Themes for this year’s conference include: (a) Human evolution in Europe: Archaeology and behavior, (b) Cognition and language, (c) African palaeoclimate and geochronology, (d) Lithic analysis and the origins of early technology, (e) Faunal exploitation strategies in the palaeolithic, and (f) Human responses to climate change: demography, migration, and symbolism.

HOBET was created by five leading UK research institutions specializing in the study of the archaeology of human origins. The forum aims to bring together academics from archaeology, anthropology, geography, environmental sciences, evolutionary psychology, anatomy, and the biological sciences to discuss and debate key issues concerning the origin of the Homo sapiens.

Aside from the University of Liverpool, the other founding institutions include the University of Sheffield, Cambridge University, Oxford University, and the University of Southampton. The founding institutions take turns in hosting HOBET each year featuring sessions that reflect their research interests. The 2013 HOBET will be hosted by Cambridge University.

Beta Analytic would like to thank HOBET organizer Ms. Sally Hoare for her assistance in the display and distribution of the company’s advertising materials at the event.

AMS Dating Services for UK Researchers

ISO 17025-accredited Beta Analytic supports researchers in the UK by providing fast, professional radiocarbon dating services. The laboratory’s standard AMS service has a turnaround time of 14 business days or less. Faster services are available with results reported between 2 to 6 business days.

Beta Analytic has maintained a sample forwarding facility at the London BioScience Innovation Centre to provide its clients a convenient and cost-effective way to send samples to the main office in Miami, Florida. All samples sent to London are forwarded to Miami the same day via overnight courier service at Beta Analytic’s expense. The London office is also Beta Analytic’s forwarding facility for the rest of Europe.

Contact Details:
Beta Analytic Limited
London BioScience Innovation Centre
2 Royal College Street
London NW10NH
United Kingdom
Tel: +(44) 20-7617-7459
Fax: +(44) 20-7160-5350
E-mail: lab@radiocarbon.com

As one of the largest and oldest established gathering of classical scholars and archaeologists, this year’s meeting featured more than 200 events including academic sessions and workshops, presidential plenary sessions, and professional development sessions, e.g. session on obtaining funding for research and a workshop on publishing strategies. The AIA Archaeology Fair was also held for members of the public and conference attendees and their families.

ISO 17025-accredited Beta Analytic has joined this year’s annual meeting as an advertiser with a full-page ad in the meeting program to promote its radiocarbon dating lab’s faster services. The turnaround time for its standard AMS dating service is now at 14 business days or less. Beta Analytic also advertises its lab’s services in the American Journal of Archaeology Outlook, a supplement of the AIA’s journal.

About the Archaeological Institute of America

Established in 1879, the AIA is a non-profit organization committed to preserving the world’s archaeological resources and cultural heritage. The AIA promotes an informed public interest in the cultures and civilizations of the past, supports archaeological research, fosters the sound professional practice of archaeology, advocates the preservation of the world’s archaeological heritage, and represents the discipline in the wider world. Its journal, the American Journal of Archaeology, was founded in 1885 and is one of the world’s most distinguished and widely distributed archaeological journals.

With the theme “By the Dawn’s Early Light: Forging Identity, Securing Freedom, and Overcoming Conflict,” this year’s annual meeting included a symposia, forums and general sessions, the Plenary Session, workshops, organized tours, the Public Archaeology Event, an Opening Night Reception, the SHA Business Meeting, Pre-Awards Banquet Cocktail Hour, Awards Ceremony , and Silent Auction, among others. The 2012 annual conference keynote speaker was Mr. Eamonn P. Kelly, Keeper of Irish Antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland.

The SHA annual conference is held every January. The 2013 conference is slated to take place in Leicester, UK.

ISO 17025-accredited Beta Analytic has joined the 2012 SHA annual conference as an advertiser. Its full-page ad in the meeting program promotes its AMS dating lab’s improved services to SHA members who need a fast turnaround time. The lab’s standard AMS dating service has further reduced its turnaround time from 25 business days to 14 business days.

About the SHA

Formed in 1967, the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) is scholarly group concerned with the archaeology of the modern world (A.D. 1400-present). The society is specifically concerned with the identification, excavation, interpretation, and conservation of sites and materials on land and underwater. The SHA’s journal, Historical Archaeology, publishes articles on cultural identity and ethnicity, the archaeological expressions of cultural landscapes, theoretical applications to historic sites, major site excavations, material culture, and other topics, from both terrestrial and nautical sites.

Since late 2009, the ISO 17025-accredited lab has maintained a presence in China through its sample forwarding facility in Beijing. Clients, however, were billed through the US office. Beta Analytic is based in Miami, Florida.

“For the convenience of our clients and for faster payment processing, we are providing clients the option to be billed in RMB through Xiamen Beco. Right now, we can only accept samples at our Beijing office. We’re still setting up a system for Xiamen Beco to receive samples and forward them to the Miami lab, but soon clients may send their samples either to Beijing or Xiamen,” says Beta Analytic’s China Operations Manager Fuming “Steven” Liu.

To request for a price list in RMB, please contact Mr. Liu at +86 (10) 8418-1950 or liu@betalabservices.com.

Affiliate address:

厦门贝科新碳进出口有限公司
Xiamen Beco Green Carbon Import/Export Co., Ltd.
No.126-7 Yingjiang Road
Jimei District, Xiamen, China 361021

Sample Forwarding Address:

Beta Analytic Inc.
5/F South Block Tower C, Raycom InfoTech Park
No.2 KeXueYuan South Road, Haidian District,
Beijing 100190
China
Tel: +86 (10) 8418-1950
Fax: +86 (10) 5982 2196

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16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology “Identity and Connectivity”
March 1-3, 2012
Florence, Italy

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I Congresso Internacional de Zooarqueologia em Portugal (Congress on Portuguese Zooarchaeology)
March 8-9, 2012
Lisbon. Portugal

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Hydrogeology of Arid Environments
March 14-17, 2012
Hannover, Germany

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Institute for Archaeologists Annual Conference (IFA 2012)
April 18-20, 2012
Oxford, UK

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Society for American Archaeology 77th Annual Meeting
April 18-22, 2012
Memphis, TN (USA)
Booth #812

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European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2012)
April 22-27, 2012
Vienna, Austria
Booth #G02

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Geological Society of America 2012 Annual Meeting
November 4-7, 2012
Charlotte, NC (USA)
Booth #322