{"id":968,"date":"2024-06-05T08:45:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T08:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/?page_id=968"},"modified":"2025-06-08T03:33:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T03:33:05","slug":"wac-10-themes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/wac-10-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WAC Congresses are organised around themes. Each theme contains a set of sessions covering different aspects of that theme. Explore the themes accepted for WAC-10 below. Note that the order of papers in the sessions below does not necessarily reflect the order of papers as they will be delivered at the Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To download the Book of Abstracts or the Program &amp; Event Guide, please visit this page: <a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/conference-schedule\/\">https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/conference-schedule\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To see independent sessions (not aligned with any theme), <a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/wac-10-sessions\/\">click here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-01-paleoenvironment-and-human-adaptation-strategies-during-the-pleistocene-and-holocene\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1166\">THEME 01: Paleoenvironment and Human Adaptation Strategies During the Pleistocene and Holocene<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-02-restitution-gifts-tokenism-or-serious-engagements\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1168\">THEME 02: Restitution: Gifts, Tokenism or Serious Engagements?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-03-landscape-approaches-in-archaeology\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1171\">THEME 03: Landscape Approaches in Archaeology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-04-identities-human-rights-freedom-and-archaeology-in-the-globalised-world\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1173\">THEME 04: Identities, Human Rights, Freedom and Archaeology in the Globalised World<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-05-rock-art-global-challenges-and-opportunities-for-research-management-and-conservation\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1176\">THEME 05: Rock Art: Global Challenges and Opportunities for Research, Management and Conservation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-06-rethinking-the-archaeology-of-foragers\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1230\">THEME 06: Rethinking the Archaeology of Foragers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-07-archaeologies-of-the-tropics\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1278\">THEME 07: Archaeologies of the Tropics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-08-interactive-media-21st-century-heritage-storytelling-and-interpretation\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1297\">THEME 08: Interactive Media: 21st Century Heritage, Storytelling and Interpretation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-09-the-transformational-power-of-teaching-and-learning-in-archaeology-and-heritage\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1328\">THEME 09: The Transformational Power of Teaching and Learning in Archaeology and Heritage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-10-from-soil-to-archive-and-beyond-digital-tools-to-support-archaeological-processes\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1340\">THEME 10: From Soil to Archive and Beyond: Digital Tools to Support Archaeological Processes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-11-gender-womens-ancestral-indigenous-knowledge-dissident-voices-and-the-making-of-archaeology-in-the-global-south\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1427\">THEME 11: Gender, Women\u2019s Ancestral\/Native Knowledge, Dissident Voices and the Making of Archaeology in the Global South<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-12-archaeological-sciences-state-of-the-art-and-new-advances-in-archaeology\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1454\">THEME 12: Archaeological Sciences: State of the Art and New Advances in Archaeology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-13-archaeology-of-africa\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1466\">THEME 13: Archaeology of Africa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-14-archaeology-heritage-and-communities\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1612\">THEME 14: Archaeology, Heritage and Communities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-15-transforming-human-origins-research\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1794\">THEME 15: Transforming Human Origins Research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-16-endangered-archaeological-sites-and-cultural-landscapes-addressing-climate-conflict-and-human-impacts\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1885\">THEME 16: Endangered Archaeological Sites and Cultural Landscapes: Addressing Climate, Conflict and Human Impacts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-17-archaeology-of-conflict-understanding-conflict-impacts-and-memories-on-macro-and-micro-struggles-globally-within-archaeologial-cultural-heritage-management\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1973\">THEME 17: Finding Futures in Heritage: Heritage for Wellbeing, Sustainability, Sovereignty and Engagement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-18-exploring-intersectionalities-women-in-archaeology\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2009\">THEME 18: Exploring Intersectionalities: Women in Archaeology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-19-from-apollo-to-artemis-25-years-of-space-archaeology\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2018\">THEME 19: From Apollo to Artemis: 25 Years of Space Archaeology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-20-from-palaeolithic-to-contemporary-asian-cultures-perspectives-from-archaeology-and-other-disciplines\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2045\">THEME 20: From Palaeolithic to Contemporary Asian Cultures: Perspectives from Archaeology and Other Disciplines<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-21\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2048\">THEME 21:&nbsp;Buddhism in Asia: Spread, Regional Adaptations, Emergence of Art, Architecture and its Impact on Society<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-22-changing-bioarchaeological-ethics-and-practice-in-the-21st-century\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2051\">THEME 22:&nbsp;Changing Bioarchaeological Ethics and Practice in the 21st Century<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-23-technologies-of-water-earth-and-fire\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2054\">THEME 23:&nbsp;Technologies of Water, Earth and Fire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-24-archaeologies-of-the-north-and-the-south-searching-for-connections-between-outwardly-disparate-worlds\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2077\">THEME 24: Archaeologies of the North and the South: Searching for Connections Between Outwardly Disparate Worlds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-25-historical-archaeology-entanglements-of-colonialism-and-capitalism-across-the-globe\/\">THEME 25:&nbsp;Historical Archaeology: Entanglements of Colonialism and Capitalism Across the Globe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldarchaeologicalcongress.com\/wac10\/theme-26-featuring-women-at-work-new-approaches-to-engendering-and-shaping-archaeology\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5028\">THEME 26:&nbsp;Featuring \u2018Women at Work\u2019:&nbsp;New Approaches to Engendering and Shaping 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