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1 DECEMBRIE 1918 UNIVERSITY OF ALBA IULIA
History, Archaeology and Museology Department
ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IAI
History Department
HOMINES, FUNERA, ASTRAFourth edition
Time and Cause of Death
from Prehistory to Middle Ages
Time Flies(art courtesy of janussyndicate)
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
ON FUNERARY ANTHROPOLOGY
21-23 September 2014
ALBA IULIA (ROMANIA)
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Dear Colleagues,
We are glad to inform you that the fourth edition of our International
Symposium, Homines, Funera, Astra: Time and Cause of Death from Prehistory to
Middle Ages, will take place at the 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia
(Romania) from the21st to the 23rd of September, 2014.
This scientific meeting will regroup archaeologists, anthropologists, philologistsand epigraphists.
Suggested topics for this years edition are: the use of burial rite, grave goods, and
grave architecture to date a funerary feature; 14C AMS data and Bayesian modeling;
the use of grave orientation and palynological data to establish the moment of burial;
time in ancient Greek and Latin literature and epigraphy (analepsis,prolepsis, time
awareness, age, time of death, flow of time, multiple simultaneous presents, etc.); the
use of epigraphic and other written sources to establish time and cause of death;
perimortem and / or postmortem injuries; epidemics, blunt force trauma, etc.
The interdisciplinary approach will provide the opportunity to exchange
viewpoints experiences and results concerning the proposed thematic.
The program of this event is:
Sunday, 21 September: Welcoming the participants at Alba Iulia. Registration
Monday, 22 September: Lectures and panel session
Tuesday, 23 September: Lectures and panel session; Field trip
Wednesday, 24 September: Departure of participants
Papers and abstracts may be presented in English and French.
The publication of the proceedings of this international symposium has already
been arranged.
The cost for accommodation and meals is approximately 200 Ron ( 50 Euro) for
three nights.
In case you decide to accept our invitation, the deadline for sending a half-pageabstract together with an image (plan, photo or else) to dr. Raluca Koglniceanu
([email protected]) is 30th of June 2014.
Thank you.
Organizing Committee:
Mihai Gligor (1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia, Romania)
Raluca Koglniceanu (Giurgiu County Museum, Romania)
Roxana-Gabriela Curc (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai, Romania)
This symposium is supported by the project From Inhumation to Cremation in Romanian Neolithic and
Eneolithic. New Archaeological Evidence, Burial Practices, and Osteological Approach(PNII-RU-TE-2012-
3-0461, no. 53/30.04.2013, Principal Investigator Dr. Mihai Gligor).
