Conference on Medieval Archaeology. October 18, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY

Conference on Medieval Archaeology

Schedule. October 18, 2014, SUNY Cortland, Cortland NY

9:00-9:10
Welcome: Scott Stull

Session 1a: Overview

9:10-9:30 Fazioli, K. Patrick Medieval Archaeology in North America: A Fragmented Field

Session 1b: Britain and Ireland

9:30-9:50 Whitlock, Allison The Archaeology of a Medieval Village: Willingham, Cambridgeshire

9:50-10:10 O’Carroll, Finola and Scott, Rachel Archaeological Excavations at the Black Friary, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland 10:10-10:30 Discussion

10:30-10:40
Break

Session 2: Fauna, Food, and Feasting

10:40-11:00 Crabtree, Pam Animal Bone Remains from Medieval Antwerp: A First Look

11:00-11:20 Lachman, Chelsea Potluck and Potlatch: Gifting of Food in Medieval Society

11:20-11:40 McDonald, Erin, Kathryn Whalen, and Jennifer Shaffer Foster Cooking by the Books: How historical texts and the archaeological record diverge on subsistence patterns

11:40-12:00 Discussion

12:00-1:20
Lunch

Session 3: Vikings and Anglo-Saxons

1:20-1:40 Blowney, Steven Viking Swords 1:40-2:00 Delvaux, Matthew Skuldelev 2: Biography of a Viking-Age Longship 2:00-2:20 Welton, Andrew ‘Its edge is hardened by blood:’ Spears, smiths, and iron in 'Anglo-Saxon’ England

2:20-2:40 Discussion

2:40-3:00
Break

Session 4: Byzantium and the east

3:00-3:20 Cassis, Marica, &Steadman, Sharon, Defensive Positions: Reconsidering Byzantine Fortifications in Anatolia

3:20-3:40 Bucklaew, Toni Wealth in Byzantine Anatolia

3:40-4:00 Schryver, James A Legate, A Pope, and an Issue of Identity in Thirteenth-Century Crusader Coinage

4:00-4:20 Discussion

4:20-4:30
Concluding remarks: Scott Stull

4:30--6:00
Reception: Brooks Museum