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ENTREPOT Workshop

TRACKING CONNECTIVITY IN MEDIEVAL WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY

26 September, 2012
13.15 - 16.30
Moesgaard Auditorium 5


PROGRAMME

13:15 Søren M. Sindbæk, Leader of ENTREPOT project, Aarhus University
Introduction
13:20 Kristoffer Damgaard, Director of Aylah Archaeological Project, University of Copenhagen
Aylah – an Early Islamic Entrepôt on the Red Sea
Discussion
14:00 Athena Trakadas, The Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde
Ports of the Early Islamic period - a look West and East
Discussion
14:40 Short break and coffee
15:00 Paul Lane, Director of HEEAL at the University of York
Reconstructing Africa's Ivory Trades, Part 1: Global Commodities and Artefact Biographies
Ashley Coutu, ENTREPOT project, Aarhus University
Reconstructing Africa's Ivory Trades, Part 2: An isotopic approach to sourcing ivory artefacts
Discussion
16:00 Ashley Coutu and Søren Sindbæk
Tracing the arctic connection: reindeer antler and Viking combs at Aggersborg
Discussion
16:30 End



For further information please contact Søren M. Sindbæk, leader of ENTREPOT project