The Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in
Archaeology<http://caaconference.org/>
 (CAA) North American chapter <http://caa-na.net/> is pleased to
announce THATCamp
for computational archaeology <http://caana2012.thatcamp.org/>,
co-sponsored by the University of Virginia Library.  It will be held
Friday, August 10, 2012 in the Harrison-Small Special Collections Library
of U.Va., Charlottesville, Virginia.  The registration period for the event
is now open and closes May 31.  Applicants will be notified of their
acceptance by June 8.

THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp) CAA-NA is an "unconference"
with the mission of facilitating communication and collaboration between
students, scholars, professionals, and other interested individuals within
archaeology and related disciplines.  General themes (borrowed from CAA
2012, held in Southampton, UK) are as follows:


   -     Simulating the Past
   -     Spatial Analysis
   -     Data Modelling & Sharing
   -     Data Analysis, Management, Integration & Visualisation
   -     Geospatial Technologies
   -     Field & Lab Recording
   -     Theoretical Approaches & Context of Archaeological Computing
   -     Human Computer Interaction, Multimedia, Museums


Please visit http://caana2012.thatcamp.org/ for more information.
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