We welcome oral and poster presentations on the archaeometry of ceramics, through the following thematic sessions

-      S1: Mobility of crafts, skills, and pottery products reconstructs the diffusion networks of technological know-how, aesthetics, and finished products, and it delves into the societal conditions and the societal impact of this mobility ; it includes multi-scale approaches to pottery traditions (e.g. “local”, “glocal”, “global”)

-      S2: Pottery technology, from production to use investigates the compositional, structural and textural characteristics of pottery items from the perspective of their strength and resistance ; this session also explores use-wear analysis as well as the functional purpose of slips, glazes, and surface decoration

-      S3: The art of terracotta is devoted to plain and ornamental architectural ceramics and coroplastic works. It addresses questions of workshop identification, production output, and craft specialisation ; it also explores links with pottery production

-      S4: Innovation and tradition in ceramic crafts focuses on processes of continuity and change in production traditions, the origin and reason for them, and the natural and/or societal conditions that underpin them

-      S5: Ceramic ecology explores human-environment interaction, from raw material choices to the adaptation of pottery traditions to topographical, geological, societal constraints or natural disasters

-      S6: Ceramics and society highlights diversity among communities involved in ceramic production and use. It promotes gendered approaches to pottery traditions, decolonising research, and the study of minorities

-      S7: Archaeometry at the museum concerns research specificities for museum collections and other decontextualised items of archaeological ceramics. It discusses methodological issues relating to research agenda, resource accessibility, and analytical constraints. It welcomes case-studies on material characterisation, provenance ascription, as well as datation and authentification of ceramic artifacts.

-      S8: New advances in the archaeometry of ceramics explores the latest developments in laboratory and portable techniques; presentations on sampling methodologies and statistical approaches to ceramic assemblages are also welcome.