S24C



S24C

Room 2.20

Miniature and miniaturisation. Artefactual, technical and symbolic issues in worked material used as tools / Miniature et miniaturisation : enjeux artefactuels, techniques et symboliques des matériaux ouvragés utilisés comme outils

Session organizers: Éva David, Catherine Schwab, Manuel Valentin

S24C, Fri Sep 4 2026, 9:00 - 13:30, Room 2.20

9:00-9:20 - L’artefact miniaturisé. Enjeux et perspectives / Manuel Valentin

9:20-9:40 - Poor Casting, Han Funerary Borrowing, or Sign of Deep Social Change? A Case Study of Protohistoric Đông Sơn Miniature Drums (Vietnam) / Clémence Le Meur

9:40-10:00 - Miniature Vessels in Nuragic Sardinia: New Perspectives on Function, Meaning, and Production / Federico Porcedda

10:00-10:20 - Is Being Small Enough? / Raluca Kogalniceanu

10:20-10:40 - Miniature bone spoons from the Late Neolithic in eastern Balkans / Selena Vitezović

10:40-11:00 - Microlithism in the Paleolithic. Some example of core technologies over Europe / Marie-Hélène Moncel

11:00-11:30 - Coffee break

11:30-11:50 - Les propulseurs miniatures de la fin du Paléolithique récent : Des armes pour enfants ? / Pierre Cattelain

11:50-12:10 - L’industrie osseuse dite « miniature » au Paléolithique récent / Catherine Schwab, Éva David

12:10-12:30 - Metrical Variability of Microlithic Assemblages in a Global Context: Implications for Defining Microblade / Sai Riteish Guduru, Pratik Pandey, Smriti Pathak

12:30-12:50 - A Combined Attribute and Metrical Study of Microblades from Kanunsangrampur, Odisha, Eastern India / Sonkamble Koustubh Sangram

12:50-13:10 - The functional a-symmetry of Mesolithic miniature tools / Éva David

13:10-13:30 - Final discussion

13:30-14:30 - Lunch