[Archport] CALL FOR PAPERS: Maritime Archaeology and Ancient Trade in the Mediterranean

["Alexandre Monteiro" <no.arame@gmail.com>]

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Maritime Archaeology and Ancient Trade in the Mediterranean

 

Madrid, Spain, 18-20 September 2008

 

Organised by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology

 

The purpose of the conference is to explore the contribution of archaeology to the understanding of maritime trade and exchange in the region of the ancient Mediterranean. Papers are invited which discuss the results of recent research in sessions on:

 

Conceptual issues in maritime trade

Ships and shipping

Ports and connectivity

Landscapes of maritime trade.

 

We welcome papers that deal with either material from maritime contexts or those which integrate land-based evidence into wider patterns of maritime trade. More theoretical papers that deal with issues such as the scale and organisation of maritime trade are also welcome. The conference is part of an Oxford-based series of lectures and seminars on ancient trade in the Mediterranean and will lead to the publication of a monograph on this topic.

 

Financial support will be given to those presenting papers.

 

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is the 30th of June.

 

For further information: http://www.ocma.ox.ac.uk/events

 

Or alternatively, please contact Damian Robinson (damian.robinson@arch.ox.ac.uk) at the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PG, UK