3rd International Landscape Archaeology Conference (Roma, September 2014)

3rd International Landscape Archaeology Conference 2014
Rome, Italy, 17th– 20th of September 2014

Call for Abstracts

Standing in the tradition of the previous Landscape Archaeology Conferences held in Amsterdam in 2010 and in Berlin in 2012, LAC 2014 will again provide a platform for archaeologists, cultural and earth scientists and researchers from neighbouring disciplines to present and discuss results from the broad field of geo- and landscape archaeology.

Hosted by the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome the LAC 2014 conference will cover the following five broad themes in Landscape Archaeology: Landscape Archaeology and Contemporary Society, Integrated Approaches in Landscape Archaeology, Mediterranean Landscape Archaeology, Social Dimensions in Landscape Archaeology and Digital Landscape Archaeology.

The LAC 2014 organisation is calling for abstracts that will fit in one of the following thirteen sessions (visitwww.let.vu.nl/lac2014rome for the abstracts of the sessions below):



Abstract submission

We are now looking for conference abstracts, which consider the 2014 sessions listed above. Abstracts will be judged by the session conveners in order to assign an oral or poster status to the presentation. Abstracts can be sent until the 1st of April 2014. Abstracts should be short (300–500 words), clear, concise and written in English with correct spelling and good sentence structure.

You can submit an abstract:
a) By filling out the submission form available on the website of the VU University Amsterdam (www.let.vu.nl/lac2014rome: click on submission form LAC2014 in the text) and sending it to lac2014rome@vu.nl.
b) By providing the following information in a Word file and sending it to lac2014rome@vu.nl:
· Name and surname;
· Affiliated university or institute;
· Work address and telephone number;
· E-mail address;
· Selected session number (1-13) and first three words of the session title (as mentioned above) in the subject line;
· The abstract text.

Authors may decide to submit their abstract with a preference either for a poster presentation or for an oral presentation. However, there is no guarantee that an oral preference can be realized. Please note that LAC has the tradition that the majority of all presentations at the meeting will be posters. Posters are a vital part of the LAC community, also in Rome in 2014.

General Programme of the Conference

The conference will start with an opening ceremony including a keynote lecture on the evening of the 17th of September 2014. Afterwards, we would like to invite you to an aperitivo. On the 18th and 19th of September 2014 oral and poster presentations will take place. On Saturday, the 20th of September 2014, an excursion will be organised.

Venue
The 3rd International Landscape Archaeology Conference will take place at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR), which will host the congress in close collaboration with the Research institute for the heritage and history of the Cultural Landscape and Urban Environment (CLUE) at the VU University Amsterdam. The opening session will take place in the auditorium of the Faculty of Architecture of the Roman Sapienza University, which is situated in the vicinity of the KNIR. The conference language is English.

Conference Fees
Early registration until the 1st of June 2014
Regular 150 Euro | Students 75 Euro.

Regular registration until the 1st of August 2014
Regular 175 Euro | Students 150 Euro.

Publications
The publication of the presentations at LAC2014 in Rome will be handled by the session conveners. Conveners can initiate for a given selected journal or particular book that might be interested in the session results. Between the abstract submission deadline and the final date of LAC2014 conveners will decide and communicate to the selected abstracts if and under which terms specified publication platforms are available.

Important Dates
· November 2013: call-for-abstracts;
· 1st of April 2014: deadline submission abstracts;
· 1st of May 2014: deadline for session conveners to indicate oral/poster division;
· 1st of June 2014: deadline for early registration;
· 1st of Augustus 2014: deadline registration;
· 17th – 20th of September 2014: LAC 2014 Conference Rome. (incl. late registration).

LAC Bibliography
· Bebermeier, W., Hebenstreit, R., Kaiser, E. & Krause J. (eds.), 2012. Landscape Archaeology Conference (LAC 2012), eTOPOI. Journal for Ancient Stufies , Special Volume 3 (ISSN 2192-2608) Berlin: Exzellenzcluster 264 Topoihttp://www.topoi.org/publication/20090/
· Kluiving, S.J., Lehmkuhl, F, & Schuett, B. (eds.), 2012. LAC2010, Quaternary International, Special Issue, Vol. 251, 141 pp.
· Kluiving, S.J. & Guttmann E.G.B (eds.), 2012. Landscape Archaeology between Art and Science. From a Multi- to an Interdisciplinary Approach, Landscape & Heritage Studies, Amsterdam University Press, 525 pp. Available in Open Access:http://oapen.org/search?keyword=9789089644183

If you have any questions or remarks concerning the Call for Abstracts please contact ms. Rita Hermans,lac2014rome@vu.nl.

The organization of the LAC2014
Prof. dr. Gert-Jan Burgers
Rita Hermans MA
Drs. Annelies Koopman
Dr. Jeremia Pelgrom
Dr. Sjoerd Kluiving