You are kindly invited to participate to the Bilkent Archaeology Day 2026 on Friday 10 April
\nArt Gallery, Main Campus Library<\/p>\n
Bilkent Archaeology Day 2026
\nFrom Seeds to Collapse: Discover Ancient Crises through Ancient Environment
\nEnvironmental crises are often seen as uniquely modern, yet archaeology shows that past societies repeatedly faced climatic change, ecological stress, and resource instability. This workshop brings together diverse case studies and methods to explore how communities responded to such challenges across different regions and periods.<\/p>\n
Focusing on key Late Holocene climatic events such as the 4.2 ka and 3.2 ka episodes, the contributions reassess narratives of collapse by highlighting resilience and adaptation. Archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological, and isotopic evidence reveals shifts in agriculture, animal management, and subsistence strategies, while bioarchaeological studies emphasize the varied and uneven impacts of crisis on human populations.<\/p>\n
At the same time, long-term environmental reconstructions and new scientific approaches, including paleoproteomics and epigenetics, demonstrate the growing potential of archaeology to investigate past human\u2013environment interactions in innovative ways.
\nOverall, the workshop underscores the complexity of environmental crises in the past and highlights the value of archaeology in providing a nuanced, deep-time perspective on current environmental challenges.<\/p>\n
Morning Session
\n09.30-10.00 Opening Speeches
\n10.00-10.30 Sullivan Heywood (University of Queensland\/ANAMED)
\nResilience or Collapse? Archaeobotanical Evidence from Kaman-
\nKaleh\u00f6y\u00fck during the 4.2 ka Event
\n10.30-11.00 Ebru Gizem Ayten (Middle East Technical University)
\nTracing Environmental Stress through Animal Bones: A
\nZooarchaeological Perspective on Past Crises<\/p>\n
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break<\/p>\n
11.30-12.00 Benjamin Irvine (Bilkent University)
\nWhat’s Going on, What’s all This Shouting We’ll Have No Global
\nCatastrophe Here. This is a Local Crisis, for Local People<\/p>\n
12.00-12.30 Esra Ergin Erdo\u011fmu\u015f (\u0130stanbul Technical University)
\nVegetation Reconstruction Modelling and Human Environmental Impact
\nduring the Holocene in Southern Turkey
\n12.30-13.00 Ebrar Sinmez (Middle East Technical University)
\nInvestigating the Impacts of 4.2 ka and 3.2 ka BP Climatic Events on
\nWheat and Barley Cultivation in the Bronze Age Kingdom of Mukish:
\nEvidence from Tell Atchana and Toprakhisar H\u00f6y\u00fck (Hatay, T\u00fcrkiye)<\/p>\n
13.00-14.30 Lunch Break<\/p>\n
Afternoon Session
\n14.30-14.50 Mervenur Sevil Kandemir (Ko\u00e7 University)
\nApplication of Proteomics Techniques in Environmental Archaeology
\n14.50-15.10 Volga Zengin (Bilkent University)
\nApplications of Epigenetics in Methylome Inferred Environmental
\nArchaeology<\/p>\n
15.10-15.40 Coffee Break<\/p>\n
15.40-16.00 Busenaz Telci (Ankara University)
\nSoil Salinization : The Case of Sumer
\n16.10- Closing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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