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X-WR-CALNAME:CIAMS Lecture: Biomolecules and the archaeological assemblage:
  Bridging disciplines toward new archaeological narratives in the Bronze A
 ge Mediterranean and beyond with Rebecca Gerdes
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DESCRIPTION:Biomolecules and the archaeological assemblage: Bridging discip
 lines toward new archaeological narratives in the Bronze Age Mediterranean
  and beyond\n\nThe explosion of techniques such as ancient DNA\, organic r
 esidue analysis\, and paleoproteomics marks an unmistakable ‘biomolecula
 r turn’ in the discipline of archaeology that has rapidly reshaped narra
 tives about the human past. Yet this explosion has also challenged archaeo
 logy’s interdisciplinary limits. Discipline-specific knowledge\, interpr
 etative frameworks\, and jargon complicate the integration of biomolecular
  data with micro- and macro-scale archaeological evidence. Drawing from re
 search on interdisciplinarity\, I explore the essential concept of the arc
 haeological assemblage\, nuanced by recent developments in assemblage theo
 ry\, as a tool to cultivate shared languages of communication and interpre
 tative frameworks in biomolecular archaeology. Through a case study of sto
 rage vessels from Late Bronze Age Cyprus (1600-1150 BCE)\, I test the inte
 gration of organic residue\, ceramic\, and spatial evidence with soil scie
 nce data and chemical engineering methods. The results challenge longstand
 ing assumptions about olive oil’s dominance in the Late Bronze Age Cypri
 ot economy as well as about the ability to detect plant oil residues in sh
 erds from the calcium-rich soils of the eastern Mediterranean. Together\, 
 this work shows how an interdisciplinary approach incorporating biomolecul
 es as part of archaeological assemblages enables new\, nuanced narratives 
 and robust methodological tools grounded in archaeological and environment
 al context.
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SUMMARY:CIAMS Lecture: Biomolecules and the archaeological assemblage: Brid
 ging disciplines toward new archaeological narratives in the Bronze Age Me
 diterranean and beyond with Rebecca Gerdes
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