Apologies for cross posting.

Conference invitation:

MEDITERRANEAN URBANISATION 800-600 B.C.

Thursday 15 November and Friday 16 November 2001
at the British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1

The eighth and seventh centuries B.C. were a period of major settlement
change all across the Mediterranean. Archaeologists have been tempted to
talk of 'urban' forms, and to postulate changes in social and political
organisation in which they associate the new settlement forms with changing
relationships between settlements and countryside and with the origin of
the state. As the evidence available increases, the questions of the
relationship between these settlements and the settlements that preceded
them, and more particularly of settlement forms in one place to settlement
forms in another place, have become more acute.

This conference brings together leading archaeologists from across the
Mediterranean to survey the current state of the evidence and to review the
issues involved in its interpretation.

All those interested are welcome to attend, but because of limited space it
is essential to register in advance.  Please see the Academy website for
full programme and registration forms:
http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/index.html.   Telephone enquiries: 020 7969
5264; Email: [log in to unmask]

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Angela Pusey
Assistant Secretary Lectures and Symposia
The British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AH
Tel: 020 7969 5264
Fax: 020 7969 5414
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web site: www.britac.ac.uk