Programme
12–15 May 2027, Porto Alegre
Four days of invited lectures, oral presentations, and a field trip to the coastal plain of Rio Grande do Sul.
Draft programme. Times show the start of each activity and may change. The detailed schedule of oral presentations and posters will be published after the notification of acceptance (19 March 2027). All sessions take place at the Centro Cultural, UFRGS, except the field trip.
Wednesday, 12 May
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:00 |
Registration Registration and welcome Registration and reception of participants. |
| 09:30 |
Ceremony Opening ceremony and presentation of the 4th TAAS Matias Ritter, Fernando Erthal |
| 10:00 |
Keynote Keynote lecture — Actualistic taphonomy in South America: trajectory, scales and challenges To be announced |
| 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 11:10 |
Oral session Oral presentations |
| 12:10 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 |
Oral session Oral presentations |
| 15:40 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 |
Oral session Oral presentations |
| 17:10 |
Invited lecture Lithic taphonomy in Fuego-Patagonia: dunes, wind, and what remains of the archaeological record Karen Borrazzo CONICET – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Thursday, 13 May
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:00 |
Invited lecture Shells as archives: molluscan taphonomy in the Río de la Plata, from the Pleistocene to the present Alejandra Rojas Universidad de la República, Uruguay |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:20 |
Oral session Oral presentations |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 |
Oral session Oral presentations |
| 15:40 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 |
Oral session Oral presentations |
| 17:10 |
Invited lecture From actualistic taphonomy to archaeology: what present-day processes tell us about Pampean records María Amelia Gutiérrez CONICET – INCUAPA, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Friday, 14 May
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:00 |
Invited lecture Fossil record and macroecology: what shells tell us about marine biodiversity in the southeastern Pacific Marcelo Rivadeneira CEAZA and Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile |
| 10:00 | Coffee break |
| 10:20 |
Oral session Oral presentations |
| 11:20 |
Invited lecture From invertebrate taphonomy to conservation paleobiology Marcello Guimarães Simões Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil |
| 12:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 |
Oral session Oral presentations |
| 16:00 |
Keynote Closing lecture — Taphonomy as a tool for environmental change: what the recent record says about the future Susan Kidwell University of Chicago, USA |
| 17:00 |
Ceremony Closing ceremony Matias Ritter, Fernando Erthal |
| 17:30 | Closing coffee break |
Saturday, 15 May
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:00 |
Field trip Field trip — Lagoa do Peixe National Park Rodrigo Scalise Horodyski, Matias Ritter, Fernando Erthal Biological and sedimentary records in lagoonal, estuarine and coastal environments. Optional; sign-up required and places are limited. |
