Issue of the 15th WBRG Meeting

Métro stations: Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre (lines 1 and 7), Bourse (line 3) ou Pyramides (lines 7 and 14).

“The Worked Bone Research Group (WBRG) is an official Working Group of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) since June 2000. The purpose of the WBRG is to improve communication between individuals studying worked animal hard tissues (especially bone, antler, and ivory) with special emphasis on archaeological finds. A broad diachronic, and multi-disciplinary approach is emphasized in order to promote the exchange of ideas concerning attitudes to and procurement of raw materials, technology, and cognitive aspects of bone working.” (https://www.wbrg.net/)

The 15th WBRG International Meeting is organised around 8 sessions. Five thematic sessions will address current issues in the study of hard animal materials industries. Three other sessions (6 to 8) are open to all issues related to the objectives of the WBRG.

Session 1 – Appropriate experimental procedures

Session 2 – The study of raw material interactions: implementation and interpretation 

Session 3 – From material productions to social structures and cultural traditions

Session 4 – Technical stability and change

Session 5 – Hard Animal Material industries, archaeometry and ethics: new advances?

Session 6 – Open session

Session 7 – Master and doctoral students forum

Session 8 – "Flash" communications and posters session