Institute of Archaeology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno

Department of Archaeology and Museology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University Brno

 

Institute of Archaeology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

Institute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra

Department of Archaeology, University of Hradec Králové

Department of Classical Archaeology, University of Trnava

Numismatic Department of National Museum, Prague

 

cordially invite you to the

 

XIV. Protohistoric Conference

 

Archaeology of the Barbarians 2018

 

which will be held

 

in Brno on 3–5 October, 2018.

 

The key topic of the international conference will be:

 

“Weapons and their bearers”

 

Objects of military or martial nature count among basic categories of artefacts in protohistoric archaeology. Celtic, Roman or Germanic weapons and armour represent a topic, which is present in many aspects of archaeological research. The widely conceived conference topic enables to look at the problem from the aspect of quantitative and qualitative parameters of various forms of militaria, and reflect the evidence of their find contexts regarding either social aspects (exemplified by warrior graves) or possible places with high concentration of soldiers and warriors (e.g. camps) or military conflicts and battles. Militaria also occur with increasing intensity in collections of finds gathered from the ground surface and modify thereby in many regards the deep-rooted conceptions of distribution territories of individual forms. From an interdisciplinary point of view, the effects and use of weapons can, for example, be studied on anthropological material. The aim of the conference is to outline the current state of research on weapons and armour in protohistoric archaeology of the Central European Barbaricum, using the examples of individual forms, localities, regions or various cultural groups.

 

This year’s conference has a clearly defined thematic focus. The organisers therefore strive to include at least one invited thematic lecture in the conference programme.

The conference will of course again feature the regular section “Varia”, which introduces new results of excavations or projects or new findings.

 

The outcome of the conference will be a thematic collected volume of presented papers “ Archeologie barbarů 2018”.

 

The applications containing the titles of presentations in a length of 20 minutes and possible posters shall be submitted by 31 August 2018 at the latest, to the e-mail address: komorozcy@arub.cz .

Conference registration fee: 1000 CZK (refreshment, social evening, invited lectures, collected volume)

 

The conference registration fee must be paid by 31 August 2018 to the bank account number 259570002/0300. Bank name: ČSOB a. s. (Czechoslovak Trade Bank) in Brno, Veveří Street. The variable symbol should be entered as 142018 and in the information for beneficiary please write the name/s of participant/s!

 

Instructions for international payments:

 

BIC: CEKOCZPP

IBAN: CZ62 0300 0000 0002 5957 0002

 

 

In individual cases, the conference registration fee can be paid in cash on the spot. The payment acceptance receipt will be issued.

 

Conference venue: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Brno, v. v. i. (Institute of Archaeology, Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno), Čechyňská 363/19, 602 00 Brno

 

Conference languages: Czech, Slovak, Polish, German, English

 

Accommodation: The accommodation for conference participants is not provided collectively. In case somebody is interested in booking an accommodation which meets best the possibilities and needs of a participant, please, along with application submission and conference registration fee payment, contact the organisation team member Bc. Michaela Zelíková via e-mail address misa.zelikova@seznam.cz .

 

In case of any doubts and specific requirements, please contact the organisation team members: Balázs Komoróczy (komoroczy@arub.cz , 00 420 604 246 002), Michaela Zelíková (misa.zelikova@seznam.cz).

 

We are looking forward to meeting you!

 

In the name of the organisers:

 

Balázs Komoróczy (Brno)

Eduard Droberjar (Hradec Králové/Opole)

Kristian Elschek (Nitra/Bratislava)

Maciej Karwowski (Vienna)

Jiří Militký (Prague)

Vladimír Varsik (Trnava)