========================================================================= Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:13:33 -0700 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Mark McClure Subject: Radiocarbon dating & the Egyptian Chronology Symposium MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1st Announcement of the: RADIOCARBON DATING & THE EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY SYMPOSIUM Oxford, UK, 17th-18th March 2010 On 17th-18th March 2010, the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art at the University of Oxford will be hosting a symposium = at the Ashmolean Museum to discuss the results of the Egyptian Chronology Project. The Egyptian Chronology Project has investigated synchronisms between = the Egyptian historical chronology and dates that have been obtained by radiocarbon measurements, including a new series of radiocarbon = measurements on Egyptian material from collections in Europe and the USA. The = project has also been developing methodologies and protocols for the sampling = and analysis of archaeological materials and investigating such issues as = the reservoir effect, thought to have an impact on the viability of the use = of radiocarbon dating in Egypt. The chronological scope under discussion during the symposium will be that from the 1st until the 21st Dynasty = and the impact of the radiocarbon results on the historical chronology will = be considered by specialists in the periods concerned. Scholars from the international community have already been invited to present and to act as discussants during the meeting. There will also be a public lecture and reception at Oxford = University=B9s Museum of Natural History on the evening of 17th March. Further details and on-line registration can be found at: http://c14.arch.ox.ac.uk/LEC_Symposium.html Please note that spaces are limited, so early booking is advised. All enquiries can be sent to Egyptian.chronology@rlaha.ox.ac.uk. The Egyptian Chronology project team: Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Andrew Shortland, Thomas Higham, Joanne = Rowland, Fiona Brock & Mike Dee. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To unsubscribe from this list, send the command SIGNOFF C14-L to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU, or send a request to C14-L-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU.