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Usual apologies. Copied from Antiquist. ----------------------------------------------------------------- The School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, The University of Liverpool and the CAA UK Chapter committee would like to invite you to submit a paper or poster presentation for the CAA UK Chapter conference 2009. The conference is to be held in the Victory Museum and Gallery, University of Liverpool on the 6th and 7th February 2009. Registration details and further information will be released in September. First Call for Papers Twenty minute papers and poster presentations are invited on any subject within the broad sphere of archaeological computing. We intend to put together an interesting and varied programme and will be pleased to consider submissions on any related topic. The following suggested themes should act as a guide and starting point: The use of IT in relation to exhibition, display, interpretation, education, outreach and documentation within museums Data quality, standards and access: initiatives for improving the coverage and quality of cultural databases, and for widening access to electronic resources Spatial technologies and methods: computational approaches to space including simulation, spatial modelling, spatial analysis, and spatial theory in landscape and urban contexts Visualisation, research and the media: three-dimensional computing techniques for interpreting and presenting archaeological data Maritime archaeology and computing: geophysical, modelling, recording and interpretative approaches to maritime questions Innovative computing and statistical techniques in ceramics, lithic analysis, osteoarchaeology, dating and other archaeological sciences Please send abstracts of up to 250 words to: [log in to unmask] Deadline: 1st November 2008 Thank you Andrew Wilson CAA UK 2009 Organiser ---------------------- Simon Mahony Research Associate Centre for Computing in the Humanities King's College London 26 - 29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=WC2B_5RL Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 2813 Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 2980 [log in to unmask]