UISPP in Burgos
The UISPP Conference was held in Burgos from 1st to 7th September 2014. The Asian session, entitled « Southeast Asia: Human Evolution, Dispersals and Adaptation » was on 4th September. François-Xavier Ricaut gave a talk presenting a synthesis of the MAFBO project. Pradiptajati Kusuma presented his Phd research about genetics in Indonesia and the Indian Ocean. Sébastien Plutniak displayed his poster concerning the Pottery from East Kalimantan sites and the Pottery Chronology of Borneo [the poster is downloadable below].
- Ricaut F.-X., Plutniak S., Oktaviana A., Ferrié J.-G., Sugiyanto B., Sarel J., Guerreiro A., Fauzi R., Grenet M., Simanjuntak T. 2014. “Human occupation during Holocene in Mangkalihat Peninsula (East Borneo): A pluridisciplinary approach”. 18th Congress of the International Union for Preshitoric and Protohistoric Sciences 1-7 septembre 2014 (Burgos, Spain).
- Kusuma P., Cox M.P., Razafindrazaka H., Letellier T., Sudoyo H., Ricaut F.-X.. 2014. “Austronesian westward expansion: Maanyan Indonesian groups and the settlement of Madagascar”. 18th Congress of the International Union for Preshitoric and Protohistoric Sciences 1-7 septembre 2014 (Burgos, Espagne).
- Plutniak S. Oktaviana A.A., Sugiyanto B., Chazine J.-M., Simanjuntak T., Ricaut F.-X.. 2014. “Red-slipped and cord-marked pottery from East Kalimantan sites and the Borneo’s Pottery Chronology”. Poster presented to the 18th Congress of the International Union for Preshitoric and Protohistoric Sciences 1-7 septembre 2014 (Burgos, Espagne).
Pusaka meeting in Tautavel
Most of the participants in the UISPP Asian session are involved in the newly created « Pusaka Network ». This network aims to gather archaeologists working in both Insular and Continental South-East Asia. A meeting was held in Tautavel from the 5th-7th September. Further collaborative research and project are expected (Europe/Asia and Asia/Asia).