Geoarchaeology, defined as the application of geosciences and geographical methods to prehistory, archaeology, and history, is now widely applied to study key subjects such as occupation patterns, territory and site exploitation, palaeoclimatic, palaeoenvironemental, and palaeogeographical changes, as well as anthropogenic impacts and system responses. The multidisciplinary and multiscalar dimensions of geoarchaeological approaches have encouraged continuous development and innovation of methods and approaches that have opened new possibilities for explorations in geographical sectors previously inaccessible, the development of large-scale data acquisitions and treatment, and also the development of microscopic scale analysis precision. This session will highlight global research in geoarchaeology with particular emphasis on innovative methods or cutting edge research using established approaches.

Argument

Geoarchaeology, defined as the application of geosciences and geographical methods to prehistory, archaeology, and history, is now widely applied to study key subjects such as occupation patterns, territory and site exploitation, palaeoclimatic, palaeoenvironemental, and palaeogeographical changes, as well as anthropogenic impacts and system responses.    The multidisciplinary and multiscalar dimensions of geoarchaeological approaches have encouraged continuous development and innovation of methods and approaches that have opened new possibilities for explorations in geographical sectors previously inaccessible (aerial, submarine, and underground), the development of large-scale data acquisitions and treatment (through spatial analysis and the use of GIS), and also the development of microscopic scale analysis precision (micro fauna or vegetal remains, micromorphology). This session will highlight global research in geoarchaeology with particular emphasis on innovative methods or cutting edge research using established approaches.

The Word Archaeological Congress is a great opportunity for presenting and promoting new fieldworks, tools and methodologies in geoarchaeology to an international audience. Proposals submission might be done online (it will close on the 30th of April) but you are welcome to contact us if you have any questions regarding this event.

Theme list

T01. Archaeology and Development

T02. Politics

T03. Post-colonial Experiences, Archaeological Practice and Indigenous Archaeologies

T04. Archaeological Ethics: Where Are We Now?

T05. Comparative Archaeologies in the Globalized World

T06. Regional Archaeologies in the Globalised World

T07. Education: Learning and Unlearning

T08. The Public, Heritage and Museums

T09. Theory for the Future

T10. Science and Archaeology

T11. Religion and Spirituality

T12. Interactions

T13. The Archaeology of Disaster: Exploring the Past for the Future

T14. Art and Archaeology

T15. War and Conflict

T16. Other important topics: understanding and explaining the past

Submission procedure

Please submit abstracts for this session (max. 250 words) by the end of April 2016 directly on the abstract submission website: http://wac8.org/call-for-submissions/call-for-papers/

Make sure you follow the editing guidelines.

Organizing committee

• Tara Beuzen-Waller (Paris-Sorbonne University /France) : tara.beuzen@gmail.com
• Yasuhisa Kondo (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature/ Japan) : kondo@chikyu.ac.jp
• Friederike Stock (University of Cologne / Germany) : stockf@uni-koeln.de

Scientific Committee

Chair: Robin Torrence
Members: Sahoko Aki, Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly's, Marcia Bezerra, John Carman, Neel Kamal Chapagain, Güneş Duru, Peter G. Gould, Cornelius Holtorf, Timothy Insoll, Lila Janik, Hirofumi Kato, Kristian Kristiansen, Akira Matsuda, Peter J Matthews, Alicia McGill, Katsuyuki Okamura, Gustavo Politis, Anne Pyburn, Uzma Z. Rizvi, Friedrich Schipper, Nathan Schlanger, Claire Smith, Hilary A Soderland, Makoto Tomii, Kunihiko Wakabayashi and Ken'ichi Yano

For general information on the congress: http://wac8.org/