Events

LAARD is currently planning to hold online and in-person meetings in the near future. Be sure to join our mailing list and follow us on social media to stay up to date!

1st in person meeting

The LAARD community will take place on 26 August in Aula 1 (and Aula 2 in the afternoon), Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Via Accademia Albertina 13, Torino., just before the start of the ISBA11 conference. A large number of abstracts were submitted for ISBA11, but only a few of the talks could bee accepted, leading to a lot of ORA work to be be presented as posters. We therefore propose for the day of 26 August: to promote the visibility of as much work on lipids as possible. Please note that this venue is different to the ones where the ISBA11 registration (Via Giuseppe Verdi 8) and cocktail reception (Piazza Castello 191) will take place. Each of these venues are about 10-12 min walk from each other.

ISBA11 registration will open at 10.00 am and you must register before attending the welcome cocktail (18.00 pm). The LAARD1 programme is busy, but it should allow everyone to register after the discussions. We have also planned a 1.30-hour lunch break, which can be another opportunity to complete your registration.

The morning presentations can be followed remotely via this Webex link (no registration needed).

If you have not yet registered to attend LAARD1, please do so with the organge button and remember to pay the luch fees using the yellow button below:

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The day will follow this program:

8.45-9.00 Arrival
9.00-9.15 Welcoming
9.15-10.45 Morning session - Part 1
  • Influence of the Ceramic Matrix on Lipid Retention and Extraction from Archaeological Potteries. Yaël Antonaros
  • Characterization of the fish products lipidic signatures in ethnographic pots for a better interpretation of archaeological remains. Louise Martignac
  • Lipids, Lapita, and Lore. Mathieu Leclerc
  • Evolving Lipid Evidence: Decoding Contributions of Aquatic Fat in Early Pottery of the Southeastern United States. Anne-Julie Bilodeau
  • Flash Talk - Contents of early vessels in the eastern Gulf: organic residue analysis of sixth-fifth millennia BC imported Mesopotamian vessels in south-eastern Arabia. Akshyeta Suryanarayan
    • 10.45-11.15 Break
    9.15-10.45 Morning session - Part 2
  • Lifting the Lid on the Hebridean Neolithic: Using Organic Residue Analysis to Reconstruct Foodways in the Hebridean Social Landscape. Daniel Brown
  • Coastal or Continental Culture? The French Atlantic Coast during the End of the Neolithic Period. Camisela Prévost
  • Dietary practices of a rural society in Western Germany under Rome: Lipid analysis of pottery covering major historical transitions (1st to 4th century CE). George Janzen
  • From Organic to Ceramic Remains: The Biomolecular Signature of an Ancient Ferment. Tizona Ben-Gedalya
  • Flahs Talk - 5 A Day: the role of plant substances in the ancient diet of Corsica during Prehistory. Maïlys Turini
  • Flash Talk - Evidence for intensified dairying at the Corded-Ware cultural horizon in Central and Northern Europe using lipid residue analysis and zooarchaeology. Lizzie Wright
    • 12.45-14.15 Lunch break
    14.15-14.45 Introduction to Round Tables
  • The AROLDatabase: ARchaeological Organic residues Literature Database. Camisela Prévost
  • Animal Fat Database: Journey of mass data collection and quality control. Mélanie Roffet-Salque
    • 14.15-14.45 Roundtables
  • Guidelines for publishing lipid data from an archaeological perspective
  • Guidelines for publishing lipid data from a chemical perspective
    		•
    15.45-16.30 Discussions
    16.30-17.00 Walk to ISBA registration
    from 18.00 ISBA Welcome Cocktail




    Previous events

    1st online meeting

    The meeting took place on zoom platform on the 9th of January 2025, Meeting Time: 11:00-14:00 in UK time (6:00-9:00 North America East Coast, 19:00-22:00 Japan/Korea) with a short break.

    The programme was as follows:

    Session Details
    1st Session
    • Opening remarks
    • Introduction to LAARD
    2nd Session
      Lab introductions
    • E. Oras (University of Tartu)
    • J. Lundy and A. Lucquin (University of York)
    • G. Janzen (University of Mainz)
    Short Break
    3rd Session
      Thematic session on experimental research of lipid residues
    • Talk from M. Zhang (University of Bristol): 'Experimental approaches to the detection of Panicum miliaceum (broomcorn millet) processing in pottery using the miliacin biomarker'
    • Round Table Discussion: Challenges, unexpected and positive outcomes, what is actually an experiment, laboratory vs. field experiments, how to design an experiment?
    • Closing Remarks

    To ensure a lively discussion, could you please prepare some remarks or questions based on your experiments?

    If you have any further questions, please contact the engagement team (Shinya and Julia).