The Society of Antiquaries in London will be hosting the 25th Sara Champion memorial lecture and Awards evening, both online and in-person, on 12th October at 4:30pm London time. The lecture this year will be presented by Dr Matthew Hitchcock, University of Leicester, and is entitled: Miniature Histories: Using wear and compositional analysis to tell new stories about Bronze and Iron Age copper alloy objects. For full details including the lecture abstract, information on the

Session Session S – 23C: Chromatic Worlds: Colour Technologies, Material Choices and Symbolic Practices has been accepted for the 21st World Congress of the International Union of Pre- and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP), to be held in Poznań in 2026. The session examines colour as a technological, social and symbolic agent in past societies. Colour and colourants shaped communication, identity, bodily practices and ritual behaviour, while participating in culturally specific

AWRANA is pleased to announce its student scholarship scheme to support participation in the next AWRANA conference (Pisa). The scholarship is designed to help cover travel and accommodation costs. Applications Read More …

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the website of AWRANA26, the 4th edition of the Association of Use-Wear and Residue Analysts Conference, is fully operational again. Abstract submissions are now open at the following address: https://awrana2026.cfs.unipi.it/call-for-papers/ You can also proceed with the payment of the registration fees here. Due to the recent technical issues, please note that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to Septemb

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the website of AWRANA26, the 4th edition of the Association of Use-Wear and Residue Analysts Conference, is fully operational again. Abstract Read More …

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that registration for the upcoming AWRANA Conference in Pisa is now open. AWRANA26, the 4th edition of the Association of Use-Wear and Residue Read More …

Save the date: October 22 to 25, 2025! Welcome to the 7th International Congress of Experimental Archaeology (2025) ! We are thrilled to invite you to the 7th edition of Read More …

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to participate in our workshop titled “Let’s Talk Traceology! Cross-Cultural and -Contextual Perspectives on Use-Wear Analysis of Specialised Copper-Based Artefacts”, which will Read More …

EAA 2025 BELGRADE Intertwined Pasts (3-6 September) Use-wear and residue analyses of stone artefacts found at prehistoric sites are usually viewed as additional insight, that provides details on how the Read More …

The 4th edition of the Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts Meeting will be hosted by the University of Pisa, Italy, in April 2026. The theme, “Breaking Patterns in Read More …