Theory and Method in the Prehistoric Archaeology of Central Europe

and now something completely different!

Sound of Theory by Simon & Garfinkle An Archaeological version of Simon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence: The Sound of Theory - Shanks & Garfinkle Hello Hodder my old friend I've come to talk with...

The whole proceedings of the conference for download here:

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Are you more into Balkan archaeology? One of the papers from the conference proceedings is interestingly discussing different political and social views of current archaeology at the Illyrians.

Kuzmanovic, Z., Vranic, I. 2013. On the reflexive nature of archaeologies of the Western Balkan... Kuzmanovic, Z., Vranic, I. 2013. On the reflexive nature of archaeologies of the Western Balkan Iron Age: a case study of the "Illyrian argument". Anthropologie (Brno) 51, 2: 249-259.

Are you interested in the theory behind scientific approaches to ceramics? Check this paper of Jan Petřík and Ivana Vostrovská (presented in 2012 in Mikulov)

EVOLUTION OF THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO PREHISTORIC POTTERY IN THE AREA OF THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA "Ceramic evidence from archaeological sites offers many opportunities to explore the technological and social behaviour of prehistoric communities. Results related to inter and intra site ceramic variability in technology, provenance, decoration

Dear all, we've been a bit quiet (working hard of course!), but now our proceedings from the conference is out! You can check the content and read the editorial here:

Prehistoric archaeology in Central Europe: Beyond diversity "This paper introduces a Special Issue of the journal Anthropologie based on the papers that were presented at the conference Theory and Method in the Prehistoric Archaeology of Central Europe, which was held in 2012 in Mikulov, Czech Republic.

Dear all,
from autumn 2012 we already know about failure of Bosnian government to finance their cultural and research institutions. Nowadays there is strong initiative in the country which needs help from other museum and galleries worldwide - your solidarity is needed!

CULTURESHUTDOWN.NET Bosnia-Herzegovina's Cultural Institutions in Crisis

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Evžen Neustupný discussing Marxism in czechoslovak archaeology with Martin Bača and Karl Marx on the background.

key-note speakers Johannes Müller and Kristian Kristiansen (right) discussing during the coffee break

conference finally started yesterday