Previous Congresses

Themes In Previous WAC Congresses

Themes in WAC Congresses are as diverse as the participants and their interests. Themes in previous Congresses include:

Archaeologies and Sciences (WAC-9, Prague, Czech Republic); Environments (WAC-9, Prague, Czech Republic); Archaeology and Development (WAC-8, Kyoto, Japan); Regional Archaeologies in the Globalised World (WAC-8, Kyoto, Japan); The Public, Heritage and Museums (WAC-8, Kyoto, Japan); War and Conflict (WAC-8, Kyoto, Japan); Archaeological Theory (WAC-6, Dublin, Ireland); Engaged and Useful Archaeologies (WAC-6, Dublin, Ireland); Developing International Geoarchaeology (WAC-6, Dublin, Ireland); Critical Technologies: the Making of the Modern World (WAC-6, Dublin, Ireland); Sustenance: Foodways, Subsistence (WAC-7, Dead Sea, Jordan); Discovery: Field Reports (WAC-7, Dead Sea, Jordan) Science and Technology: Methods, Analysis, and Tools (WAC-7, Jordan); Colonialism, Identity And Social Responsibility (WAC-5, Washington, D.C.); Marketing Heritage (WAC-5, Washington, D.C.); Empowerment And Exploitation: North-South & South-South Archaeological Encounters (WAC-5, Washington, D.C.); Identity, Nationalism and Local Voices (WAC-4, Cape Town, South Africa); Education and the Past (WAC-4, Cape Town, South Africa); Movement, Migration and Settlement (WAC-4, Cape Town, South Africa); Art, Cognition and Beliefs (WAC-4, Cape Town, South Africa); Archaeology and the Environment (WAC-4, Cape Town, South Africa); Culture Property, Conservation, and Public Awareness (WAC-3, New Delhi, India); Changes in Agronomy (WAC-3, New Delhi, India); Heritage Conservation, Manage and Protection (WAC-3, New Delhi, India); the Ethics of Archaeological Enquiry (WAC-2, Barquisimeto, Venezuela); The Application of New Technologies in Archaeology; Education about the Past (WAC-1, Southampton, England); The Protection, Ownership and Management of Archaeological Heritage (WAC-1, Southampton, England); The Ethics of Archaeological Inquiry (WAC-1, Southampton, England); Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples (WAC-1, Southampton, England).

Selected presentations from WAC Congresses are developed for publication in WAC’s book series One World Archaeology, which currently has 71 published volumes.