Sessions at a Glance

S01 MARITIME AND UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: RECENT RESEARCH AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Nov 6, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R3

S02 MATERIALISING THE COAST: COASTAL ARCHAEOLOGY, RITUALISTIC TRADITIONS, AND ECONOMIC NETWORKS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION (600 BCE–1200 CE) Nov 7, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm R4

S03 A DIMINUTIVE REALM: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO SMALL ISLANDS OF THE INDO-PACIFIC Nov 7, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R6

S04 MARITIME ADAPTATION AND ISLAND MIGRATION IN MARITIME ASIA AND OCEANIA Nov 6, 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm R3

S05 GLOBAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS: MIGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF CULTURAL ETHOS Nov 3, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm R2

S06 TEXTILES, SPICE, AND ORNAMENTS ROUTES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN: ARCHAEOLOGICAL REALITIES BEYOND THE MYTHS Nov 7, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm R6

S07 MARITIME CONNECTIONS AND HUMAN ADAPTATIONS IN THE EARLY BAY OF BENGAL (4000 - 1500 BP) Nov 3, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm R5

S08 THE AUSTRONESIAN LEGACY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA FROM THE NEOLITHIC TO THE PALAEO-METAL ERA Nov 6, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm R4

S09 ADDRESSING A BURNING NEED: USING THE EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ANCIENT TECHNOLOGIES Nov 4, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm R8

S10 MICROARCHAEOLOGY: ANSWERING THE BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEEP PASTS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA Nov 6, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R8

S11 ARCHAEOMETRY: ADVANCES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION Nov 6, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm R8; Nov 7, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm R8

S12 DRIVERS OF HUMAN EVOLUTION IN ASIA: DIVERSITY AND RESILIENCE Nov 3, 10:00 am - 6:30 pm R3

S13 ORIGINS OF IDENTITY: TEASING APART SIGNATURES OF DISPERSIVE ADAPTATIONS VERSUS INNOVATIONS THROUGH CASE STUDIES FROM WEST ASIA TO AUSTRALIA Nov 3, 8:00 am - 9:30 am R3

S14 BEYOND THE PEBBLE TOOL TRADITION: NEW DISCOVERIES AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON THE PALAEOLITHIC CULTURES OF SOUTHERN CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Nov 4, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R4

S15 PALAEOHOME-PALAEOLITHIC HOMININS AND HABITATS: DEBATING REGIONAL VARIABILITY IN LOWER PALAEOLITHIC TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGIES Nov 6, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm R1

S16 APPROACHES TO INTERPRETING MORTUARY PRACTICES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Nov 6, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm R6

S17 AT THE CROSSROADS: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND SOUTHERN CHINA FROM BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Nov 3, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R2

S18 CAVE SITES AS WINDOWS TO PREHISTORY II Nov 3, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R8

S19 NEW APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION Nov 4, 8:00 am - 2:30 pm R3

S20 URBAN TRANSITIONS IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Nov 4, 8:00 am - 9:30 am R1

S21 PROCESS OF RURALISATION TO URBANISATION: A STRUCTURAL APPROACH Nov 4, 10:00 am - 11:30 am R1

S22 EXPLORING THE URBAN TRADITIONS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA Nov 4, 1:00 pm - 4:45 pm R1

S23 NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS FROM THE THAI-MALAY PENINSULA AT THE TRANSITION FROM LATE PREHISTORY TO EARLY HISTORIC PERIODS Nov 3, 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm R1

S24 LAPITA AND ITS LEGACY: STUDYING THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE PACIFIC FROM LAPITA TO THE POST-LAPITA ERAS Nov 3, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm R2

S25 GLOBAL NETWORKS AND LOCAL INNOVATIONS: CERAMIC PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND CONSUMPTION IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE Nov 3, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R6

S26 SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO CERAMIC RESEARCH IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION Nov 4, 8:00 am - 2:30 pm R7

S27 TOWARD A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS IN INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: ADVANCES IN ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH Nov 7, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm R5

S28 SOCIAL ZOOARCHAEOLOGY IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: ANIMALS, HUMANS, AND SOCIETY Nov 3, 8:00 am - 2:30 pm R5

S29 ROCK ART AS HISTORICAL DISCOURSE AND GLOBAL INNOVATION IN THE INDO-PACIFIC Nov 6, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm R7

S30 ETHNOGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOMUSICOLOGY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION Nov 4, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm R7

S31 FLAVOURS OF THE PAST: MEANINGS AND MATERIALITY OF FOOD IN INDO-PACIFIC ARCHAEOLOGY Nov 6, 8:00 am - 2:30 pm R5

S32 AQUATIC RESOURCES, SETTLEMENT, AND SOCIAL COMPLEXITY IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Nov 6, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm R5

S33 PREHISTORIC AND IRON AGE SITES AND MONUMENTS OF ASIA AS CULT SPOTS AND INSIGHTS INTO ANCIENT RELIGION Nov 7, 8:00 am - 9:30 am R4

S34 ARCHAEOLOGY OF BUDDHISM IN SOUTH ASIA: URBANISATION, SUSTENANCE AND THEIR REPRESENTATION IN MUSEUMS Nov 4, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm R1

S35 RE-INTERPRETING THE ART STYLES OF JAVA AND BALI: 10TH TO 15THCENTURY Nov 4, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R2

S36 ARCHAEOLOGY OF FAITH AND IDENTITY: SACRED LANDSCAPES AND BELIEF SYSTEMS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC Nov 7, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm R3

S37 BOTTOM-UP BIOARCHAEOLOGY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION Nov 3, 8:00 am - 9:45 am R7

S38 RECONSTRUCTING HEALTH AND ADAPTATION IN ANCIENT POPULATIONS OF THE TROPICAL ASIA-PACIFIC REGION Nov 3, 10:00 am - 6:30 pm R7

S39 YOU ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN: APPROACHES IN THE RECOVERY AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE MISSING Nov 7, 8:00 am - 9:30 am R3

S40 PREHISTORY OF SUMATRA: AN ISLAND OF CONNECTIONS TO SOUTHEAST ASIA Nov 4, 3:00 pm - 4:30pm R3

S41 KNOWLEDGE AS CRITERION FOR CULTURE CONTACT Nov 6, 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm R2

S42 RECENT ADVANCES AND NEW PERSPECTIVES IN TAIWAN ARCHAEOLOGY Nov 4, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R6

S43 ANCIENT TRADE NETWORKS BETWEEN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND CHINA (CA. 500 BC) Nov 4, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm R4

S44 MUSEUMS AND BEYOND: APPROACHES TOWARDS PREHISTORY IN PUBLIC OUTREACH AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION Nov 3, 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm R4

S45 SAFEGUARDING THE BLUE PAST: POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES IN MARITIME CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT Nov 4, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm R4

S46 ARCHAEOLOGY, MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE IN MYANMAR, THAILAND AND CAMBODIA: SESSION IN MEMORY OF PROF. ELIZABETH H. MOORE (1949-2024) Nov 4, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm R6

S47 SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: AT THE NEXUS OF RESEARCH, CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT Nov 7, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm R1

S48 SHAPING NARRATIVES: TRACING THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN HERITAGE AND MEMORY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC Nov 3, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R1

S49 NEOFOLKLORISM AND THE URBAN STUDIO: TRANSFORMATIONS IN TRADITIONAL POTTERY IN CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Nov 3, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm R1

S50 BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER ANGKOR: RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TO UNDERSTANDING CAMBODIA’S PAST Nov 7, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm R2

S51 THEORY AND PRAXIS: ETHICS, GENDER, COMMUNITY AND ETHNICITY IN INDO-PACIFIC ARCHAEOLOGY Nov 4, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm R5

S52 TERMS TO PONDER FOR A SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGIST: THE LEGACY OF VICTOR J. PAZ Nov 6, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R2

S53 REVISITING THE SA-HUYNH-CHAMPA INTERFACE: 500 BCE-500 CE Nov 7, 8:00 am - 9:30 am R2

S54 NEW GUINEA AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON THE DEEP HUMAN PAST Nov 6, 8:00 am - 2:30 pm R4

S55 REVISITING AND LOOKING FORWARD IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE STUDIES (IN MEMORY OF PROF. JOHN MIKSIC) Nov 6, 8:00 am - 9:30 am R1

S56 FUTURES OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTERDISCIPLINARY, ORGANISATIONAL, AND COMMUNITY-CENTRED APPROACHES Nov 4, 8:00 am - 2:30 pm R5

S57 NEW RESEARCH TRENDS AND DIRECTIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY: IN HONOUR OF DR. EUSEBIO Z. DIZON Nov 4, 10 am - 11:30 am R8

S58 LIVING HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RELIGIOUS SITES – COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF SACRED SITES AND OBJECTS Nov 3, 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm R6

S59 ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF MATERIAL AND LIVING TRADITIONS IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Nov 7, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm R7

S60 MEGALITHIC COMMUNITIES: SPATIAL DIVERSITY, VARIATIONS, INTERACTION AND MODERN CHALLENGES Nov 3, 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm R8

S61 MATERIAL WORLDS AND CULTURAL NETWORKS: NEW AND ONGOING ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE INDO-PACIFIC Nov 3, 8:00 am - 11:30 am R4