The upcoming Joint Chapter Meeting of CAA Netherlands - Flanders and CAA Germany invites scholars, practitioners, and students to submit presentations that explore and push forward digital and quantitative methods in archaeology and cultural‑heritage management.
We welcome contributions on a wide range of topics: From digital documentation techniques such as 3‑D modelling, photogrammetry, and drone‑based surveying, to the design of databases, open‑data infrastructures, policy issues, and semantic‑web projects. Spatial perspectives are particularly valued, so submissions on GIS, landscape archaeology, and related spatial analyses are welcome. Studies using big‑data analytics, statistical or network‑based approaches, agent‑based simulations, predictive modelling, AI or other machine‑learning tools to reveal hidden patterns in the archaeological record are also encouraged. We also invite theoretical, conceptual, and critical reflections on the AI turn in our discipline.
The CAA specifically wants to offer a platform for students and young researchers to present their current work, to exchange experiences, to discuss problems with their theses, or just to build up a network of like-minded professionals. To this end, we strongly invite research institutes, departments, private organisations and the like to present their opportunities for collaboration and networking. We want to encourage, foster and enable future research and collaborations across disciplines and institutions. A dedicated networking and collaboration session will give you an opportunity to briefly present your affiliation, your main areas of research and potential ways to collaborate with and reach out to you.
In short, the Joint Chapter Meeting is meant to be a lively forum for sharing ideas, experiences and talking about everything digital in archaeology. Feel free to submit abstracts on projects that are planned, underway, or just finished—whether they’re research studies or theses. We’d especially love it if you could invite young scientists and researchers from related fields who collaborate with you to join us.
Please send your abstract (max. 250 words), including the author’s name, affiliation, and contact details,
to Jan Miera by email — jmiera(at)uni-muenster.de
Abstract deadline is May 15, 2026 (23:59).
Abstracts should preferably be written in English, but German and Dutch are also accepted. In the spirit of international exchange and collaboration we’d love you to communicate in English whenever possible. If giving a talk in English feels intimidating, we kindly ask you to prepare your slides in English so that your audience has a fair chance to follow and understand your key points.