Papers presented at the conference can address, but are not limited, to the
following topics:
- Methodologies and techniques, theoretical viewpoints, as well
as applications of new scientific methods as applied to the research
- The evidence for the practice of medicine, such as medical
interventions, surgery and remedies
- The challenges in the recognition of medicine in the archaeological record
- The preventive aspects of the use of medicine, such as the care of the sick or
personal hygiene and their identification in the archaeological record
- The social and religious aspects of healing
- Healers and practitioners
- Healing places
- The state of health of the populations in the periods in question
- Excavation or survey reports of the sites focused or related to the medical
practice