In addition to our general issue, which has open submissions throughout the year, the JCAA also publishes themed special collections. If you would like to submit to any of your forthcoming collections, please follow the instructions in the below calls.
Open for abstract submissions until 31 December 2021
Editors: Maria Elena Castiello, Damase Mouralis, Julie Gravier, Lucie Nahassia
The study of past societies requires describing and explaining patterns and their dynamics (diffusion of materials, settlement organization, raw material exchanges, biological indicators of landscape changes, etc.) in a multi-dimensional spatio-temporal environment from incomplete, ambiguous and heterogeneous datasets, which often lead to (retro)prediction.
Though traditional methods remain important to investigate material culture complexes and past human societies over time and space, novel quantitative approaches based on computational modeling are rapidly gaining momentum. Researchers can rely nowadays on multi-modelling approaches from various backgrounds, including conceptual models, data mining and data-driven analysis (e.g. machine learning and stochastic models), spatial analysis and computer simulations, at different stage of the work process.
In such context, this special collection aims at exploring challenges and opportunities offered by bringing together traditional archaeological questions with the most cuttingedge technological applications.
We invite contributions, related with but not limited to, the following complementary thematic studies and methodological approaches:
Potential contributors should submit abstracts of about 500 words to Maria Elena Castiello (maria.castiello@iaw.unibe.ch).
The submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the editors and a selection of abstracts will be made to ensure content relevance and consistency.
The authors of selected abstracts will be contacted to submit full manuscripts.
The submission and review of full manuscripts will follow the guidelines of the JCAA.
Open for abstract submissions from the 15th September 2019
Editors: Arianna Traviglia and Riccardo Giovanelli
The aim of this JCAA special issue is to bring together ongoing digital practices attempting to understand and fight the phenomena of pillage and illicit trade of archaeological objects, in order to boost the discussion and define a set of good practices. In recent years, in fact, despite the 1970 “UNESCO convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property”, plundering and illicit trade of archaeological objects have been on the rise and becoming a global-scale phenomenon, further exacerbated by the turmoil stemmed from the crisis in the MENA regions.
As a consequence of this upsurge, we are assisting the widening of digitally enhanced initiatives, promoted by diverse actors engaged in the protection of endangered cultural heritage and in halting illicit trade, which increasingly rely on technological and digital advances. Remote sensing is being used to detect and monitor illicit excavations, exploring new ways to automate looting recognition methods; Illicit online sales, social media, online forums, the deep web and trafficking networks are being investigated with the support of machine learning, delivering quantitative and content data; 3D imagery-fed blockchain technologies are currently being investigated to customise this emerging technology to immutably trace provenances records and create a record of assets that cannot be tampered with.
We seek contributions discussing different digital approaches like (but not limited to):
Potential contributors will submit abstracts of about 500 words to both Arianna Traviglia (arianna.traviglia@iit.it) and Riccardo Giovanelli (riccardo.giovanelli@unive.it).
The submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the editorial team and a selection of abstracts will be made to ensure content relevance and consistency.
The authors of selected abstracts will be contacted to submit full manuscripts.
The submission and review of full manuscripts will follow the guidelines of the JCAA.
The call will remain open until the end of 2020.
This special issue is promoted within the framework of the H2020 Netcher project (NETwork and digital platform for Cultural Heritage Enhancing and Rebuilding) that aims at creating a structured network of actors engaged in fighting archaeological property pillage: https://netcher.eu/