Current ICAZ Working Groups

Fish Remains Working Group—

The Fish Remains Working Group (FRWG) was created during an informal meeting held at the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen in 1980. Its members are an interdisciplinary consortium of researchers (archaeozoologists, archaeologists, zoologists, ichthyologists, historians, and fishery biologists) interested not only in the study of fish remains retrieved in archaeological sites from around the world, but also on any matter dealing with fishing, the fish trade, and fish consumption in prehistoric and historic times. One of the main aims of FRWG is to provide data that can be of use in the future management of fishery resources. The FRWG carries out its mandate by sponsoring biannual international conferences and by maintaining a web site at http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/research/foss/ICAZ/icaz.htm. Since 2008 FRWG e-mail addresses have been transferred to the site http://www.archeozoo.org/en-article340.html and were last updated on 30 March 2009 by Foss Leach.

Upcoming FRWG Meeting:

The 16th FRWG meeting will take place in Israel, from October 23-31, 2011. The deadline for registration and abstract submission is July 1st. However, reduced fees are applicable for those that registered by May 31st. For more information check the conference website: http://www.as.huji.ac.il/isf/fish-bones/. Download the announcement (JPEG image)and the first circular and registration form (PDF file).

Past FRWG Meetings:

1. Copenhagen, Denmark (organized by Knud Rosenlund, Inge Bodker-Enghoff, and Jane Richter), August 1980
2. Sophia Antipolis, France (organized by Jean Desse and Natalie Desse-Berset), October 1983
3. Groningen, The Netherlands (organized by Anneke Clason and Dick Brinkhuizen), August, 1985
4. York, United Kingdom (organized by Andrew Jones), September 1987
5. Stora-Korno, Sweden (organized by Leif Jonsson), September 1989
6. Schleswig, Germany (organized by Dirk Heinrich), September 1991
7. Leuven, Belgium (organized by Wim van Neer), September 1993
8. 8. Madrid, Spain (organized by Eufrasia Rosello and Arturo Morales), October 1995
9. Panama City, Panama (organized by Richard Cooke), April 1997
10. New York city, USA (organized by Sophia Perdikaris), September 1999
11. Paihia, New Zealand (organized by Foss Leach), October 2001
12. Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, September 2003
13. Augusta Raurica, Basel/Augst, Switzerland (organized by Heide Hüster Plogmann), October 2005
14. Antibes, France (organized by Philippe Béarez, Sandrine Grouard and Benoît Clavel), October 2007
15. Toruń, Poland (organized by Daniel Makowiecki), September 2009

FRWG Publications

It has been the policy of FRWG to make available the results of its meetings to the scientific community, although not necessarily as proceedings volumes. In spite of occasional difficulties, the recent trend has been encouraging. After the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th FRWG meetings the 13th and 14th have also produced proceedings, namely:

2nd Meeting: 2nd Fish Osteoarchaeology Meeting edited by N. Desse-Berset (1984). Editions du CNRS, Paris.

3rd Meeting: Fish and Archaeology edited by A. Clason and D. Brinkhuizen (1986). BAR International Series 294. Oxford.

7th Meeting: Fish Exploitation in the Past edited by W. Van Neer (1994). Annales Sciences Zoologiques 274. Musèe Royale de L'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren.

13th Meeting: The Role of Fish in Ancient Time, edited by Heidemarie Hüster Plogmann (2007). Verlag Marie Leidorf Gmbh, Rahden/Westf.

14th Meeting: Archéologie du Poisson. 30 ans d’archéo-ichtyologie au CNRS. Hommage aux travaux de Jean Desse et Nathalie Desse-Berset, edited by P. Béarez, S. Grouard and B. Clavel (2008). XXVIIIe rencontres internationales d’archéologie et d’histoire d’Antibes. Éditions APDCA, Antibes

In between, selected papers were sent for publication to refereed journals such as:

The FRWG now intends to make available, both through its website and in paper version, a catalogue of the reference collections held by its various members and the research centers in which they work.

The FRWG has been particularly keen to foster collaboration among its members, resulting in a number of joint research projects and publications.

This information has been contributed by László Bartosiewicz , FRWG Liaison to ICAZ.