The last steering committee meeting took place in Cardiff. The FeastNet team presented data, publications and general project achievements to the steering committee – Richard Osgood, Dale Serjeantson, Niall Sharples, Kate Waddington. Lots of exciting discussions!
Feastnet was represented in the Iron Age transitions session! 8.45 was very early for a talk but the attendance was surprisingly good and we got some great interest from researchers grappling with similar issues across Europe.
EAA 2023 in Belfast was a big success! Carmen and Richard hosted a session with Flint Dibble on Iron Age transitions. With papers on Ireland, Britain, France, Switzerland and several on both Italy and Greece, it showcased the rich range of environmental archaeology research being undertaken on this period.
Richard presented a paper on animal management regimes at middens at the International Congress of Zooarchaeology in Cairns, Australia. It went down well and there were lots of questions – sulphur isotope data were particularly popular!
Carmen and Richard met in Rome, where Carmen is now undertaking a fellowship at the British School at Rome. They discussed isotope data and dissemination strategies and submitted the first Feastnet paper, on management and husbandry. There was also time for Carmen to give Richard a tour of some of Rome’s hidden archaeological gems (and …
