Welcome to the XXXI Congress of the International Association of Caribbean Archaeology
The Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic and the Association of Caribbean Archaeology, AIAC / IACA, make available to you the website where you will find all the necessary information to participate in the XXXI Congress of the International Association of Caribbean Archaeology. In this virtual space you will be able to obtain all the information about the congress, formalize your registration and present your papers, in addition to learning about the agenda of the congress and being aware of all the details of the same.
The congress is organized under the auspices of the Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana, the host institution. Fundación García Arévalo, Centro León, Voluntariado del Museo del Hombre Dominicano, Centro Cultural Taíno and Guahayona Institute are actively participating in the organization as co-sponsors.
Thanks to this distinguished team of institutions committed to promoting culture and with a special emphasis on Caribbean archaeological research, participants will be guaranteed all the necessary facilities to ensure that the XXXI International Congress of Caribbean Archaeology constitutes a deeply enriching academic and cultural experience for all.
Presentations
The conference presentations will be held in the auditorium of the INDOTEL Cultural Center located in the heart of the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. We have a comfortable, high-quality auditorium with capacity for 140 people, equipped with the most modern audiovisual equipment. We will also use the facilities of the Academy of Sciences, also located in the Colonial City, just a few meters from the INDOTEL auditorium.
The format of the congress that we are holding on this occasion in the Dominican Republic is similar to that presented every two years by the AIAC/IACA scientific meetings. The presentations are divided into groups, according to the topics they deal with based on the choice of the speakers. Daily plenary sessions will be held between 9:00 in the morning and 6:00 in the evening. On this occasion, we will have a day dedicated to the celebration of several round tables where researchers will analyze specific topics related to the archaeology of the Caribbean. We will also dedicate another day to the presentation of some specialized keynote lectures, of a high scientific level, given by prestigious researchers in the topics of the archaeology of the Caribbean.
The Congress of the International Association of Caribbean Archaeology brings together all academic and scientific researchers who work on topics related to Caribbean archaeology. It also opens the doors of its sessions to students of archaeology and anthropology, to managers of archaeological and anthropological heritage and to the public interested in these scientific disciplines. Participants in the congress will be able, in addition to presenting their own research to colleagues and the public present, to learn about the rich pre-Hispanic and colonial archaeological heritage of the Dominican Republic, present in the oldest urban center in America, the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
During the celebration of this congress, attendees from other countries will have the opportunity to learn in depth about the important archaeological heritage present in the Dominican Republic. For this purpose, excursions have been scheduled to the different museums and exhibitions related to the archaeology existing in the country and to the most interesting archaeological sites that mark the Dominican geography.
The theme of the Congress on this occasion is: Archaeology, building bridges across the Caribbean Sea. In this way, the participants will be immersed in a dynamic group that will show them the Caribbean identity in its original indigenous expression. Likewise, they will be able to delve into how the different islands and coasts that bathe our sea have absorbed the constant settlements of people from places as far away as Africa or Europe, in addition to the population movements that occurred between the American continent and the islands and between the island territories themselves. In this way, through the intellectual bridges that archeology gradually builds, we will better understand the Caribbean koiné, how our multiethnic identity has been generated and how much our culture unites all the peoples bathed by the waters of the Caribbean Sea.
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