S1F



S1F

Room 1.43

Multi-method, multi-proxy: promoting multidisciplinary approaches in pyroarcheology / Multi-méthodes, multi-indicateurs : promouvoir les approches multidisciplinaires en pyroarchéologie

Session organizers: Ségolène Vandevelde, Mareike Stahlschmidt, Christopher Miller

S1F, Fri Sep 4 2026, 9:40 - 16:10, Room 1.43

9:40-10:00 - Session introduction: Multi-method, multi-proxy: promoting multidisciplinary approaches in pyroarcheology / S. Vandevelde, M. Stahlschmidt, C. Miller

10:00-10:20 - Fire-Biomarkers: New Protocol for Identifying Anthropogenic Fire in Middle Pleistocene Sediment Samples / N. Herran-Diaz de Argote, A. Burguet-Coca, A. Vallejo, M.C. Sampedro, A. Sánchez-Ortega and N. Unceta

10:20-10:40 - Stone, Soot and Fire: Multidisciplinary Study of Fire Use in Orgnac 3, Middle Rhone Valley, France / S. Vandevelde, C. Mathias, E. Pons-Branchu, D. Deldicque, A. Niane, D.D. Savard, Y. Perrette, B. Desachy, L. Slimak, K. Bouchard

10:40-11:00 - Peat Archives of Human Presence: Fire and Landscape Change at the Lipsk Archaeological Site (NE Poland) / A. Murawska, P. Chibowski, M. Chmielewska, M. Sulwiński, M. Frączek, M. Przeździecki, A. Wawrusiewicz, M. Bąk, M. Suska-Malawska, M. Mętrak

11:00-11:30 - Coffee break

11:30-11:50 - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Markers of Human Activity in Polish Caves / N. Gryczewska, M. Sulwiński, M.T. Krajcarz, M. Kot, K. Cyrek, M. Sudoł-Procyk, J. Wilczyński, M. Wojenka, M. Suska-Malawska

11:50-12:10 - Late Pyrotechnological Practices in The Atacama Desert. An Anthracological Approach / D.N. Grimberg, A.A. Cifuentes, V.M. Figueroa

12:10-12:30 - Experimentation and Modelling Of Heat Transfer Dynamics Between Connected Pottery Kilns In Southwest Asia (4th-3rd mill. BCE) / C. Padovani, F. Lefèvre, M. Kabemba Yangie, M. Clausse

12:30-12:50 - Addressing The Elephant In The Room: Is There Birch Tar Made From Birch Leaves? / J. Versluis, P. Schmidt

12:50-13:10 - The relationship between the heat treatment of chert and silcrete in Australia – a complex history of inventions, knowledge transfers and technical adaptations / P. Schmidt, P. Hiscock

13:10-13:30 - Magdalenian Pyroalchemy: A Case Study from the Ćmielów 95, Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Poland) / Ł. Kruszewski, M. Przeździecki, E. Miśta-Jakubowska, L. Marynowski

13:30-14:30 - Lunch

14:30-14:50 - Natural or Cultural? Thermal Alteration, Anthropic and Post-Depositional Movement of Limestone at Tinshemet Cave / S. Ben Haim, Y. Vaknin, Y. Zaidner

14:50-15:10 - Reading Fire in Clay: Archaeometric Approaches to Burnt Architecture in the Neolithic / S. Pail, B. Horejs

15:10-15:30 - The Middle Palaeolithic Pyroarchaeological record of la Roca dels Bous (NE Iberia) / A. Burguet-Coca, E. Allué, N. Lachman, I. Expósito, P. Casajoanes-García, A. Benito-Calvo, J. Marínez-Moreno, S. Samper Carro, R. Mora

15:30-15:50 - Looking Through The Flames: Fuegian Shell-Midden Formation Processes And Past Human Behavior On The Maritime Coast Of Tierra Del Fuego / R.J. March, J.M. Lozano, A. Garcia-Piquer, J.C. Ferreri, R. Pique-Huerta, J. Estévez-Escalera

15:50-16:10 - Conclusion