16th Meeting Osmaniye 2026

The 16th WBRG Meeting will take place at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University in Osmaniye, Turkey, from 5.–9. October 2026. It will be organised by Ayça Gerçek.

Events concerned with boneworking and related subjects. Contributions are welcome. Please submit any dates to Hans Christian Küchelmann

Current Studies on Archaeological Worked Bone Heritage
Heritage Journal Special Issue prepared by Grzegorz Osipowicz and Justyna Orłowska
Call for Papers
Manuscript submission deadline 30.6.2026

23.-25.4.2026
„Engraved bones: Gripping aids, signs, and decorations“
Workshop • Berlin, Germany
Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques (UISPP) commission „Modified Bone and Shell“.
Workshop website

20.5.2026
Worked Shells in the ancient world. Material, use, typology, chronology and contexts
Online symposium •. Izmir, Turkey
Poster

31.8.–4.9.2026
Miniature and miniaturisation. Artefactual, technical and symbolic issues in worked material used as tools
Session at the 21st UISPP Congress in Poznań, Poland
Session description

5.–9.10.2026
16th WBRG meeting • Osmaniye, Turkey
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Multilingual lexicon of bone industries

Version 2 (2016): French, English, Deutsch, Dansk, Español, Italiano, Português, Român, Bulgarian, Polski, Russian, Magyar
Version 1 (2010): Francais, English, Italiano, Español
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Rijkelijkhuizen, Marloes J. / Zeiler, Jörn T. / van Dijk, Joyce (2024):
Osseous and keratinous objects from the Netherlands
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