Traces: The Archaeology of Small Things
NATIONAL MONUMENTS SERVICE 7th ANNUAL ARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCE
Archaeologists glean a lot from small things—minuscule pollen grains or small everyday artefacts tell stories of a peopled landscape; the finer details of medieval metalwork and manuscripts illuminate the work of skilled craftspeople and the senses of sound, taste and smell can reveal some surprises.
This conference is presented by the National Monuments Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in partnership with the Office of Public Works and organised by Wordwell | Archaeology Ireland.
Malcolm Noonan TD Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform
Preserved moments of traumatic time: the archaeology of small finds on Irish conflict sites
Dr Damian Sheils
Inhaling heritage? On the (re)creation and effects of the smell of the Battle of Waterloo
Dr Caro Verbeek
Hidden traces: building the bigger picture from (below) the ground up
Dr Susan Curran
Contextualising the human past through pollen analysis
Dr Gill Plunkett
A snapshot of the music archaeology of southern Africa
Dr Joshua Kumbani
A pinch of Tudor seasoning: restoring past repast
Brigitte Webster
Spectroscopy and the Irish manuscript
Prof. Pádraig Ó Macháin
Tiny tell-tale details on Insular metalwork
Dr Niamh Whitfield