Welcome and introductions:
9-9.15 Volker Heyd (Finland): “The ERC YMPACT project: Bridging Archaeology, Bio- and Environmental Sciences”
9.15-9.30 Kristiina Mannermaa (Finland): “ERC project Animals Make Identities (AMI): Multidisciplinary approaches to mortuary archaeology and human-animals-relations”
Session: Bio-Anthropology:
9.30-10 Martin Trautmann (Finland): "Yamnaya dead and Yamnaya alive: First Bioanthropological Insights"
10-10.30 Olga Batanina (Finland): “Age and sex structure of the Mesolithic YOO group: morphological, proteomic and molecular data”
10.30 Coffee break
Session: Genetics, Archaeology and Artificial Intelligence:
10.45-11.15 Yoan Dieckmann (Germany): “Genes on the move—Palaeogenetics and migration from the steppe”
11.15-11.45 Kevin Klein & Maxime Brami (Germany): “Leveraging AI in the funerary archaeology of 3rd millennium BC Europe”
11.45-12:15 Discussion
12.15-13 Lunch break
Session: Bio-Materials:
13-13.30 Aija Macāne (Finland): “What bones can tell us? Traceological studies of osseous materials in hunter-gatherer burials at Zvejnieki (Latvia)”
13.30-14 Tuija Kirkinen (Finland): ”The study of microparticles evidence the use of organic materials. Examples from Skateholm, Sweden, and Kraakanmäki, Finland”
14-14.30 Coffee break
Session: YMPACT and AMI joining forces on isotopes:
14.30-15.15 Elena Sandoval (UK) & Rebekka Eckelmann (Finland): "Steppe to Taiga - Approaching dietary reconstructions in different Societies“
15.15-15.45 Discussion
15.45-16 Conclusions and final words