Stories Written in Stone

“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania – August 20th to 25th, 2013

This conference will cover all aspects of knapped stone raw materials from geological origin, to mining, usage, and laboratory analyses on these materials. Although we expect that there will be more focus on chert and other microcrystalline quartz varietiesm we also encourage presentations related to other knappable materials such as obsidian, quartzite, rhyolite and others. Papers will be accepted on any culture or time period. Whether you are a field archaeologist, laboratory researcher, ethnographer or a modern day knapper yourself, come tell us your stories.

For more information, please visit the symposium website, or contact Otis Crandell (otis.crandell@ubbcluj.ro) or Vasile Cotiuga (vasicot@uaic.ro).

Conference website:http://arheoinvestsymposium.uaic.ro/stone/