The World Neolithic Congress will be held in Şanlıurfa on November 4-8

The 2024 World Neolithic Congress aims to bring together discussion of diverse Neolithic formations that took place across different geographical locations in different time-frames following diverse cultural and socio-economic trajectories.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced that the World Neolithic Congress, which will be held for the first time in the world, will be held in Şanlıurfa on November 4-8.

In a statement made on the Ministry's social media account, it was stated that Turkey will host the congress, which will be held for the first time in the world.

The statement, which informed that the congress will be held in Şanlıurfa on November 4-8, noted the following:

"As the country that conducts the most archaeological studies in the world, we have become one of the leading stakeholders in world archaeology with our excavations, conservation works and scientific publications that shed light on history with the Stone Hills Project, which started with Göbeklitepe. We will shape the future of Neolithic studies together with Turkish and foreign scientists at this important event to be held in Şanlıurfa with more than 1000 participants from 64 countries."

The Organizing Committee announced their goals and program from website of the World Neolithic Congress 

The 2024 World Neolithic Congress aims to bring together discussion of diverse Neolithic formations that took place across different geographical locations in different time-frames following diverse cultural and socio-economic trajectories. The Congress will provide a platform for comparing increasing Neolithic social complexity in different parts of the world.

The emergence of Neolithic cultures has been one of the most critical turning points in human history laying the foundations for our present global impact and population size, and playing a significant role in the evolution of human society over the past 12,000 years.

The Congress intends to challenge conventional theories and terminologies on the emergence and the development of productive and newly adapted ways of living.

Focus will be on sedentary lifeways, impacts on nature, the built environment , social hierarchies, the cognitive frameworks for ever-shifting norms, ontological approaches, symbols, identities, beliefs, cult practices, sanctuaries, artworks, cognition, innovation , technologies, languages, craft specialization, resilience, demographic pressure, climatic fluctuations, defining the impact of environmental settings; the use and implications of natural and bioscience research, particularly genetic, isotopic, residues, radiocarbon dating, physical anthropology, geoarchaeology, and also the most recent archaeological results from primary and secondary core areas of Neolithic formations.

The Congress aims to foster new ways of looking and thinking about Neolithic phenomena on both local and global scales.

PROGRAM
 

3 November Sunday
17:00 Opening Ceremony

4 November Monday
09:30 – 10:15 Plenary session keynote talk
10:30 – 12:00 1 Sitting
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 18:00 3 Sittings

5 November Tuesday
09:30 – 10:15 Plenary session keynote talk
10:30 – 12:00 1 Sitting
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 - 18:00 Site Visit 1: Göbeklitepe, Sayburç, Çakmaktepe
Site Visit 2: Sefertepe, Karahantepe, Harbetsuvan

6 November Wednesday
09:30 – 10:15 Plenary session keynote talk
10:30 – 12:00 1 Sitting
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 18:00 3 Sittings

7 November Thursday
09:30 – 10:15 Commemorating
10:30 – 12:00 1 Sitting
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 - 18:00 Site Visit 1: Göbeklitepe, Sayburç, Çakmaktepe
Site Visit 2: Sefertepe, Karahantepe, Harbetsuvan

8 November Friday
09:30 – 10:15 Plenary session keynote talk
10:30 – 12:00 1 Sitting
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 18:00 3 Sittings

9 November Saturday
Departures and Post Congress Excursions

For More: https://www.worldneolithiccongress.org/