Programme

The programme can be downloaded here : Programme_Bast_from_the_Past_2025.pdf

Thursday 30 October

08:30 - 09:00 - Registration

09:00 - 09:15 - Welcoming note

SESSION 1: Plant fibre structure and identification

09:15 - 10:00 - Introductive and invited Talk: Liudmila Kozlova, INRAE, Nantes: "Textiles, wood, papyrus: what features of plant fibers dictate their usability?"

10:00 - 10:45 - Invited Talk: Hana Lukesova, University Museum of Bergen: "Unraveling Textile Heritage: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Fibre Species Identification"

10:45 - 11:05 - Emeline Retournard, Université Clermont Auvergne: "New light on fibres. The use of the reflection optical microscope to determine archaeological textile fibres"

11 :05 – 11 :25 - COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2: Focus on collaborative research projects

11:25 - 11:45 - Anita Quiles, CEA, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement: "MERYT : Use of linen textiles for chronological modelling of the Ancient Egyptian Empire"

11:45 - 12:05 - Emmanuelle Delqué-Kolic, CEA, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement: "ISOPALIN : A multi-isotopic approach to reconstructing the growth media of flax fibres used in Ancient Egypt"

12:05 - 12 :25 - Alain Bourmaud, Université Bretagne Sud: "ANUBIS : Understanding the durability of flax fibres through the study of ancient Egyptian yarns"

12 :30 – 14 :00 : LUNCH

SESSION 3: Plant fibres in human societies

14:00 - 14:45 - Invited Talk: Sabine Karg, Institut für Prähistorische Archäologie, Berlin: "Flax as a Multipurpose Resource in European and Egyptian Prehistory"

14:45 - 15:15 - Carlo Santulli, University of Camerino:"Hemp fabric of pictures’ canvases from art gallery in Ascoli Piceno, Italy"

SESSION 4: Advanced techniques for plant fibre characterization

15:15 - 15:45 - Alessia Melelli, Synchrotron Soleil : "Use of Synchrotron tools for ancient plant fibres characterization"

15:45 - 16:15 - Sanaa Galballah, Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, Le Caire: "Development of flax fibre characterization at IFAO"

16:15 - 16:45 - Camille Berruyer, NOVITOM, Grenoble:"The use of microtomography in Archaeology: applications on ancient textile"

16:45 – 17:15 - COFFEE BREAK

17:15 – 18:00 - Tour of IRDL laboratory / Short demos of fibre characterization

Friday 31 October

SESSION 5: Plant fibres in human societies

09:00 - 09:45 - Invited Talk: Camila Alday, University Cambridge: "Archaeobotany of textile plants: Cases from South America"

09:45 - 10:10 - Jörg Müssig, University of Bremen: "Fibre forensics: Unravelling History’s textiles with DNA"

10:10 - 10:40 - COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 6: Mechanical properties of ancient plant fibre materials: characterization and simulation

10:40 - 11:05 - Camille Goudenhooft, ENSTA Bretagne: "Mechanical and biochemical features of archaeological plant fibres"

11:05 - 11:30 - Sofiane Guessasma, INRAE, Nantes:"Advanced numerical models for the understanding of mechanical behaviour of ancient plant fibres and yarns"

Continuing the conversation: Pathways for collaboration and shared research (11:30 - 12:20) 

11:30 - 11:40 - Introduction: Brief recap of the conference, identify shared research directions and explain the breakout format and expected outcomes

11:40 - 12:10 - Breakout Group Discussions

12:10 - 12:20 - Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks

12 :30 - 14:00 - LUNCH

14:00 - 18:00 - SOCIAL ACTIVITY