8th Symposium
Archaeological Research & New Technologies (ARCH_RNT)

10-12 October 2024
Kalamata, Greece

Key Information

Call for Abstracts Deadline: May 1, 2024​
​8th ARCH_RNT: ​October 10-12, 2024
Early Bird ​Registration Fees: Regular: 150€, ​Student: 100€ (until June 1)
Location: UoP Campus of Kalamata, Greece (click here to find it on the map)

For abstract submission, please use this Abstract Template and send it to [email protected].

The 8th ARCH_RNT (2024) will be held in Kalamata, Greece from 10 to 12 October, 2024, organized by the Laboratory of Archaeometry, University of the Peloponnese (UoP). The Symposium focuses on the use of New Technologies in the Archaeological Research (Archaeometry, Engineering, Computing and Digital Technologies) notably with the presentation of interdisciplinary approaches, special case studies and research on archaeological material and collections.
A Special Session will be held focusing in Modern Applications in Bioarchaeology.

Scientific Programme

The programme of the 8th ARCH_RNT will be available shortly. Stay tuned!

Oral presentations
The length of all oral presentations is 15 minutes, plus 5 minutes for discussion. The standard format of visual presentations is Power Point.

Posters
Posters must be A0 in size and portrait in orientation (90 cm in width and 120 cm in height). They must be handed to the registration desk during registration and will be mounted by the ARCH_RNT Secretariat.

Proceedings

All abstracts will be eligible for publication in a Special Issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (Impact Factor 1.6 /CiteScore 3).
Proceedings of the previous ARCH_RNT were also published in a Special Issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (access here). More than 45 papers were submitted, with an overall acceptance rate of 60% and an average publication time of 6 months.

For abstract submission, please use this Abstract Template and send it to [email protected].

Financial Information

For each oral or poster presentation there must be at least one registered author. Co-authors will be able to attend the conference for free. 

The registration fee covers:

• Access to all sessions (in person) 
• Book of abstracts
• Potential  to submit a paper to be published at the Symposium Proceedings in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
• Coffee and lunch breaks

Transportation

​Getting to Kalamata

Athens to Kalamata bus service
Kalamata is linked to Athens and other major Greek cities with an excellent and frequent service of buses within 2h.45 min (EXPRESS) or 3h.15 min (NORMAL). Buses to Kalamata leave from Kifisos KTEL Bus Station. For more information visit KTEL Messinias.
In order to get to the Kifisos KTEL Bus Station, take the Bus X93 express bus service from the airport. Buses leave every 30-40 minutes and the duration of the drive is approximately 60 minutes. For information on the departure times from Athens airport please visit Athens Airport Bus.

Kalamata International Airport
Kalamata International Airport (KLX) provides frequent links to both Greek and international destinations. The city centre can be reached from the airport in approximately 15 minutes by taxi (average fare to and from the airport costs 20 €). ​

Accommodation

We will keep you updated on upcoming special offers for accommodations.

Chair

Nikolaos Zacharias
University of the Peloponnese

Scientific Committee

K. Bakula
Warsaw University of Technology
S. Boyatzis
University of West Attica
​P. Day
The University of Sheffield
​​E. Gliozzo
Università degli Studi di Siena
​J. Henderson
The University of Nottingham​
I. Iliopoulos
University of Patras

​​​I. Kakoulli
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
​A. G. Karydas
NCSR Demokritos
​V. Kilikoglou
NCSR Demokritos
​​A. Pydyn
Nicolaus Copernicus University
A. Sarris
University of Cyprus
​​Z.A. Stos-Gale
University of Gothenburg

Organising committee