Registration is open!
Join us at CAA-UK 2025 in Cambridge for a celebration of the latest research in the application of quantitative methods and computing in archaeology and heritage.
The conference will feature speakers, posters, and two expert-led workshops to enjoy. Attendance in person is strongly encouraged, though the conference will be held in a hybrid format. Postgraduate students and early career researchers are welcome!
Register now on Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/caa-uk-2025-annual-conference-tickets-1707127136219?aff=oddtdtcreator
Registration Fees:
£60 full fee
£37 concession
£10 online only
The registration fee includes CAA UK membership, and for in person registration lunch on 9th December, tea/coffee on both days, and an evening drinks reception on 9th December.
While there is no formal definition for concession tickets, if you require one, we encourage you to purchase it based on your financial situation. If you find yourself unable to afford any tickets, please reach out to us directly.
Venue:
The Henry Wellcome Building
Fitzwilliam Street
Cambridge
CB2 1QH
Schedule:
09 December:
- 11:00-12:30 Workshops
- 12:30-13:30 Registration & Lunch
- 13:30-15:30 Session 1
- 15:30-15:45 Break
- 15:45-17:00 Session 2
- 17:00-17:30 CAA-UK AGM
- 18:00-19:00 Drinks
10 December
- 09:00-09:30 Registration & Coffee
- 09:30-11:00 Session 3
- 11:00-11:30 Break
- 11:30-13:00 Session 4
- End of Conference
Full programme of speakers to come!
Story Through an Image:
If you’re attending the conference but have not applied to present your work, you still have time to contribute! This conference features a ‘story through an image’ category, where you can choose or create an image that conveys an idea (or more) about your work, your interest, and/or your engagement in digital archaeology or heritage.
Conference attendees will vote for their favourite and there will be a small prize for the winner
If you are interested, please send your digital image to us alongside a title, caption, and credits.
The image – which must be your own work – will be printed by the conference organisers and will need to be of sufficiently high-resolution to be reproduced at A4 size (300dpi minimum, 210mm x 297mm or 2480 x 3508 pixels). The preferred format will be TIFF or PNG.
Send your image to caauk25@mcdonald.cam.ac.uk by 17th November.
Workshops:
Workshop 1: Intro to Bayesian Statistics
This workshop will provide a gentle introduction to the core principles of Bayesian inference and probabilistic programming languages. The objective is to gain key insights on what makes this inferential paradigm different from more common frequentist approaches, as well as highlight unique challenges and opportunities offered by Bayesian methods. In the practical session, we will be analysing a simple case study using the R statistical programming language. Attendees are expected to have some basic familiarity with R and basic inferential statistics (e.g. Chi-squared test, binomial test, etc.).
Workshop 2: Intro to Arches
Arches is an open-source data management platform that is freely available for organisations worldwide to install, configure, and extend in accordance with their individual needs and without restrictions on its use. Arches has been adapted to support documentation of historic environments, heritage science data and reference and sample collections. This workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of Arches as it relates to the management of historic environments, including a dive into the forthcoming vocabulary and thesauri management platform Lingo from Philip Carlisle (Historic England). Two projects based at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge – Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia (MAHSA) and Mapping Africa’s Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments (MAEASaM) – will also demonstrate their implementations of Arches for managing data on archaeological heritage.
Accommodation:
There are a number of lower-cost accommodation options in and around Cambridge, which include:
https://www.accommodation.cam.ac.uk/visitingcambridge/Listings.aspx – Rooms, B&Bs, serviced apartments
https://www.visitcambridge.org/place-categories/accommodation/ – A variety of accommodation options
https://www.universityrooms.com – College rooms
https://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/yha-cambridge – YHA Cambridge – private rooms available to book.
https://www.arundelhousehotels.co.uk/ – Single rooms available
https://www.lensfieldhotel.co.uk/ – Single rooms available
Rooms in guesthouses may also be found via websites such as www.booking.com