 | LAC2026: Landscape Archaeology Conference 2026 University of Bamberg Bamberg, Germany, March 18-20, 2026 |
| Conference website | http://lac2026.com |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lac2026 |
| Abstract registration deadline | October 31, 2025 |
| Submission deadline | October 31, 2025 |
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Bamberg invites you to the ninth international Landscape Archaeology Conference (LAC), which will take place between 18-21 March 2026 in the historical city center of Bamberg (Germany). The LAC provides an excellent opportunity for experts and students of different disciplines to discuss new research on past landscapes. The conference is supported by the International Association of Landscape Archaeology.
Landscape archaeology studies the relationships between human occupation strategies, material culture, and the natural environment in the past. It is essentially interdisciplinary and employs a broad range of approaches and methods from the humanities and the natural sciences. As such, the LAC brings together archaeologists, earth and environmental scientists, cultural scientists, and researchers from neighboring disciplines. The main goal of the conference is to enhance and synthesize our understanding of human-environment interactions in the past, in particular of cultural responses to changing conditions.
Conference website: lac2026.com
Call for Papers
We invite proposals for oral presentations and posters in the accepted sessions of the LAC 2026 conference (see below).
Please include in your abstract:
- Your name
- Your affiliation
- Contact email
- Session to which you wish to submit (number + acronym)
- Title (max. 20 words)
- Abstract text (max. 200 words)
Please submit your paper abstract as a PDF via the EasyChair link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lac2026.
DEADLINE: 31 October 2025
Session formats
There are different session formats, specified in the session description on our website (lac2026.com):
- Regular sessions with normal oral presentations of 15 minutes + 5 minutes discussion, and poster presentations
- Pitch / PechaKucha sessions with short oral presentations of 5 minutes (pitches) or 6 minutes 40 seconds (20 slides, 20 seconds each; PechaKucha format)
- Round tables with a keynote and discussion; either open or with invited guests
List of Accepted sessions
- All the world’s a stage: Neolithic earthworks in Bavaria
- From Point Clouds to Patterns: Machine Learning in Landscape Archaeology
- Side effects from the construction of large linear infrastructure projects in Europe – chances for new insights on our landscapes
- Phenomenology of Vertical Spaces: New perspectives on the archaeology of cliffs, shafts, and chasms
- Marginal economies or economies on the margins?
- Coastal landscapes through the ages
- Landscapes of change: data, methods, interpretations
- Exploring the Decolonisation Discourse in Mountain Landscapes: Rethinking Margins, Methods, and Meaning-Making
- Settlement dynamics in floodplain landscapes
- Modelling demography through archaeological data: from theoretical approaches to global case studies
- Human versus non-human cultural landscapes
- Abrupt Environmental Change of Human-Environmental Systems in the Sedimentary Records
- Dynamic adaptations on dynamic landforms: Multidisciplinary perspectives on Quarternary populations
- Re-discovering Mountainscapes: An interdisciplinary approach to mountainous areas
- Terraced landscapes as longterm socio-ecological archives
- Questing Beyond Reporting: Decolonial Approaches to Vulnerable Territories and Submerged Heritage
- Living Landscapes: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Heritage and Environment in Pompeii, the Amalfi Coast and beyond
- Tracing back historical land-use and its legacies: common insights and perspectives of landscape archaeology and historical landscape ecology
- XXL Challenge: new power lines on old remains
- The Future of Landscape Archaeology in the Anthropocene
- Forests as Archives: Interdisciplinary approaches to explore the woodland geoarchaeological record
- Geoarchaeology in Vertical Landscapes – Methods, Potentials, and Emerging Questions
- Geospatial Analysis in Archaeological Heritage Management
- Diachronic Change, Communal Agency and shifting Power Relations in Rural Landscapes
- Past and Present Perspectives on Geopolitical Landscapes
- Spatial Approaches to Bronze Age Landscapes in the Mediterranean: Linking Archaeological Theory and Quantitative Methodology
- In the grip of resources: Human presence in harsh environments – A case for the concept of the “resource-scape”?
- Landscape Archaeology of Riverine Environments
- Landscapes on the Border: (Public-) Archaeological Perspectives on Boundaries and Marginal Spaces
- Manipulated and artificial bodies of water as archaeological landscape relics
- General session: project highlights
Committees
Organizing committee (Uni Bamberg)
- Dr Wieke de Neef
- Alexander Voigt MA
- Viviane Diederich MA
- Dr Katja Kothieringer
- Dr Stefanie Becht
- Dr Timo Seregély
- Prof dr Michaela Konrad
- Prof dr Andreas Schäfer
- Prof dr Rainer Schreg
Scientific committee
- Prof. dr. Peter Attema (Uni Groningen)
- Dr. Stefanie Berg (BLfD Bayern)
- Prof. dr. Elisabetta Borgna (Uni Udine)
- Dr. Francesco Carrer (Uni Newcastle)
- Dr. Susanna Cereda (Uni Innsbruck)
- Prof. dr. Andreas Dix (Uni Bamberg)
- Dr. Nives Doneus (Uni Vienna)
- Prof. dr. Markus Fuchs (Uni Gießen)
- Dr. Piraye Hacıgüzeller (Uni Antwerpen)
- Prof. dr. Julia Meister (Uni Bamberg)
- Prof. dr. Mara Migliavacca (Uni Verona)
- Prof. dr. Eleftheria Paliou (Uni Cologne)
- Dr. Axel Posluschny (Keltenwelt am Glauberg)
- Dr. Astrid Röpke (Uni Cologne)
- Dr. Mans Schepers (Uni Groningen)
Publication
The publication of LAC2026 sessions is managed by session organizers at their initiative.
Venue
The conference will be held at the University Building U5 in the city center of Bamberg (Germany).
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to info@lac2026.com.