Name: 1st Edition of International Conference on Archaeology & Anthropology
Start: 2018-10-01
End: 2018-10-03
Location: London

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About Conference

EuroSciCon is organizing meeting on Archaeology and Anthropology is scheduled from October 01-02, 2018 at London, UK. Euroscicon is the UK based independent life science Events Company with predominantly business and academic client base.

The 2018 meeting promises to be a dynamic and informative event and going to explore the issues, covtroversies, theories to study ancient culture and more, the speakers are a multidisciplinary gathering of globally perceived specialists that speak on Reconstructing the evidence to explore People & Society!!

This is 2-day Meeting and you can participate in a number of educational formats including General Sessions, Poster Presentations, and Workshops/Symposium, Meet-the-Professor Sessions, Oral Presentations and other interactive and informal exchanges.

Topics will cover the latest advances in the Archaeological Theory, Current issues and controversy, Archaeological Ethics & Laws, Culture and Enculturation, Analyzing Sociocultural Systems and many more..

We trust you will discover the Meeting beneficial, enlightening and agreeable. We want to thank all EuroSciCon Members and participants whose commitments and cooperation have been basic to the accomplishment of the association!!

About London, UK

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. It is among the oldest of the world’s great cities—its history spanning nearly two millennia—and one of the most cosmopolitan. It is a city of hope and potential. It is a largest city in the United Kingdom and the largest measure in the European Union. One of the most cities in Europe London offers a gorgeous taste of world culture and beautiful sights. London knows as the one of the world’s key global cities and the important international financial centre, has the highest GDPs city in Europe. London has a different range of people, religion and cultures, and languages were use in its. There are four world Heritage sites of London and other famous landmarks. London was developed evolutionary, economy arts and architectures since the period Middle Ages that provide the key characteristics as created economy and temples of great significance and complexity.

Top Attractive Places to Visit in London

London Eye: A modern but already very popular tourist attraction is the London Eye, a giant observation wheel located in the Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank. A predecessor to the London Eye, the Great Wheel, was built for the Empire of India Exhibition at Earls Court and opened to the public on 17 July 1895. Many famous land marks are clearly visible; including Buckingham Places, St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Houses of Parliament.

Big Ben: The name Big Ben is often used to describe the tower, the clock and the bell. The clock was installed in the Clock Tower in April 1859. It successfully began keeping time on 31 May 1859. It was not long before the chimes of the Great Bell, also known as Big Ben. The tower is officially known as Elizabeth Tower.

Tower of London: It is one of the world’s most famous fortresses and has been service as royal place, prison armoury and even a zoo. The ancient stones hold within them dark secrets, as fortified vaults shine with priceless jewels and historic uniformed Beefeaters stroll the grounds. The Tower of London is one of the city’s premier attractions.

Looking forward to see you in London, UK!!

Scientific Sessions

Archaeological Science

It is intended to give a wide hypothetical and down to earth comprehension of current issues and the procedures archaeologists use to explore the human past Archaeology incorporates the investigation of past societies through examination of physical remains. Basically, physical remains are bones of early individuals and also their produced apparatuses, merchandise (relics), and the establishments of settlements. Archaeometry has enormously affected present day prehistoric studies. Archaeologists can get huge extra information and data utilizing these systems, and archaeometry can possibly overhaul the comprehension of the past.

Archaeometry
Dendrochronology
Isotope analysis
Palynology
Radiocarbon dating
Zooarchaeology
Geoarchaeology
Bioarchaeology
Archaeogenetics
Computational archaeology

Archaeology by Period

It covers rundown of Archaeological periods shift colossally from locale to district. The three-age framework has been utilized as a part of numerous zones, alluding to the ancient and verifiable periods recognized by device make and use, of Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Chronicled periods signifies times of human improvement with the benefit of the advancement of composing. Archaeologists and history specialists put the Stone Age as that time of human advancement when the vast majority of the apparatuses utilized by people were produced using stone. The proof accessible to us right now demonstrates that while the this period of early human advancement occurred in various parts of the globe, the dates for the Stone Age was diverse for various parts of the world.

Lower Palaeolithic
Middle Palaeolithic
Upper Palaeolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Romans
Anglo-Saxons
Pre-Columbian
Medieval
Industrial

Archaeological Theory

It refers to the various intellectual frameworks through which archaeologist interpret archaeological data. Archaeologists are able to develop accurate, objective information about past societies by applying the scientific method to their investigations, Archaeology has been and remains a cultural, gender and political battlefield. Some groups have tried to use archaeology to prove some current cultural or political point. Much contemporary archaeology is influenced by neo-Darwinian evolutionary thought, phenomenology, postmodernism, agency theory, cognitive science, functionalism, gender-based and Feminist archaeology and Systems theory.

Great ages archaeology
Functionalism
Processualism / "New Archaeology"
Post-processualism
Cognitive archaeology
Gender archaeology
Feminist archaeology
History of archaeology

Methods for Archaeological Investigation

It is a physical examination of the place completed by a properly qualified individual with the end goal of exploring, recording or monitoring archaeological relics on the place. The techniques utilized by archaeologists to accumulate information can be connected to whenever period, including the exceptionally later past. In this area of Methods of Gathering Data individuals will figure out how archeologists accumulate and investigate data by using authentic research systems, field strategies for information recuperation, and lab examinations.

Remote sensing
Field survey
Excavation
Analysis
Computational and virtual archaeology
Drones

Applied Anthropology

It uses the theories, methods, and ethnographic findings of anthropology to solve human problems. Applied anthropology is the praxis-based side of anthropological research; it includes researcher involvement and activism within the participating community. Applied Anthropologists can take on different roles in their work, such as researchers, policy analysts, program evaluators, change agents, managers, consultants etc. it has a huge variety of applications, and is often used to help solve global problems. The Society for Applied Anthropology aspires to promote the integration of anthropological perspectives and methods in solving human problems throughout the world; to advocate for fair and just public policy based upon sound research.

Biological Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
Cultural Resource Management
Who Owns the Past?
Applied Cultural Anthropology
Applied Anthropology & Human Rights
Universal Human Rights

Culture and Enculturation

The material world is crucial in processes of enculturation and cultural transmission, in shaping daily experience and perceptions, and in orienting action. Material culture is examined as it is commonly understood today in archeology and material culture studies. Enculturation is the process where the culture that is currently established teaches an individual the accepted norms and values of the culture or society where the individual lives. Furthermore, the diverse roles of material culture in relation to cognition are explored through specific examples from prehistoric, historic, and contemporary societies.

Aspects of Culture
Cultural Diversity
Biology versus Culture
Cognitive Anthroplogy
Enculturation & Emotions
Limits of Enculturation

Analyzing Sociocultural Systems

The analyses of sociocultural systems, anthropologists investigate cause-and-effect relationships among different variables. Technological and economic variables are assessed in the analysis of society of culture. Anthropologists find that cultural values and norms also influence technology and economic conditions. Research includes such areas as social structure, including the family, marriage, kinship, gender, and age. Religion is studied for its diversity of worldviews. Myths, rituals, religious specialists, beliefs, and religious movements are explored in relationship to other aspects of society.

Ethnographic Fieldwork
Ethnographic Research and Strategies
Analysis of Ethnographic Data
Subsistence and Physical Environment
Demography
Social Structure
Political Organization
Religion
Cross Cultural Research
Aesthetics: Art and Music

Urban Anthropology

Urban human studies, the investigation of current social frameworks and characters in urban communities and also the different political, social, monetary, and social powers that shape urban structures and procedures. These days, there is a developing enthusiasm among anthropologists to do urban research that takes a gander at both the legislature of the city and the occupants' portrayals of the city. Urbanity is incomprehensibly guaranteed as one of the primary traits of Modernity when urban communities are weakening and scattering. Customs of research that archive the miniaturized scale territories of day by day life are settled in investigations of relocation, informal organizations, streetcorner inner circles, neighborhoods, political procedures, dealers and business people, vocations, supporter—customer relations, willful affiliations, religious assemblages, open functions, urban celebrations, bureaucratic experiences and social developments. As are more all encompassing endeavors to expound structures and characteristics of urbanism, the country—urban continuum, assorted heterogenetic and customary orthogenetic urban focuses, territorial and transnational social requests, advertising systems, measurements of scale and specialization, spatial imagery, and the diverse spaces of urban life. Urban humanities tried to think about bigger urban communities, it confronted the issues of what strategies to use to make its exploration substantial.

Early urban sociology
The Community Study Approach
Interactionism
Research traditions and criticisms
Anthropology of urbanization

Anthropology of Religion

It attends to religious life via the study of everyday practices. The focus will be on the types of religious beliefs and religious leaders, especially in small-scale societies. An exploration of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, or any other major religion is beyond the scope of this tutorial. The anthropology of religion has often centered on those sociocultural elements that are frequently identified as religious: myths, rituals, magic, beliefs about gods and divine beings, taboos, and symbols.

Diversity and Unity in the World's Religions
The Psychology of Religion
Religious Myths and Symbols
Religion as Expressive Culture
Language, Belief, and Religion
Religious Ritual
Religious Social Organization
Religion and Society
Religious Adaptation and Change
Western Perspectives on Religion

Artefacts

Artefacts used in social sciences, from artefacts people learn a lot about what items people were using, when they were popular, what foods they were eating, etc. Cultural artefacts, offer an insight into: technological processes, economic development and social structure, among other attributes. In addition to giving archaeologists important information about previous cultures and civilizations, artefacts aid in dating earth's time periods and in historical record keeping.

Material Culture
Artefacts in cognition and culture
Principles of semantization
Artefacts meanings in Archaeology & Anthropology

Museums, Heritage and Conservation

It provides an unparalleled exploration of ethics and museum practice, considering the controversies and debates which surround key issues such as provenance, ownership, cultural identity, environmental sustainability and social engagement. Using a variety of case studies which reflect the internal realities and daily activities of museums as they address these issues, from exhibition content and museum research to education, accountability and new technologies, this enables a greater understanding of the role of museums as complex and multifaceted institutions of cultural production, identity-formation and heritage preservation.

Conservation of Cultural Heritage
Interpreting Art in Museums and Galleries
Environment Management
Museum Architecture
Museums, Equality and Social Justice
Preventive Conservation in Museums
Marketing and Public Relations for Museums, Galleries, Cultural and Heritage Attractions
Post Critical Museology

Archaeological Ethics & Laws

It refers to the moral issues raised through the study of the material past. Archaeological resources, both sites and collections, are protected by law on federal and state lands. A common ethical issue in modern archaeology has been the treatment of human remains found during Excavations, especially those that represent the ancestors of aboririnal groups in the New world or the remains of other minority races elsewhere. The problem in archaeological ethics covers, protecting Archaeological sites and objects from illegal trade, Balancing World, National and regional claims to various parts of the archaeological record, Responsibility of the Archaeologist vis-a-vis the architectural remains that have been uncovered during an excavation etc.

Stewardship
Accountability
Commercialization
Public Education and Outreach
Intellectual Property
Public Reporting and Publication
Records and Preservation
Training and Resources
Safe Educational and Workplace Environments
National Laws
State Laws
Ethics
International Issues
Advocacy Organizations

Current issues and controversies

Controversies are common in the scientific world and Archaeology is no exception. From the meanings of cave paintings to the last moments of mummified ice men, archaeology has provided a vast palate of controversies by which inquisitive minds struggle to uncover truth. Subsequently we will explore some ethical and scientific controversies in contemporary archaeology that are more challenging, and require not only skepticism, but also an understanding for how archaeologists confront the conflicts that develop within the discipline and the consequences for the wider public. We will also discuss ongoing controversies in archaeology that contemporary scholars are working to resolve.