DAYS 2&3 Research workshop: Keynotes will have 90 min sessions, 45 min for the papers & 45 min discussions. Participants will have 20 minutes (maximum) to present their papers, the rest of their time will be for discussions. Locations & Rooms: Most of the events will take place in the McEwan Hall Reception Room (booked for 4th, 5th and 6th September between 08:30-17:30) – See no. 35 on map on next page See: For the breakout sessions: 3 small meeting rooms (rms 3, 4 and 5, on those floors) have been booked in the CMB, 15a George Square (no. 38 on map on next page) Accommodation: most delegates will be staying at the Kenneth Mackenzie, on Richmond Place (between no. 27 & 29 on map on next page) See: Braai: The braai on Wednesday (4th) evening will take place in the garden at 21 George Square, which can be accessed from the lane behind George Square. Bring your own booze, and anything else you particularly fancy. Dinner on Thursday (5th) will be at 7.30pm, at the Nile Valley Cafe, (again bring your own booze). see: Keynote abstracts Paul J. Lane (Professor of Global Archaeology, Department of Archaeology & Ancient History, Uppsala University, Sweden. e-mail: ) Brutal murders, colonial skull-duggery and post-colonial neglect: the case of the Mau Mau bones in the museum cupboard The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) holds a reference collection of human skeletal material that includes the remains of just over 480 individuals. The collection is currently housed in the Osteology Department at the Nairobi Museum, which is also the headquarters of NMK. Additional human remains from excavated archaeological sites are also held by the Archaeology Department elsewhere in the Nairobi Museum. As is common with excavated skeletons, these latter examples are of varying completeness. However, this is also true of the reference collection and in fact none of the reference specimens are actually complete (i.e. comprised of the full range of cranial and post-cranial elements). Skulls, several of which are missing their lower mandibles, form the most common
DAYS 2&3 Research workshop: Keynotes will have 90 min sessions, 45 min for the papers & 45 min discussions. Participants will have 20 minutes (maximum) to present their papers, the rest of their time will be for discussions. Locations & Rooms: Most of the events will take place in the McEwan Hall Reception Room (booked for 4th, 5th and 6th September between 08:30-17:30) – See no. 35 on map on next page See: For the breakout sessions: 3 small meeting rooms (rms 3, 4 and 5, on those floors) have been booked in the CMB, 15a George Square (no. 38 on map on next page) Accommodation: most delegates will be staying at the Kenneth Mackenzie, on Richmond Place (between no. 27 & 29 on map on next page) See: Braai: The braai on Wednesday (4th) evening will take place in the garden at 21 George Square, which can be accessed from the lane behind George Square. Bring your own booze, and anything else you particularly fancy. Dinner on Thursday (5th) will be at 7.30pm, at the Nile Valley Cafe, (again bring your own booze). see: Keynote abstracts Paul J. Lane (Professor of Global Archaeology, Department of Archaeology & Ancient History, Uppsala University, Sweden. e-mail: ) Brutal murders, colonial skull-duggery and post-colonial neglect: the case of the Mau Mau bones in the museum cupboard The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) holds a reference collection of human skeletal material that includes the remains of just over 480 individuals. The collection is currently housed in the Osteology Department at the Nairobi Museum, which is also the headquarters of NMK. Additional human remains from excavated archaeological sites are also held by the Archaeology Department elsewhere in the Nairobi Museum. As is common with excavated skeletons, these latter examples are of varying completeness. However, this is also true of the reference collection and in fact none of the reference specimens are actually complete (i.e. comprised of the full range of cranial and post-cranial elements). Skulls, several of which are missing their lower mandibles, form the most common
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