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Main topics
1. Complexity: urban site formation.
- Site stratigraphy and formation; “Dark Earths” and micro-stratified deposits (such as floor levels), often an important part of the urban stratigraphy;
- The urbanisation process;
- The integration of new methods and tools into the archaeological field work;
- From multi-disciplinarity to integrated research.
2.Urban economy.
Economic activities and their spatial distribution throughout the city especially considering:
- Food production within the city (extent of agro-pastoral activities) and the exchanges with the hinterland;
- Trade of plant and animal products;
- Artisanal activities and the pollution they might cause.
3. The personal life.
How did people live in the cities? More specifically:
- Evidence of health, diet, social status and general quality of life;
- Social stratification as indicated by diet;
- Hygiene;
- Burial practices.
4. The urban environment.
The physical urban environment and its changes through time will be explored:
- Physical urban landscape and its changes (e.g. changes in relief and topography);
- Reconstruction of the local vegetation, fauna and other aspects of the environment in cities;
- The evolution of the hydrographic network associated with cities and its impact on the formation, development and functioning of the urban environment;
- Waste management.
Venue
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The conference will be take place in Brussels, Belgium, which is conveniently and centrally located in Belgium and Europe.
The conference venue, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences is situated in the center of Brussels and is less than 20 minutes train journey from Brussels Airport which has regular direct connections with over 60 cities across Europe as well as several direct connections to cities in Africa, SE Asia and N-America. Regular train services are linked with international railway stations where a connection can be made with high-speed trains to Amsterdam, London, Paris, Cologne and Frankfurt.
In the cours of its some 150-years’ existence, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, together with its Museum has retained the same fundamental scientific objective: to compile the inventory of all forms of life, past and present, but its scope has been steadily broadened to include the study of ecosystems and its applications for the protection of biodiversity. The Institute is the largest of the Belgian State scientific establishments, under the control of the department of federal science policy.
It is the most important centre for the dissemination of knowledge about natural sciences in Belgium and this through permanent and temporary exhibitions, publications and events which combine interactivity, pedagogical objectives and leisure activities for the largest possible audience.
It is an active participant, even a pioneer, in issues of scientific and museological cooperation, both at the European level and on a global scale, in a field where progress would be impossible without the existence of a network of knowledge and expertise.
Organization
Thisconference is organized by the Brussels Capital Region, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
The conference is also supported by the European Research Network BIOARCH, Association of Environmental Archaeology, VisitBrussels agency, FNRS and the non profit organisation ROOTS.
contact: ceaec @ naturalsciences.be
Scientific committee in alphabetical order
Laurent Bavay, CReA-Patrimoine, ULB, Belgium
François Blary, CReA-Patrimoine, ULB, Belgium
Ann Degraeve, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
Chloé Deligne, ULB, Belgium
Anton Ervynck, Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed, Belgium
Roger Langohr, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Richard Macphail, UC London, UK
Daniel Makowiecki, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
Elena Marinova, KU Leuven & RBINS, Belgium
Arturo Morales Muñiz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Philippe Rentzel, IPNA - Basel, Switzerland
Marie-Pierre Ruas, CNRS, Paris, France
Wim Van Neer, KU Leuven & RBINS, Belgium
Laurent Verslype, UCLouvain, Belgium
Local Organising committee:
for the Brussels Capital Region: Ann Degraeve, Stéphane Demeter
for the CReA-Patrimoine, ULB: Laurent Bavay, François Blary, Yannick Devos, Cristiano Nicosia, Luc Vrydaghs
for RBINS-KUL: Wim Van Neer, Elena Marinova, Clara Boffin, Lien Speleers, Kim Quintelier
for UCLouvain: Laurent Verslype
contact: ceaec @ naturalsciences.be
Most important dates
20 October 2014 | Conference home page | |
20 October 2014 | Second circular, preliminary program | |
20 October 2014 | Registration opens. Start abstract submission | |
18 November 2014 | Deadline abstract submission | |
28 November 2014 | Communication of acceptance of papers and posters | |
08 December 2014 | Communication of conference program | |
15 March 2015 | Deadline for Early Registration | |
27 March 2015 | Third circular, final program | |
Registration | Before 15 March 2015 | Student registration (€ 100) |
Before 15 March 2015 | Early bird registration (€ 120) | |
After 16 March 2015 | Normal registration (€ 180) | |
Daily participant during CEAEC | One day registration (€ 60) | |
May 27-29, 2015 | CEAEC, Brussels, Belgium |