization
Roland Schwab is head of the Curt-Engelhorn Centre for Archaeometry in Mannheim and teaches archaeometry at the University of Tübingen.
Prof. Dr. Ernst Pernicka
Archaeometallurgy
Ernst Pernicka is a chemist and archaeometallurgist and in his function senior director of the Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie in Mannheim. At the same time he holds a senior professorship at the University of Tübingen.
Dr. Thorsten Westphal
Dating - Dendrochronology
Thorsten Westphal studied Pre- and Early History, Geology and Geography, has been involved in annual ring research for 28 years and is head of the dendrochronology department at CEZA.
Dr. Ronny Friedrich
Dating - Radiocarbon method
Ronny Friedrich holds a PhD in physics, is head of the dating lab at the Curt Engelhorn Center for Archaeometry and is responsible for over 4,000 radiocarbon analyses per year.
Dr. Susanne Lindauer
Dating - Luminescence
Dr. Susanne Lindauer is physicist at the dating lab at the Curt Engelhorn Center for Archaeometry with additional laboratory training and is responsible for the luminescence laboratory and its projects.
Amelie Alterauge, M.A.
Physical Anthropology
Amelie Alterauge works as an anthropologist and coordinator at the Institute for Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bern. Her main research focus is the investigation and identification of modern burials.
Dr. Corina Knipper
People and Environment - Isotope Analysis
Corina Knipper is bioarchaeologist. Her speciality is the application of isotope analyses for the reconstruction of nutrition and mobility of humans and animals in Pre- and Early History.
Dr. Silvia Amicone
Glass and Ceramics
Silvia Amicone is a research scientist at the University of Tübingen (CCA-BW) and Honorary Research Fellow at the archaeological institute of the University College London. Her research focuses on archaeomaterials, particularly on the analysis of pottery technology in contexts of intense socio-cultural innovation.
Associates
Klaus Tschira Foundation
The Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTS) promotes natural sciences, mathematics and computer science and aims to contribute to the appreciation of these subjects. It was established in 1995 by the physicist and SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira with private funds. The nationwide commitment begins in kindergarten and continues in schools, universities and research institutions. The foundation advocates new ways of communicating scientific content.
www.klaus-tschira-stiftung.de
University of Tübingen
The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German universities which in 2012 and now again in 2019 has been honoured as excellent. In the life sciences, it offers cutting-edge research in the fields of neurosciences, translational immunology and cancer research, microbiology and infection research as well as molecular biology. Other research priorities are machine learning, geo- and environmental research, archaeology and anthropology, language and cognition as well as education and media. More than 27,600 students from all over the world are currently enrolled. They can choose from more than 330 courses of study.
www.uni-tuebingen.de
In archaeometry, the University has a unique breadth with the Competence Center Archaeometry - Baden Wuerttemberg (CCA-BW), the Institute of Natural Science Archaeology (INA) and the course of studies "Natural Science Archaeology" as main and subsidiary subject in material science analytics, geoarchaeology and the biologically oriented fields of palaeoanthropology, archaeobotany or archaeozoology.
CEZA gGmbH
The Curt-Engelhorn-Centre Archaeometry (CEZA) is a subsidiary of the Curt-Engelhorn-Foundation for the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums and a nationally and internationally operating research institute, which answers questions of natural and cultural history with most modern, innovative technology and research. In addition to its role as a renowned research institution, CEZA also acts as a service provider for public institutions, companies and private individuals. The portfolio of scientific research includes authenticity, material identification, origin, technology, age determination, bioarchaeology and climate research. Through its participation in EU projects, international cooperation and publications in internationally recognised journals, CEZA's work is also visible internationally.
www.ceza.de
