At last, at last! I have spoken to many people about this over the
years.....
Cheers,
Tim
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> GlobalPottery 1st International Congress on Historical Archaeology
> and Archaeometry for Societies in Contact
>
> website: http://www.ub.edu/gracpe/arqub/GlobalPottery/
>
>
> The Cultura Material i Arqueometria UB (ARQUB, GRACPE) research unit
> at the Universitat de Barcelona, along with the members of the
> Tecnolonial research project, has the pleasure of inviting you to
> the GlobalPottery 1st International Congress on Historical
> Archaeology and Archaeometry for Societies in Contact.
> Venue
>
> Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, and the second city of Spain.
> It is located on the Mediterranean coast and therefore has a
> Mediterranean climate with mild, humid winters. Barcelona is
> recognized as a Global City due to its importance in finance,
> commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education
> and tourism.
>
> Founded by the Romans, on preexisting Iberian settlements, Barcelona
> became the capital of the Crown of Aragon and it was one of the most
> important powers in the Mediterranean during the Medieval and post-
> Medieval periods. The present city is nowadays a major tourist
> destination, offering a wide array of cultural attractions, among
> others the monuments and places of the old capital of the Crown of
> Aragon or the architectural works of Gaudí, like the Sagrada Família
> basilica.
>
> The Congress will be held at the Aula Magna of the Facultat de
> Geografia i Història of the Universitat de Barcelona in January,
> 25-27, 2012. This recently built venue represents the state-of-the-
> art on conference rooms, providing with ample seating space and
> technical resources towards the success of the oral and poster
> communications, as well as classrooms and computer rooms, where
> working sessions could take place. The building is located in the
> historical quarter, in the city centre, and a wide variety of
> historical, cultural, gastronomical, and leisure opportunities are
> available within walking distance.
>
> Scope of the Conference
>
> Up to now, there has been an important gap in the scholar community
> where specialists could discuss and define new trends on the field
> of ceramic studies in Historical Archaeology for societies in
> contact. This gap is even more evident considering the limited
> number of projects embracing archaeological and archaeometrical
> methodologies that could serve for the development of
> interdisciplinary based knowledge.
>
> The aim of GlobalPottery is to fill this gap, providing scholars
> with a specialized international forum that deals with Historical
> Archaeology ceramic studies, primarily including the so-called
> topics of Post-Medieval Archaeology and Later Historical Archaeology
> or Industrial Archaeology. It is also the aim of GlobalPottery to
> promote the studies on societies in contact, bearing in mind that
> the colonization of America and the first World circumnavigation
> must be considered the beginning of the present Global World.
>
> The Congress will contribute to the promotion of the development of
> multidisciplinary archaeological and archaeometrical research in
> order to generate historical knowledge from the extant ceramic
> record of the Cultural Heritage.
>
> Sessions
>
> The conference sessions will be classified according to geographic
> topics, which will be introduced by an invited speaker. Each session
> will accept oral and poster communications. Poster communications
> will be scheduled in poster sessions accordingly.
>
> Invited speakers will be chosen following international excellence
> and visibility criteria, as well as a balance between Archaeology
> and Archaeometry. According to the impact and nature of the
> conference, the capacity for attracting international contributors
> will be amongst the main motivations for their selection.
>
> GlobalPottery aims to create a real space for scholar discussion. In
> this way, the presence of archaeological materials, archaeometric
> samples and results is encouraged. The Congress will provide
> binocular and petrographic microscopes, as well as facilities, for
> enabling archaeological and archaeometrical observations and
> discussions by the participants.
>
> Abstracts
>
> Instructions for abstracts submission will be announced. Abstracts
> will be reviewed by a board of international convenors in order to
> confirm that they are within the scope of the conference and also to
> be assigned as oral or poster presentation according to the nature
> and extent of research, subject and general interest.
>
> The official language of the conference will be English. Exceptions
> will be considered in a case by case basis.
>
> A peer-reviewed book publication will be published collecting the
> conference communications.
> Key Dates
>
> Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 31, 2011
> Notification of acceptance or rejection: mid September 2011
> Deadline for registration and payment: November 30, 2011
> Sessions: January 25th - 27th, 2012
>
> Communication
>
> For further information, please contact:
>
> Samantha G. Ferrer - [log in to unmask]
> Roberta Di Febo - [log in to unmask]
> Cristina P. Barrachina - [log in to unmask]
>
> Dept. Prehistoria, Historia Antiga i Arqueologia
> Universitat de Barcelonat
>
> Montalegre 6 - 08001 Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)
> t. +34 934 037 529 f. +34 934 037 541
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