Science Bar “Archeology, a science of the past... looking toward the future!”

Thursday, April 12, 2018, from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Le Dôme Brewery – Montpellier
Free admission (subject to availability)
Archeology is a scientific discipline that seeks to reconstruct the history of humanity, from its origins to the present day, based on the material remains that have survived. It is based on the study of objects and traces left in the ground by different human occupations (tools, bones, pottery, weapons, jewelry, clothing, coins, footprints, traces, paintings, buildings, infrastructure, etc.).
Archeology is at the crossroads of science, and since the 1980s, generalists have given way to specialists. Today, archaeologists are scientists and specialists in various fields: archaeozoology, archaeogeography, paleobotany, paleometallurgy, carpology, ceramology, funerary archaeology, and more.
This scientific discipline now also uses new technologies such as satellite detection, digital photogrammetry, and paleogenetic analysis, which is performed on ancient DNA molecules.
This science-society debate will be moderated by:

• Pierre Camps – Doctor of Earth Physics and Chemistry – CNRS Research Director – Geosciences Laboratory – University of Montpellier
• Armelle Gardeisen – Doctor of Archaeology – CNRS Research Engineer – Laboratory of Archaeology of Mediterranean Societies (ASM) – Paul Valéry University
• Isabelle Régen – Doctor of Egyptology – CNRS Research Engineer – Laboratory of Archaeology of Mediterranean Societies (ASM) – Paul Valéry University

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