Future meetings.

Second International Conference on Soils and Archaeology

Pisa, Italy, May 12-15, 2003

Second Circular
 

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
May, 10, 11 Workshop of the Archaeological Soil Micromorphology Working Group.
May, 12, 13, 14 Oral and poster sessions.
May, 15 Field trip.
 

The conference is preceded by a 2-day workshop of the Archaeological Soil Micromorphology Working Group. Thin sections and microscopic techniques employed in some of the analyses presented at the conference, can be viewed here. This workshop is open to all, with the only limitation that the microscopy room of the Department of Earth Sciences is equipped with 20 microscopes.
 

CONFERENCE FEES
100 Euro (50 for students and unemployed, with certificate) if paid before February 28, 2003. Later payment: +30%.
The fees include:
Conference pre-prints.
Tea and coffee breaks.
One social dinner.
and possibly more 
 

HOW TO PAY
The fees can be paid only via bank transfer, STARTING FROM JANUARY, 2003; please, indicate carefully ALL the following data:

Title of the account: Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche - Universitа di Pisa
Name and address of the Bank: Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa SPA, sede di Pisa - piazza Dante, 1 56126 PISA ITALIA - Codice ente 621.
SWIFT address: BPALIT3P.
USE: Iscrizione Conference Soils and Archaeology.
ABI code: 6255.
CAB code: 14011.
Please pay the full costs of bank transfer, indicating clearly "No charges for the beneficiary.
For a better cross-check of the financial aspects, please fax us (+39.050.847316) a copy of your bank invoice.
Students should also send a certificate of their University.
 

ABSTRACTS
We are planning to edit an extended abstract volume.
The referees have observed that many abstracts need a strong rewrite for their English; authors are encouraged to carefully check their English, because the texts that are too poor may not be included in the volume.
If you want to improve the quality/size of your abstract, you can send us a new version as soon as possible.
Please, e-mail a text of not more than 1000 words and one b/w picture that may be reduced to a width of 70 mm. Alternatively, send us a PC format 1.44' diskette. Only .doc or .rtf document formats will be accepted.
 

DEADLINES
Closing date for registration and abstracts: October 15, 2002.
Notification of acceptance and 2nd circular: December, 2002.
Final registration and payment: February 28, 2003.
Final circular and preliminary program: March-April, 2003.
 

ACCOMMODATION
Remember that EARLY BOOKING OF ACCOMMODATION IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, because the Conference occurs is during a period of major tourist activity. Hotels and bed & breakfast accommodation in Pisa for this period tends to become fully booked very early in the year.
A list of hotels, including phone/fax numbers and some prices, is available on the web site of the conference.
An ad hoc agreement is active with the following hotels: Hotel Royal Victoria, 20% reduction (single 75 Ђ instead of 95, double 92 instead of 115); Hotel Leonardo, about 10% reduction (single 80 Ђ instead of 85, double 100 instead of 110); Hotel Cecile, (single 52 Ђ, double 62, free continental breakfast). A document of the conference organisation will be requested by the hotels when you pay the bill.
The Youth Hostel (Ostello della Gioventщ, 56017 Madonna Dell'acqua - Via Pietrasantina, phone +39 050.890622) is somewhat far from the centre, but it is reasonably well connected by the bus.
We are trying to organise a (very) limited number of free accommodations (shared room and/or sleeping bag) in private student houses. Only for students; first arrived, first served. Please contact Marta Colombo (martacolo@libero.it) for information.
 

ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Slide, overhead, and videoprojectors will be available. For videoprojector use, please take your own notebook.
 

POSTERS
Maximum size 70x100 cm, portrait orientation.
 

FIELD TRIP
A one-day field trip on Tuscany soils, archaeology and landscape is scheduled for 15th May.
The trip will highlight the main soil forming processes in the coastal and near-coastal area of Central Tuscany, and their relationships with the archaeological record. The hills between Livorno and Piombino are shaped by several orders of marine terraces, on which Ultisols and Alfisols developed during the middle and late Pleistocene; lower and middle Palaeolithic findings are associated to these soils. Dune systems were accumulated along the coast during the Holocene.
The Mousterian open-air site of Botro ai Marmi, with an interesting sequence of late Pleistocene sediments and soils, will be visited.
The trip will also include a visit to an Etruscan iron smelting settlement with peculiar accumulations of slag fragments, situated on the seashore of Golfo di Baratti.
A visit to the archaeominerary Park of Rocca San Silvestro (12th-20th century mining activity) may be included depending on the trip timing.
A minimum of 50 participants is required. Fee: 50 Ђ (including lunch, booklet, etc.) to be paid directly at conference registration. Please, confirm your participation with the final registration (28th February).
 

WEB SITE
All these information are available also in the Conference web site
http://soilarch.humnet.unipi.it

Giovanni Boschian
Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche
Universitа di Pisa
53, via Santa Maria
I-56126 PISA ITALY
FAX: +39 050 911665; +39 050 847316