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.
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
Autumn 2024 (44th)
Past Environments for Emerging Worlds
Oxford, 12-14th December 2024
The 44th AEA conference comes to Oxford, hosted by the School of Archaeology and Department for Continuing Education (University of Oxford) and Oxford Archaeology, one of the leading archaeological practices in the UK.
Environmental archaeology in academic and professional realms is at a cross-roads. In an age of ecological crisis, long term views have never been more important, and are relevant well beyond the discipline of Archaeology.
Environmental archaeology generates new primary data on the distributions, communities and ecologies of plant and animal species (including their microbiomes) that have co-evolved with humans for thousands of years. In interpreting these data, it is possible to reveal alternative ways of living with nature and to identify novel (now extinct) ecological relationships of relevance to ongoing nature recovery practices.
From providing perspectives on global biodiversity loss over thousands of years, to informing emerging habitat creation strategies here in Oxfordshire, environmental archaeologists are in a powerful position to engage in discourse surrounding global challenges well beyond archaeology.
The 44th annual conference of the AEA, 'Past Environments for Emerging Worlds', asks What does the world want from environmental archaeology? How should environmental archaeology approach global concerns? and What role does it have to play in contemporary challenges at a range of scales?
(With thanks to Miranda Creswell for her artwork, "Land Burst")
Conference website: https://www.oxfordarchaeology.com/aea44/home
