EAA AM 2017
On 30 November 2016 proposals for sessions are due for the 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA AM 2017), to be held in Maastricht (Kingdom of the Netherlands) from 30 August–2 September 2017. On 31 January–15 March 2017 paper and poster abstract submission will be open; on 30 April 2017 registration and payment is due from submitting authors. Further information and forms are available at http://www.e-a-a.org/ or http://www.eaa2017maastricht.nl/. The meeting will consist of sessions, round tables, and poster presentations focusing on the following main themes:
Twenty-five Years after Maastricht: Archaeology and Europe's future
The Valletta Convention: the next 25 years
Trans- and Metadisciplinary Approaches in Archaeology
The 'Third Science Revolution' in Archaeology
Comparing Archaeology Across Regions and Periods
Interpreting the Archeological Record
Mediterranean Maritime Archaeology
On 15 January 2017 titles and abstracts (300 words maximum) for papers (20 minutes) or posters are due for a conference entitled Mediterranean Maritime Archaeology: Under the Mediterranean, to be held on 20-24 October 2017 in Nicosia, organized by The Honor Frost Foundation in commemoration of the anniversary of the centenary of Honor Frost's birth on the island of Cyprus (28 October 1917). English will be the official language of the conference; grants are available for early career researchers that are from or who work in the eastern Mediterranean (Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Israel, Egypt) and whose paper or poster proposals are accepted by the conference Steering Committee. Â Further information is available at http://honorfrostfoundation.org/the-honor-frost-foundation-conference-of-mediterranean-maritime-archaeology-under-the-mediterranean/. Session themes, to which presentations should be related, will be:
In the Footsteps of Honor Frost (by invitation only)
Connected by the Sea
Seafaring, Navigation and Maritime Space
Ports, Harbours and Anchorages in the Ancient Mediterranean: New Discoveries and New Approaches
Maritime Cultural Landscape
Maritime Transport Containers
Shipwrecks
Ship Construction in the Ancient Mediterranean: Methods, Driving Factors, and Cross-Cultural Exchange
New Technologies and Maritime Archaeology
Conservation and Archaeological Science
Maritime Archaeological Management
Maritime Cyprus
EMAC2017
On 31 January 2017 abstracts are due for the 14th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics (EMAC2017), to be held on 6-9 September 2017 in Bordeaux. Further information is available at https://emac2017.sciencesconf.org/. The symposium themes will be:
Environmental and raw material studies (clay, temper, fuel...)
Gestures and techniques (chaîne-opératoire, production processes, object biography...)
Ceramic function and use (organic residues, use-wear analysis...)
Provenance and networks
Technical ceramics (metallurgy, glass making...)
Slips and glazes
New methodologies and data analysis (3D, portable and non-invasive techniques, statistics...)
Chronology
CIPA 2017
On 1 February 2017 abstracts are due for the 26th International Symposium of the International Committee for Architectural Photogrammetry (CIPA 2017). Digital Workflows for Heritage Conservation, to be held on 28 August–1 September 2017 in Ottowa; on 30 April camera-ready papers (8 pages) are due. Further information is available at http://cipaottawa.org/. The main symposium themes will be:
Identifying heritage places for posterity and preparedness
Digitizing heritage places
Assisted fabrication of artifacts for posterity and conservation
Managing, valorizing and disseminating heritage information
Monitoring, simulation and resilience
Rehabilitating heritage places
Special Sessions
XVIII UISPP
On 31 March 2017 session proposals are due for the XVIII Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Science 2018: adaptation et durabilite des societes prehistoriques et protohistoriques face aux variations climatiques, to be held on 3-9 September 2018 in Paris; on 1 May-30 November 2017 proposals for communications will be open. Further information, including a list of sub-themes, is available at https://uispp2018.sciencesconf.org/.