Relations, contacts and interactions

Dear colleagues,

Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences,

State Hermitage Museum,

Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education,

South Federal University and

Saratov State University

invite you to take part in the International Conference

Relations, contacts and interactions between cultures of Northern Eurasia and civilizations of the East during the Paleometal Period
(IV - I millennia BC).

27–29 NOVEMBER 2019, Saint Petersburg

The conference is dedicated to the 80th birth anniversary of Vadim Bochkarev, outstanding Russian researcher of the Bronze Age of Northern Eurasia.

The following topics will be discussed during the conference:

1)      Originality of North Eurasian cultures of the Paleometal Period;

2)      Issues of relative and absolute chronology of North Eurasian cultures during the Paleometal Period;

3)      Internal and external connections of archaeological cultures of Northern Eurasia during the Paleometal Period;

4)      Bronze Age cultures of Southern Siberia and Ancient China;

5)      Bronze Age cultures of Central Asia and Ancient Iran;

6)      Steppe cultures of the Eneolithic – Bronze Age in the south of Eastern Europe and the Caucasus;

7)      Caucasus and civilizations of Western Asia during the Paleometal Period;

8)      Role of external contacts and connections in the development North Eurasian cultures and ancient civilizations during the Paleometal Period.

Venue: Institute for the History of Material Culture and the State Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg, Russia).

Language: Russian, English

Applications for participation should be submitted by April 1, 2019 to e-mail

Required information:

1. Name of participant
2. degree, current position
3. institution
4. ORCID number
5. title of the presentation
6. abstract (up to 1000 words)

Article submission guidelines will be provided in the 2^nd circular.

Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by participants.