36th Annual Conference on
Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology

On the Road to Reconstructing the Past
First Announcement

The 36th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology is to be held on 2-6 April 2008 in Budapest, Hungary. The topic of CAA 2008 is "On the Road to Reconstructing the Past". In Hungary and the neighboring countries, 90% of all archaeology is concentrated on rescue excavations. The infrastructural backwardness of EU accession countries has induced large-scale road constructions, railroad reconstructions and Greenfield investments. For archaeology, these have resulted in the full excavation of large areas not connected to particular periods with huge amounts of finds and data. The archaeological processing and historical evaluation of rescue excavations bring new opportunities for archaeology not only in quantity but also in quality. We construct new roads, and while doing so we have to use the latest methods to ensure that we create the most detailed documentation before a site is destroyed.

The Conference Organizing Committee for CAA 2008 invites you to participate in the Annual Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. You can participate in this conference by presenting a paper or a poster. In addition, you may organize or take part in a discussion panel or workshop. Or, simply attend the conference to learn more about the latest experiments and methods, and to meet colleagues with similar interests and acquire fruitful international contacts. While the main topic of the conference is the use of computer applications and quantitative methods in large-scale rescue excavations, proposals for sessions, papers, round tables and workshops on other CAA related issues are welcome as well.

Session proposals: Session organizers should provide a session invitation of 200 to 300 words concerning a well-defined theme. All session proposals will be evaluated by a scientific committee for their quality. Session organizers will be responsible for accepting or rejecting papers for their session and for scheduling the order of presentations.

Round table proposals: Round table organizers should provide an invitation of 200 to 300 words introducing a discussion topic and a list of five to eight panel members from at least two different countries. All round table proposals will be evaluated by a scientific committee for their quality.

Workshop proposals: Workshop organizers must submit a proposal of 200 to 500 words, describing the objectives of the workshop (usually hardware or software demonstration with the active participation of the audience). The proposal must include information on duration (2 to 6 hours), maximum number of participants, and a list of presenters and their affiliations.

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