Colloque international CAA 2025 → 5-9 mai 2025  |  Athènes, University of West Attica ♦ Appel à contribution deadline 24 novembre 2024

The Athena Research Center, the Hellenic Open University, the Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica, and the University of West Attica look forward to welcoming you to the 52nd CAA International Conference in Athens, Greece, 5 – 9 May 2025, at the conference venue of the University of West Attica.

→ Key dates

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1. Standard – with a series of formal papers (normally 10-20 minutes in length + time for questions) addressing a theme presented in advance by the organisers.
2. Round Table – with a pre-conference position paper published by the organisers, followed by an invitation for researchers to submit a response in advance or to participate in open-forum discussion at the session. Please see the round table page for the abstracts and additional information.
3. Other – with the format decided by the organisers, exploring innovative and creative ways for participants to engage with the session.

Please check the format of each session carefully before submitting an abstract and see the guidelines below to learn more about the different requirements for each type. If your presentation is applicable to more than one session, please indicate that during the submission process by selecting the one that best matches the topic of your paper as your primary subject area and up to four other related sessions as secondary options. If none of the sessions are appropriate for your paper, please mark the closest fit as your primary choice and then the “Advances in Computational Archaeology” (session 46) as a secondary option. Abstracts for posters should also be submitted to a specific session, as authors will be invited to make an optional short presentation about their poster during the session.

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→ Session Formats

• Standard Sessions

Extended abstracts (1,000 words maximum, plus up to 3 citations) will be required for papers submitted to standard sessions. The content of your abstract should be appropriate for the nature of the paper you intend to present.For scientific papers, your abstract could include:

• Introduction – an overview of the background to your research and the research questions that will be addressed by your paper;
• Methods and materials – a summary of the sources of data used and the methods employed in your research;
• Results – a description of the results of your research;
• Discussion – a discussion of the wider implications of your research;
• References – up to 3 citations (cited using the Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition Author Date format, see below).

For discursive or theoretical papers, your abstract could include:

• Context – an overview of the current state of the art and the problems that will be addressed by your paper;
• Main argument – a summary of the key points in your argument;
• Applications or implications – a discussion of the wider implications of your paper for computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology;
• References – up to 3 citations (cited using the Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition Author Date format, see below).

Abstracts should contain sufficient information to allow the CAA Scientific Committee to evaluate the scientific content of your paper. You may include a single figure (see below) that shows the key results or main argument of your paper.

• Round Tables

Round table sessions offer a more interactive format, and organisers are expected to nominate participants by the deadline for the Call for Papers. Nominated panelists do not need to submit abstracts through CMT. If you are interested in being a speaker in one of the accepted round table sessions, please email the chair using the email address listed on the abstract to discuss your potential contributions.

• Other

Extended abstracts (1,000 words maximum, plus 3 citations) will be required for papers submitted to other sessions. The content of your abstract should be appropriate for both the format of the other session and the nature of the paper you intend to present.For scientific papers, your abstract could include:

• Introduction – an overview of the background to your research and the research questions that will be addressed by your paper;
• Methods and materials – a summary of the sources of data used and the methods employed in your research;
• Results – a description of the results of your research;
• Discussion – a discussion of the wider implications of your research;
• References – up to 3 citations (cited using the Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition Author Date format, see below).

For discursive or theoretical papers, your abstract could include:

• Context – an overview of the current state of the art and the problems that will be addressed by your paper;
• Main argument – a summary of the key points in your argument;
• Applications or implications – a discussion of the wider implications of your paper for computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology;
• References – up to 3 citations (cited using the Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition Author Date format, see below).

Abstracts should contain sufficient information to allow the CAA Scientific Committee to evaluate the scientific content of your paper. You may include a single figure (see below) that shows the key results or main argument of your paper.Lightning talks or similar contributions are excluded from the limit of one paper per first named author, i.e. a participant can submit an abstract for both a lightning talk and a 20-minute paper. Participants in other session formats will still have the opportunity to submit a paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

• Posters

Abstracts (200-500 words, plus up to 3 citations) will be required for posters. Your abstract should include:

• Subject – a description of the methods used and key results (scientific posters), or main argument (discursive or theoretical posters);
• Background – a summary of the topic or research question addressed by the poster;
• Discussion – a discussion of the wider implications of your research for computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology;
• References – up to 3 citations (cited using the Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition Author Date format, see below).

Your abstract should contain sufficient information to allow the CAA Scientific Committee to evaluate the scientific content of your poster. You may include a single figure (see below) that shows the key results or main argument of your paper.

Accepted posters will be displayed during the conference, and authors will be invited to make an optional short presentation about their poster during the session to which it was submitted.