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do not necessarily represent official EAA policy In this issue (Press the ctrl button and click your mouse over the item you would like to read): Articles and notes LiDAR survey in southern Etruria, Italy: a significant new technique for the study of

cultural landscapes (by Gabriele Cifani, Rachel Opitz and Simon Stoddart) ........ 2 Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) (by Umberto Albarella and Sarah Viner) ......... 4 The Association for Cultural Exchange and Archaeology: a request for help (by C.

Stephen Briggs)..................................................................................................... 6 GROUP ESTOC: European Studies of Terrains Of Conflict (by John Carman)............. 8 Peruvian-North American agreement regarding professional archaeological conduct

is reached (by Jeffrey H. Altschul)....................................................................... 10 Seminar to mark the start of Maritime Archaeology education in Denmark (by Thijs

Maarleveld).......................................................................................................... 12 Project updates and reports Round Table on the European Landscape Convention (by J.H.F. Bloemers).............. 13 La Tène project: call for information (by Gianna Reginelli)........................................... 14 Coins from Roman sites and collections of Roman coins from Romania (by Cristian

Găzdac) ............................................................................................................... 15 Creating a basis of radiocarbon chronology of the Neolithic and Bronze Age on the

territory of Belarus (by Mikola Kryvaltsevich) ...................................................... 16 EAA matters 13th Annual Meeting, Zadar, Croatia, 18–23 September 2007 (by Tomislav Fabijan). 17EAA Annual Report 2006 and expectations for 2007 (by Sylvie Květinová)................. 21 Publication in the European Journal of Archaeology .................................................... 24 EAA membership renewal form 2007 ........................................................................... 25 Calendar for EAA members, summer 2007.................................................................. 26 Announcements and forthcoming events Work with the Pava Project (Siena, Italy), July & August 2007! ................................... 27 Bulgarian Archaeological Association Field School, Mezdra 2007............................... 28 British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology – Conference. 29 Art2008 – 9th International Conference........................................................................ 30 International Union of Anthropological & Ethnological Sciences – 16th Congress....... 31 Europa Nostra Awards 2008 – Concours Europa Nostra 2008 .................................... 32

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LiDAR survey in southern Etruria, Italy: a significant new technique for the study of cultural landscapes (by Gabriele Cifani, Rachel Opitz and Simon Stoddart)

Central Tyrrhenian Italy is one of the most densely and continuously occupied areas of Europe. In the last 30,000 years, the region was successively affected by hunting and gathering economies, settled agricultural communities, intensified agriculture, early state formation (Etruscan), imperial expansion, imperial collapse, rival competition between medieval communities, modern political unity, EU agricultural subsidy and commuter housing for the modern capital of Rome. It is consequently a region where the impact of human land use on the physical landscape can be sensitively monitored with powerful lessons for sustainable land use in the present day. The region of Southern Etruria is also one of the best researched archaeological regions in Europe. Detailed field survey from the eighteenth century to the present day has been carried out.

Fig. 1: Hill-shaded image of the study area Much of the area is a volcanic tuff plateau subsequently dissected by major tributaries of the Tiber River and previous topographic mapping has had difficulties modelling the deep dissection of the landscape. LiDAR survey produces topographic data of high resolution and accuracy by scanning the surface of the earth with a laser, recording the position in three spatial dimensions and intensity of each return. LiDAR provides the basis for more detailed, accurate, and descriptive DEMs. Improved DEMs can provide a context for understanding survey results and for conducting GIS-based analyses of past landscapes. Hydrological, visibility, and cost surface analyses are all enhanced through the use of improved topographic data. The incorporation of LiDAR data into archaeological projects enhances our ability to study areas of the landscape normally avoided by ground based survey because of poor visibility and this in turn improves our understanding of past settlement patterns and land use.

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Fig. 2: filtered & hill-shaded image of Torre del'Isola The May 2005 survey was conducted by the NERC ARSF for Department of Archaeology of Cambridge University over a 100 sq.km. sample area of southern Etruria, between the modern towns of Civita Castellana and Nepi, in the ancient ager faliscus The analysis of LiDAR data is still in progress, but first results are very important for ancient landscapes reconstruction and heritage management. The new LiDAR data have been used to study ancient and medieval structures and buildings covered by dense vegetation, including viaducts, rock cut ways, ancient settlements and monumental tombs. The survey in the Faliscan territory demonstrates that the technique is effective in detecting archaeological features in a complex Mediterranean landscape through careful assessment of the data. Acknowledgements This research was made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Soprintendenza Archeologica per l’Etruria meridionale. Funding and support were provided by the Department of Archaeology of Cambridge University, The Unit of Landscape Modelling, together with the Natural Environment Research Council (UK, project MC04/06) and the European Union (VI Research Framework 2001- 2006: Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship: n. 514523). Support was also provided by: Dr Bernard Devereux, Gabriele Amable, Simon Keay, Letizia Ceccarelli, Stephen J. Kay. Updates on the project are provided at http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/lower-tiber/.

Gabriele Cifani, Rachel Opitz, Simon Stoddart University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology


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Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) (by Umberto Albarella and Sarah Viner) We would like to announce the creation of ‘Archaeologists for Global Justice’ (AGJ). This is an informal group, whose basic principles are outlined on this web page, hosted by the University of Sheffield: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/global-justice.html. As a medium for communication, we have also set up an email discussion list, called ARCH-JUSTICE. You can find details at the following web page, where you can also subscribe: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=ARCH-JUSTICE&X=1B45045FFDF62F70AE&Y=u.albarella%40sheffield.ac.uk. If you prefer, you can also just send an email to either Umberto ([email protected]) or Sarah ([email protected]) and we will subscribe you. Background Archaeologists for Global Justice arose as a response to the widespread and ever increasing injustice affecting our world. It was conceived and put into motion by archaeologists at the University of Sheffield (UK), and inspired by the actions of Archaeologists Against the War in opposing British involvement in the Iraq conflict. The idea of forming AGJ was initially voiced to a wider audience during a session entitled ‘An eternal conflict? Archaeology and social responsibility in the post-Iraq world’, convened at the conference of the Theoretical Archaeological Group (TAG), held in Sheffield in December 2005. The group is a culmination of numerous discussions and interactions, and represents a desire to give voice to our opposition to injustice. Manifesto The aim of archaeology is to use the material traces of past human activities as the basis for interpretations of human behaviour and society. Our focus on past human societies provides us with a privileged perspective on our shared human past and on the problems of the present, whether these are of a social, political or environmental nature. The discipline of archaeology is defined both by the object of our study and by the principles and practices which we use to investigate that object. The principles of context, consistency and coherency in argument and justification through reasoned debate are inseparable from our discipline. We assert that, as archaeologists, we have a responsibility to employ the understandings that we have gained of the nature and potential of human life in ways that go beyond a simple description of the past. As active participants in and observers, critics and analysts of human society we feel that we have an obligation to oppose those forces that are anti-humanitarian, unsustainable or destructive of human life and society. We propose the following principles as the basis for an alliance of Archaeologists for Global Justice:

• We are inspired by the principles of the Global Justice Movement and believe in active participation of archaeologists in issues of social and political relevance;

• We are actively against any form of racial, ethnic, religious, age, sex or sexuality discrimination;

• We believe in the right of the individuals to express themselves free from any form of harassment or intimidation, and as long as these opinions do not constitute incitement to violence and are respectful of the dignity of others;

• We believe in world peace and as archaeologists we will not provide any direct or indirect support to armed interventions, whether led by governments or other organisations, unless this is justified by extreme cases of self defence;

• We believe that in the world there is potential wealth for everybody and we will not support or endorse organisations which promote and/or instigate inequality in the distribution of resources;

• We are concerned about the impact of the human race on our planet and will not collaborate with development plans which are not based upon principles of sustainability or which have the potential to cause major damage to the environment;


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• We accept that the formation of conservative establishments is in some sense inherent in human society, but we believe that there is a constant need to challenge the social and political status quo through peaceful argument, critique and open debate. We understand that the nature of our discipline renders us obliged to participate in such debate and to contribute to it;

• We believe that research, the basis of our discipline, thrives in a climate of cooperation rather than competition between individuals and organisations, and we therefore refuse any action or language that is incompatible with this principle;

• We believe that professionalism arises from a research culture founded on a spirit of enquiry and open debate. This culture encompasses those who practice archaeology as paid professionals or as unpaid amateurs or volunteers. We reject a notion of professionalism that is founded on the principles of commercialism and competition;

• We believe that as archaeology is a social practice, intended for the benefit of all through the creation and dissemination of knowledge and understanding, its practitioners deserve to be treated as productive members of society with all the employment and other rights appropriate to their position as cultural creators and members of a recognised profession

Umberto Albarella and Sarah Viner

Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield S1 4ET, United Kingdom


The Association for Cultural Exchange and Archaeology: a request for help (by C. Stephen Briggs)

The Association for Cultural Exchange (ACE) was formally incorporated under the Company Acts as a non-political, educational charity limited by guarantee, on 19 May, 1958. From the start it organised summer schools in Britain for both Europeans and Americans, usually centred on Oxford colleges. But its activities were to develop to include foreign travel so that now it might reasonably be claimed to have been the pioneer of UK cultural travel. Today, ACE has an office employing a small number of staff, just outside Cambridge, England. Its trustees (who include the writer and Prof. Paul Mellars) intend to mark the forthcoming fiftieth anniversary by appropriately celebrating the achievements of its visionary founder and first Secretary, Philip Barnes. Due to its charitable status, all the Association’s profits are used to further educational and cultural objectives. In this regard, as EAA members will be aware, ACE has supported EAA activities over the past five years through making funds available particularly for East European students to attend EAA conferences and for making translations of the European Journal of Archaeology. Some EAA members may have benefited more indirectly from the considerable support (over £100K sterling) ACE has provided to teach students aerial survey through AARG across Europe since 1990, and for its sponsoring of the book In Volo nel Passato published in 2005. It is not perhaps generally appreciated, however, that ACE’s involvement with archaeologists and in archaeological education goes back almost half a century. Its first British summer schools initially included elements of architectural and cultural history which by the late 1960s had developed into UK archaeology summer schools catering mainly, though not exclusively, for an American market. Teaching staff and guest lecturers then included several who later became household names in the discipline. Two complementary developments occupied ACE’s charitable objectives in archaeology at this time. From 1965 Hugo Blake (ACE’s administrator at the time) made contacts with scholars inside what was then the Iron Curtain, as well as in other European countries with a view to initiating archaeological exchanges for younger scholars. Accordingly, successful exchanges were established with Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, with Denmark, Sweden and Germany (I write as one whose introduction to that very different world was when I was privileged to be sent to Poland in 1968). A number of scholars travelled in each direction, the younger ones usually travelled west-east, the older ones in the opposite direction. In many, though not in all cases, these contacts resulted in promoting the longer-term exchange of information and books, together with a greater understanding of developing investigational techniques, and last, but not least, of establishing permanent acquaintance if not strong personal friendships. Through a later and more regular arrangement between ACE and the Institute of Archaeology (now University College, London) at least eighteen students undertook placement training through scholarships, mainly vocational rather than course-driven, in conservation, laboratory and field archaeological techniques between the late 1970s and 1992. (This arrangement has recently been revived under the present Director, Stephen Shennan). Those competing for these places came mainly from the Mediterranean area and the former Soviet bloc. Today, many of them successful occupy senior positions in the conservation, presentation and interpretation of the historic environments of their home countries. My contribution to ACE’s anniversary is to trace as many as possible of those who took part in these exchanges and to write a brief narrative describing the outcome. Accordingly, I would be interested to hear reminiscences from, or to know of records kept by, anyone who has ever participated in an ACE-supported or sponsored archaeological course or activity. As


a historian of archaeology, I am particularly curious to know how far permanent records have been kept or are being kept either by individuals or by institutions. This I ask as one who lost most of his photographic record of Poland in 1968 by foolishly posting home the reels of film. I should add that I have also made enquiries about a former museum director who visited Britain in the 1960s at a regional museum in North Europe, the outcome of which I hope is not indicative of record-keeping generally. My approach was enthusiastically and courteously dealt with by his successor director, but unfortunately he could only report that although the museum had a record of incoming and outgoing correspondence, none of that survived. So even if the worth of documents worth is appreciated by archaeologists and historians, these values are not always shared by administrators. I would be grateful to anyone who feels they can help make this study more worthwhile to the history of the discipline and particularly worthy of those at ACE who have for so long been so supportive of archaeology. All contributions will be gratefully acknowledged in print. Dr C. Stephen Briggs, FGS, FSA, MIFA, Llwyn Deiniol, Llanddeiniol, Llanrhystud, Ceredigion, UK SY23 5DT 00 44 (0) 1974 202 954; [email protected]



GROUP ESTOC: European Studies of Terrains Of Conflict (by John Carman) The study of sites of past conflict has developed in recent years into a significant theme in archaeology, leading to a number of publications and a dedicated journal (Freeman & Pollard 2001; Pollard & Banks 2005; Scott et al. 2007) and the emergence of several regular conference series (e.g. the biennial international Fields of Conflict conference, the annual Imperial War Museum International Battlefield Archaeology conference in the UK, the biennial Identities Through Battlefields conference in the USA, and others devoted to prehistoric or twentieth-century war). This interest in warfare is reflected in a number of projects on the European Continent, although there is frequently less recognition and support for such work outside the English-speaking world. Accordingly, in March 2007 an interdisciplinary group of researchers – historians, archaeologists, architects and heritage practitioners – came together at Oudenaarde in Belgium, the site of a major battle in 1708, to consider issues of common concern and potential collaboration. The meeting led to the formation of a group called ESTOC: European Studies of Terrains Of Conflict, taking its name from a medieval short sword (in English “tuck”). Focusing initially upon historic periods prior to the twentieth century, the group agreed its aims to be:

• To promote the study of past conflict sites in Europe • To develop a clear comparative framework for the study of past conflict sites in

Europe • To identify locales of conflict in the European past and the evidence contained therein • To provide detailed case studies of past conflict in a clear comparative framework • To interpret the commonalities and differences of warfare practice in Europe across

temporal and territorial boundaries • To recognise the consequences of conflict for populations • To compare the remembrance and commemoration of locales of past conflict across

territorial, temporal and ideological boundaries • To involve stakeholders and policy-makers in the process of researching and

commemorating past unities in conflict • To disseminate results to the wider academic and stakeholder community.

Immediate projects include the development of a comprehensive list of conflict sites in Europe and a list of ‘European conflict sites in danger’ (from development or other causes) for submission to UNESCO. Founding members of Group ESTOC: John Carman (Convenor) & Patricia Carman (Bloody Meadows Project, University of

Birmingham, UK) Hugues Dewerdt and Cecilia Courbet-Dewerdt (HALBARDE: Histoire, Archéologie et

Littérature des Batailles de l'Artois sous le Règne De l'Espagne, Lille, France) Olivier Dutour (Université de la Méditerranée, Marseilles, France) Glenn Foard (University of Leeds and The Battlefields Trust, UK) Bo Knarrstrom (Board of Antiquities, Sweden) Hiram Morgan (University College Cork, Ireland) Tony Pollard (University of Glasgow, UK) Graham Robins (Åland Board of Antiquities, Finland) Achim Rost (University of Osnabrück, Germany) & Susanne Wilbers-Rost (Museum & Park

Kalkriese, Germany) Neil Silberman (Ename Centre for Public Archaeology & Heritage Interpretation,

Oudenaarde, Belgium) We seek to recruit new members, especially from other parts of Europe, with a view to joint workshops and other forms of collaboration. We plan also a session at the 2008 EAA meeting in Valletta, Malta. Contact: John Carman (University of Birmingham, UK), email [email protected]


References Freeman, P.W.M., & Pollard, A. (eds) 2001. Fields of conflict: progress and prospect in

battlefield archaeology. BAR International Series 958. Oxford: Archaeopress. Pollard, T., & Banks, I. (eds) 2006. Past Tense: studies in the Archaeology of Conflict.

Leiden: Brill (= Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 1.1). Scott, D., Babits, L., and Haecker, C. (eds) 2007. Fields of conflict: battlefield archaeology

from the Roman Empire to the Korean War (2 vols). Westport Conn.: Praeger.

Fig. 1: a view of the battlefield of Oudenaarde, Belgium: Brouwaan Farm, where the

victorious commander took up position (photograph by the author)


Peruvian-North American agreement regarding professional archaeological conduct is reached (by Jeffrey H. Altschul)

As President of the Register of Professional Archaeologists I am pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Register and the Colegio Profesional de Arqueólogos del Peru (COARPE). The MOU represents more than two years of negotiations between the Register and the COARPE. The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) played a pivotal role in the negotiations, and the parties would like to acknowledge the SAA's encouragement and efforts to bring this MOU to fruition. At its heart, the MOU is about professional conduct and responsibility. It speaks to how archaeologists from different countries will treat each other and the archaeological resources they investigate. Importantly, the MOU provides a mechanism by which North American archaeologists can apply for permits to conduct archaeological investigations in Peru and by which opportunities will be made available for Peruvian archaeologists to perform and participate in archaeological work in North America. What's all this about? There is a long history of North American, particularly U.S., archaeologists working in Peru. For the most part, archaeologists from the two countries have worked together well. Concerns, however, had been raised by Peruvian archaeologists over a number of issues, including the failure of U.S. archaeologists to fulfil permit requirements, their lack of proficiency in Spanish, the failure to publish in Spanish or to make presentations at regional meetings, and ethical breaches of conduct. Recently, the Peruvian permitting system was changed to afford Peruvians greater control over their heritage. Previously, foreign archaeologists could apply to the Ministry of Culture for permits to conduct archaeological investigations. The recent changes limited permit application to members of the COARPE. Though it is not impossible for foreign archaeologists to join the COARPE, it is difficult. U.S. and other foreign archaeologists were understandably concerned and many felt that unless the permitting situation could be resolved they would need to move elsewhere to pursue archaeological projects. Andeanists raised their concerns to the SAA. The Peruvians’ concerns focused on professional conduct and research standards. In recognizing these concerns, the SAA turned to the organization that it sponsors focused on ethics and standards, the Register of Professional Archaeologists. The SAA requested that the Register enter into a three-way discussion with the COARPE to determine if there was any common grounds through which a solution could be reached. In these discussions, we learned that the missions of the COARPE and the Register are similar. Both are dedicated to raising professional standards and to improving the conduct of archaeology. At the SAA annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the parties agreed to have the Register draft a proposal that would allow comparable rights to U.S. and Peruvian archaeologists working in each other’s country. Because a significant number of Canadian archaeologists are listed in the Register and Canadian archaeologists also are a presence in Peru, the COARPE agreed to include Canadians in the agreement. Over the last year, the MOU has been the subject of scrutiny by representatives of the SAA, the Register, and the COARPE and by legal counsels of the latter two. It has been revised numerous times, all of which has made it a better agreement. What does the MOU do? The MOU allows archaeologists that are citizens of or working in the United States or Canada, who are registered professional archaeologists (RPAs), and meet other requirements of COARPE membership (such as proficiency in Spanish and previous experience in Peru) to apply for permits from the Ministry of Culture to perform archaeological investigations in Peru. By virtue of requiring RPA as a permit requirement, the


COARPE guarantees that U.S. and Canadian archaeologists can be held accountable through the Register's grievance procedures. Likewise, Peruvian members of the COARPE who wish to pursue archaeological opportunities in the U.S. and Canada and who meet the requirements for listing in the Register can become RPAs. Grievances filed against members of the COARPE that are also listed in the Register for professional conduct within Peru will be adjudicated by the COARPE; otherwise grievances will be administered by the Register. The signed Spanish version of the MOU and its English counterpart are posted in the Members Only section of the Register's website (www.rpanet.org). If you have questions or comments about the MOU please contact me through the Register's business office ([email protected]). Finally, I would like to invite all of you to the formal signing ceremony of the MOU, which will take place at the RPA Forum at the SAA annual meeting, Friday, April 27, 2007, 1pm-4pm in Ballroom E at the Austin Convention Center. Dr Ruth Shady will represent the COARPE; the Register will be represented by the Board of Directors. I hope you will stay for the forum, the subject of which is the RPA-COARPE MOU. A distinguished panel has been assembled to discuss the issues involved in the MOU.



Seminar to mark the start of Maritime Archaeology education in Denmark (by Thijs Maarleveld)

On 18 April 2007 a seminar was held to mark the start of the Maritime Archaeology Program at the University of Southern Denmark. It was a festive occasion, in which the program was presented and three lectures, by lawyer Carsten Lund and by archaeologists Hauke Jöns of the Niedersächsisches Institut für historische Küstenforschung and Flemming Rieck of Nydam fame, served to illustrate the lines of research that the program’s director, Thijs Maarleveld, identified as the orientation of the new program. Traditionally, Denmark has had a strong role in the development of maritime archaeology. The new program will build on this, through cooperation with the various management and research organizations. Moreover, the new program intends to be very international, both in education and in research. This is reflected in the program’s staff and the development of its projects. A newsletter has been started (see image) and, besides projects that focus on Northern Europe, the program has adopted the Zea Harbour project in Piraeus, Greece. Research will focus on three main areas that integrate management and research. The first is how maritime heritage is valued, to which uses it is put, what benefits – shared or unshared – it produces. The second is how it is read as ‘source-material’ and the filters and transformations that apply to the correspondence between what was known and what we (can) get to know. The third line is more technical, in that it addresses the analysis and interpretation of shipbuilding technology. As the program is based in the maritime and offshore industrial town of Esbjerg, the Wadden Sea, the coastal zone and the North Sea area present themselves as its logical laboratory, albeit not exclusively. At the core of the program is postgraduate education. The research environment of the course does not preclude that practical issues and management skills are emphatically addressed. In most universities the master’s education is squeezed into a single year. This program distinguishes itself in that it has a full two-year Research Master course. The course is open to Bachelors from different disciplinary backgrounds, although an assessment of their background and motivation is part of the admission procedure. Students from EU member states do not pay tuition fees in Denmark. For more information, see http://www.archaeology.sdu.dk


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Round Table on the European Landscape Convention (by J.H.F. Bloemers) Participating organisers: Nora Andrikopoulou-Strack (Bonn), Graham Fairclough (London), Karsten Paludan-Müller (Oslo), Tom Bloemers (Amsterdam) September 2006 in Krakow was the second time during an EAA conference that we organised a round table on the European Landscape Convention. Adopted by the Council of Europe in Florence, Italy, on 20 October 2000, and in force since 1 March 2004, the Convention aims to promote the protection, management and planning of European landscapes and to organise European co-operation on landscape issues. It covers natural, rural, urban and peri-urban areas and deals with ordinary and degraded landscapes as well as those of outstanding beauty. This creates an extraordinary strategic opportunity for all those institutions, professionals and policy-makers who care for a sustainable future of the archaeological-historical landscape. The Round Table on the European Landscape Convention in Krakow was again attended by about thirty participants from over fifteen countries, reporting on the present policy towards the Convention in their countries. The programme was organized to inform each other about the specific situation in each country. The number of states to have signed and ratified the convention is gradually increasing, now being about twenty, among them Finland and The Netherlands. Apart from this formal process, it is crucial to see if and how members implement their intentions in an effective policy. Adrian Olivier, in the chair, emphasized during his introductory statement the importance of focusing on participation in national planning policy, for example by integration in the Ramsar Convention. Graham Fairclough pointed out as he did in Cork that the heritage sector is weakly represented in activities of the European Landscape Convention on a European level. The problem might be that the Council of Europe because of budget restrictions has to reduce the priority of landscape and heritage. Fritz Lüth reported on the meeting on the Landscape Convention of the Europeae Archaeologiae Consilium in March 2006 at Strasbourg. In Germany (Rhineland) and Hungary interdisciplinary conferences dealing with the European Landscape Convention were organized during 2006. Elizabeth Jerem mentioned the publication of the papers presented during the session on ‘landscape ideologies’ at the EAA conference in Cork. One section of the volume is focused on the Landscape Convention (Thomas Meier (ed.), Landscape Ideologies, Budapest, 2006). Zbigniew Kobylinski presented an overview of Polish policy on landscape and heritage. On the basis of the Act on the Protection of Historical Monuments, it is possible to create ‘cultural parks’ defined as ‘historically created space, containing both the creations of human civilization, as well as the natural forms’. The concept of cultural parks is a very important new tool in the protection of archaeological heritage, since it allows the management of whole historical landscapes. So far, no one cultural park has been established in Poland, and this exemplifies the present situation: mechanism and tools are available, but the will to begin the real work is lacking.


La Tène project: call for information (by Gianna Reginelli) Funded by the Swiss National Foundation, this project (SNF # 100012-113845) aims at an exhaustive re-evaluation of the documentary corpus of the site of La Tène (Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland). As a matter of fact, the celebrity of this emblematic site and the current practices of exchange in the nineteenth century led to a considerable dispersal of the archaeological material, as well as the associated documentation (drawings, photographs, etc.). Consequently, we shall look for all possible information in various museums and archaeological institutions, in Europe and in North America. As a second step, we shall analyze the specific role of the weapons represented at La Tène, in the context of Celtic Europe of the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. This will provide the necessary basis for a reinterpretation of La Tène and its function. The project addresses a reiterated request from all specialists of Celtic archaeology, opening the doors to future studies. All colleagues ready to contribute to the constitution of the database will be given access to it.

• The project takes advantage of the results of the preventive excavations carried out at La Tène in 2003, as well as of the overall knowledge gathered during the last twenty years, in the context of highway excavations in the Trois-Lacs area.

• Several PhD theses dedicated to the regional second Iron Age are currently under completeion.

• In collaboration with the Laténium Museum, the European archaeological Center of Bibracte (Mont Beuvray in Bourgogne) will contribute to an international conference in Neuchâtel, in November 2007.

• Last but not least, we are celebrating this year the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the site. Starting in June 2007, numerous events, exhibitions, etc. will take place in the Schwab Museum (Biel/Bienne), in the Laténium (Hauterive/Neuchâtel), and in the Swiss National Museum (Zurich).

Please send any information to: [email protected]



Coins from Roman sites and collections of Roman coins from Romania (by Cristian Găzdac)

This project began in 2004 in Romania, under the leadership of Cristian Gazdac from the Romanian Academy’s Institute of Archaeology (Cluj-Napoca). The study of the impact of Roman coinage upon the Dacian economy is an important part of the understanding of the development of political, economical and cultural life to the same level as in other parts of Roman Europe. In the last fifty years, archaeological research has provided a large corpus of numismatic evidence in Romania. At the same time, the special historical background of Dacia raises even more interest among archaeologists, historians and numismatists, especially as it is possible to trace the development of a monetary economy in this territory before, during and after the Romans acquired and administered it. The exhaustive analyses and the publication of numismatic monographs, will allow for an understanding of the historical evolution of an entire society that consists of urban, rural and militarized zones; including regions of monetary and natural economies. At the same time, extensive archaeological and numismatic databases will be created that will have an everlasting utility for all scholars interested in this field of research. The concordance between monetary material, archaeological evidence and literary sources will lead to the understanding of a society that had the same economical-financial system as Rome and the other provinces of the Roman Europe, but at the same time it will point out its specific patterns. Recently published Vol. I: Cristian Gazdac, Sorin Cocis, ULPIA TRAIANA SARMIZEGETUSA; Cluj-Napoca,

Mega Press, 2004 (A4 size, 136 pages, 19 plates, maps), numismatic comments, history of the site, catalogue of coins with archaeological context.

Vol. II: Cristian Gazdac, Nicoale Gudea, POROLISSUM; Cluj-Napoca, Mega Press, 2006 (A4

size, 189 pages, 17 plates, maps), numismatic comments, history of the site, catalogue of coins with archaeological context.

Vol. III/1: Cristian Găzdac, Livia Călian, Ágnes Alföldy-Găzdac, ROMAN REPUBLICAN

COINAGE IN THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF TRANSYLVANIA, Cluj-Napoca, Mega Press, 2006 (A4 size, 123 pages, 21 plates, maps), numismatic comments, history of the collection, catalogue of coins with find-spots.

Vol. III/2: Cristian Găzdac, Livia Călian, Ágnes Alföldy-Găzdac, THE ANCIENT AND

BYZANTINE COINAGES IN THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF TRANSYLVANIA, Cluj-Napoca, Mega Press, 2007 (A4 size, 102 pages, 33 full-coloured plates, maps), numismatic comments, history of the collection, catalogue of coins with find-spots.

Vol. X: Gabriel Talmatchi, THE ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINAGE IN DOBRUDJA, Cluj-

Napoca, Mega Press, 2006 (A4 size, 184 pages, maps), numismatic comments, history of the collection, catalogue of coins with find-spots.


Creating a basis of radiocarbon chronology of the Neolithic and Bronze Age on the territory of Belarus (by Mikola Kryvaltsevich)

The issue of creating a basis for absolute chronology of the Neolithic period cultures (V – early II millennium ВС) and Bronze Age cultures (late III/ early II – early I millennium BC) on the territory of Belarus is still topical. The cultures developed within the forest zone from the Bug region and Prypiats Palessie to the Dzvina region, from the Upper Nioman region to the Upper Dnieper region, thus comprising the rivers of Baltic and Black Sea basins. On this territory – the juncture of Circumbaltic and Circumpontic cultural traditions – the following specific Neolithic cultures are distinguished: groups of the Nioman, the Narva, the Dnieper-Donets Cultures, and complexes with materials of Funnel Beaker Culture, the Globular Amphora Culture etc. In III millennium BC traditions of the Corded Ware Culture circle penetrate to the territory of Belarus, which led to the rise of specific complexes based on the elements of local Forest Neolithic, the Corded Ware Culture circle and the Globular Amphora Culture. Simultaneously, in III – early II millennium BC we can observe influence from the South-Eastern steppe/forest-steppe cultures. In the early period of Bronze Age (1700 – 1200/1000 ВС) Southern Belarus comprised the zone of the Trzciniec cultural circle that spread in Central and Eastern Europe from the Oder basin to the Upper Dnieper. Central and Northern Belarus demonstrate specific cultural groups of the post-corded period. With rare exceptions, local groups were not interested in utilizing imported copper and bronze goods, which proves them to be conservative and indicates their sub-Neolithic mode of life. This creates obstacles in establishing a relative chronological periodization based on the presence of certain types of metal artefacts in the complexes. The existing chronology and periodization of the Neolithic period and Bronze Age on the territory of Belarus is predominantly based on comparative-typological dating, i.e. on searching for analogies in pottery, flint and stone-ware. Certain palynological and geomorphological data is also operative. By comparative-typological dating the scientists look for analogies in well-dated complexes of Central Europe and South-Eastern Europe. Nevertheless, it is obvious that due to the cultural-historical peculiarities of the archaeological complexes on the territory of Belarus, radiocarbon chronology appears more perspective as more precise and reliable. In regard with the archaeological complexes discovered on the above mentioned territory, only few data series have been delivered. Most indices are singular dates that can be used only as chronological markers. Nowadays, there are only around 40 C-14 dates on the list. They were delivered in European laboratories. Anyway, dating opportunities are rather extensive, primarily at peat bog settlements, where organics are largely preserved. Thus, a group of Belarusian archaeologists invites European scientific research institutions for a joint project on creation of radiocarbon chronology of the Neolithic and Bronze Age on the territory of Belarus. Dr Mikola Kryvaltsevich The Institute of History National Academy of Sciences of Belarus 1 Akademichnaja str., 220072 Minsk, Belarus [email protected]



Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the EAA, Zadar, Croatia, 18–23 September 2007 (by Tomislav Fabijan)

The EAA's Annual Meetings have become major archaeological events in Europe, gathering archaeologists from different national, institutional and professional areas. These meetings have generated many publications and have facilitated numerous projects and initiatives that have significantly shaped European archaeology for the last decade. The EAA's 13th Annual Meeting will be hosted by the University of Zadar and the Archaeological Museum in Zadar, under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, the Ministry of Sea, Transport and Tourism, the Region of Zadar and the Municipality of Zadar. The meeting will be steered by the National Advisory Committee composed of institutional representatives from all sectors of Croatian archaeology. The International Scientific Committee will be responsible for scientific programs. Organizers The University of Zadar (www.unizd.hr) has long tradition of academic excellence. Its academic heritage incorporates the first University on Croatian soil Universitas Iadertina, founded in Zadar in 1396, and the Faculty of arts which was the first Croatian institution of higher education outside of Zagreb, established in 1956. Today the University has over 5000 students across 21 academic departments. Its Department of archaeology is one of the most prestigious archaeological institutions in Croatia whose academic staff and students are engaged in numerous fieldworks and scientific projects throughout the country. University’s splendid building from the early 1900s, situated in the very heart of the town, overlooking the sea, will be a venue of the Meeting. The Archaeological museum in Zadar is famous for its 150 years long activities and for its prominent scientific and conservation achievements in documenting, researching and displaying the archaeology and monuments of the region. Museum’s experts conduct numerous excavations and protective works on a dailly basis in the town and its region that abounds in sites and findings of great historical and cultural importance. Programme The meeting is planned in three thematic blocks:

- Managing the Archaeological Record and the Cultural Heritage - Archaeology and the Modern World: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives - Archaeology and Material Culture: Interpreting the Archaeological Record.

The deadline for submitting session and round table proposals has already passed. More than 50 proposals have been received. All received proposals are posted on the conference web page and are currently undergoing process of evaluation by the Scientific Committee. Sessions approved by the Scientific Committee will be announced immediately under the Approved annotation. Session organizers are responsible for obtaining speakers' presentation titles and abstracts, scheduling the order of presentations, and all other communication with the session participants. In the event when a session organiser was unable to secure a sufficient number of papers for the proposed session, his/her proposal was placed on the conference web page with the papers still accepted annotation. Those seeking to participate in any of these sessions are requested to contact the session organiser directly through the e-mail address provided. After preparation of a complete session, the organiser is obliged to re-send a complete package to the Scientific Committee for its evaluation.


http://www.unizd.hr/

The time allotted for each presentation is 20 minutes, including discussion, introductory and closing arguments. The deadline for submission of paper and poster abstracts is June 20, 2007. For more information on the session preparation rules and paper preparation format please contact the EAA web page www.e-a-a.org/guidelines.doc. The 13th EAA Annual Meeting will also host a range of general sessions of individually submitted papers whose topics are outside of proposed regular sessions. Those who wish to submit a paper to any of general sessions should contact the organiser directly. The organisers welcome proposals for poster presentations also. All rooms will have facilities for PowerPoint presentations. Over-head projectors and slide projectors will be available. The 13th EAA Annual Meeting will be spread over five days and will be preceded by the pre-conference excursions. Tuesday 18th September will be dedicated to specialist meetings and working groups. The Meeting will officially begin on Wednesday 19th September with an opening ceremony and a cocktail reception. The academic program will take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Displays and exhibition bookstalls will be opened from Thursday morning to Saturday afternoon. On Sunday 23rd September half-day and full-day trips to important archaeological sites and historical places as well as to national parks in vicinity of Zadar will be organised. A full program of social events such as reception and annual party is included in the conference fee, except for the EAA annual dinner that will be held on Saturday. Registration fees

Category A:

Category A: students

Category A: retired

Category B:

Category B: students & retired

member 85 (95) € 30 (40) € 35 (45) € 35 (45) € 30 (40) €

non-member* 160 (170) € 75 (85) € 85 (95) € 75 (85) €

* new members or past members who have not yet renewed their membership for 2007 Prices in parentheses apply after June 30 , 2007. th

60 (70) €

Category A: Western Europe. Category B: Countries of Central and Eastern Europe – Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Turkey and other countries of the former USSR. The fee covers the Meeting Program, one delegate pack (including the abstracts book), free refreshments during the breaks, and free admission to the reception and conference annual party. The fee for non-members also provides one year’s membership (2007) in the EAA. Grants As in former meetings, delegates from central and eastern Europe may apply for grants. The EAA and organisers have secured a limited number of grants from the Wenner-Gren foundation. Most grants will only cover part of the total costs of attending the meeting, but in exceptional cases full grants may be given. Grant application form is available on the conference web page where all details on grant application procedure and criteria that participants must conform to in order to be considered for a grant can be found.


http://www.e-a-a.org/guidelines.doc

The closing date for submission of grant applications is 10th June 2007. Applications after that date will not be considered. Grant application form is to be e-mailed, faxed or mailed to the Meeting secretariat. The Meeting Secretariat will also provide letters of invitation to all whose contributions are accepted and who need documentation in order to request financial assistance from other institutions. Visas Citizens of certain countries require an entry visa for Croatia. Please visit the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website at www.mfa.hr for full details and Visa requirements as well as for full list of Croatian diplomatic missions and consular offices. To obtain a visa from the Croatian government, citizens of those countries that require an entry visa for Croatia must present a letter of invitation from the conference organisers, detailing the nature and duration of theirs proposed stay in Croatia. Please note that visa requirements may vary between countries. Thus, it is highly recommended to contact the nearest Croatian consulate for specific requirements of entering the Republic of Croatia prior to submission of the visa application. Student award The European Association of Archaeologists instituted the EAA Student Award in 2002. The prize is awarded annually for the best paper presented by an undergraduate, MA and Ph.D. students student or archaeologist working on a dissertation at the EAA conference. The papers are evaluated for their academic merit and innovative ideas by the Award Selection Committee. The Award shall consist of a diploma. The winner of the award will be announced at the Annual Business Meeting. Papers should be submitted to the Award Selection Committee for consideration by 30th August at the latest. The entries should be mailed to the EAA Secretariat's address [email protected]. The papers submitted must not have been published previously in a journal or given at a conference. If the winning paper is intended for publication, then priority must be given to the EJA. Other presented papers may also be published in the EJA. There will be a word limit of 3000 words for the submitted papers. If the scientific merit of the submitted papers is considered too low, the prize will not be awarded. Accommodation Accommodation at special Congress rates is available at the following facilities:

Hotels:

Single room Double room

Funimation**** 99 131 Kolovare *** 69 107 Donat *** 49 84 Pinija *** 62 84

Category: Apartment (single use)

Apartment for 2 persons (2 bedrooms)

Studio for 2 persons

*** 49 78 50

Holliday village Zaton **** 63 102 -

Rates are given in EURO. All rates are per unit (room or apartment), per night, including breakfast and sojourn tax. Daily bus transfer Zaton – Zadar – Zaton is included in the price.



Early reservation is highly recommended! For booking, accommodation details, payment procedures, cancellation policy, etc. please contact tourist agency BONACA or use accommodation booking form provided on the agency web page. Address: BONACA Travel & trade d.o.o. Dr. F. Tudmana 238 HR – 23244 SELINE Starigrad Paklenica Tel. ++385 23 369 797 Fax. ++385 23 369 014 E-mail: [email protected] Excursions Pre-conference excursions: 15.09. - 18.09.2007 Dubrovnik - Zadar (arrival to Dubrovnik − Ston − Narona − Split − Zadar) Price: single room 590 €, double room 490 € 16.09. - 18.09.2007 Zagreb - Zadar (arrival to Zagreb − Andautonia − Varaždin − Plitvice lakes − Zadar) Price: single room 360 €, double room 295 € Post-conference one day trips:

• Split (Diocletian’s palace, Salona – the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia): 59 €

• National park Kornati islands (boat trip): 46 € • Šibenik (Cathedral – UNESCO World Heritage list) and National park Krka: 56 € • Asseria (prehistoric and Roman settlement), Burnum (Roman military camp), Bribir

(prehistoric, Roman and Medieval settlement): 44 € Post-conference half day trips:

• Nin (the first Croatian capital city): 25 € • Biograd n/m – Vrana: 29 € • Caves Cerovačke pećine: 44 € • Guided tour of the most important archaeological and historical sites in Zadar

All details and booking procedure can be found on conference web page (www.unizd.hr/eaa2007) and the web page of the tourist agency Bonaca (www.bonaca.hr). Contact For all information please contact the Meeting secretariat or visit the conference web site www.unizd.hr/eaa2007: 13th EAA Annual Meeting Secretariat, University of Zadar, Mihovila Pavlinovića bb, 23000 Zadar, Croatia; Fax: ++385 23 200 605; E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: ++385 23 200 534, ++385 23 200 578


http://www.unizd.hr/eaa2007


http://www.bonaca.hr/




EAA Annual Report 2006 and expectations for 2007 (by Sylvie Květinová) Keeping the promise given in the last issue of TEA, let me acquaint you with the final membership figures for 2006, and the expectations for 2007. As of 31 December 2006, the EAA had 1009 individual members, which is eighteen more than the previous year, and slightly fewer than in 2002–4.

Year Individual Institutional Corporate Total 1993 284 28 332 1994 449 40 504 1995 410 42 479 1996 383 46 455 1997 438 49 515 1998 895 145 2 1101 1999 1017 119 3 1163 2000 971 144 5 1120 2001 865 142 6 1013 2002 1047 144 16 1215 2003 1050 144 8 1194 2004 1025 168 3 1205 2005 991 175 3 1169 2006 1009 150 3 1159

Membership The rate of renewing and new members remains stable over the recent years, reaching the values of 62% renewing members and 38% of new members in 2006. The EAA membership is relatively balanced in terms of gender (2006: males: 56%, females: 44%). About two thirds of our membership resides in countries of Western Europe or outside Europe (the most represented countries being the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Norway and the USA), the remainder comes from states of the former Eastern bloc (Poland, Russia, Romania and the Czech Republic). In mid-April 2007, the EAA had 354 members, and this number is expected to grow rapidly as delegates register for the EAA conference in Zadar.

Membership categories

51%

6%

14%

1%

11%

6%

11%category A - full

categories A - C family

category A - students and retired

life members

corporate members

honorary members

category B - full

category B - students and retired

category C

The new on-line payment method was enabled in November 2006 and has been widely used since. While in 2006 the most preferred payment methods were by credit card charged manually at the Secretariat and paying cash at the conference (see chart below), in 2007 the on-line payment has been more popular. The Executive Board of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) proposed membership fee changes to the Annual Business Meeting in Krakow on 23 September 2006, and the present delegates approved the changes in accord with the EAA Statutes, article V, paragraph 7. The fees were set in Euros and Czech Crowns at a fixed equivalent that may change once a year according to the current exchange rates. Postage of 12Euro/339CZK applies to members living outside Europe.


Membership per Country

Japan; 2Turkey; 3Iceland; 4Canada; 5Slovakia; 5Austria; 6Latvia; 6Portugal; 6Slovenia; 6Ukraine; 6Bulgary; 7Australia; 8Estonia; 8Croatia; 11Finland; 11Denmark; 12Belgium; 15Belorussia; 15Switzerland; 15other; 18Greece; 19Spain; 20Hungary; 22Czech Rep.; 23Ireland; 25Italy; 27Romania; 27Russia; 30

France; 36Netherlands; 44USA; 45

Norway; 54Sweden; 67

Germany; 71Poland; 87

UK; 243

Payment method (persons)3%

42%

12%

8%

1%

34%on-linecredit cardbank transfercashchequeconference


Category A AmountFull: 75 Euro / 2121 CZKFamily: 100 Euro / 2828 CZKStudent 45 Euro / 1273 CZKRetired: 50 Euro / 1414 CZKAssociate: 100 Euro / 2828 CZKLife Member: 900 Euro / 25445 CZK

Category BFull: 40 Euro / 1131 CZKFamily: 50 Euro / 1414 CZKStudent 30 Euro / 848 CZKRetired: 30 Euro / 848 CZKAssociate: 50 Euro / 1414 CZK

Category CFull: 20 Euro / 565 CZKFamily: 30 Euro / 848 CZKStudent 10 Euro / 282 CZKRetired: 10 Euro / 282 CZKAssociate: 20 Euro / 565 CZK

European Journal of Archaeology There have been technical problems with the production of some illustrations, but Sage, the publisher of the European Journal of Archaeology, now expects issue 8/3 to be ready for despatch, and perhaps when reading this you will already have received your copy. The following issue (9/1) has already been through proof stage and should be published in June, to be followed by a double issue 9/2-3 later in the year. The EAA Editorial Board and Sage will aim to have the first issue of volume 10 in production before the end of this year. Please accept apologies for any inconvenience caused by the Journal’s delay. The submission rate has recently improved, but all interested authors are encouraged to submit contributions to the EJA and can use the accompanying form (which can also be found in the EJA section of the EAA website http://www.e-a-a.org/publication_in_EJA.doc). On-line access to volumes 1 – 5 of the former Journal of European Archaeology (JEA) for the years 1993–7 will be available later in the year from the EAA web page. EAA services to members The EAA service to members will undergo major changes this year. Work on setting up the jobs service intended to announce job openings and demands, field schools and training courses and other working and educational opportunities will start with hiring a new half-time staff person. The EAA database will be transformed to enable individual login to the members’ only section, personal updates of the relevant information and other facilities. We will appreciate your comments on the current work of the EAA and suggestions for improvements. Let’s work together for the good of the EAA. Elections The Nomination Committee reports that the new election procedures are working smoothly and reminds members that in order to propose candidates they must be up-to-date with their subscriptions.


http://www.e-a-a.org/publication_in_EJA.doc

Publication in the European Journal of Archaeology

If you are interested in publishing an article in the European Journal of Archaeology (EJA), please fill out this form and return it together with the text of your contribution (or its abstract) to the EAA Secretariat, or send it together with three identical copies of your contribution plus an electronic version to the General Editor of the EJA (address at the bottom of this page). Your proposal will be considered by the EJA Editorial Board and you will be notified of the outcome. For detailed notes for contributors, please see the back cover of the EJA or http://www.e-a-

a.org/journal.htm. Contributions in all major European languages are accepted. Author’s details

Title: ______ First Name: _______________Last Name: ___________________________ Institutional Affiliation: ______________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________________ E-mail address: _____________________________ Phone/Fax: ____________________ Short biographical note

Text details

Title (and subtitle): _ ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Keywords (5-10): __________________________________________________________________________ Extent (word-count): __________________________________________________________________________ Number of illustrations and tables: _ __________________________________________ Abstract (100–150 words, in English, French or German)

All authors have agreed to submit this article to the EJA and declare that this text is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal. Date: _________________ Signature(s): ________________________________________ PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO: EJA GENERAL EDITOR ALAN SAVILLE, ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF SCOTLAND, CHAMBERS STREET, EDINBURGH EH1 1JF, UK. [email protected]


EAA membership renewal form 2007 We hope that you have benefited from being a member of the EAA in 2006. If you are interested in continuing your membership, please fill out this form and return it to the Secretariat (address below). The 13th Annual Meeting will be held in Zadar, Croatia, on 18–23 September 2007. All members can register at the member conference fee. Please note that you can also pay on-line at http://www.e-a-a.org/member_form.php Membership details

Member ID:_________ Title:____ First name:_____________ Last name:______________________ Male/Female:_____ Age: ______ Langauge(s) spoken:_____________________________________ Address:__________________________________________________________________________ Email address:__________________________ Phone: __________________ Fax: _____________ Archaeological specialization:_________________________________________________________

Credit card details Please charge my: � MASTERCARD/EUROCARD � VISA CARD No________________EXPIRY (MM/YY): _ _ / _ _ CARD CODE: _ _ _ CARDHOLDER’S NAME AND ADDRESS: _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Charge my credit card for: � 2007 � 2008 To cover: membership € / CZK____ + additional postage € / CZK _____ for those outside Europe

Banking details (please enclose a copy of the bank transfer receipt)

� Direct transfer to the EAA Euro Account within the EU, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway: IBAN: CZ24 0300 0000 000196658620; SWIFT: CEKOCZPP; Payment method: OUR (net payment) � Direct transfer to the EAA Euro Account outside the EU, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway: Account No: 196658620; SWIFT: CEKOCZPP; Payment method: OUR (net payment); Accountholder: Evropská asociace archeologů (European Association of Archaeologists) Bank: Československá obchodní banka, Na Příkopě 854/14, 115 20 Praha 1; Bank Code: 0300 � Czech Members are able to pay to the EAA CZK Account:Account No.: 196658591, Bank Code: 0300, Payment Method: OUR (net payment)

FEES ARE CHARGED IN CZECH CROWNS (CZK) - AMOUNTS IN OTHER CURRENCIES ARE SUBJECT TO VARYING EXCHANGE RATES EAA Members (note A) EAA Members (note B) EAA Members (note C) Full: 75 Euro / 2121 CZK Full: 40 Euro / 1131 CZK Full: 20 Euro / 565 CZK Family: 100 Euro / 2828 CZK Family: 50 Euro / 1414 CZK Family: 30 Euro / 848 CZK Student 45 Euro / 1273 CZK Retired: 50 Euro / 1414 CZK Student/retired: 30 Euro / 848 CZK Student/retired: 10 Euro / 282 CZK Associate: 100 Euro / 2828 CZK Associate: 50 Euro / 1414 CZK Associate: 20 Euro / 565 CZK Life Member: 900 Euro / 25445 CZK A: members from western Europe and countries outside Europe B: members from Central, Eastern Europe with the Journal, and students/retired archaeologists from western Europe and countries outside Europe without the Journal C: members from Central and Eastern Europe without the Journal Students are asked to kindly attach a confirmation of their student status. Please do not forget the postage of 12 Euro /339 CZK for members living outside Europe

TOTAL ENCLOSED: € / CZK_________ __________ _ (PLEASE FILL IN THE AMOUNT) Signature:…………………………………………………Date:………………………

Please return this form to: EAA Secretariat, C/O INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY CAS, LETENSKÁ 4, 118 01 PRAHA 1, CZECH REPUBLIC, FAX: +420 257014411


Calendar for EAA members, summer 2007 15 April Closure of nominations for the election by members (call for

nominations sent in the 1st week of March, also available in the members section of the web site)

30 April Deadline for conference session proposals 1 May Deadline for Heritage Prize nominations 31 May Deadline for conference paper and poster submissions 4 June TEA 27 circulated to members 10 June Deadline for conference grant application 30 June Final date for conference fee concession 1 July Deadline for receipt of completed candidate forms from the nominees

for the EAA election before 23 August Letter sent to all voting members, together with short biographies and

candidate statements of the candidates for the EAA election and ballot papers.

11 August Submission of papers for Student Award 7 September Deadline for postal ballot papers 20 September Deadline for electronic voting at 5pm 21 September Deadline for ballot papers to be returned to the ballot box at the

conference at 5pm 18–23 September EAA Annual Meeting in Zadar, Croatia 19 September Afternoon – Opening ceremony 20–22 September Sessions and Round Tables 22 September Afternoon – ABM and announcement of the election results 19 October Deadline for contributions to TEA 28 November TEA 28 circulated to members


Work with the Pava Project (Siena, Italy), July & August 2007!

This excavation has been organized since 2004 by the

Laboratory of Landscape Archaeology and Remote

Sensing at the University of Siena. The call for volunteers is open to archaeological students

and research workers at all levels, and to experienced

excavators from within Italy and abroad. The latest date for

applications is 10 June 2007. Food and accommodation (bring

your own sleeping bag) will be provided, free of charge, in the

former Middle School at the village close to the excavation.

The 2007 season of work will involve excavation, finds

processing and documentation using the latest techniques of digital recording. This season

will also involve field-walking on the Asso Valley, as well as

geophysical prospecting. There will be three sessions in 2007:

Session 1: 1–20 July

Session 2: 22 July–10 Aug. Session 3: 12 Aug.–1 Sept.

Applications, with a brief CV,

should be submitted, by 10 June at the latest, to [email protected]

Stefano Campana, Cristina Felici, Lorenzo Marasco



Bulgarian Archaeological Association Field School, Mezdra 2007

The Bulgarian Archaeological Association (BAA) is pleased to announce the next season of the ‘Roman project’ fieldwork. The BAA Archaeological Field School was founded in 2001 as a TSchool for students of archaeology, and is based in NorthwesBulgaria. The Field School is involved in a study of the Roman culture in the region, incorporating a research excavation at a number of sites. This year the project is based in a Roman sanctuary and fortress ‘Kale’ near town of Mezdra.

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Courses In 2007 the project will include number of additional courses focused on the professional development of the participants (Drawing and Sketching, Photography, Ceramic workshop) provided by highly skilled artists. The practical courses will provide an ideal introduction to the world of archaeology. The project incorporates also daily laboratory work and several lectures focused on architecture, ceramic remains and artifact illustration. The project is suitable both for beginners and professional archaeologists wishing to develop their skills and knowledge. Program Dates Session 1: 14–28 July Session 2: 28 July – 11 August Session 3: 11–25 August Admissions • Undergraduate and graduate students • Volunteers with no experience • No previous field work experience is required • Bulgarian language skills are not required Housing Accommodation is provided by the ***Hotel, which offers shared double-rooms with bathrooms, hot and cold running water and television, swimming pool. The hotel is near the town and the site. Program Cost Summer 2007 Program Fee: EUR 1075 Cost includes tuition, housing, board and excursion

Bulgarian Archaeological Association 21 Tsarigradsko shosse Blv., 1124 Sofia, Bulgaria

phone: + 359 (0) 878440367; fax: +359 (0) 2 9440056; [email protected]; www.archaeology.arcbg.net



British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology – conference

CALL FOR PAPERS The 9th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) will be held at the Department of Archaeology, University of Reading between Friday 14 and Sunday 16 September 2007. The conference is open to both members and non-members: students, professionals and the public alike. Papers are invited for inclusion in three themed sessions as well as an ‘open’ session in which papers and posters on any topic can be presented. The titles of the themed sessions are:

- Ethical, Scientific and Cultural Issues in the Repatriation of Human Remains

- The Patter of Tiny Feet: the bioarchaeology of infants and children

- Mortuary Matters: the cultural aspects of death and disposal Registration details, conference arrangements, session abstracts and guidelines for abstract submission are available from the BABAO website www.babao.org.uk Abstracts for spoken or poster presentations should be sent by email to [email protected] The deadline for abstract submission is: Wednesday 1 August Please note: late conference booking fee applies after 15 August For any further enquiries please contact: Dr Mary Lewis ([email protected]) at the Department of Archaeology, SHES, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 227, Reading RG1 2SA. Tel: 0118 8927, Fax: 0118 378 6718


http://www.babao.org.uk/



Art2008 – 9th International Conference

Jerusalem, Israel, 25–30 May 2008

For more details, please see www.isas.co.il/art2008

We look forward to your participation


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International Union of Anthropological & Ethnological Sciences – 16th Congress On the theme of ‘Humanity, Development and Cultural Diversity’

July 15–23 2008, Kunming, China

Call for panel/session spplications

The 16th Congress of IUAES (The International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences) will be held in Kunming, China, July 15–23, 2008. The Congress’s Organizing Committee is trying to make it the most successful congregation of anthropologists and ethnologists around the world. Your participation is especially welcome! We are now at the stage of calling for proposals to organize academic Panels/Sessions. If you or your organizations are intended to organize and chair a session, please fill the attached application form or contact us immediately. At the moment, we have had 215 session proposals at hand, but we need more for making the organizational work better. It is our suggestion that each session could have 3 panels (i.e., smaller groups) and each panel could be consisted of 5 paper presenters. If a session has 3 panels and a total of 15 speakers from 3 countries/regions around the world, the session leader is to be granted 1 waiver of registration fee (check website:http://www.icaes2008.org for details). This measure is to encourage each panel/session be international. If any of your friends is willing to serve as a session leader, please advise him or her to load the application form at website http://www.icaes2008.org and to send it to [email protected]. The Organizing Committee is now raising funds to create a basis of financial support to cover travel and/or lodging for a selected group of individuals from the developing countries in special financial needs and for scholars whose roles are crucial to the success of the 16th Congress of IUAES. Details will be announced when we have a clear idea of how much funding will be at our disposal. You may also recommend other scholars as session leaders. For more information and the welcome letter, please visit the website http://www.icaes2008.org. If you have suggestions and inquiries, please contact us by this email address [email protected] or phone call 86-10-68933590 for Dr Zhang Haiyang, or Dr Liu Mingxin. Thank you for your attention! Sincerely yours Office of Academic Committee The Organizing Committee of the 16th Congress of IUAES


http://www.icaes2008.org/


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Europa Nostra Awards 2008 – Concours Europa Nostra 2008* CALL FOR ENTRIES – APPEL À CANDIDATURES Over the past five years, Europa Nostra has been running the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage in the context of the European Commission’s Culture 2000 programme. On 7 November 2006 the European Commission published a Call for Proposals for organising the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage in the framework of its new Culture programme. Europa Nostra responded to this call by proposing to organise the ‘EU Prize Scheme for Cultural Heritage – Europa Nostra Awards’, thus hoping to continue its co-operation with the European Commission between 2007 and 2013. The Commission’s decision is expected by the end of June 2007. Europa Nostra will in any case continue running a European Heritage Awards Scheme. Architectural heritage; cultural landscapes; works of art and collections of artistic and historic significance; archaeological sites; industrial and engineering heritage Outstanding achievements in the field of heritage conservation and enhancement will be awarded in the following categories:

1. Conservation 2. Research 3. Dedicated Service by Individuals or Organisations 4. Education, Training and Awareness-Raising

Entry Forms: available from 25 May 2007 at www.europanostra.orgClosing dates: 15 August 2007 (Category 2); 15 September 2007 (Categories 1, 3 and 4) Further information: Eléonore de Merode, Heritage Awards Coordinator, Europa Nostra, tel. +31 70 302 40 52, [email protected]

********** *Au cours des cinq dernières années, Europa Nostra a géré le Prix du Patrimoine culturel de l’Union européenne dans le contexte du programme Culture 2000 de la Commission européenne. Le 7 novembre 2006 la Commission européenne a publié un Appel à propositions pour l’organisation du Prix du Patrimoine culturel de l’Union européenne dans le cadre de son nouveau programme Culture. Europa Nostra a répondu à cet Appel en proposant le « Prix du Patrimoine culturel de l’Union européenne - Concours Europa Nostra », et espère ainsi continuer sa coopération avec la Commission européenne pendant la période 2007 - 2013. La décision de la Commission est attendue avant la fin juin 2007. Europa Nostra continuera de toute manière à organiser un programme européen de Prix pour le patrimoine. Patrimoine architectural ; paysages culturels ; œuvres d'art et collections d'importance artistique et historique ; sites archéologiques ; patrimoine industrielle et d'ingénierie Des réalisations exceptionnelles du patrimoine seront primées dans les catégories suivantes:

1. Conservation 2. Recherche 3. Contribution exemplaire par un individu ou une organisation 4. Education, formation et sensibilisation

Formulaires de candidatures : disponibles à télécharger à partir du 1er mai 2007: www.europanostra.orgDates limites de soumission des candidatures : 15 août 2007 (Catégorie 2) ; 15 septembre 2007 (Catégories 1, 3 et 4) Information : Eléonore de Merode, Coordinatrice des Prix du Patrimoine, Europa Nostra, tél. +31 70 302 40 52, [email protected]


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