Events
Inaugural Australasian Archaeological Science Student Symposium 2023
Inaugural Australasian Archaeological Science Student Symposium 2023

When: Thursday,30th November
Where: Online or in-person via a watching hub at The University of Melbourne or Macquarie University (if you are interested in hosting a watching hub at your university, please contact the organising committee)
Registration Cost: Free
The Australasian Research Cluster for Archaeological Science (ARCAS) is delighted to announce the upcoming Australasian Archaeological Science Student Symposium to be held on Thursday 30th November 2023. This student-run, one-day symposium will be a forum for student researchers in all walks of archaeological science to share their research within a broader community. It will also be an opportunity for interested students to learn more about how to study archaeological science within Australasia.
Interested in attending?
We encourage anyone interested to attend, regardless of whether you will be presenting or have experience in archaeological science! You can choose to attend online or in-person at The University of Melbourne or Macquarie University.
Registration is FREE! Please register to attend the symposium here. Registrations close November 20.
Want to present your research?
Abstract submission is now open for short oral presentations. You can submit your abstracts here. We encourage all students regardless of academic level (undergraduate, masters, or doctoral) to submit an abstract on a project relating to archaeological science which is completed or ongoing. Abstract submission CLOSES September 15. ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED to October 1!
We are thrilled to announce that The Society for Archaeological Sciences will be sponsoring three prizes to be awarded at the conference:
- “Best Presentation by a Postgraduate Student Award”, with a value of $100
- “Best Presentation by an Undergraduate or Honours Student Award, with a value of $100
- “Best Presentation by an Indigenous Student Award”, with a value of $100
To keep up-to-date with this event, please follow our Facebook page, or email arcas.students@gmail.com to be added to the mailing list.
37th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Human Biology. Brisbane

11 -13 December 2023
This conference will feature pre-conference workshops on the 9th and 10th of December, a joint session with the Australasian Research Cluster for Archaeological Science (ARCAS) on the 11th of December, an ECR night out, and a keynote address from Professor Leslea Hlusko (CENIEH, UC Berkeley), president-elect of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists.
Want more conference bang for your buck? The Australian Archaeological Association meetings will be in the Gold Coast from December 6-8, 2023!
ISA2024.Melbourne
44th International Symposium on Archaeometry

27-31 MAY, 2024
Presented by Australasian Research Cluster for Archaeological Science (ARCAS) with the support of The Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS)
The ISA showcases the latest in archaeological science technique development alongside a range of innovative and inspiring applications. All areas of science and all types of objects and materials, as well as all geographic areas and time periods, are topics of interest for this event. Multidisciplinary collaborations feature strongly at the ISA, therefore this represents a dedicated opportunity for practitioners in all sectors to establish research partnerships and connections with one another.
The International Symposium on Archaeometry promotes the development and use of scientific techniques to generate information about all aspects of the past. Although its foundations can be traced back to a geophysics event held in 1961, the biennial hosting of ISA in its current form has been shared between Europe and the Americas since the 1980s. In 2024, the ISA is coming to Australia for the first time!
Past Events
From micro to macro: Exploring the big picture in archaeology
ARCAS Virtual Conference
19 – 20 March 2021
Membership
ARCAS welcomes new members and we would be happy to receive your membership application. Now is also a great time to update your current membership details ahead of the 2021 conference. Please use the membership application form to do this.
Contact Us
The ARCAS conference committee can be contacted via ARCAS.Australia@gmail.com