A. Archaeological Practices
1. Global Perspectives on Rock Art
Sam Challis and Catherine Namono (Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
2. Why Archaeology Needs Ethnoarchaeology
John W. Arthur (University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA)
3. Contemporary Archaeologies
Dante Angelo (Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile)
4. High-Spirited Gatherings or Lightning Sessions
Kathryn Weedman Arthur (University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA)
B. Archaeological Praxis
5. Evaluating Archaeological Knowledge
George Nicholas (Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada)
6. Discrimination and Injustices
Koji Mizoguchi (Kyushu University, Japan)
C. Heritage
7. Community Approaches to Archaeology and Heritage Management
Peter R. Schmidt (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA)
8. Transdisciplinary and Unbounded: Contemporary Approaches to Critical Heritage Studies
Uzma Z. Rizvi (Pratt Institute, New York, USA)
9. Trade in Art, Culture, and History: Heritage Tourism in the Twenty-First Century
Chapurukha M. Kusimba (American University and Field Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA)
D. Indigenous
10. Indigenous Views on Ancestors, Ancestral Sites, their Excavation and Disturbance
Aulii Mitchell (Cultural Surveys, Hawai’i) and Tiatoshi Jamir (Nagaland University, India)
11. Archaeology as indigenous Advocacy
Juliana Salles Machado (Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil) in collaboration with: Michael Heckenberger (University of Florida, USA)
12. Fission or Fusion? Indigenous Engagement
Paora Tapsell (University of Melbourne, Australia & New Zealand Maori Centre of Research Excellence, University of Otago, New Zealand), in collaboration with: Marcia Langton & Lyndon Ormond-Parker (University of Melbourne, Australia), and Merata Kawharu & Hirini Tane (University of Otago, New Zealand)
E. Interactions and transformations
13. Historical Archaeology: Global Alterities and Affinities
Natalie Swanepoel (University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa)
14. Maritime Histories: The Seas in Human History
Alice B. Kehoe (Milwaukee, WI, USA) in collaboration with: Bettina Schulz Paulsson (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
F. Identities and Ontologies
15. Archaeologies of Identity
Jan Turek (Center for Theoretical Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
16. Landscapes, Forests, Groves, Rocks, Rivers, and Trees: Ontological Groundings and Seeking Alternative Theories
E. Ichumbaki (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) and Kellie Pollard (Flinders University, Australia)
G. Archaeologies and Sciences
17. The aDNA Revolution: Its Issues, Potentials, and Implications
Chuan-Chao Wang (Xiamen University, Xiamen, China)
18. A New Bioarchaeology: Telling the Difficult Stories
Charlotte King (University of Otago, New Zealand) in collaboration with: John Krigbaum (University of Florida, USA)
H. Environments
19. Climates of Change and Environmental Pasts
Richard ‘Bert’ Roberts (University of Wollongong, Australia)
20. Water and Ancient Complex Societies
Innocent Pikirayi (University of Pretoria, South Africa) in collaboration with: Federica Sulas (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Z. World Archaeologies: the past, the present and the future
21. World Archaeologies: the past, the present and the future
WAC-9 Prague 2022 Local Organizing Committee