List of Conferences & Seminars

2025

Kesarwani, M., Channarayapatna, S., Goswami, V., and Paul, D. C, O and Sr Isotopes of teeth enamels of cattle/ buffalo at Dholavira: Implication to past human-animal interactions of Harappans, National Conference on 3rd Frontiers in Geosciences Research Conference, at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, February.

2024

Sreelakshmi, K.S., and Channarayapatna, S. Unveiling the Mystique around Ritualistic Feasting in Vayanattukulavan Theyyam in Kerala, India. Paper presented at the 15th SIEF Ritual Year Working Group Conference: Food, Feasts, Festivities, and Folklore at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, December.
Ghosh, A., Rajesh, SV., Abhayan, GS., Reber, E.A., Liston, H., Kirubakaran, S., and Channarayapatna, S. Understanding Cooking techniques through Lipid Residue Analysis at the Harappan site of Surkotada, Rann of Kachchh, Gujarat. Paper presented at the conference on Culinary Histories and Cultures: Insights from South Asia at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India, October.
Prabhu, G., and Channarayapatna, S. Phosphorus Analysis of Soil Samples from Shikarpur: Investigating Human Activity Layers. Poster presented at the ARCH_ANT Symposium at Kalamata, University of Peloponnese, Greece, September.
Ghosh, A., Ajithprasad, P., Reber, E.A., Liston, H., Kirubakaran, S., Channarayapatna, S., and Sreelakshmi K.S. Foods for Afterlife from the Burials of Dhaneti, Gujarat, India: New Light on the Harappan Mortuary Archaeology of South Asia. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists at the University of North Sapienza, Rome, Italy, August.
Biswas, C., Channarayapatna, S. and Pandey, C.N. Historical Hierarchies Amongst the Sundarban Wild Animals. Poster presented at the 33rd International Society for Anthrozoology Conference at Gloucestershire, UK, June.
Chimthanawala, A., Deshpande-Mukherjee, A., Menon, J., and Verma, S. Evolution of Animal-Based Food Economy from Painted Grey Ware to Northern Black Polished Ware Cultures in Indor Khera, Bulandshahr District, Uttar Pradesh: A Comparative Analysis. Poster presented in the 8th International Congress of Society of South Asian Archaeology (SOSAA), Bihar Museum, Bihar, April.
Lamba, A., Goyal, P., and Parmar, N. A Preliminary Report of the Faunal Research at Tigrana with Special Reference to its Late Harappan period. Poster presented at the 8th International Congress of the Society of South Asian Archaeology at Patna, Bihar, April 2024.
Chaudhuri, A, Krishnan, K, Ajithprasad, P., and Channarayapatna, S. Taphonomic Study of Fossil Fauna from Gopnath, Gujarat, India. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Workshop on South Asian Archaeology at the University of Chicago and Hartwick College, United States of America, March.
Ghosh, A., and Channarayapatna, S. Enumerating Embedded Food Memories through Culinary Apparatus and Recipes from a Food Ethnographic Lens: Echoes from the modern-day Dholavira village, Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Workshop on South Asian Archaeology at the University of Chicago and Hartwick College, United States of America, March.
Ghosh, A. Do vessel forms entail functions? Understanding vessel function through residual analysis in the Harappan cultural settlement of Karanpura and Rupnagar. Paper Presented in the Annual Meeting of Archaeological Institute of America, January.

2023

Biswas, C. Sensing the Wild, Exploring Socio-Cultural and Ecological Dynamics of Wild Animals in Sundarban. Paper Presented at The Factual Animal: Audiovisual Representations of Real Other-Than-Human Animals, University of Valencia, Spain, December.
Biswas, C. Beyond conflict’: The Negotiated Human-Tiger Cohabitation Conundrum in the Sundarban. 2nd International Anthrozoology Conference- Perspectives of the Human-Animal Relationship. Paper Presented at Anthrozoology Research Group at the University of Debrecen, Hungary, October.
Chaudhuri, A, Krishnan, K, Costa, G.A., Ajithprasad, P., and Channarayapatna, S. Taphonomic Study of Fossil Fauna from Gopnath, Gujarat, India. Poster presented at the 6th Workshop Young Researchers in Archaeometry at Tübingen, Germany, October.
Kesarwani M, Channarayapatna, S, Goswami, V, Paul D, Bisht, and R.S. Strontium Isotope Analysis of Domestic Animal Remains from Dholavira to Reconstruct their Mobility Patterns. Paper presented at the 14th International Council of Archaeozoology conference at Cairns, Australia, August.
Padi, U, Prabhakar, V.N., Channarayapatna, S, Jain, V., and Ray, J.S. Multi-faceted Analysis of Shells from the Prehistoric Shell Midden Site of Bambhanka near Dholavira, District Kachchh, Gujarat (India). Paper presented atthe 14th International Council of Archaeozoology conference at Cairns, Australia, August.
Biswas, C. From ancient curiosities to contemporary conundrums: Orkney’s enigmatic seal-ationship. Paper Presented at Global Connects-EARTH Scholars, Scotland, UK, July.
Channarayapatna, S, and Salvi, P. Is that ivory or bone? A case study of multi-method investigation of Bhagatrav's circular osseous artifacts. Paper presented at the International conference on “Emerging insights on human histories and past environments in India” at the Centre for Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, June.
Kumari, S, Channarayapatna, S, and Raman, S. Preservation of rock art images by enhancement techniques. Paper presented at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (50 Years of Synergy) conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April.
Padi, U, Prabhakar, V.N., Channarayapatna, S, Jain, V., and Ray, J.S. Multi-faceted Analysis of Shells from the Prehistoric Shell Midden site of Bambhanka near Dholavira, District Kachchh, Gujarat (India). Poster presented at the Emerging Perspective of the Harappan Civilisation, an International Colloquium on the Genesis, Material Culture, Climate Scenario and Theoretical Perspective on the Harappan Civilisation, Gujarat, IIT Gandhinagar, February.
Menon S, and Channarayapatna, S. Characterisation of diagenesis of animal bones from the Harappan site of Dholavira, India. Poster presented at the Emerging Perspective of the Harappan Civilisation, an International Colloquium on the Genesis, Material Culture, Climate Scenario and Theoretical Perspective on the Harappan Civilisation, Gujarat, IIT Gandhinagar, February.
Kesarwani, M, Channarayapatna, S, and Bisht, R.S. Isotopic studies of animal remains from the Harappan site of Dholavira for Palaeodiet, mobility and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Poster presented at the Emerging Perspective of the Harappan Civilisation, an International Colloquium on the Genesis, Material Culture, Climate Scenario and Theoretical Perspective on the Harappan Civilisation, Gujarat, IIT Gandhinagar, February.
Channarayapatna, S, Saravanan, S, and Bisht, R.S. Preliminary results from the traceological investigations on the Dholavira worked bone corpus. Poster presented at the Emerging Perspective of the Harappan Civilisation, an International Colloquium on the Genesis, Material Culture, Climate Scenario and Theoretical Perspective on the Harappan Civilisation, Gujarat, IIT Gandhinagar, February.

2022

Biswas, C. Mapping animal vulnerability in the context of cyclone and flood disaster in Sundarbans. Paper Presented at the Animal in War and Disaster Symposium, Global Research Network, UK, September.
Biswas, C. Decolonizing Resilience: Reconstructing the oral hi/stories of Cyclonic disaster in Sundarbans. Paper Presented at the ESEH, University of Bristol, UK, July.
Ghosh, A. A study of recently discovered ceramic assemblages from the mudflats of East Medinipur, coastline, West Bengal, India: Questioning the South Asian Connection. Paper Presented at the World Archaeology Congress, Prague, July.
Ghosh, A. Beyond Vessels and Edibles: Understanding the culinary tradition through ethnography at Rann of Kutch, Gujarat. Paper Presented at the World Archaeology Congress, Prague, July.
Ghosh, A. Beyond hearth and pots: an ethnographic journey inside the Dholavira village, Rann of Kutch of Gujarat. Paper Presented at the 25th international conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology, Barcelona, Spain, July.
Salvi, P, and Channarayapatna, S. Use Wear analysis of circular bone objects from the Sorath Harappan-Medieval site of Bhagatrav (India). Paper presented in the 25th International Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art, Barcelona, Spain, July.
Biswas, C, and Channarayapatna, S. How did I land up here? The identity dilemma of Bengal Tigers in Sundarbans. Paper presented at the Zooarchaeology Saves the World, Hosted by the School of History, Archaeology, and Religion at Cardiff University, Wales, UK, May.
Channarayapatna, S, and Saravanan, S. Traceological and taphonomical analysis of Dholavira bone points. Poster presented at the Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts (AWRANA) Conference, Barcelona, Spain, April.
Channarayapatna, S, Saravanan, S and Bisht, R.S. An ethnoarchaeological study of Dholavira worked bone assemblage through experimental reconstruction and use-wear analysis. Paper presented at the 9th World Archaeology Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, July.
Menon, S., and Channarayapatna, S. Characterization of diagenesis of bones from the Harappan site of Dholavira, Kutch, Gujarat, India. Paper presented at the 2nd Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Palaeontologists (VCWAP), Toulouse, France, March.
Saravanan, S, and Channarayapatna, S. Use-wear analysis of Dholavira bone artefacts: a comparison of morphology and functionalities. Paper presented in the 2nd Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Palaeontologists (VCWAP), Toulouse, France, March.
Ghosh. A. Sampling for residue analysis: a lesser-known phenomenon from South Asian archaeology. Paper presented at the Northern Palaeolithic and Evolutionary Anthropology Conference (AWRANA). April.
Ghosh. A. Exploring the possibilities of digital activation of myriad popular memoirs in two divergent heritage scapes from eastern and western India. Paper Presented at the International Conference on “Digital Humanities Alliance for Research and Teaching Innovations” (Dharti), February.

2021

Biswas, C. Traces of Convivial conservation in Local Mythologies of Sundarbans. Paper Presented at the Anthropology and Conservation Virtual conference, Royal Anthropology Institute, London, UK, October.
Biswas, C. Research collaboration with marginal-native communities: a case study from Sundarbans. Paper presented at The (in) useful science. Perspectives for reflection and comparison between archaeology, cultural anthropology and history. Department of History, Culture and Civilization, University of Bologna, Italy, October.
Ghosh.A. Understanding the Role of an Archaeological site in Shaping the Life of Locals: A Case study of Dholavira, Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. Paper Presented at the Perspectives of Discussion among Archaeology, Cultural, Anthropology, and History by University of Bologna, Italy, October.
Ghosh. A. People and Their Heritage: A Case Study of Chinsurah, West Bengal. Paper Presented at the Regional Conference on Eastern Indian Heritage, Archaeology Conservation Studies' by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University, Kolkata, WB, October.
Ghosh.A. Understanding Coastal Contacts through Newly Discovered Inter-tidal Sites Along the Shoreline of Bay of Bengal: East Medinipur, West Bengal. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of European Association of Archaeology,' Kiel, Germany, September.
Biswas, C. Community-induced research methodology: a decolonized approach. Paper presented at The 8th International Degrowth Conference: Caring Communities for Radical Change, Hague, Netherlands, August.
Biswas, C. Mapping of Marginalisation Experiences of Cyclone Amphan in Indian Sundarbans. Paper Presented at the IICAS 12. Kyoto, Japan, August.
Channarayapatna, S, and Valensi, P. Proboscideans at the Middle Pleistocene prehistoric cave of Lazaret (France): archaeozoological, taphonomic and palaeoecological implications. Poster presented at the VIII International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives Online Conference, October.
Biswas, C, and Channarayapatna, S. Mapping the evolutionary trend of the Bengal Tiger by examining the changing human-tiger interaction in the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem. Paper presented at The Past and Present Kingdom of Carnivores: Taphonomy, Eco-ethology, Biodiversity. Implications on the Human Behaviour - TAPHEN (Taphonomy European Network), Toulouse, FR, May.
Biswas, C. Historical hierarchies amongst the Sundarban animals. Poster presented at The International Conference on Animal Life Histories, 2022, Basel, Switzerland, March.
Biswas, C. Transposing natural disaster to climate disaster: a case study of the cyclonic adaptation trend in Sundarbans. Paper presented at The Indian Anthropology Congress 2021: Anthropology Theory to Application, New Delhi, India, February.
Ghosh.A. The dead and their grave goods: a story of Deccan Chalcolithic. Paper Presented at the Cambridge student Archaeology conference, UK, February.

2020

Biswas, C. Eco-casteism of commons. Poster presented at the Third Biennial Conference of the Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) on Contested Natures: Power, Possibility, Prefiguration, Brighton, UK, September.
Biswas, C. Ecological-spatial processes of marginalization in Sundarbans. Paper Presented at The Webinar International on English Literature from the Margins of Class, Caste, Race and Gender, Naihati, India, August.

2019

Channarayapatna, S, and A. M. Moigne. How much can animal teeth tell us? Reconstructing aspects of animal utilization, palaeodiet, and taphonomy through dental mesowear studies. Paper presented at the Joint Annual Conference of Indian Archaeological Society (IAS), Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies (ISPQS) and History and Culture Society (HCS), Trivandrum, India, November.
Channarayapatna, S. Quantity vs Context: Interpreting the Remains of Principal Domesticates from the Mature Harappan Household Complexes at Farmana. Paper presented at the 8th Postgraduate Zooarchaeology Forum (Working group of the International Council of Archaeozoology) Conference, Yerevan, Armenia, June.

2018

Thun Hohenstein, U., Channarayapatna, S., and Moigne, A. M. Assessing prehistoric bison exploitation at the Palaeolithic sites of Isernia La Pineta (Italy) and Caune de l’Arago (France) through a study of their dental remains. Paper presented at the XIII Conference of International Council of Archaeozoology, Ankara, Turkey, September.
Channarayapatna, S and Joglekar, P. P. Wild fauna utilisation strategies in the Eastern Domain during the Early, Mature and Late Harappan Period: new methods and fresh perspectives. Paper presented at the XXIV Conference of European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art, Naples, Italy, July.
Channarayapatna, S and Joglekar, P. P. Biometry and diversity: application of some analytical methods and statistical tools to archaeofauna from the Eastern Domain of the Harappan civilization. Paper presented at the VII Conference of Postgraduate Zooarchaeology Forum, Palermo, Italy, June.
Channarayapatna, S., Thun Hohenstein, U and Peretto, C. Reviewing human subsistence strategies at the Lower Palaeolithic site of Isernia La Pineta (Molise, Italy) through recent archaeozoological investigations on large mammals. Paper presented at the XVIII International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, Paris, France, June.

2016

Channarayapatna, S., Lembo, G., Peretto, C., and Thun Hohenstein, U. Application of GIS to study the distribution of taphonomic agents and their artefacts on the faunal remains from Isernia La Pineta. Paper presented at the 4 th ICAZ Taphonomy Working Group Meeting, Paris, France, September.
Channarayapatna, S., Valensi, P., and Thun Hohenstein, U. Archaeozoological analyses of large mammals from the prehistoric cave site of Lazaret, France: A case study of Archaeostratigraphic Unit 28. Paper presented at the 9th Conference of Young in Archaeological Investigation (JIA) “Archaeology in 3D: a Social Tool, a Historic and Natural Science Agent, Santander, Spain, June.
Grandi, F., Channarayapatna, S., D’Argenio, F., Pineda, A., Thun Hohenstein, U., and Peretto, C. Preliminary Archaeozoological Results from the Recent Sands Layers of Isernia La Pineta (Molise, Italy). Paper presented at the 9th Conference of Young in Archaeological Investigation (JIA) “Archaeology in 3D: a Social Tool, a Historic and Natural Science Agent, Santander, Spain, June.

2015

Thun Hohenstein, U., Channarayapatna, S., Grandi, F., Martino, C., D’Argenio, F., and Peretto, C. Nuovi dati archeozoologici dal sito di Isernia La Pineta (Molise). Paper presented at the Conference of Associazione Italiana di Archeozoologia, Lecce, Italy, November.
Thun Hohenstein, U., Bertolini, M., Channarayapatna, S., Modolo, M., and Peretto, C. Bone Retouchers from some Italian Middle Palaeolithic sites (Riparo Tagliente, Grotta della Ghiacciaia, Grotta Reali). Paper presented at Retouching the Palaeolithic: International workshop on Palaeolithic Bone Tools, Hannover, Germany, October.
C. V. Sharada., and Joglekar, P. P. A Preliminary Report on the Faunal Exploitation and Taphonomy of the Osteological Remains from the Ancient Harappan Site of Mitathal, Bhiwani District, Haryana. Paper presented at the Joint Annual Conference of the Indian Archaeological Society, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies and Indian History and Culture Society, Lucknow, India, December.

2010

C. V. Sharada. Mammalian Carnivores as Taphonomic Agents in Bone Modifications: An Experimental Study on Teeth Marks in Controlled Environment. Paper presented at the National Conference on Recent Advances in Indian Archaeology, M S University, Vadodara, India, December.
C. V. Sharada., and Joglekar, P. P. A Preliminary Report on the Faunal Exploitation and Taphonomy of the Osteological Remains from the Ancient Harappan Site of Mitathal, Bhiwani District, Haryana. Paper presented at the Third International Conference of Society for South Asian Archaeology, University of Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August.

2009

C. V. Sharada., and Joglekar, P. P. Faunal remains from Madina, Rohtak District, Haryana. Paper presented at the Joint Annual Conference of the Indian Archaeological Society, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies and Indian History and Culture Society, Allahabad, India, December.

2008

C. V. Sharada., and Joglekar, P. P. Preliminary Observations on the Faunal Remains from Farmana, Haryana. Paper presented at the Joint Annual Conference of the Indian Archaeological Society, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies and Indian History and Culture Society, Bhubaneswar, India, December.

2006

C. V. Sharada., and Joglekar, P. P. Understanding Post-Depositional Bone Modification Processes: An Actualistic Approach. Paper presented at the Joint Annual Conference of the Indian Archaeological Society, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies and Indian History and Culture Society, Gwalior, India, December.