Workshop program

Archeogenetics in the Archipelago, 1.-5. August 2016

Venue: Seili, SW Finland

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Monday Aug 1st

15.25 Ferry from Nauvo harbour to Seili island

16.05 Walk from Seili harbour to Seili Biological station premises (1 km). Check-in etc.

16.30 – 17.15 Dinner

17.15 Welcoming words, Päivi Onkamo & Outi Vesakoski

17.30 Mikko Helminen: The history of the Seili island and leprosorium

18.00 Walk around the island and warming up the sauna

19.00 Get-together, sauna & snacks

Tuesday Aug 2nd

07.15 – 08.00 Breakfast

09.00 – 10.00 Verena Schuenemann: Introduction to Paleogenetics

10.00 – 10.15 Coffee

10.15 – 11.15 Kati Salo: Health in Southern Finland: Bioarchaeological analysis of 555 skeletons excavated from nine cemeteries (11th-19th century AD)

11.15 – 12.00 Petro Pesonen and Kati Salo: Introduction to leprosy cemetery excavation

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 14.00 Sarah Inskip: Leprosy cases in Iberia

14.00 – 14.15 Coffee

14.15 – 16.00 Minicourse on bones, pathologies, etc. How to avoid contamination in handling ancient human specimen

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Cemetery in Seili (different from the leprosy cemetery).
Photo: Leo-setä, CC BY 2.0

16.30 – 17.15 Dinner

17.15 –   Smaller meetings in groups

Sauna

Wednesday Aug 3rd

07.15 – 08.00 Breakfast

09.00 – 10.00 Outi Vesakoski: Review project of the multidisciplinary history of Finno-Ugric area

10.00 – 10.15 Coffee

10.15 – 11.00 Michael Rießler/Terhi Honkola/Outi Vesakoski: BEDLAN: Language data revealing human (pre)history

11.00 – 12.00 Päivi Onkamo: SUGRIGE

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 14.00 Volker Heyd: Genetics and archaeology: A marriage set in heaven?

14.00 – 14.15 Coffee

14.15 – 15.15 Antti Sajantila: On population genetics of modern Finns

15.15 – 16.00 Marja Pirttivaara: Open genome data and genetic genealogy

16.00 – 16.30 Discussion / Smaller meetings in groups

16.30 – 17.15 Dinner

17.15 – Smaller meetings in groups

Sauna

Thursday Aug 4th

07.15 – 08.00 Breakfast

09.00 – 10.00 Verena Schuenemann: Ancient pathogen genomics

10.00 – 10.15 Coffee

10.15 – 11.15 Maria Perdomo: The search for viruses in ancient samples

11.15 – 12.00 Ulla Moilanen: Deviant burials and how DNA may help interpret them

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 14.00 Heli Etu-Sihvola: Life histories in Teeth: Merovingian and Viking Ages in Luistari

14.00 – 14.15 Coffee

14.15 – 15.00 Kerttu Majander: Genetic studies on ancient Finns

15.00 – 16.30 TBA / Smaller meetings in groups

18.00 –   “The Dinner” & party. Sauna.

Friday Aug 5th

07.15 – 08.00 Breakfast

10.00 Final words. Closing of the excavation.

12.00 – 12.30 Lunch

12.30 Boat trip from Seili. Sightseeing in the Archipelago.

15.30 Arrival in Nauvo

Transportation by cars or bus (leaving 15.55) from Nauvo to Turku/Kaarina/Helsinki

Or, for those in hurry, public ferry from Seili to Nauvo at 10.50 or 14.20.