Transformations conference – 7-10 April 2026
Date: 7-10 April 2026
Venue: Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Poststraat 6, 9712 ER Groningen
Credits: 2 ECTS
Major changes occurred worldwide in the Mesolithic and Neolithic. Changes in climate, physical landscape, ecology and human subsistence and cultures. How these changes happened, and what implications they had, is best researched by joining traditional archaeology with archaeological science-based approaches like geoarchaeology, archaeobotany, archaezoology, isotope studies and palaeogenetics. Goal of the “Transformations” conference is to discuss the various transformations during the Mesolithic and Neolithic, how they interact and influence each other, and the ways they can be investigated. The conference is centred around four themes: Subsistence and Diet, Migration and identity, Use of space and Dynamics vs. Continuity.
Apart from plenary oral and poster sessions, presenters are invited to contribute a paper to the book “Transformations” that will be published in 2027.
For further details, please refer to the conference website.
Keynote speakers
Dr. K.M. (Kim) Cohen – Assistant Professor Quaternary Geology, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
Dr. U. (Umberto) Lombardo – Research Director, Institute of environmental science and technology (ICTA-UAB), Autonomus University of Barcelona
Dr. W. (Welmoed) Out – Archaeobotanist at Moesgaard, Department of Archaeological Science and Conservation
E. (Eveline) Altena, MA – Scientific Researcher, Lecturer in ancient human DNA, department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center
Preliminary Program
April 7
April 8
April 9
April 10
Registration: Registration is expected to open in september 2025. Tickets will cost 190 euros for the whole conference.
PLEASE NOTE: We can offer an additional discount of 50 euros on the ticket price for a limited number of ARCHON members in exchange for helping out with a few organisational duties on the first day of the conference, prior to the start (you would not have to miss any part of the conference itself).
To apply for this, please send an e-mail to secretary@archonline.nl (do not register through the Transformations website).
Credits: ARCHON members can receive 2 EC for attending all conference days and handing in a report afterward (send your report to secretary@archonline.nl).
