CIfA Early Careers Conference: Amplifying the Voices of Early Career Archaeologists

This conference was organised by the CIfA Early Careers Special Interest Group and held during the 2021 Festival of Archaeology as part of Student Takeover Day. It was an opportunity for archaeology students and early career archaeologists to present their work to the public and throughout the day our 15 speakers presented on an incredible range of subjects so there's something of interest for everyone!

All of the presentations can be watched on the CBA YouTube channel via the link below:

• Sabrina Ki - Analyses of Entheseal Change and Confounding Effects on Activity Interpretation in Medieval Exeter: no significant effect from age, sex, and body mass.   
• Simran Kaur Saini - Religious Architecture During the Tughlaq Period: A Case of Begumpuri Masjid.  
• Max Szynalski  - The archaeology and trade links of Wolvesey Palace.  
• Diptarka Datta - Multiple Appropriations of a Medieval Monument: A Case Study of the Sultan Ghari's Tomb, India. 
• James Dunne - Rituals and Symbolism.  
• Claire Hayes - The significance of monument building in the British Neolithic. 
• Laura Jones  - Locusts: an apocalyptic iconographical representation of the medieval ‘Warhorse’.
• Rosie Crawford - Learning about diet in Archaeology - Bioarchaeology (Isotopes). 
• Ginette Rough- An exploration of fatphobia and the body in Archaeology.   
• Jasper Sandford-McFadden - Archaeological Investigation of the Site of Battle of Culloden. 
• Kelly Griffiths - Horse Sense: An investigation into Human-Horse Relationships in the Iron Age. 
• Michael D’Aprix - The Fragmentation of Archaeology: The hurdles that archaeologists face in a divided discipline. 
• Elizabeth Legge - Marcus Julius Agrippa I, the Roman-Judaean grandson of Herod the Great. 
• Megan Schlanker - The Archaeology of the Underrepresented.  
• Summer Austin - Methods for studying the antiquities market. 
• Wil Partridge - Picking up the Pieces: Romano-British Pewter Tableware in Wiltshire. 

All of the presentations can be viewed on the CBA YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0jz2K7enTbSdXzW0vbNNyun92b3JPvvG(link is external).

Two posters were submitted as part of the conference which can be viewed in the attached files.

• Jasper Sandford - McFaddenArchaeological Investigation of the Site of the Battle of Culloden
• Kristin Davison and James Morrison - Drawing Out Information from Roman Wells

The CIfA Early Careers Special Interest Group is for anyone in the early stages of their career in archaeology, or for those who want to share their skills and experience with early career professionals. You can find out more about group via our web page https://www.archaeologists.net/groups/EC(link is external) or follow us on Facebook(link is external) or Twitter(link is external).