The Dominican Republic will host the XXXI International Congress of Caribbean Archaeology from this Monday until next Saturday, July 18. This “main scientific meeting of the region” is dedicated to the study of the past of Caribbean peoples and will bring together 237 researchers from 23 countries in America and Europe.
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During these sessions, specialists from universities, museums, and research centers from both continents will present 97 papers distributed in 15 thematic symposia, in which the “most recent advances” in archaeology in a variety of fields will be exhibited, explained this Sunday the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic, organizer of the congress, in a press release.
There will be presentations on innovations in disciplines such as bioarchaeology, ancient DNA, archaeozoology, archaeobotany, underwater archaeology, photogrammetry and three-dimensional modeling, ethnoarchaeology, colonial archaeology, rock art, physical anthropology, cultural heritage, and community participation.
Among the main scientific axes are research on the first inhabitants of the Caribbean, genetics of ancient populations, human mobility, archaeology of Afro-descendant communities, underwater cultural heritage, and technologies applied to archaeological documentation.
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Also, studies on agricultural societies, European colonization processes, and “new perspectives” for the conservation and dissemination of archaeological heritage.
As part of the academic agenda, there will also be book presentations, audiovisual screenings, specialized visits to museums, a scientific day at the León Center in Santiago de los Caballeros (north of the country), and an academic event at the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo).
An excursion to the archaeological sites of the Cabo Samaná Natural Monument (northeast) will also be carried out with the purpose of “showing participants part of the Dominican archaeological and cultural heritage.”
The program will feature the participation of researchers affiliated with “renowned” international academic institutions, including Harvard, Copenhagen, Yale, Cambridge, and Leiden universities, as well as the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the National Center for Scientific Research of France. In addition to universities and scientific centers from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Panama, Colombia, and other countries in the region.
The official opening ceremony of the congress is scheduled for 10:00 local time (14:00 GMT) this Monday, at the Cultural Center of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel), on Isabel La Católica Street, in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo.
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