Welcome to the website for the OIS3 stage conference. Here you will find information explaining the objective of the conference, where and when the event will be held, how to register, conference timetable, directions, accommodation, further information, and contact details."
The European continent constitutes one of the finest « natural laboratories » for exploring long term interactions between human spread and climatic change. Central Europe Paleolithic landscape is very well preserved under the thick ammount of aeolian sediments which were deposited during the glacial period. The environmental and climatic record hidden in those deposits offer us the possibility to study long term human relations with climate. The objective of this conference is to explore hominin relations with the environment in Central Europe during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 (OIS 3 60–24 kyr). We aim to gain better understanding not just of the climatic conditions during this period, but also of how the environment impacted on hominids understanding of themselves and their everyday activities. Answering these questions for the past enriches our ability to better understand human ecology in relation to climate change in the present, and to better understand our human ecological heritage.
This working conference will be held in Brno, Czech Republic, from March 15th-17th, 2010 and will be organised by the Institute of Geology of Academy of Sciences v.v.i. in Prague together with Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Moravian Museum in Brno, the Institute of Archaeology of Academy of Sciences, v.v.i. in Brno and by the Quaternary Group of the Czech Geological Society.
Please find the word file of registration, fill in send by e-mail to: kvarter[at]geologickaspolecnost.cz.
Abstracts will be published on CD and on web pages of Quaternary group to be widely accessible. There is also future possibility to publish
them in some referee journal (not decided yet, will be discussed).
In every case, please this instruction for authors. An abstract is supposed to be of maximum 2 pages including pictures, following this model:
Title is in Arial 11 highlighted, names, affiliations and text of the abstract is in Arial 11.
The registration and abstracts should be send to the Quaternary group e-mail
according the timetable deadlines.
If you would have any enquiries, please contact somebody from organisation comitee
Important deadlines:
September 15th – first announcement
October 15th – first expressions of interest and registration
January 1st – the deadline for registrations, abstracts and payments
Program of the workshop:
March 15th, 2010 – 18:00 - registration and evening reception at the Antropos pavilion of Moravian Museum in Brno
March 16th , 2010 – working conference
8:00 – late registration
8:30 – 10:30 – morning session
10:30 -11:00 – coffee break
11:00 – 14:00 – midday session
14:00 -15:00 – lunch
15:00 – 18:00 – afternoon session
20:00 – social dinner
March 17th, 2010 – excursion to Dolni Vestonice and Predmosti loess sections.
There is a number possibilities of hotel accomondation within Brno. Please for more information follow the tourist office link. If you would have any problem with finding the proper accomondation, please contact oranisators.
The registration and abstracts should be send to the Quaternary group e-mail
according the timetable deadlines.
If you would have any enquiries, please contact somebody from organisation comitee
Lenka Lisa from the Institute of Geology ASCR, v.v.i. in Prague; telephone +00420-607706585
Zdenka Nerudova from Moravian Museum in Brno (possible communication also in French)
Miriam Nyvltova Fisakova from the Institute of Archaeology ASCR v.v.i. in Brno
Petr Neruda from Moravian Museum in Brno
The first announcement should be found here
The preliminary program is available hereCopyright (c)2009 Lenka Lisá contact & Mikuláš Balabán contact