ICAZ 2006 Poster Competition Results

There were almost a hundred posters on display at the ICAZ 2006 International Conference in México City. They attracted many visitors and a lot of discussion. Deciding which posters deserved to be awarded prizes was a difficult task because all were very high quality. The judges(1) finally chose the following winners:

OPEN CATEGORY—

Winner ($500 prize): Marta Moreno-Garcia and Carlos M. Pimenta • Osteometric Characterization of Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus): The First Database (view poster; 1.2M JPG file)

Runner-Up ($250 prize): Masaki Eda, Shozo Mihara, and Hiroko Koike • Were They Wild?: Traditional Bone Observations and Ancient DNA and Stable Isotope Analyses for Goose (Anserinae) Archaeological Remains from Japan (view poster; 800KB PDF file)

Honourable Mention: Laura J. Miller • Secondary Products and Urban Provisioning: Regional Economies and the Indus Civilization (view poster; 1.3M PDF file)

Honourable Mention: Luciana Sianto, Marcia Chame, Luiz Fernando Ferreira, and Adauto Araújo • Parasites and Climate Changes (view poster; 4.8M PDF file)

STUDENT CATEGORY—

Winner ($500 prize): Helena Malmström, Gunilla Holmlund, Anders Götherström, Carles Vila • No Signs of Local Canid Domestication in Ancient Scandinavian (view poster; 340KB PDF file)

Runner-Up ($250 prize): Emma Svensson, Maria Vretemark, Anders Götherström • Molecular vs. Osteological Sex Determination in Cattle: Confirmation of Osteological Methods by Ancient DNA Analysis (view poster; 143KB PDF file)

Honourable Mention: Anna Linderholm • Can the Colour of a Horse Tell Us Something about its Status and the Status of its Owner? Determining the Colour of Horses from Bronze Age, Siberia to the Viking Age, in Northern Europe Using SNPs (view poster; 750KB GIF file)

Honourable Mention: Eriko Ishimaru, Tetsuya Umino, Minoru Yoneda, Ichiro Tayasu • Identification of Origin of Faunal Remains: Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Marine Fishes (view poster; 300KB PDF file)

(1)The panel of judges included Umberto Albarella (UK), Luis Borrero (Argentina), Eduardo Corona-M. (Mexico), Pam Crabtree (USA), Roel Lauwerier (The Netherlands), Guillermo L Mengoni (Argentina), Sebastian Payne (UK), and Betsy Reitz (USA).