Sharma Centre for Heritage Education

New paper out! ✨
What goes into making and maintaining a grinding stone?
This study explores the technological choices behind shaping and sustaining these tools over time.
Using 3D photogrammetry and detailed surface analysis, it rethinks grinding stones as dynamic technologies rather than static artefacts.
🔗 Read more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S235222672600019X⁠�

SMALL TOOLS. BIG IDEAS.
Ever wondered how tiny stone tools shaped big human stories?
Join us for a hands-on, immersive workshop on Late Palaeolithic technologies: where you don’t just learn, you experiment, observe, and create!
From blade and microlith production to microlithic assemblages, tool function, and hafting strategies. This workshop brings together research, practice, and discussion in one space.
✨ Learn
✨ Experiment
✨ Handle real lithic assemblages
✨ Work in teams and build your own project
📍 Venue: Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, Chennai
📅 Dates: May 27–30, 2026
⏳ Last date to apply: April 15, 2026
⚠️ Limited seats available
Selected participants will receive accommodation, meals, and travel support.
If you’re a student, researcher, or faculty in archaeology, anthropology, history, or related fields, this is for you.
📌 Scan the QR code to apply

Communicating our Research & Thoughts to Academic Worlds!
Our cutting-edge research gets out there- to academics across India and the world. We were happy to share our research and thoughts on where the discipline is headed at national and international conferences.
International Symposium : Rethinking Deep Time Debating Palaeolithic Transitions in South India, hosted by IIT-Gandhinagar (Jan 30th to Feb 6th, 2026) (SLIDES ARE ALREADY GIVEN AND PARTLY COMPOSED BY YOU).
Prof.Shanti Pappu was a panelist and spoke on the theme “Prehistory and Emerging Digital Worlds: From the Field to the Classroom” with a group of panelists who shared fascinating thoughts on diverse topics. (INCAA CONFERENCE SLIDE)
Prof. Shanti Pappu was invited to speak at the Dalarik-1 cave Symposium ‘Middle Pleistocene Behavioural Variability-Global and Regional Perspectives’, 26th Feb, 2026, hosted by JHumEnDy lab, where she presented an overview of this topic based on Indian data
Sutonuka Bhattacharya, spoke at the 18th Annual Workshop on South Asian Archaeology Friday, February 27 to Sunday, March 1, 2026 (Hartwick College & University of Chicago” on her exciting research on archaeological and ethnographic grinding stones

Explore these exciting sessions in beautiful Indonesia!
Last few days to submit your abstract to these exciting themes at IPPA, Indonesia !
Session 15: https://www.ippasecretariat.org/ippa2026/sessions/s15
Session 44 : https://www.ippasecretariat.org/ippa2026/sessions/s44

Three days of sparks, stone, and scholarship.

Over three days, “Lithics and Lives” connected people immersed in the prehistoric past: making, observing, and questioning; linking ancient technologies with modern analytical frameworks.

Organised by IIT Gandhinagar in collaboration with Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, the workshop bridged experimental practice and contemporary research, connecting past technologies with current researcch questions.

📢 Call for Abstracts | INQUA INDIA 2027 (HABCOM)
🗓 Deadline: 15 Feb 2026
All Passionate About the Lower Palaeolithic!
Session: PalaeoHome and Beyond: Global Perspectives on the Lower Palaeolithic
Themes include new discoveries, geochronology, hominins & habitats, Acheulian/Oldowan variability, behaviour & outreach.

🔗 Learn more:
https://www.inquaindia2027.in/sessions/s-084-145
OR
https://www.palaeohome.com/s-projects-side-by-side-1

Submit your abstract: https://www.inquaindia2027.in/call-submissions

PALAEOHOME: All About the Lower Palaeolithic
At IPPA 2026, the PalaeoHome session examines technological strategies, cultural transitions, migrations, and behavioural diversity during the Lower Palaeolithic.
By integrating field discoveries, experimental archaeology, and cross-regional perspectives, we aim to push the conversation forward.
🔗 Session link in the comments.

Link: https://www.ippasecretariat.org/ippa2026/sessions/s15

Museums and Outreach: From artefact displays to VR experiences; the ways we communicate prehistory are evolving.
Our IPPA 2026 session explores how museums and institutions worldwide conceptualise, visualise, and update narratives of human evolution and ancient cultures, engaging diverse audiences through both traditional and digital methods.
🔗 Session link in the comments.

Link: https://www.ippasecretariat.org/ippa2026/sessions/s44