WELCOME
A warm welcome from the Organising Committee of the 11th International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology! We are delighted and honoured that you chose to vote for ISBA11 to be held in Turin, taking the conference to Italy for the first time.
In our vision, ISBA11 will be a conference where methodological and theoretical advances in biomolecular archaeology will be merged. We welcome submissions covering a wide range of topics, showcasing how biomolecular approaches are developed and applied to reconstruct all aspects of past lives – from individual to ecosystem levels. We particularly encourage presentations addressing how biomolecular data can be integrated into archaeological theoretical frameworks including, among others, niche construction, multi-species, evolutionary, and materiality theories.
The conference sessions will take place across two institutions and venues – the “Aldo Moro” campus at the University of Turin and the Musei Reali, both located in the historical city centre. We hope that discussing the outstanding scientific progress generated by our community in such diverse settings will be inspiring and enriching for all, allowing us to reach out to the wider society.
Themes:
- Methodological advancements in biomolecular archaeology (DNA, proteins, lipids, and metabolites)
- Integrating ancient biomolecules and archeological theory
- Authentication and reliability of ancient molecular datasets
- Ethics and sustainability in sampling and analysis
- Environmental change, sustainability and ancient ecosystems
- Evolution of human and non-human animals, plants, and microbes
- Interactions between human and non-human animals, plants, and microbes
- Migration, mobility, and translocation
- Diet and foodways
- Embodied identities in life and death
- Biomolecular traces of the immaterial world
Special ISBA11 theme: ancient biomolecules and museums
