Steering Committee
2021     Two Rains Conference, University of Cambridge (online)
2019      State of the Field, the Ancient DNA Revolution in Archaeology, JIAAW

 

Session Organisation
2021     Indus Bioarchaeology, TwoRains Conference (online)
2017     American Anthropological Association 16th Meeting
2016     World Archaeology Congress 08 Kyoto

 

Papers and Posters

2021

Bates, J., Green, A.S., Conesa, F., Garcia-Molsosa, A., Jones, P.J., Lightfoot, E., Orengo, H.A., Üstünkaya, M.C., Walker, J., Wright, N., Singh, R.N., Petrie, C.A. (postponed)

Many communities, many foods: the economic and political implications of diversified cropping strategies before, during and after urbanism in northwest India c.3200-1500BC.

Paper presented at the SAA, (online).

 

2020

Bates, J.

Beyond Cereals: exploring agricultural and food nuance in the Indus Civilisation.

Paper presented at the ‘Food’ Colloquium, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania.

 

Bates, J. (postponed)

De-coding or re-coding? Exploring the contested history of Indus archaeology, a case study from Rakhigarhi.

Paper presented at the Centre for Ancient Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

 

2019

Bates, J.

Indus Foodways: exploring the implications of new theoretical perspectives beyond ‘diet’ and ‘subsistence’.

Paper presented at the Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison.

 

Bates, J., Singh, R.N., Petrie, C.A.

A view from the villages: disentangling ‘multi-cropping’, agricultural adaptation and resilience in the Indus Civilisation.

Paper presented at the International Working Group for Paleoethnobotany, Lecce.

 

Bates, J.

Contested heritage at Rakhigarhi, Haryana, India.

Interactive poster presented at the Hacking Heritage Unconference, Brown University