Science Bar "Archaeology, a science of the past... looking to the future!"

Thursday, April 12, 2018 from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Brasserie le Dôme - Montpellier
Free admission (subject to availability)
Archaeology is a scientific discipline that aims to reconstruct the history of mankind, 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, tracks, paintings, buildings, infrastructures, etc.).
Archaeology is at the crossroads of the sciences, and since the 1980s, the generalist has given way to the specialist. Today, archaeologists are scientists and specialists in various fields: archaeozoology, archaeogeography, paleobotany, paleometallurgy, carpology, ceramology, funerary archaeology...
This scientific discipline now also calls on new technologies such as satellite detection, digital photogrammetry and paleogenetic analysis of ancient DNA molecules.
This science and society debate will be moderated by :

• Pierre Camps - PhD in Earth Physics and Chemistry - CNRS Research Director - Geosciences Laboratory - University of Montpellier
• Armelle Gardeisen - Doctor of Archaeology - CNRS Research Engineer - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes (ASM) Laboratory - Paul Valéry University
• Isabelle Régen - Doctor in Egyptology - CNRS Research Engineer - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes (ASM) Laboratory - Paul Valéry University

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