Archaeometallurgy in Europe III, du 29 juin au 1 juillet au Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum

Conference "Archaeometallurgy in Europe III"  which will take place at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum from June 29th to July 1st (the first two conferences of this series were held 2003 in Milano and 2007 in Grado).

Abstract of no more than one page (Din A4) have to be submitted until February 15th at the latest.

The conference papers will be grouped thematically:

   - Metallurgical innovation stages in early metallurgy in Europe: from the Neolithic to the Medieval period
   - Regional studies
   - Early mining in Europe and the distribution of raw sources
   - Experimental archaeometallurgy
   - Reconstructing ancient technologies
   - New horizons: archaeometallurgy in eastern Europe and beyond
   - New approaches, new technologies in archaeometallurgy

For each topic, a key note lecture providing the state of the art will be held. Papers on archaeometallurgy of Non-European countries will be grouped in a special session.

There will be a dinner party as well as two excursions during/after the conference to a famous Archaeological Museum and to a worldwide known industrial heritage monument of the Ruhr District.

Please book accommodation early: there will be the Women Soccer Worldcup in the same week at Bochum!

For further information as well as for downloading the announcement and registration form please visit our website: http://aie3.bergbaumuseum.de