AEA Conferences
The AEA holds two conferences each year: the "spring meeting", a 1-2 day conference usually held around April or May, and the "autumn conference", usually a 2-3 day conference held between September and December.
The conferences are hosted and operated by members of the AEA and their institutions, with support from the Managing Committee of the AEA.
If you would like to express an interest in hosting an AEA conference, please email envarch@envarch.net.
Autumn 2025
Life on the Edge: Exploring Resilience and Adaptations to Challenging Environments
We are pleased to announce the 45th conference of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, held this year in Stavanger, Norway.
When: Thursday 4th - Saturday 6th December 2025
Where: Museum of Archaeology, Stavanger, Norway
Cost: TBA
Abstract submission deadline: 15th August 2025
Registration: OPEN, closes 31st October 2025
Conference topics
The organisers invite all papers on environmental archaeology but particularly welcome papers on the following themes:
➤ Living in remote and challenging environments
➤ Hunter-gatherer and early (pre-modern) farming adaptations (Mesolithic - Medieval)
➤ Identifying resilience and risk management strategies in the past
➤ Adaptations to past climate changes (e.g. 4.2k event, Little Ice Age)
The organisers also encourage Nordic investigations into these themes.
Presentation formats: Oral presentations (15 minutes), lightning presentations (5 minutes), and posters.
Organising committee: Rosie R Bishop, Daniel Fredh, Daisy Spencer, Christin Jensen, Sara Westling, Dawn Elise Mooney, Hanne Øvretveit Helgeland, Jutta Lechterbeck, Grethe Pedersen, and Ingrid Helland.
Abstract submission: https://nettskjema.no/a/525786#/page/1
Registration: TBA
For full details, including scheduling and information on keynote speakers, please visit the official conference website at https://aeastavanger.wordpress.com/
General queries about the conference can be addressed to the organisers at: AEA_Stavanger@uis.no
Spring 2025
Of Mountains and Rivers: Perspectives in Environmental Archaeology
We would like to welcome papers and posters of all environmental archaeology disciplines and regions, encouraging contributions, but not limited to the following: archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, anthropology, palynology, geoarchaeology, landscape archaeology etc. The conference title “Of Mountains and Rivers: Perspectives in Environmental Archaeology” aims to draw attention to the major landscape aspects, such as the highlands, the lowlands and the major rivers, which had defined settlement life in the past and present.
Sofia, 12-13th April 2024
Conference topics
We welcome abstracts developed around major environmental factors, such as mountains and rivers within the main conference topics, but not limited to:
➤ Archaeobotany
➤ Zooarchaeology
➤ Physical anthropology
➤ Landscape archaeology
➤ Multi-proxy approaches in environmental archaeology
➤ Digital approaches in environmental archaeology
➤ Other
Host institutions: Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) and Department of Archaeology (Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”)
Location: University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstracts and call for papers: We accept two types of submissions:
➤ Oral presentation format (15-minute presentation)
➤ Poster presentations (A0 size)
Abstract submission is limited to 300 words.
Abstract submission deadline: January 30th, 2025
Registration deadline: March 1st, 2025
Registration fee*: 40 EUR (Regular, non-member), 30 EUR (Regular AEA member), 20 EUR (Student member/non-member), 20 EUR (Attendance only)
*Payment details are provided upon abstract acceptance. Non-presenting delegates, please send a message to aea2025sofia@gmail.com.
Organisers
Mila Andonova-Katsarski (Division of Palaeobotany and Palynology, IBER-BAS, Bulgaria)
Daniela Stoyanova (Department of Archaeology, Sofia University, Bulgaria)
Nadezhda Karastoyanova (National Museum of Natural History, Bulgaria)
Hanna Alexandrova (National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgaria)
Yoanna Katreva (Division of Palaeobotany and Palynology, IBER-BAS, Bulgaria)
Daria Toncheva (Division of Palaeobotany and Palynology, IBER-BAS, Bulgaria)
Scientific committee:
Daniela Stoyanova (Department of Archaeology, Sofia University, Bulgaria)
Ivanka Hristova (Umeå University,Sweden)
Elena Marinova (State Office for Cultural Heritage of Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Tsvetana Popova (National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgaria)
Nikolay Spasov (National Museum of Natural History, Bulgaria)
Kamen Boyadzhiev (National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgaria)
Momchil Panayotov (Department of Dendrology, University of Forestry, Bulgaria)
Borislav Grigorov (Department of Landscape Ecology, Sofia University, Bulgaria)
Mila Andonova-Katsarski (Division of Palaeobotany and Palynology, IBER-BAS, Bulgaria)
Abstract submission: now closed.
Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QELHg5rCpVKMBx5JLg9kvVrurtTVR6caIOn-hgwLOoI/edit?usp=forms_home&ths=true (closes 1st March 2025, 23:59).
General queries about the conference can be addressed to the organisers at: aea2025sofia@gmail.com
