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Katie A. Hemer

@katieahemer.bsky.social

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Bioarchaeologist, early medievalist, FSA, Cymraes, Welsh speaker. Mum. Assoc. Prof @UCLarchaeology. President of @SSCIPChildhood. Deputy Editor - Medieval Archaeology. Views always my own.

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Welcome to the team Tom!

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

We are delighted to announce that next year @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
conference takes us to Oulu, Finland (June 10th-12th) where we will be hosted by Sanna Lipkin and colleagues

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

We announced the winner of this year's student presentation prize: Javier Salcines-Montana! Congratulations Javier on your fascinating talk about emotion and infant burial in the Bronze Age and Iron Age Iberia
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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

To close day two of the conference @sscipchildhood.bsky.social we thanked the organisers of this year's conference Felix, Mathilde, Izzy and Halle

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

And the other by colleagues from Videnskabsklubben - an afterschool initiative across Denmark that teaches children about science, including Archaeology.

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

This year @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
we've had a couple of amazing workshops; one on incremental isotope analyais with Julia Beaumont (aka Bradford Tooth Fairy) and Corinne Feuillatre

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

And finally, Marta Fernández-Viejo explored infant burial practices, health and disease in Valladolid, Spain @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

Alba Navarro-Pérez looked at evidence for dental microwear in juvenile remains from Terrinches, Spain (sorry, I didn't get a picture of the speaker!)

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

Finally before a break, Marta García-Barreirro presented a possible case of hip dysplasia @sscipchildhood.bsky.social (sorry, I didn't get a picture of the speaker!)

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

@sscipchildhood.bsky.social Our very own Secretary, Creighton Avery, explored puberty in ancient Rome

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

Joining us online @sscipchildhood.bsky.social and asking us to 'Please think of the children' was Selene Rodríguez-Caraballo (sorry for the pic!)

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

@sscipchildhood.bsky.social Our very own journal editor Prof. Eileen Murphy spoke about the evidence of violent trauma on the remains of juveniles from medieval Ireland

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

The relationship between children and animals in the burial record was explored by Povilas Blazevicius @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

Sonia Lopez-Chamizo and Elías Brossoise offered an interesting and powerful perspective on infant burial in Málaga @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

Day Two @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
started with a thoughtful paper by Javier Salcines-Montana presenting on infant death and emotion in prehistoric Iberia

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

That ends on a note of hope...

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 26

Today's fascinating and sobering keynote by @kalexand.bsky.social @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our next speaker before tea @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
is Sascha Bjerg Bøgebjerg talking about the Kidlink forum

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Now to something more recent @sscipchildhood.bsky.social .....Sanna Lipkin looks at 20th century refugees in Finland

Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Joined now virtually @sscipchildhood.bsky.social by Daria Loznjak Dizdar speaking about bronze age and iron age children in river confluence environments

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Now exploring life in the Carpathian basin during two climate change events, Csilla Libor @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Now back from a tasty lunch @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
for our first speaker of the afternoon - Corinne Feuillatre speaks about her isotope research on populations in Sudan

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Wow! Our next @sscipchildhood.bsky.social
speaker Majken Astrup tells us about Skalk Junior - a magazine about archaeology aimed at children here in Denmark

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Katie A. Hemer @katieahemer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Starting with our first session speaker, Izzy Wisher @sscipchildhood.bsky.social

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