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Conference Program

Day 1: October 14th

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM : Welcome

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM : Welcome by MSHE management and organizers

Regional Overview on Iron Production Areas Across France (communications in French)

(15-minute presentations with final discussion) 

Chairman: V. Serneels

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM : Zone 1 – The Armorican Massif and its Margins
Coordinator: Mr. Yacger
Participants: C. Gandini, E. Meunier, C. Le Carlier, E. Clouin, J.-B. Vivet, N. Zaour, V. Le Quellec, T. Marc, M. Yacger, M. Hubert

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM : Zone 2 – The West, Atlantic Façade
Coordinators: F. Sarreste, J. Arnoux-Dougnac
Participants: N. Dieudonné-Glad, C. Dunikowski, A. Beyrie, G. Saint-Didier, S. Paradis-Grenouillet, J. Arnoux-Dougnac, J. Bonnenfant

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM : Zone 3 – The Central West
Coordinators: F. Sarreste, M. Berranger
Participants: F. Sarreste, M. Berranger, C. Gandini, N. Dieudonné-Glad, C. Dunikowski, S. Lacroix, L. Laüt, L. Fournier, F. Couvin, P. Gibut, Ph. Lorquet, M. L’Héritier, S. Cabboi, M. Leroy, H. Laurent, J.-M. Joudou, J.-M. Laruaz

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM : Zone 4 – The Pyrenees and its Margins
Coordinators: A. Beyrie, G. Pagès
Participants: A. Disser, G. Pagès, A. Filippini, A. Beyrie, M.-P. Coustures, J.-M. Fabre, C. Dunikowski

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM : Break

Chairman: N. Dieudonnée-Glad

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM : Zone 5 – The South-East Quarter
Coordinator: G. Pagès
Participants: G. Pagès, A. Melo, C. Dunikowski

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM : Zone 6 – The North-East Quarter
Coordinator: M. Leroy
Participants: M. Leroy, A. Disser, F. Magar, H. Laurent, S. Laurent-Corsini, M. Berranger

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM : Zone 7 – The North and the Paris Basin
Coordinator: S. Bauvais
Participants: S. Bauvais, B. Jagou, M. L’Héritier, Ph. Lorquet, S. Cabboi, V. Le Quellec, C. Colliou, N. Zaour, M. Bernard

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM : General Discussion & Summary with Zone Leaders - animation by V. Serneels et N. Dieudonnée-Glad

12:15 PM – 2:00 PM : Lunch Break

Spatio-temporal and Technical Analysis of Production Areas

(20-minute presentations + 5 minutes of questions)

Chairman: S. Bauvais

2:00 PM – 2:25 PM : Ancient Iron Production in Switzerland: State of Knowledge (in French)

Vincent Serneels

2:25 PM – 2:50 PM : Ancient Ironworking in Belgium: A Multiscalar Overview and Latest Updates from the Eastern Front (in French)
Heicke Fock, Gaspard Pagès

2:50 PM – 3:15 PM : Early Iron Production in Germany
Guntram Gassman

3:15 PM – 3:40 PM : "Melting Pot" Eisenberg: An Early Roman Smelting Site on the Northern Upper Rhine
Arno Brauns

3:40 PM – 4:30 PM : Coffee & Poster Session

Chairman: T. Karavidović

4:30 PM – 4:55 PM: 

The changing technology of early iron production in southern Britain, 700BC to AD1500

Tim Young

4:55 PM – 5:20 PM : Technology, Landscape and Society in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages in the South of the Carpathian Basin
Tena Karavodovic, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan

5:20 PM – 5:45 PM : Primary Processing of Iron in Rome and Lazio during the Municipal Era
Giorgia Annoscia, Vasco La Salvia, Francesca Zagari

Day 2: October 15th

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM : Welcome

Chairman:  A. Beyrie

9:00 AM – 9:25 AM : Archaeology of Paleosiderurgy in the Basque Country: Following the Footsteps of the First Blacksmiths
Javier Franco Pérez, David Larreina-García, Iosu Etxezarraga Ortuondo, Xabier Alberdi Lonbide

9:25 AM – 9:50 AM : Iron Exploitation in the Central Catalan Pyrenees during the Late Antiquity: The Case of the Vall Ferrera (3rd–6th century AD) (in French)
Oscar Augé

9:50 AM – 10:15 AM : Transformations in Iron Production and Blacksmithing at Miranduolo (7th–10th Century): Technological and Socio-Economic Perspectives
Valenti Marco, La Salvia Vasco, Palmas Carla, Petřík Jan, Všianský Dalibor

10:15 AM – 10:35 AM : Break

Chairman:  P. Nouvel

10:35 AM – 11:00 AM : The Island of Elba and its Iron: Resources and Territory from the Etruscans to the Middle Ages
Alessandro Corretti

11:00 AM – 11:25 AM : Medieval Ironworking in the Pre-Alpine Bauges Massif: A Bloomery Furnace at Les Déserts (Savoie)
Alain Mélo

Role of Primary Production in Iron Economy and its Environment

11:25 AM – 11:50 AM : La Puisaye (West Burgundy), A Major Iron Production Area: Evolution and Technical Changes from the Iron Age to the Late Middle Ages (in French)

Marion Berranger, Marc Leroy, Hervé Laurent, Olivier Girardclos

11:50 AM - 12:15 PM : Palaeometallurgy in the land of the Osismii: the organisation of iron production areas in western Armorica from the Iron Age to the Roman period (in French)

Cristina Gandini, Etienne Clouin, Emmanuelle Meunier, Cécile Le Carlier De Veslud

12:15 PM – 2:00 PM : Lunch Break 

Chairman: F. Sarreste

2:00 PM – 2:25 PM : Ferrons d’Armorique: Development and Structuring of Iron Economy in Brittany from the 5th to the 15th Century  (in French)

Etienne Clouin, Cécile Le Carlier De Veslud

2:25 PM – 2:50 PM : A Major Medieval Iron Production Site in the Segré Syncline (Loire-Atlantique and Maine-et-Loire)  (in French)
Matthieu Yacger, Tifenn Marc, Etienne Clouin

2:50 PM – 3:15 PM : Iron Production in the East of France and West of Switzerland during the Early Middle Ages  (in French)
Hervé Laurent, Alexandre Beaudet

3:15 PM – 3:40 PM : Iron Ore Mines of the Central Jura Mountains: New Prospections and Analyses of a Mountainous Production Zone  (in French)
Valentin Chevassu, Théophile Sanseigne, Vinçent Bichet

3:40 PM – 4:10 PM : Break

 Chairman: H. Laurent

 4:10 PM – 4:35 PM : Chronology of Iron Metallurgy in the Bassar Region (Togo): The Potential of Archaeomagnetic Dating  (in French)

Giorgia Ricci, Caroline Robion-Brunner, Gwenaël Hervé, Emmanuelle Delqué-Kolic, Séverin Bakrobena Lebarama

 4:35 PM – 5:00 PM : Reconstructing Production Volumes in Reduction Workshops from Antiquity to the Middle Ages: A Comparative Approach Between the Production Areas of Puisaye and Morvan-Auxois (Burgundy, France)  (in French)

Margaux Herbrich, Marion Berranger, Marc Leroy

 5:00 PM – 5:25 PM :  Iron in the Tarn during Ancient Times: Contributions from Geophysical Prospecting  (in French)

 Vivien Mathé, Anne Filippini, Marie-Pierre Coustures 

5:25 PM –  5:50 PM : Rethinking the Forest Heritage of Metallurgy: Historical Ecology Survey in the Vicdessos and Siguer Valleys (Ariège)  (in French)
Vanessa Py-Saragaglia, Sylvain Burri, Léonel Fouédjeu, Mélanie Saulnier, Alexandre Disser, Vincent Labbas, Jean-Paul Métailié

7:00 PM : Closing Dinner (for registered only)

Day 3: October 16th

Contributions and Limitations of Current Methodologies Applied to the Study of Mines and Primary Production Workshops

Chairman: G. Pagès

9:00 AM – 9:25 AM : From Hammerscale to Ore: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Iron Production during the Early Iron Age
Jean Rodier

9:25 AM – 9:50 AM : Geological Complex, Complex Geochemistry: Contributions and Limitations of Global Analysis of Iron Slags for the Chemical Characterization of Armorican Deposits
Cécile Le Carlier de Veslud, Etienne Clouin

9:50 AM – 10:15 AM: Comparing Iron Smelting Techniques: Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Efficiency

Mélissa Morel, Caroline Robion-Brunner, Chantal Radimilahy, Hélène Timpoko Kienon Kabore, Vincent Serneels

10:15 AM – 10:35 AM : Break

Chairman: C. Gandini

10:35 AM – 10:55 AM : Bog Iron Ore Deposits and Iron Production Workspaces in Altered Landscapes: Geoarchaeological Approach for Identification of Past Iron Production Environments
Tena Karavodovic, Tomislav Brenko, Sibila Borojevi Šoštari

10:55 AM – 11:20 AM : Forestry Trajectories and Proto-industries: The Case of Modern Charcoal Production in the Haut-Doubs  (in French)
Ariane Lambart, David Gocel-Chatlte, Sylvie Bepoix, Olivier Girardclos, Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet, Valentin Chevassu, Vincent Bichet

11:20 AM – 11:45 AM : Approaching the Links Between Iron Production and Forest Economy through Dendro-anthracology: The Example of the Medieval Reduction Site at Champigneulles (54)  (in French)
Rémy Jeannot, Marc Leroy, Olivier Girardclos

11:45 PM – 2:00 PM : Lunch Break

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM : Thematic Workshop: "Open Science in Ironworking: Data Dissemination and Sharing"  (in French)

• Archaeological and Chemical Databases: Structuring and Interoperability. The Example of the CHIPS and FERMAPYR/FERAPO Databases
  Alexandre Disser, Gaspard Pagès

• The "Archaeometal-Armorican" Project: A Collaborative Environment for Studying Metallurgies in Western France
  Cécile Le Carlier de Veslud, Emmanuelle Meunier, Etienne Clouin, Christina Gandini, Olivier Troccaz

• SIDEROS: An Archaeological and Archaeometric Database for Ironworking
  Marion Berranger, Quentin Verriez, Yuji Kato, Vinçent Sobritz, Thomas Huet

• Roundtable Discussion co-chaired by:
  Yuji Kato (Geomatician, MSHE), Quentin Verriez (UFC), Alexandre Disser (IRAMAT-LAPA), Thomas Huet (IRAMAT-LAPA), Marion Berranger (IRAMAT-LMC), F. Sarreste (Eveha), M. Thivet (Chrono-environnement)